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Angelis posted 03-25-99 07:25 AM ET
I installed v3.0 of the patch and started a new game as Morgan Industries. It forced me to retire after turn 1.
I reinstalled the game and re-applied the patch. Tried Morgan Industries again and same problem. Forced me to retire on turn 1.
Is there some new parameter in one of the ini/txt files? Am I hitting a button that used to end a turn and now ends the game?
Please help. I can still play the game, but it stops keeping score after turn 1... not much fun.
Functionally, I do not appear to be having any problems with the game. I ran v2.0 for quite a while with no problems. v3.0 appears to work except that it ends my game immediately after starting.
I'll try starting up in different ways and with different players. But, if this is a known problem or has some simple config file fix, I'd love to hear about the fix.
Thanks in advance.
Angelis
Angelis posted 03-25-99 07:58 AM ET
Well, I compared "alpha.txt" to a copy
that I had saved earlier. There were
about 10 lines at that bottom of the #RULES
section missing. Several of these included the mission year and last year of mission. With those missing, the game started and ended in Mission Year 1.
Looks like a patch glitch since it mangled my system the same way two times. Once as an overlay to the v2.0 patch and once as a fresh install of the v3.0 patch on a newly installed copy of AC.
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Author	Topic: Patch 3.0 force retirement on turn 1
Angelis	posted 03-25-99 07:25 AM ET I installed v3.0 of the patch and started a new game as Morgan Industries. It forced me to retire after turn 1. I reinstalled the game and re-applied the patch. Tried Morgan Industries again and same problem. Forced me to retire on turn 1. Is there some new parameter in one of the ini/txt files? Am I hitting a button that used to end a turn and now ends the game? Please help. I can still play the game, but it stops keeping score after turn 1... not much fun. Functionally, I do not appear to be having any problems with the game. I ran v2.0 for quite a while with no problems. v3.0 appears to work except that it ends my game immediately after starting. I'll try starting up in different ways and with different players. But, if this is a known problem or has some simple config file fix, I'd love to hear about the fix. Thanks in advance. Angelis
Angelis	posted 03-25-99 07:58 AM ET Well, I compared "alpha.txt" to a copy that I had saved earlier. There were about 10 lines at that bottom of the #RULES section missing. Several of these included the mission year and last year of mission. With those missing, the game started and ended in Mission Year 1. Looks like a patch glitch since it mangled my system the same way two times. Once as an overlay to the v2.0 patch and once as a fresh install of the v3.0 patch on a newly installed copy of AC.