What's the deal? (SS2 Patch)

Nameless Voice on 14/4/2007 at 13:43

Quote Posted by Bjossi

I don't think the dot is gonna work on the right side of the +, since you are not running the game from D:\shock. (D is my drive letter)
And you also forgot to set the CD path in the top line.

So long as you have a full install, you don't need to have a CD path.

Relative paths (dots) work just fine.

ma_jcbs on 14/4/2007 at 13:55

This is what my updated install.cfg is looking like. And I've tried to update the registry (which it does successfully), but the patch still cannot find the SS2 Directory?
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cd_path D:\
install_path C:\Sshock2
language english
resname_base C:\Sshock2+D:\shock
load_path C:\Sshock2+D:\shock
script_module_path C:\Sshock2+D:\shock
movie_path C:\Sshock2\cutscenes+D:\shock\cutscenes

Kolya on 14/4/2007 at 14:11

Quote Posted by Kolya

Do you even need to update? Do you have a multiplayer button in the main menu?

Because I'm pretty sure you have an updated game already.

ma_jcbs on 14/4/2007 at 14:13

It states File Version 1.0 ; Product Version 1.15?
I honestly wouldn't mind if it's not updated. I've got Save Games taken care of and now i'm just crashing on the 4 year mission startups. If that is due to the update, then yes...I'll need that.
Thanks for you help guys!

Kolya on 14/4/2007 at 14:22

You've got mail.

Bjossi on 14/4/2007 at 14:23

If anyone knows what files the patch adds to the SS2 folder, I could just compress those files into a zip file and send it to you by email. Then you'd just extract everything into your SS2 folder and voila.

Using patch 2.3 is a very good idea, because it fixes many noticable bugs and adds cool features.

ma_jcbs on 14/4/2007 at 15:57

Okay, the patch works great! So far I've gotten my saves to work, patched, and texture edit to config. But I'm still crashing when I go from year 3 to year 4 on the training (the beginning). Is that a point where a movie plays and that is why it's crashing? I just cannot think why it would be doing that.

I get NO error messages, just a Vista 'System Shock 2' had to be stopped...

Kolya on 14/4/2007 at 16:35

Probably the movies yeah. You could try the Cutscene Fix (re-registering LGVID.AX). I'm stabbing in the dark a bit as I'm not sure if the Indeo Codec works on Vista at all. Anyone knows this?

EDIT: If it doesn't there are still ways to get around this, eg re-encoded videos.

ZylonBane on 14/4/2007 at 16:51

Quote Posted by ma_jcbs

But I'm still crashing when I go from year 3 to year 4 on the training (the beginning). Is that a point where a movie plays and that is why it's crashing? I just cannot think why it would be doing that.