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Re: I-War 2: whole game as a 12-year-old?

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From: Stephen Robertson
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 17:00
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"Shingen036" <shing...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20030319113919.03447.00000107@mb-fu.aol.com...
> >From: "Stephen Robertson" st...@particle-systems.com
> >Date: 3/18/03 3:27 AM Central Standard Time
>
> >If it still swaps like crazy, then try disabling sound to see if it's a
> >sound problem. To do this edit the games flux.ini file(make a backup
first)
> >using a text editor, and change the entry disable_sound = 0 to
disable_sound
> >= 1
>
> i tried this and the game wouldn't load at all... changed it back and it
loaded
> fine... so I unistalled,  then reinstalled... now the game is running fine
for
> some strange reason... I'm only getting small lags when I approach busy
> L-points or stations, but nothing major really. Combat is working good and
> there haven't been any freezes yet...
>
> only problem now it that when I try to apply the eoc_patch_2.exe, it says
that
> I have version F14 installed, but ingame, on the main menu, it says F10.0.
I
> don't have "EXTRA" on the menu anymore and no "MOD" sub-directory...
>
> do u know what file eoc_patch_2.exe uses to get version information?

It's a key in the registry:

Go to start, run, type in regedit
goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\particle systems\edge of chaos\settings

look for a value (on the right) that's named "version" change the value to
10 decimal (which is 0A hex)

Best regards,

-- Steve
Stephen Robertson
Senior Designer
Particle Systems

http://www.particle-systems.com
http://www.independencewar.com/home.htm
http://www.edgeofchaos.net
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