1.1 worked, 1.2 to 1.3 final beta did not work, 1.3 works, 1.3A works partially
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Hi,
as one of the few remaining users of Windows '98 (Hey, I'm just going to upgrade directly to Vista) I know this isn't probably high on your priority list, but anyway...
The 1.1 version of Galciv 2 worked just fine (after a certain activation issue with OS detection had been solved - Thanks, Galciv-IRC!). Anyway, when 1.2 came over I couldn't start the game. I thought "Shucks" and went to do other things (was busy at the time).
Anyway, in the last week I came back to the game and installed 1.3 final beta (number 3, I think). Still gave out the same error message. I decided to wait for final version, just in case.
Lo and behold, final version (1.3) works ok.
However, at 1.3A something has been broken again.
With 1.2-1.3 beta3 this happens BOTH with GC2launch and galciv2.exe. With 1.3 no problems. With 1.3A I cannot start GC2LAUNCH.exe, but I can get to the game by just running galciv2.exe directly and it works perfectly.
The error message that happens is: "The GC2LAUNCH.EXE file is linked to missing export SHELL32.DLL:SHGetFolderPathW." and another dialog box with "F:\Galciv2\GC2Launch.exe A device attached to the system is not functioning".
I'd say this is merely a change in the build environment that you used - linking against a newer version of SHELL32.DLL that isn't available on Win'98 or something...
However, now that I have the game working again (with 1.3), please try not to break it again
as one of the few remaining users of Windows '98 (Hey, I'm just going to upgrade directly to Vista) I know this isn't probably high on your priority list, but anyway...
The 1.1 version of Galciv 2 worked just fine (after a certain activation issue with OS detection had been solved - Thanks, Galciv-IRC!). Anyway, when 1.2 came over I couldn't start the game. I thought "Shucks" and went to do other things (was busy at the time).
Anyway, in the last week I came back to the game and installed 1.3 final beta (number 3, I think). Still gave out the same error message. I decided to wait for final version, just in case.
Lo and behold, final version (1.3) works ok.
However, at 1.3A something has been broken again.
With 1.2-1.3 beta3 this happens BOTH with GC2launch and galciv2.exe. With 1.3 no problems. With 1.3A I cannot start GC2LAUNCH.exe, but I can get to the game by just running galciv2.exe directly and it works perfectly.
The error message that happens is: "The GC2LAUNCH.EXE file is linked to missing export SHELL32.DLL:SHGetFolderPathW." and another dialog box with "F:\Galciv2\GC2Launch.exe A device attached to the system is not functioning".
I'd say this is merely a change in the build environment that you used - linking against a newer version of SHELL32.DLL that isn't available on Win'98 or something...
However, now that I have the game working again (with 1.3), please try not to break it again