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helldiver posted 03-24-99 03:09 PM ET
Has anyone else experienced this problem when applying patch v3.0? This error message pops up when the patch tries to update 'terran.exe';
"old file not found. however, a file of the same name was found. no update done since file contents do not match."
I've tried everything -- uninstall, reinstall, apply the patch (both US and UK versions,) download the patch from different sites, etc. Do I have an outdated copy of Alpha Centauri? (i've got SMAC v1.0i, CD label reads; SMAC-E1_0Z)
thanks in advance.
Spartacus posted 03-24-99 04:04 PM ET
I have just experienced the same thing - similar message- only I believe it said "old file found", rather than "not found". I have the prior patch installed. Never had any problem. What can this be? There must be many with this problem? Firaxis, where are you?
edromia posted 03-24-99 04:09 PM ET
I had this precise same problem. I uninstalled the game, reinstalled it from CD, and everything went peachy after that.
When you reinstall, are you applying the 2.0 patch and *then* the 3.0? That's the only thing I can think of off hand. The 3.0 patch includes the 2.0; you don't have to install them sequentially.
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS posted 03-24-99 04:12 PM ET
If it's the UK version of SMAC, make sure you're downloading v2.0 of the UK patch. You can tell if it's the US or UK by checking the technical support help file. If it says UK, there you go. Otherwise, it's US. If it's still not working, I'd download the virus evalution software from www.mcafee.com. Many virus', like CIH, modify executables, which will screw up the patch checking.
jkm
firaxis games
Count Chocula posted 03-24-99 04:17 PM ET
I'm having the same problem please Firaxis help us here
Sam Spammer posted 03-24-99 04:25 PM ET
I also had this error message. I had modified the faction file for the UOP faction (univ.txt). I removed my modifications to this file and the patch worked fine. If you've modified any of the factions or the alpha.txt file you may have to restore them to their original condition for the patch to work.
FIRAXIS - Great job on the v3.0 patch. I had a game set on a huge map that had reached the latter stages of the game. The old P166 w/96MB was taking ~2 min 50 sec to calculate the moves for the AI. After the version 3.0 patch this dropped to ~30 sec. You guys did a GREAT job optimizing the code.
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Author	Topic: US patch v3.0 "old file not found" error
helldiver	posted 03-24-99 03:09 PM ET Has anyone else experienced this problem when applying patch v3.0? This error message pops up when the patch tries to update 'terran.exe'; "old file not found. however, a file of the same name was found. no update done since file contents do not match." I've tried everything -- uninstall, reinstall, apply the patch (both US and UK versions,) download the patch from different sites, etc. Do I have an outdated copy of Alpha Centauri? (i've got SMAC v1.0i, CD label reads; SMAC-E1_0Z) thanks in advance.
Spartacus	posted 03-24-99 04:04 PM ET I have just experienced the same thing - similar message- only I believe it said "old file found", rather than "not found". I have the prior patch installed. Never had any problem. What can this be? There must be many with this problem? Firaxis, where are you?
edromia	posted 03-24-99 04:09 PM ET I had this precise same problem. I uninstalled the game, reinstalled it from CD, and everything went peachy after that. When you reinstall, are you applying the 2.0 patch and then the 3.0? That's the only thing I can think of off hand. The 3.0 patch includes the 2.0; you don't have to install them sequentially.
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS	posted 03-24-99 04:12 PM ET If it's the UK version of SMAC, make sure you're downloading v2.0 of the UK patch. You can tell if it's the US or UK by checking the technical support help file. If it says UK, there you go. Otherwise, it's US. If it's still not working, I'd download the virus evalution software from www.mcafee.com. Many virus', like CIH, modify executables, which will screw up the patch checking. jkm firaxis games
Count Chocula	posted 03-24-99 04:17 PM ET I'm having the same problem please Firaxis help us here
Sam Spammer	posted 03-24-99 04:25 PM ET I also had this error message. I had modified the faction file for the UOP faction (univ.txt). I removed my modifications to this file and the patch worked fine. If you've modified any of the factions or the alpha.txt file you may have to restore them to their original condition for the patch to work. FIRAXIS - Great job on the v3.0 patch. I had a game set on a huge map that had reached the latter stages of the game. The old P166 w/96MB was taking ~2 min 50 sec to calculate the moves for the AI. After the version 3.0 patch this dropped to ~30 sec. You guys did a GREAT job optimizing the code.