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RE: BTS New Patch! 3.17!

Merrial — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:58:19 GMT

Thanks alot!:anotherthumbsup:

RE: BTS New Patch! 3.17!

tones — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:27:14 GMT

RE: BTS New Patch! 3.17!

Merrial — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:30:32 GMT

Ok, downloaded, thanks, because after 4 hours, the patch didn't install.

From the name of the link, the patch seems official, but why the hell isn't it on the official website???

Can you post a link to the discussion about it on Poly, cause I'd ready like to read a little on why it is acting that way and if it will do so on next (if any) future updates. Will reinstalling the game fix it? etc.

Thanks again. :thumbsup:

RE: BTS New Patch! 3.17!

tones — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:30:43 GMT

http://boa.apolyton.net/civ4/files/official/Civ4BtSPatch_v317.exe

You are not the only one who has had trouble. Try the above.

RE: BTS New Patch! 3.17!

Merrial — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:40:34 GMT

Got fed up of waiting after half an hour, so I terminated the Civ IV process, downloaded and installed the 3.13 patch and tried to update to 3.17... same thing, the game isn't doing anything.

This time I'm going to bed for real and letting the game running till tomorrow morning... which means in a little over 4 hours when I get up for work... doh!

RE: BTS New Patch! 3.17!

Merrial — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:59:23 GMT

Just rebooted and the first I clicked on UPDATE, I got the "no update available at this time".

The second time I clicked, it does what it was doing before... which is nothing. No progress bar or anything and I can
So if anyone has an idea, I'd be glad to hear it.

RE: BTS New Patch! 3.17!

Merrial — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:50:37 GMT

[quote][b]Tosk (7/21/2008)[/b][hr]http://www.firaxis.com/support/support_detail.php?gameid=16&patch=1

there ya go[/quote]

This links to the v3.02, v3.03 and v3.13 patches, but the 3.17 doesn't seem to be there.

I'm trying to update via the ingame updater, but it doesn't seem to be doing anything... I click on it and it tells me that the 3.17 is out there, so I say INSTALL, but it doesn't do anything. I see no progress status or anything. My firewall (Zonealarm) tells me that there is no internet activity going on, but if I try to click on any other option in game, it tells me that the patch is being installed...

I tried with Zone Alarm off, just in case, but I get the same result. I'll try rebooting and see if it works, but otherwise I'm clueless... Anyone got an idea?

RE: BTS New Patch! 3.17!

Tosk — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:50:33 GMT

http://www.firaxis.com/support/support_detail.php?gameid=16&patch=1

there ya go

RE: BTS New Patch! 3.17!

Cape — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:58:58 GMT

Can any1 explain me how to get this patch ?

When ingame (BTS) i get the message: "no upgrade is available"

From game menu i get these info re. build etc:

Civ. vs. 301

Save vs 300

build vs. 3.0.0.o.93 (75237)

Build date: july 5 2007

no mod/final release

Something tells me i can take a patch !?

RE: BTS New Patch! 3.17!

jerm — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:37:54 GMT

[quote]Of course it breaks 3.13 games! Have you ever heard of a Firaxis patch that DIDN'T screwup everything preceding it!? [/quote]

Hey, I'm just crossing my fingers... though not holding my breath.

RE: BTS New Patch! 3.17!

Aintmyprob — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:02:59 GMT

dual install basically means that... you install two copies of the game in different locations of your hard drive... Only problem I ran into is the first install takes presidence ie: double click a save and it loads there... I forgot which version saves were for... had to start listing version# in short cuts, and save games. At one time I had a mod install as well....

RE: BTS New Patch! 3.17!

Scipio Africanus — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:04:15 GMT

Of course it breaks 3.13 games! Have you ever heard of a Firaxis patch that DIDN'T screwup everything preceding it!? :P

RE: BTS New Patch! 3.17!

jerm — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:49:05 GMT

Did I not tell everybody we should have waited a bit longer before plunging into another team game? :P I'd really like to know if it does in fact break 3.13 games before installing it. I did read in that CFC thread that you can do a dual install... whatever that means...

RE: BTS New Patch! 3.17!

Black Owl — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:58:58 GMT

I'm glad I didn't buy it yet!:D

RE: BTS New Patch! 3.17!

Zigeuner — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:13:18 GMT

This probably breaks all 3.13 games... Pity I won't have time to get another Team PBEM going. :Whistling:

RE: BTS New Patch! 3.17!

Carlucas — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:12:24 GMT

Good news... copied and charged in the Civ-Brasil.

RE: BTS New Patch! 3.17!

Nuclearcow — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:47:26 GMT

I didn't know a patch was imminent. Sweet! Thanks for posting.

RE: BTS New Patch! 3.17!

cleopatra143 — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:34:19 GMT

Oh good, I love final frontier!

RE: BTS New Patch! 3.17!

Locus Coeruleus — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:16:01 GMT

Awesome!

BTS New Patch! 3.17!

mongoose201 — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:25 GMT

A new patch is available in the in-game update section.

It's not up on firaxis.com yet, but you can probably expect an announcement tomorrow.

The file is pretty big (170mb). Here is the discussion at CFC.

