rec.autos.simulators

Okay, I installed the 1.00-1.02 patch.  However, in order to accomplish
this I had to give up precious Hard Disk space.  Is this a ploy to force
me into shelling out the $15.00 plus my shipping and insurance costs to
send in the CD? ;)

Since I will need to patch the latest edition also, will I need to do a
complete install?  Or can I save some hard disk space with a partial
install and patch 1.01-1.02?

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: Okay, I installed the 1.00-1.02 patch.  However, in order to accomplish
: this I had to give up precious Hard Disk space.  Is this a ploy to force
: me into shelling out the $15.00 plus my shipping and insurance costs to
: send in the CD? ;)

: Since I will need to patch the latest edition also, will I need to do a
: complete install?  Or can I save some hard disk space with a partial
: install and patch 1.01-1.02?

I guess I have found the answer to my question at Sierra's web page.  It
doesn't make sense, but it appears from the following message that even
to patch the NEW 1.01 version one needs to do a complete install!  What,
Sierra wants me to pay for a new CD-ROM product that needs to be patched
by doing a full install?  For a product that was only out for 2 weeks!?
If this truly is the case, I don't see any reason to give Sierra my
$15.00 and my old CD-ROM.  I thought one of the advantages of releasing
games on Cd-ROM was to help alleviate Hard Disk over-crowding.  Or am I
supposed to go out and buy a spanking new 2.0+ gig hard drive?  All this
just to install a 216k patch?

Following from the Sierra's Patch Page (http:/www.sierra.com):
icr101_2.exe (DOS, hard drive installation of version 1.0.1 only!)
216k, posted on 07/17/96

Fixes problem with mouse being automatically selected for
controls. Also fixes yellow flag problem with race order being
corrupted, and understeering problem after driving a long time.
This patch upgrades version 1.0.1 of the game to version 1.0.2.
It will not work with the CD-ROM installation of the game. If
you are uncertain about which version you have, download
icr100_2.exe instead, as it will work with both versions (1.0.0
and 1.0.1).

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**************************** Michael E. Carver *************************
     Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town.

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: I guess I have found the answer to my question at Sierra's web page.  It
: doesn't make sense, but it appears from the following message that even
: to patch the NEW 1.01 version one needs to do a complete install!  What,
: Sierra wants me to pay for a new CD-ROM product that needs to be patched
: by doing a full install?  For a product that was only out for 2 weeks!?
: If this truly is the case, I don't see any reason to give Sierra my
: $15.00 and my old CD-ROM.  I thought one of the advantages of releasing
: games on Cd-ROM was to help alleviate Hard Disk over-crowding.  Or am I
: supposed to go out and buy a spanking new 2.0+ gig hard drive?  All this
: just to install a 216k patch?

(I know, here he goes again following up his own post again!)

It would appear the instructions for the 1.01->1.02 patch
are OVERKILL.  There is no need to do a complete hard drive install.  As
far as I can tell the only files being patched that are not installed
via a partial install are: OBJS.DAT & ROL.DAT.  It then should be
possible to simply copy these files from the CD-ROM into their
perspective directories on the Hard Drive and then run the patch.
OBJS.DAT goes in the ICR2\OBJS directory and ROL.DAT goes in the
ICR2\ROL directory.

For your information here is a list of the actions the Patch makes (this
does not include minor changes done via the various .bat files):

Action   Files
------------------
MODIFY   CALIB.VAL

MODIFY   DRIVERS2.TXT

DELETE   GAMEOPTS.CFG

MODIFY   INDYCAR.EXE

DELETE   INST0.BAT

DELETE   INST1.BAT

DELETE   INSTALL.EXE

DELETE   MAILFORM.CTL

MODIFY   OBJS.DAT

DELETE   PIPELINE.INI

MODIFY   README.TXT

DELETE   REGDOS.EXE

DELETE   REGPRINT.CTL

MODIFY   ROL.DAT

DELETE   SLIDE.INF

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**************************** Michael E. Carver *************************
     Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town.

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