bflatjeff
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I just tried upgrading to 3.1.0.54 tonight, and all did not go well. Unfortunately, I can't give you the relevant files, and therein is (I believe) the crux of my problem. It all boils down to two words:

Windows Vista

Vista does some strange things with file handling, which I don't understand. That may have been the cause of the upgrade errors (The patched version was unable to update the data files, and so could not continue), but it's also the reason I didn't get my original install backed up properly. So after much pulling of hair, I removed everything I could, reinstalled TCB, then applied the patch. Now everything appears to be working properly, although I have a blank player file

I don't expect help on this, since I can't provide anything more than this, but I thought I should report it. Beware wacky Vista file handling!

Incidentally, when will a "full 3.1" download be available? I'd like to have that as a backup, instead of relying on my 3.0.0 download from April, plus patch.

BbJ, back to square one

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TFMurphy
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The full 3.1 download is already available here. It also includes the pressure plate graphic change and a couple of changes to the main TCB hold.

Briareos
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bflatjeff wrote:
It all boils down to two words:

Windows Vista

This might sound harsh, but here's four words:

Player export before update

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bflatjeff
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Briareos wrote:
This might sound harsh, but here's four words:

Player export before update

No, no, it's not harsh at all. And boy do I wish I would have. I thought I had done so, but...
I think I copied my player.dat file, but evidently that wasn't enough or it got corrupted. I am rather confused about what data gets stored where.
Really what I relied on most was making a copy of my entire DROD-TCB directory, but when I applied the patch and things went screwy I couldn't get the new 3.1.0.54 stuff disentangled from the stuff I intended as backup. Blarg.

BbJ

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