Author: Jari A. Turunen
Date: 09:44:07 01/26/00
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Hi, Jep, it looks like I have the UK version of CM7000 so I can start waiting for the UK version of the patch 1.0.6. Now I at least know where the problem is and I am happy about that - I think. Jari On January 25, 2000 at 10:09:51, Jari A. Turunen wrote: >Hi again, > >Thanks for response, John. > >On January 24, 2000 at 17:29:57, John Merlino wrote: > >>On January 24, 2000 at 09:09:17, Jari A. Turunen wrote: >> >>>Hi, >>> >>>Does anybody know why Chessmaster 7000 patch 1.0.6 should >>>fail to install correctly? I have downloaded the latest >>>version (1.0.6.2) of the patch but still I get a few >>>"wpt0036" errors reported in patch.err file (errors >>>indicating that for example chessmaster.exe file is found >>>but the contents of that file it not what it is supposed >>>to be). I have understood that I am not the only one >>>experiencing this problem? Maybe this happens only in >>>a non-US Windows environment? >>> >>>I have uninstalled and re-installed CM7K, removed all possible >>>TSR's and extra Windows tasks but that did not help. >>>Some files are patched correctly (all DLL's for example) >>>but chessmaster.exe file and four tutorial files are not - >>>all because of the same reason. I have had CD #1 in the >>>drive while running the patch but to me it looks like >>>the patch never even tries to access that disk. >>> >>>I have sent a few mails to TLC's technical support but >>>so far they have not been able to help me. Perhaps >>>somebody has managed to overcome this little problem >>>on his own? Or maybe somebody know a site from where the >>>ready available patched files can be downloaded? >>> >>>Regards, >>>Jari. >> >>I suspect that you have a non-US version of Chessmaster (since you stated you >>have a non-US version of Windows). I also assume that you have a German version >>since the development team tells me that that is the only foreign version that >>exists. If all of this is true, then the patch will not work for you. The >>current patch is ONLY for the US version (not the UK version either -- you can >>tell if you have a UK version if there is no MPlayer support). > >Unfortunately I am travelling at the moment and can not tell whether >the version I have is the UK or a US one. I can only say that it is not >the German version. I have a vague feeling though, that my version does have an >option for MPlayer sessions as well. I will check this, thanks for the hint! >By the way, should the patch check which CM7K version it is applied on >(I mean in other ways than just reporting wpt0036 warnings in the patch.err >file)? > >> >>The team tells me that a patch is in the works for the UK version, and PROBABLY >>for the German version. Unfortunately, the German version was created in >>Germany, and the team does not have the code. Therefore, they cannot patch it at >>this time. >> >>jm > >Good news for me at least if I happen to have the UK version. > >- Jari -
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