🚀 go-pugleaf

On Tue, 5 Sep 2000 09:27:51 +0200, Moon
<Moon_do...@Uni-Duisburg.de> wrote:

>On Mon, 04 Sep 2000 18:58:04 GMT, ..Mer...@Camelot.com said...
>> Just tried that, installed D3, played a bit, installed mercs, played a bit,
>> update to 1.4, no go.
>
>[2.11] Help, I can't start Mercenary: "redbuddybot.oof not found"!
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> There seem to be a variety of problems with installing Mercenary
> for some people. In some cases it will install fine. In others
> it will install but generate an error when you attempt to run it.
>
> Three possible solutions:
>
> 1) Uninstall Descent 3, you can save your pilot files and such as
>    explained in section [2.13]. Then do a clean install of D3 
>    version 1.0 from the CD's. Start the game and configure the 
>    video, audio and other options, then install Mercenary. This 
>    will work for many.
>
> 2) If the first option does not work try a clean 1.0 installation of
>    D3, and patch the game to at least 1.2. Configure the setup in 
>    the D3 launcher and after that install Mercenary over it which 
>    patches the game to 1.3 in the process (unless you hadn't already
>    started from 1.3 certainly).
>
> 3) If all else fails take use this technique: clean up the registry
>    and do clean 1.0 installation. Without starting the game install
>    Mercenary and the 1.4 patch in a row. After that start the game 
>    via the launcher. This contracdicts the previous methods but 
>    worked for me.
>
>-< Moon >-


Wel, I haven't tried to reinstall since I found out I had the Funny
Love virus.  I reformated (4th time) and now it's gone, gonna try D3
again tonight.