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WildFire posted 03-23-99 08:12 AM ET
A friend of mine got his copy of SMAC from a trip to Singapore...
Does anyone know which Patch he should use... the US one or the UK one ?

duncanthemad posted 03-23-99 11:08 AM ET
My guess is it's the U.S. version. The U.S is more likely to export there than the U.K...
Is now a bad time to mention 'bananas'?
;-)
You won't do any damage if you try to patch the 'wrong' version, I'm assuming (although I don't know this) that the patch will tell you it's the 'wrong' langauge version.
As you may have noticed, v.3.0 only works on the U.S. version (at this time). However, it is possible (if you find you have the U.K. version) to obtain a copy of the U.S. version of the file "terran.exe" by asking some of the nice people here or hearabouts.
That should be sufficient to change the langauge version of your friends copy of SMAC. I know that you could do exactly the same trick with C3.
Hope this helps,
DtM.
Imran Siddiqui posted 03-24-99 02:39 AM ET
US version. I got a Singapore game as well (Gamesmania, long story, etc.). US patch worked.
Imran Siddiqui
WildFire posted 03-24-99 07:32 AM ET
Thanks Imran..
Errr... now about the error message that says something along the lines of "Old version not detected, etc..." How do I fix that ?
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Author	Topic: SMAC from Singapore
WildFire	posted 03-23-99 08:12 AM ET A friend of mine got his copy of SMAC from a trip to Singapore... Does anyone know which Patch he should use... the US one or the UK one ?
duncanthemad	posted 03-23-99 11:08 AM ET My guess is it's the U.S. version. The U.S is more likely to export there than the U.K... Is now a bad time to mention 'bananas'? ;-) You won't do any damage if you try to patch the 'wrong' version, I'm assuming (although I don't know this) that the patch will tell you it's the 'wrong' langauge version. As you may have noticed, v.3.0 only works on the U.S. version (at this time). However, it is possible (if you find you have the U.K. version) to obtain a copy of the U.S. version of the file "terran.exe" by asking some of the nice people here or hearabouts. That should be sufficient to change the langauge version of your friends copy of SMAC. I know that you could do exactly the same trick with C3. Hope this helps, DtM.
Imran Siddiqui	posted 03-24-99 02:39 AM ET US version. I got a Singapore game as well (Gamesmania, long story, etc.). US patch worked. Imran Siddiqui
WildFire	posted 03-24-99 07:32 AM ET Thanks Imran.. Errr... now about the error message that says something along the lines of "Old version not detected, etc..." How do I fix that ?