Viper Racing patch

I can't get the VR 1.1 patch installation to work. It runs fine about 50% of the way, then it aborts saying "The file race.bin is not an upgradeable version". Has anyone here experienced the same problem? -- _____________________________________________________________________________ Non serviam. Who needs rhetorical questions?

I'm having exactly the same problem, but since version 1.0 works fine I didn't really pay any attention to it. It would be nice to have a solution though. // Johan

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> I can't get the VR 1.1 patch installation to work. It runs fine about > 50% of the way, then it aborts saying "The file race.bin is not an > upgradeable version". > Has anyone here experienced the same problem? > -- > _____________________________________________________________________________ > Non serviam. Who needs rhetorical questions?

>I can't get the VR 1.1 patch installation to work. It runs fine about >50% of the way, then it aborts saying "The file race.bin is not an >upgradeable version". I had the same problem with Viper Racing bought from Finland. I emailed Sierra (USA) and got the following response. I don't know if it works. Propably there is no patch for the european "version" of VR. Hello, First I am not sure the patch you have obtained will work correctly with the European Version of the game at this time. I do not know if they have actually written a International Update for the game or not? You will wish to check with Sierra Tech Support in Europe for information about any updates. With this said here is what I would like you to try doing to the game to get the patch to install. 1) Uninstall the game completely 2) Find your Viper Racing directory on your hard drive and delete it. Note: the default directory for most Sierra Products is C:\SIERRA and in this case it would be Viper Racing. 3) Run a thorough Scan Disk and Defrag on your system 4) Reboot the system once this is done. 5) Now install the game on a fresh install 6) Once the game is installed and the system rebooted, then install the patch update 7) Reboot one more time and you should be ready to play Please let us know if you need further assistance with your issues? Please make sure to attach all original e-mails in case another Technician handles your problems. Thank you David/Sierra Tech Support -----Original Message----- Sent: Saturday, February 27, 1999 2:27 PM To: Hardware Subject: email form:VIPER RACING VIPER RACING Diamond MX300 Hercules Thriller 8 MB AGB, Orchid Voodoo 2 12 MB more Celeron 300A Windows 98 Other The Viper Racing patch doesn't install correctly. I get error message saying, that some .bin file is not valid. I tried to update freshly installed european (Finland) version of Viper Racing.

Hi, Johan. Ill take this in English for the rest. I had this problem before you with paching Viper racing, and finally after moore than one week Sierra gave me this URL: http://www.shadows.com/nascar This is where you should go and download a special pach for Viper to version 1.1. This problem came like a suprise for them. For sure. I use to think Viper was a great game but all irritated and stupid answers from the Sierra people during this, really made me in a bad mode. Well, there you have this special patch anyway. Good luck /Lasse On Thu, 18 Mar 1999 10:25:48 +0100, Johan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Alm=E9n?=

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>I can't get the VR 1.1 patch installation to work. It runs fine about >50% of the way, then it aborts saying "The file race.bin is not an >upgradeable version". >Has anyone here experienced the same problem? >-- >_____________________________________________________________________________ >Non serviam. Who needs rhetorical questions?

I copied the race.bin off of the CD due to my system having the 'beta' Viper patch previously installed.... Worked fine for me after I did that... Tyrone

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>I can't get the VR 1.1 patch installation to work. It runs fine about >50% of the way, then it aborts saying "The file race.bin is not an >upgradeable version". >Has anyone here experienced the same problem? >-- >___________________________________________________________________________

__ >Non serviam. Who needs rhetorical questions?

>I can't get the VR 1.1 patch installation to work. It runs fine about >50% of the way, then it aborts saying "The file race.bin is not an >upgradeable version". >Has anyone here experienced the same problem? The Viper Racing patch is only for the US version of the program. I have one (courtesy of Sierra/MGI) that will should work with the European versions (and US versions installed via install workarounds on non US English systems) You can get this at http://www.shadows.com/nascar/. To use this alternate patch, unzip the race.exe file into your Viper Racing/Data directory (allow it to overwrite the existing one) then run the program from the race.exe file. Then you'll be running Viper.1.1. Cheers, Chris "How can you run from a dead person, unless you're dead yourself?" -Venus in Furs --Horrornews--Horrorchat--Reviews--General filth-- Mortado's Page of Filth http://www.shadows.com/mortado/

