LV & Beta 7.1

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Just d/l'd the Beta 7.1 Zip file - does this include the fix for the LV problem with "sync"?

Thanks,

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[kkb66]

Bing,
If it's the beta patch from Paul...yes. It fixed the problem I was having with the sync errors. <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0">
There is still a tendency for the game to revert back to the mainscreen from time to time (usually when I'm winning a battle)...hope that one is taken care of in a later patch.

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Thanks, kkb66 - does your startup screen still read "Version 7.0"? I've got the new mech.exe in there and I start from the mech.exe, it has to be running the new one doesn't it?

Re crashing to desktop, do you have and use Cacheman? This little honey of a utility has helped a lot of us. Right now if I had to give up every utility except one, Cacheman is the one I would keep.

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Come to think of it, I don't know if this is the one from Paul or not. I got it from Fabio's website, it just says Beta 7.1 zip and that I have to agree to notify Paul of bugs if I use it.

I'm assuming this is the patch we've all been talking about, but maybe not??

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[kkb66]

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My startup now reads v7.1. It changed the next time I started the game after exploding the download file that Paul e-mailed to me.
I did alert Paul, in a different thread, that it had cured the sync problems...but now the game seems to "cut out" more than it did before. I'm running a P4 1.7Ghz machine with 512 RAM and a 64MB Voodoo 5 card...and a program called FREERAM that helps refresh RAM status...it has helped on games like EAW and Nascar4...which is a resource hog when set on high resolution and top graphic settings...so I don't think the crashes are system related. ( of course with PC's, you never can be sure <img src="wink.gif" border="0"> )
I believe I saw a couple other posts that mentioned a increase in crashes with the patch..but at least it only happens once in awhile...not like the sync error. So I'm still happier with it than I was when the sync errors were running amuck.
Thanks for your input on the utilities that are out there...have to look into those.

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You don't say what your OS is. If it is Win98 (either version) I have some interesting info regarding vxd drivers, which seems to help Win98 users quite a lot. If you would like a copy of the (small) text file, e-mail me at: binglesh@core.com

As to the busines of the Fabio download of "Beta 76.1 zip" - I guess Paul is enjoying a well deserved weekend off. I'll wait on it, I haven't played 7.1 enough to comment just yet. And MCLV ought to be on my doorstep tomorrow morning, so we'll see if the dreaded "sync" problem rears its ugly head.

Weapons free. Fire at will, men ...

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