This one seem to solve most of the issues people have been having problems with:

GAMEPLAY

§ Added option to disable espionage

§ Cavalry and Cuirassiers can Flank attack Cannons and all earlier siege weapons

§ Gunships can Flank Attack Cannons, Artilley, Mobile Artillery

§ Flanking damage now depends on strength of defending unit, not on strength of siege weapon

§ Flank attack now has a maximum number of siege units it can affect

§ Horse archers no longer receive attack bonus against Trebuchets

§ Destroyer: no longer upgrades to anything

§ Stealth Destroyer: lower cost, 2 first strikes, no bombard, no interception

§ Attack Submarine: Increased cost

§ Airship no longer gets bonus attacking ships

§ Airship does 20% maximum air strike damage

§ Machine Gun and Anti-Tank get 20% air interception chance

§ No withdrawal when attacking amphibiously

§ Siege weapons cannot attack amphibiously

§ Reduced war weariness

§ New Colonies have their parent civ's tech brokering restrictions

§ New Colonies have knowledge of their parent civ's maps

§ New Colonies cannot trade away their motherland techs under "No tech Brokering" option

§ New Colonies no longer affect domination limit

§ Significantly increased barbarian ship spawn

§ Bunkers also protect against collateral damage from air units

§ Units in ships no longer gain fortification/espionage bonus

§ Goody hut gold now scales with game speed

§ Increased "support city revolt" cost

§ Explorers cannot be drafted

§ "Friendly locals" event expires with Nationalism

§ "Mother lode" event: yields more gold on average

§ "Miracle" event expires with Rifling

§ Barbarian uprising events can occur only if you can build a counter unit

AI

§ Automated Workers no longer idle when railroading is possible

§ AI units considered unsuitable for city defense are no longer prevented from healing in cities

§ Improved worker threat assessment

§ Fixed bug that caused the AI to trade for resources it already had

§ Spies no longer interrupt their mission when moving next to an enemy unit

§ Own vassal cannot be considered "Worst Enemy" by the AI.

§ AI less likely to build Executives if they can't afford to use them or already have enough of them

§ AI takes time already worked into consideration when selecting plot to work

§ No AI relationship penalty for declaring war on a third party if that AI is at war with the third party as well

§ Can found Corporations in Mercantilism

§ Vassals of a capitulating Master do not automatically sign peace with the victor

ENHANCEMENTS

§ Espionage ratio for humans displayed in score tooltip

§ Fixed city Healthy/Unhealthy bonus display (events)

§ No messages about empire splits of players you have not yet met

§ Globe layer sub-options saved in user profile

§ Liberate city nag no longer occurs twice for the same city in the same session

§ City advisor nags do not occur when city is in disorder

§ Advanced start: All team starting plot locations indicated with red circles

o any team member can use any starting plot

§ Players get an announcement when a Defensive Pact is signed

§ Added stationary spy discount mouseover

§ Added popup for when spaceship mission fails

§ MapRandSeed = 1 has no effect in multiplayer games

§ Cleaned up debug menu

§ Can't exit to main menu after having used the debug menu (Ctrl-D)

o Prevents multiplayer cheats, as well as possible hangs and crashes

§ Removed some unused code (SDK)

§ Added tectonics map script (thanks LDiCesare)

§ Added Earth2 map script (thanks GRM7584)

§ Added Earth3 map script (thanks jkp1187)

§ Added RandomScriptMap map script (thanks Refar)

BUG FIXES

§ Fixed bug with building culture bonus mouseover

§ Fixed multiplayer hang when loading a game without all human players present

§ Fixed reload crash

§ Fixed info screen demographics Import/Export rank reversal

§ Ships in foreign ports no longer get bumped to strange places upon war declaration

§ Fixed bug with Great General threshold in team games

§ Fixed "cityAcquiredAndKept" python event bug

§ Preventing key clicks from going through the MP diplomacy screen to the main interface

§ Fixed bug with barbarian unit spawn

§ Fixed Donut map script Italian and Spanish desert/ocean translations

§ Fixed auto-raze bug with certain game option combinations

§ Fixed selection issue with Warlords attaching to units when the Great General is part of a selection group

§ Spies no longer bumped out of enemy borders when declaring war

§ Workers on Transports no longer capture cities (thereby displacing all other units) when city is captured

§ Privateers cannot enter other teams' empty cities

§ Fixed empire splitting bug where a previously-existing civ could be resurected

§ Fixed Worldbuilder python exception

§ Can no longer base an unlimited number of air units in foreign cities

§ Mouse-over for Worker actively working a plot no longer counts Worker twice

§ Fixed bug in recommended graphics settings

§ Fixed bug with spy inability to destroy any buildings in certain cities

§ Fixed bug that increased spy interception chance

§ Fixed some UN/AP voting time-delay issues

§ Fixed a text bug caused by cached translations

§ Worldbuilder no longer allows you to unreveal visible plots

§ "Fugitive" event: fixed text bug

§ Fixed "Impeachment" event

§ Fixed "Partisans" event to trigger only under emancipation

FINAL FRONTIER

§ The Forge now gets +2 Production in its capital and +1 in all other Systems

§ Fixed bug where very advanced Pirate ships could spawn early in the game

§ Fix for bug where clicking the subtract population button too quickly in city screen could send a Planet's population into negative numbers

§ Reduced interception chance for Destroyers

§ Halved amount of points gained from territory

§ Red Syndicate only gets 1 free trade route instead of 2

§ Fixing bug in map script with star system density

§ Double-clicking Star Systems now gives system info, instead of single click (thanks Nemesis Rex)

§ Older Starbases now have cultural border preference over newer ones as intended (thanks Nemesis Rex)

§ Missiles generated by Starbases no longer automatically jump to nearest city

§ Adding new Python wrapper function to CyPlot setOwnerNoUnitCheck which is the same as setOwner except for an argument it passes to the C++ version of the function

§ Improvement construction cost is now deducted when a project is began, rather than when it's finished (fixes Starbase exploit in Final Frontier)