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mjkerner
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Gotta say, BFC is on a roll this year:
http://www.battlefront.com/community/announcement.php?f=124&a=721
http://www.battlefront.com/community/announcement.php?f=124&a=721
I agree 
Hopefully no need to re-re-patch the re-patch though. I am getting confused with all these.
Hopefully no need to re-re-patch the re-patch though.
I am getting confused with all these.
I agree
Hopefully no need to re-re-patch the re-patch though.
Plus 1!
I try to keep up ... but even so, I'm now not sure if CMBN v3.11 *exactly* equals CMRT v1.02 ???? (For features, how things work, fixes, etc). And same for CMFI (when it is patched) ....
They really REALLY need "badging" with the same version number across all the games, so that the same level of the engine has the same vx.xx across all the titles IMO ...
I'm thoroughly confused now -- need to set aside an evening to sort through this and catch up with all the CMBN patches and versions...yikes!
I just went to BF and DL'd the patch (9 items) to my Desktop. Then I extracted the files to the default location. Worked without a hitch. No activation was necessary and the game worked just fine.
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Bidermann
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ffs
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Dutch Grenadier
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So with this patch you get the new vehicle patch without having to activate all the other versions?
I am not sure. I already got the VP and I already activated my other modules. Perhaps that is why I did not have to activate again. It may be that if you are DL'ing this for the first time, you may have to activate. But, you should check with someone who actually knows something about this stuff.
No ... you have to reactivate the modules you already have EITHER with v3.1 & the VP if you get that, OR with v3.11 if you don't get the pack but just the patch.
You don't have to do it twice if you get both, but you have to do it once for one or the other ...
But it's not that bad ...
AFAIK it's part of BF's move to a new copy protection system, amongst other things: so once you have (re)activated the base game and all the modules you have at 3.1 or 3.11, you won't have to do it again ...
I don't understand all the copy protection for patches/upgrades. What good would patches/upgrades do pirates by themselves?
I mean if you pass the copy protection for the game purchase, why all the hassle for patches?
I mean if you pass the copy protection for the game purchase, why all the hassle for patches?
All one has to do is carefully read the instructions and you are good to go.
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Strachwitz
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Generally true! Often simply reading the instructions saves for trouble. I never had any problems with new patches/upgrades. This time it was different. First he instructions for Mac was simply not there or false. And there were some problems on the Battlefront side also this time. Some infos about licensing were not properly migrated and were simply missing. So m update didn't work although I followed all instructions.
But, and this was always the case (had some minor problems earlier with, guess what, licensing issues) the guys over there at Battlefront are really eager to help in a very fast way. The key is to open a help desk ticket and the problems get sorted out very fast. I never had to wait longer than a few hours. And this time it was not different. You can say what you want, they are always helpfull if you approach them in a normal way and don't bitch and moan around in the forums and calling them names.
True this update seems to be quite a disaster. But hey, BF are just a handfull of people and everybody makes errors once and a while. But as long as they acknowledge errors and fix them I have no problems with that. I am glad we have a game like CM!
Not easy to write these words as I know I am now official labeled a "fanboy" by some guys. Take my word: I am not. Just a happy customer playing the by far best tactical wargame out there. Are there sometime problems? Sure! But I don't care to much. I know support for these games is granted for a long long time and with every patch the game comes closer to perfection.
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Mehlsack
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This process of installation helps to keep the dumb asses away...Thank you Battlefront!
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Unknown
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This process of installation helps to keep the dumb asses away...Thank you Battlefront!
Tsk! Not politically correct ... but I like it!
My take is that the copy protection isn't for the patches / upgrades themselves ... rather that the patch / upgrade point was used as a time when the new copy protection system could be introduced, part of which was applying that new system to "old" content as a one-off, so that it too is under the new system.
I understand that one of the long term aims is to allow users to play when only one of them has some specific content: so if one person has the vehicle pack and one doesn't, the two can play a game and both can have access to the VP vehicles, as required, something which you cannot do now.
The person without the VP cannot normally access it, only if they are playing someone who has it.
That means the person who has not bought it has to have the material (the correct .brz file) on their computer, but it is opened for use only in a game where the oppo has it.
I *think* this is, at least partially, why the new, more complicated system is being introduced as a one-off ...
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Bidermann
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foolishly I tried to upgrade ! now when the game launches it ask for the activation code I past this and it is said to be invalided code WTF
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Bidermann
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sorted