Topic: Dominion Wars All-in-one Patcher (Read 6874 times)

yochenhsieh · « **on:** July 15, 2006, 07:56:12 am »

Hello,
I'm trying to make a ST:DS9-Dominion Wars patcher for all versions. You can use it for
1.Patching US 1.01 to 1.04.
2.Patching English 1.03 to 1.04, plus XP fix.
3.Patching German 1.03 to 1.04, plus XP fix.
4.Patching US 1.01 to 1.05, plus Metaloid's fix.
5.Install the 6 missions from 1.05 (optional).

For more information, please read:
http://stgu.com/startrekforum/showthread.php?t=9121

If anyone want to help test the DW patcher, please PM me. Please also tell me which version of Dominion Wars you have.

Thanks.

yochenhsieh · « **Reply #1 on:** July 17, 2006, 08:24:31 am »

It's almost finished. I've upladed it for open testing:
http://www.mytempdir.com/808617

Please report any bugs related to the patcher in this thread.

IndyShark · « **Reply #2 on:** July 23, 2006, 03:01:30 pm »

Thank you very much. I just purchased it and could not get any of the patches to work. I'll try this and let you know how it works

IndyShark · « **Reply #3 on:** July 23, 2006, 03:13:01 pm »

I got an error message that says the old file was not found so no patch was installed. I will check to see what version my computer recognizes

IndyShark · « **Reply #4 on:** July 23, 2006, 03:22:03 pm »

The game crashes after launch. I can watch the intro, but it freezes after the video if over. Oh well, it looks like a cool game.

yochenhsieh · « **Reply #5 on:** July 23, 2006, 10:01:30 pm »

Quote from: IndyShark on July 23, 2006, 03:01:30 pm

Thank you very much. I just purchased it and could not get any of the patches to work. I'll try this and let you know how it works

Hello, IndyShark.
I need to know which version you have, there're at least 3 versions:
US version, v1.01
European English, v1.03
German, v1.03

Please also tell me your Windows version and video card,

Thanks.

IndyShark · « **Reply #6 on:** July 24, 2006, 07:08:10 pm »

Thank you for your help. I have the US version and Windows XP SP2. I am not sure what kind of video card I have.

yochenhsieh · « **Reply #7 on:** July 24, 2006, 09:09:46 pm »

Quote from: IndyShark on July 24, 2006, 07:08:10 pm

Thank you for your help. I have the US version and Windows XP SP2. I am not sure what kind of video card I have.

For the video card, please run dxdiag and tell me the info in the display tab, device column.
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;q190900

It's odd you have errors during patching. When you install Dominion Wars, which option did you choose? You need to use "typical" not "compact" otherwise the patch won't work. This is the only possible reason for the "old file not found" error.

Your installation is possibly corrupt now. I'd recommend you reinstall Dominion Wars again. Please backup these files before patching:
ds9dw.exe, ds9blt.blt, ds9dat.blt, shipcapt.mis

IndyShark · « **Reply #8 on:** July 27, 2006, 06:17:11 pm »

Radeon X600 Pro 128 MB

I selected typical and the patch did not work even after I uninstalled and reinstalled the game and tried to patch it.

yochenhsieh · « **Reply #9 on:** July 27, 2006, 11:31:08 pm »

Quote from: IndyShark on July 27, 2006, 06:17:11 pm

Radeon X600 Pro 128 MB
I selected typical and the patch did not work even after I uninstalled and reinstalled the game and tried to patch it.

I've Mobility Radeon 9700 64MB and without any problems... really want to help you play it.

Can you run the game before patching? Any problems?
Don't forget to set Compatiability mode to Win98.

btw, which driver do you use? I'm using a very old version released in 2004.

IndyShark · « **Reply #10 on:** July 29, 2006, 09:12:46 am »

I had not tried it before patching. I can try that.

How do you set it to Win98 mode?

Thank you very much for your help!

yochenhsieh · « **Reply #11 on:** July 30, 2006, 10:30:29 pm »

Quote from: IndyShark on July 29, 2006, 09:12:46 am

I had not tried it before patching. I can try that.

How do you set it to Win98 mode?

Thank you very much for your help!

To set the compatibility modes:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/appcompat.mspx

Good Luck!

IndyShark · « **Reply #12 on:** July 31, 2006, 06:30:39 pm »

Damn, it is already set to Win98 mode and it crashed when I tried to launch it without patching.

I don't think I was meant to play this game. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

yochenhsieh · « **Reply #13 on:** August 01, 2006, 02:29:40 am »

Quote from: IndyShark on July 31, 2006, 06:30:39 pm

Damn, it is already set to Win98 mode and it crashed when I tried to launch it without patching.
I don't think I was meant to play this game. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Already?
Could you tell me the filesize and last modified date of these files?
ds9dw.exe, ds9blt.blt, ds9dat.blt, shipcapt.mis

Though unlikely, but not impossible, you may have bought another different version of Dominion Wars...
Thanks.

IndyShark · « **Reply #14 on:** August 01, 2006, 07:45:28 pm »

Sure

ds9dw.exe 5.56 kb July 11, 2006
ds9blt.blt 43 mb June 23, 2001
ds9dat.blt 10.1 mb JNune 23, 2001
shipcapt.mis 106 kb June 23 2001

These are all unpatched files.

yochenhsieh · « **Reply #15 on:** August 01, 2006, 09:04:02 pm »

Quote from: IndyShark on August 01, 2006, 07:45:28 pm

Sure

ds9dw.exe 5.56 kb July 11, 2006
ds9blt.blt 43 mb June 23, 2001
ds9dat.blt 10.1 mb JNune 23, 2001
shipcapt.mis 106 kb June 23 2001

These are all unpatched files.

Hi, could you check the size and date of "ds9dw.exe" again? I'm very sure you just gave me the info of "ds9dw.ico", which is made by me and installed from my patcher.
However, since you said you didn't run the patch, why do you have ds9dw.ico? It's very important that I need the info of a fresh installed Dominion Wars, please don't run any patch after the game installed.
From the rest of the files. Now I'm sure that you indeed have a different version. The US 1.01 Dominion Wars should have file dates last modified at June 7, 2001.

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