Help to install and patch Battlezone please !
Help to install and patch Battlezone please !
Hi,
Am new to the forum, but certainly not new to battlezone.
I have the original game CD and am very excited about playing it again.
However, I am very confused with the amount of patches, addons...etc. I have tried to install and update but keep getting errors. There must be someone out there who knows what they are doing.
Could some kind person give me a step by step guide on how to install Battlezone on Win 7 x64 ?
Would be really appreciated, promise I will be an asset to the community
Am new to the forum, but certainly not new to battlezone.
I have the original game CD and am very excited about playing it again.
However, I am very confused with the amount of patches, addons...etc. I have tried to install and update but keep getting errors. There must be someone out there who knows what they are doing.
Could some kind person give me a step by step guide on how to install Battlezone on Win 7 x64 ?
Would be really appreciated, promise I will be an asset to the community
Re: Help to install and patch Battlezone please !
Updating a retail install to the latest 1.5.x is currently much harder than it should be. I need to write better instructions for it or better yet make an installer to automate the process.
Re: Help to install and patch Battlezone please !
And the (now deleted post) has approaches are piracy. Sorry, we don't support them here. The original poster is honorable and has a CD. Start with that.
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Reposting links to piracy after I deleted them is a big no-no around here. I mean it.
The offending user's permissions have been altered.
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Re: Help to install and patch Battlezone please !
Agh, I meant to work on a explaining how to do a retail to 1.5.x upgrade last night. I also need to streamline it since the process is pretty rough and unfriendly.
Re: Help to install and patch Battlezone please !
I've been using the pre-made full installers for so long that I haven't checked the process of updating from 1.0-1.4.
The 1.5.0 page has an all-in-one package for 1.5.0 and instructions for getting things started from a retail install. It's a bit involved but you only have to do it once.
The 1.5.1 page links to files for updating from 1.5.0 to 1.5.1 including the 1.5.1 asset pack, optional 16-bit HQ texture pack, and optional Ogg Vorbis music pack. I need to make an all-in-one package since these aren't going to change much. You'll probably want 1.5.1.17 (not 1.5.1.18) for online multiplayer since that's what players on the battlezone1.net Anet server are currently using.
Finally, the 1.5.2 page has links for updating 1.5.1 to 1.5.2 including the 1.5.2 asset pack. This is a bit of a moving target but an all-in-one package could include at least the stable content. You'll want the latest 1.5.2.x build if you want to play the new Lua-based Instant Action or Multiplayer Instant action maps.
You may want to keep separate installs of 1.5.1.x and 1.5.2.x.
The 1.5.0 page has an all-in-one package for 1.5.0 and instructions for getting things started from a retail install. It's a bit involved but you only have to do it once.
The 1.5.1 page links to files for updating from 1.5.0 to 1.5.1 including the 1.5.1 asset pack, optional 16-bit HQ texture pack, and optional Ogg Vorbis music pack. I need to make an all-in-one package since these aren't going to change much. You'll probably want 1.5.1.17 (not 1.5.1.18) for online multiplayer since that's what players on the battlezone1.net Anet server are currently using.
Finally, the 1.5.2 page has links for updating 1.5.1 to 1.5.2 including the 1.5.2 asset pack. This is a bit of a moving target but an all-in-one package could include at least the stable content. You'll want the latest 1.5.2.x build if you want to play the new Lua-based Instant Action or Multiplayer Instant action maps.
You may want to keep separate installs of 1.5.1.x and 1.5.2.x.
Re: Help to install and patch Battlezone please !
Oh.AHadley wrote:Relevant and amusing.
My.
God.
If that screencap of an email is really his only permission for BzE, BzE is warez...
He asked for permission to make an "asset patch" and then turns around and releases a fully executable game? Does this man not understand the idea that if something itself cannot be used unless applied to the legal copy of the game, it is not piracy, but if it can be used alone, it is?
We already know both sides of that mess release BZ1 full installers (illegal) that are both built to exclude each other's matchmaking servers. That is pretty low to start. But to see such wiggling and worming though the dictionary just to come out on top is disgusting.
Re: Help to install and patch Battlezone please !
I dug into this a little more lately and Dx's is actually worse; the BZClub installer's limitation is harcoded. Whether it's a whitelist (only display the 911 server) or a blacklist (never display the bz1.net server) is unclear since there are only two servers up to test it with.Nielk1 wrote:We already know both sides of that mess release BZ1 full installers (illegal) that are both built to exclude each other's matchmaking servers. That is pretty low to start. But to see such wiggling and worming though the dictionary just to come out on top is disgusting.
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Re: Help to install and patch Battlezone please !
Once again, getting Battlezone 1/2 onto the GOG.com wishlist would do far more to expand the community in a neutral way. And be legal.
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I already voted.
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i posted in wrong thread, removed
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Re: Help to install and patch Battlezone please !
I found BZ1 & BZ2 and voted for them - 1542 & 1421 now.GSH wrote:Once again, getting Battlezone 1/2 onto the GOG.com wishlist would do far more to expand the community in a neutral way. And be legal.
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Re: Help to install and patch Battlezone please !
Hmm, how many votes does it need?
Re: Help to install and patch Battlezone please !
Not sure but there are many games with 30K+ votes still on the wish list.