I installed the new N4 patch without a hitch. The only problem is with
multiplayer. When I go into multiplayer it starts the login process but it
comes up with a message saying my version is not up to date.
Anyone else with this problem?
Barrie
There appears to be a bug in the Wise installer which on some systems
can cause long file names to be truncated to 8.3 format during the patch
process. The Sierra.com multiplayer login does a CRC check on the
executables and DLLs, and if they are not named properly they will not
be found and hence fail the check resulting in the "out of date" error.
Rename the following files:
NASCAR~1.exe > "NASCAR Racing 4.exe"
Sierra~1.dll > "SierraUpN4Res.dll"
rendse~1.dll > "Rendserver.dll"
And perhaps:
Paintkit\n4paint~1.rsc > Paintkit\n4paintkit.rsc
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> I installed the new N4 patch without a hitch. The only problem is with > multiplayer. When I go into multiplayer it starts the login process but it > comes up with a message saying my version is not up to date. > Anyone else with this problem? > Barrie > >I talked with Papy QA yesterday just to confirm, and you are correct--it
is just thos 4 files that the problem is with.
The game works fine now with those modifications.
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> There appears to be a bug in the Wise installer which on some systems > can cause long file names to be truncated to 8.3 format during the patch > process. The Sierra.com multiplayer login does a CRC check on the > executables and DLLs, and if they are not named properly they will not > be found and hence fail the check resulting in the "out of date" error. > > Rename the following files: > NASCAR~1.exe > "NASCAR Racing 4.exe" > Sierra~1.dll > "SierraUpN4Res.dll" > rendse~1.dll > "Rendserver.dll" > > And perhaps: > Paintkit\n4paint~1.rsc > Paintkit\n4paintkit.rsc > > "bb" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:MAjA7.18281$[email hidden]... > > I installed the new N4 patch without a hitch. The only problem is with > > multiplayer. When I go into multiplayer it starts the login process but it > > comes up with a message saying my version is not up to date. > > Anyone else with this problem? > > Barrie > > > > > > >
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> I talked with Papy QA yesterday just to confirm, and you are correct--it
> is just thos 4 files that the problem is with.
> The game works fine now with those modifications.
somebody asked me this and I came up witha couple of different methods,
but just what is the best way to change the names of those files so that
they are correct???
dave henrie
>
The easiest would be download the n4rename.bat utility from the Papyrus
web site (see the link in today's News update). Simply run it from your
NASCAR4 directory to automatically rename the files if needed.
- Eric
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> somebody asked me this and I came up witha couple of differentmethods,
> but just what is the best way to change the names of those files sothat
> they are correct???
They have a batch file on the papy site that will take care of it
automatically.
Just download, place in the N4 directory, and run.
Voila!
-Larry
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