CS Middle East 2.0 - QUICK-FIX UPDATE

[berto]

You don't need to "install JSGME" yourself. It's already included in the standard install, in the top-level game folder. In Windows Explorer, simply double click on the JSGME EXE, and you're good to enable/disable mods as you please. Easy!

Or do you have some other objection to using JSGME?

Note that when the QUICK-FIX-UPDATE morphs into the CSME 2.01 update patch (coming soon), it will employ the standard Matrix update patch mechanism, no JSGME required.

[Philippeatbay]

I am not a JSGME fanboy. I generally dislike using it and usually refuse to adapt my mods to it. My mods tend to use a lot of notes that people need to be aware of and that are much too long for the JSGME format. I make a lot of flag mods and there are often one or more detailed notes for the flag of each country.

But for this particular game JSGME makes a lot of sense and is trivial to install. Since the latest incarnation of the game engine seems to be built with JSGME in mind, I consider it to be fairly integral rather than a questionable add-on. If I ever finish the labor-intensive counter mod that I'm currently working on, I'll structure it for JSGME use rather than using my usual semi-automatic manual approach with lots of notes.

So my advice is to hold your nose and install it. I'm a computer primitive who sacrifices virgins to the bad-sector god, but it only took me about three minutes to get JSGME up and running. My only complaint about it at this point is that it means I have two CSME shortcuts on my over-crowded desktop instead of one. And I'm happy to report that nothing prevents me from continuing to dislike it, even though it is extremely useful for this particular game (only).

[Crossroads]

ORIGINAL: berto


You don't need to "install JSGME" yourself. It's already included in the standard install, in the top-level game folder. In Windows Explorer, simply double click on the JSGME EXE, and you're good to enable/disable mods as you please. Easy!

Or do you have some other objection to using JSGME?

Note that when the QUICK-FIX-UPDATE morphs into the CSME 2.01 update patch (coming soon), it will employ the standard Matrix update patch mechanism, no JSGME required.

Yes, QUICK-FIX-UPDATE really is a sort of a public beta for the CSME 2.01 update patch. Think of it as such (minus the new executables). The official 2.01 update is not hopefully too far in the future, so if you are not having any issues with those scenarios you like to play - and they are the majority - why not wait for the official update.

It could be as soon as in two-three weeks (here's hoping!)

[z1812]

@Berto
@Philippeatbay
@crossroads

Thank you for your replies. I very much appreciate them.

[Crossroads]

CS Middle East 2.01 UPDATE is now being created by Matrix Games based on the update package we created. Once there's a working version of the installer, we'll vet it, and then it is up to Matrix Games to have it public. I am hoping it would be out in two weeks time, more or less.

Here's an early reminder: Please deactivate the Quick-Fix Update using JSGME, before installing the 2.01 UPDATE. If you have downloaded and installed it, that is. I'd probably not go throught that anymore, with the official update getting closer.

[budd]

ORIGINAL: Crossroads

CS Vietnam 2.01 UPDATE is now being created by Matrix Games based on the update package we created. Once there's a working version of the installer, we'll vet it, and then it is up to Matrix Games to have it public. I am hoping it would be out in two weeks time, more or less.

Here's an early reminder: Please deactivate the Quick-Fix Update using JSGME, before installing the 2.01 UPDATE. If you have downloaded and installed it, that is. I'd probably not go throught that anymore, with the official update getting closer.

Doesn't it have to be released before its updated[:D]

[Crossroads]

ORIGINAL: budd

Doesn't it have to be released before its updated[:D]

Hello budd, to clarify:

Opening post of this introduced a Quick-Fix download, basicallly a mod with some fixed data files to activate with JSGME. 2.01 Open beta, if you will.

Those who i) downloaded that, ii) put it to their mod folder, then iii) activated it with JSGME, need to iv) deactivate it before v) installing the upcoming official 2.01 UPDATE.

Makes more sense now?

[budd]

Just poking some fun, as you called it the " CS Vietnam 2.01 update"

[Crossroads]

I did, didn't I [:'(]

Fixed.