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> >I can't get the VR 1.1 patch installation to work. It runs fine about > >50% of the way, then it aborts saying "The file race.bin is not an > >upgradeable version". > >Has anyone here experienced the same problem? > I copied the race.bin off of the CD due to my system having the 'beta' Viper > patch previously installed.... > Worked fine for me after I did that... > Tyrone

I tried the same trick to no avail.... :-( ...and I hadn't even installed a beta patch. So it seems that race.bin on my CD isn't the proper version. I live in Europe so I suppose I might have a European version of the game. I did try the supposedly European version of the patch (a rehacked race.exe I found out about on Sierra Motorsports site), but that one dumps me back to the desktop after the intro movie. Sigh.... -- _____________________________________________________________________________ Non serviam. Who needs rhetorical questions?

Viper Racing enthusiasts, right click on the Viper Racing icon, click properties, version tab, & add this to the "target" line: "-nointro" without the quotation marks. this will disable the introduction movie. Talladega Greg P.S. adding "-nocanary" will allow play without CD, in the U.S. Ver., it's all I know about.

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>> >I can't get the VR 1.1 patch installation to work. It runs fine about >> >50% of the way, then it aborts saying "The file race.bin is not an >> >upgradeable version". >> >Has anyone here experienced the same problem? >> I copied the race.bin off of the CD due to my system having the 'beta'

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>> patch previously installed.... >> Worked fine for me after I did that... >> Tyrone >I tried the same trick to no avail.... >...and I hadn't even installed a beta patch. So it seems that >race.bin on my CD isn't the proper version. I live in Europe >so I suppose I might have a European version of the game. I >did try the supposedly European version of the patch (a rehacked >race.exe I found out about on Sierra Motorsports site), but >that one dumps me back to the desktop after the intro movie. >Sigh.... >-- >___________________________________________________________________________

__ >Non serviam. Who needs rhetorical questions?

Hey thanks for the additions that turned off the cd requirement and intro requirement of VIper... came in useful... PassedYa

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>Viper Racing enthusiasts, >right click on the Viper Racing icon, click properties, version tab, >& add this to the "target" line: "-nointro" >without the quotation marks. this will disable the introduction movie. >Talladega Greg >P.S. adding "-nocanary" will allow play without CD, in the U.S. Ver., >it's all I know about. >>> >I can't get the VR 1.1 patch installation to work. It runs fine about >>> >50% of the way, then it aborts saying "The file race.bin is not an >>> >upgradeable version". >>> >Has anyone here experienced the same problem? >>> I copied the race.bin off of the CD due to my system having the 'beta' >Viper >>> patch previously installed.... >>> Worked fine for me after I did that... >>> Tyrone >>I tried the same trick to no avail.... >>...and I hadn't even installed a beta patch. So it seems that >>race.bin on my CD isn't the proper version. I live in Europe >>so I suppose I might have a European version of the game. I >>did try the supposedly European version of the patch (a rehacked >>race.exe I found out about on Sierra Motorsports site), but >>that one dumps me back to the desktop after the intro movie. >>Sigh.... >>-- >>__________________________________________________________________________

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you're welcome. By the way, how's it (Racing) going? Talladega Greg

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>Hey thanks for the additions that turned off the cd requirement and intro >requirement of VIper... came in useful... >PassedYa >>Viper Racing enthusiasts, >>right click on the Viper Racing icon, click properties, version tab, >>& add this to the "target" line: "-nointro" >>without the quotation marks. this will disable the introduction movie. >>Talladega Greg >>P.S. adding "-nocanary" will allow play without CD, in the U.S. Ver., >>it's all I know about. >>>> >I can't get the VR 1.1 patch installation to work. It runs fine about >>>> >50% of the way, then it aborts saying "The file race.bin is not an >>>> >upgradeable version". >>>> >Has anyone here experienced the same problem? >>>> I copied the race.bin off of the CD due to my system having the 'beta' >>Viper >>>> patch previously installed.... >>>> Worked fine for me after I did that... >>>> Tyrone >>>I tried the same trick to no avail.... >>>...and I hadn't even installed a beta patch. So it seems that >>>race.bin on my CD isn't the proper version. I live in Europe >>>so I suppose I might have a European version of the game. I >>>did try the supposedly European version of the patch (a rehacked >>>race.exe I found out about on Sierra Motorsports site), but >>>that one dumps me back to the desktop after the intro movie. >>>Sigh.... >>>-- >>>_________________________________________________________________________

_ >_ >>__ >>>Non serviam. Who needs rhetorical questions?