tweeking F2 a bit and graphics bug(help!)

[Thor_Wolf]

I'm going to reinstall and repach F2. This time playing it without Falche, i think it's corrupting my savefiles: like my radway-addiction and now after retrieving the geck then downloading an holodisk a graphics failure in my skilldex develops, no matter wich sav game i try, there's no turning back, damned! I still can play, but the graphic error prevents me from tapping the skill-button. Anyway, Beter to play honestly. Finished F1 that way. Whatever...
My question is: what patches can or can't I install, without tinkering to much in the original programming, to avoid bugs?
I have the UK version: So, I always install the official US pach, the children patch and the holy fix and tweek the worldmap.txt a bit like this:

; This sets up the default values for data that is used by the worldmap
[Data]
; Encounter frequency percentages:
Forced=100% ; This shouldn't change
Frequent=100% ; Was 9/3d6
Common=75% ; Was 8/3d6
Uncommon=50% ; Was 6/3d6
Rare=25% ; Was 5/3d6
None=0% ; This shouldn't change

I do this to speed up the encounters, cause my PC is a little faster then the game programming. But is it save to do so?
I'm no expert, it looks save to me.

This is the last time (I always say that to myself) that i start over. I hate the temple in Arroyo! I've played the UK version F2 honest, without patches on differend PC without internet, didn't know patches excisted. Always had to start over cause of the bugs or i could finish a quest like: Johnny in Modoc cause i couldn't find him. In my opinion was F1 far superiour. I was sucked into the storyline. It felt real! F2 is beginning to suck after 100 times never seeing the ending.
Thinking: if i do this, I choose a incredible evil character or mega jinxed!!! Alway playing a strong good person.

 

[Per]

Re: tweeking F2 a bit

This time playing it without Falche, i think it's corrupting my savefiles: like my radway-addiction

Known bug which has nothing to do with Falche.

and now after retrieving the geck then downloading an holodisk a graphics failure in my skilldex develops

Known bug which has nothing to do with Falche.

Whatever...

Do you want us to read your post or not?

My question is: what patches can or can't I install, without tinkering to much in the original programming, to avoid bugs?
I have the UK version: So, I always install the official US pach, the children patch and the holy fix and tweek the worldmap.txt a bit like this:

All that should be safe; the problems you describe above have other causes. However, I'm curious: why use the US patch when you know you have the UK version?

 

[Thor_Wolf]

Thanks

Yes, please do read my posts, you're very helpfull, thanks guys
uh, the whatever part: how do i explain (English is not my mother language, tuff to find right words sometime), it refers to the bug part, cause i was planning to restart cause I thought my game was fucked, just wandering how to best install, so i ment forget the first part. whatever, forget it!

OK, now that i know that it is a common bug, thanks to you. What do I do: can this be fixed? Do i just live with it and play on? And if I do does it dissapear?

 

[Thor_Wolf]

US patch

I'm gonna post to you about this in a minute: have to check the version, I red it somewhere i think, and the US patch works just fine. give you details later

 

[Thor_Wolf]

got it

My version: 1.0 UK
here it is, (read me file):

"US: Version number before the patch is 1.0, the only version with
this number. The box is the same as the one on the web page. This CD
is Not gold. (Use the US patch)

UK: The UK and ELV are both version 1.01 and have a gold CD. On the
UK version, the violence levels can be changed and the language filter
button can be turned on and off. It does NOT have the letters "ELV"
noted on the CD. (Use THIS patch)

ELV: English Low Violence. The violence levels can not be altered and
the language filter button is either not there or can not be
manipulated. Sorry, but there is not, nor will there be, a patch for
this version. Applying a patch from any of the other versions will
severely corrupt the game."

So, I thought I've a version 1.0, I have to use us patch. Why it says on my F2 disk 1.0 UK. I don't know. Tried both patches and one didn't work. That's the best explenation I can give mod.

Can somebody help me out with the retrieving geck then downloading holodisk=graphics skilldex bug. Can it be fixed or do I just carry on playing and maybe it dissapears?
Anybody experiencing the same thing? Or is there some other stuff about this on the forum? would like to know more. Thnx

Ps: Sorry, didn't know about multiple posting, i thought i wrote something bad. Delete the rest ok.

 

[Per]

I could have told you to search for "missing skilldex" or "too many items" or something, but for quadruple* posting after being told not to you get a warning instead. Use the search button and use the edit button, goddammit.

*Ah, you removed one. Progress...