Installed the patch? Want to revert? No problem.

Lord Vaskulus N'Vareth Vaskaron · 11-14-2001, 11:14 PM

Heya folks,

I'm glad because I'm a newbie and I have something to contribute!

As you may have read, I was looking for a way to earn gold quickly, and spent hours doing the Rumphy Run (which incidently is a great method because you gain experience as well 1159 per char). However, I got curious as to the "Inn bug" where you could double your gold and I wanted to try it, but was sunk because I had "installed" the patch.

Turns out, no problem!! The games are interchangeable. I installed the game on my laptop computer, (I normally play on my desktop) machine, did NOT install the patch, brought over my save directory and roster.dat file-- sure enough my game worked just fine. I went to the Inn, followed the gold procedure, and now I don't have to worry about gold for a very long time.

I brought my save games and roster.dat back to my desktop machine, everything works just fine, and I still have the gold.

So here's what I did just for grins and giggles: I put the 5 patch files in a directory and the 5 original files in a directory and I just switch them back and forth. If I need gold, I put the original files back and for stability, I put in the patch files.

Before you try this, OF COURSE, back up everything so you don't lose progress, but I've done it about ten times now and had NO problems whatsoever.

Happy Gaming!

Sazerac · 11-15-2001, 01:05 AM

ROTFLMAO!!! Now THAT has to be one of the most UNIQUE solutions I've heard! A true Lateral thinker!

Cheers,

Wyvern · 11-15-2001, 11:45 AM

GREAT TIP!!!!

Maybe you should add it to the BEST TIPS ?? [img]smile.gif[/img]

Wyv

Jason Leonard · 11-15-2001, 01:06 PM

You could also just do a nice batch file to achieve this. Create 2 directories, one called "patch" and one called "original". You can figure out which files go in which directories (of course, only the files that are affected by the patch). Then just have a batch for playing patch and a batch file for playing normal. not only could it copy the appropriate files in the directory but it could also launch the game.

If you wanted to step it up a notch, too, you could write a VB app to do all this with the W&W icon built into it and that be the exe you run to play the game.

11-14-2001, 11:14 PM	#1
Lord Vaskulus N'Vareth Vaskaron Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: November 12, 2001 Location: Delaware, USA Posts: 7	Heya folks, I'm glad because I'm a newbie and I have something to contribute! As you may have read, I was looking for a way to earn gold quickly, and spent hours doing the Rumphy Run (which incidently is a great method because you gain experience as well 1159 per char). However, I got curious as to the "Inn bug" where you could double your gold and I wanted to try it, but was sunk because I had "installed" the patch. Turns out, no problem!! The games are interchangeable. I installed the game on my laptop computer, (I normally play on my desktop) machine, did NOT install the patch, brought over my save directory and roster.dat file-- sure enough my game worked just fine. I went to the Inn, followed the gold procedure, and now I don't have to worry about gold for a very long time. I brought my save games and roster.dat back to my desktop machine, everything works just fine, and I still have the gold. So here's what I did just for grins and giggles: I put the 5 patch files in a directory and the 5 original files in a directory and I just switch them back and forth. If I need gold, I put the original files back and for stability, I put in the patch files. Before you try this, OF COURSE, back up everything so you don't lose progress, but I've done it about ten times now and had NO problems whatsoever. Happy Gaming! __________________ Vaskulus N\'Vareth Vaskaron<br />Arch Daemon Lord of the House of Sojourn

11-15-2001, 01:05 AM	#2
Sazerac Ironworks Moderator Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Monroe, LA Age: 60 Posts: 7,387	ROTFLMAO!!! Now THAT has to be one of the most UNIQUE solutions I've heard! A true Lateral thinker! Cheers, __________________ "And all my days are trances, and all my nightly dreams, Are where thy grey eye glances, and where thy footstep gleams, In what ethereal dances, by what eternal streams..."

11-15-2001, 11:45 AM	#3
Wyvern Ironworks Moderator Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Rural Paradise, MI Posts: 5,701	GREAT TIP!!!! Maybe you should add it to the BEST TIPS ?? [img]smile.gif[/img] Wyv __________________

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11-15-2001, 01:06 PM	#4
Jason Leonard Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: November 14, 2001 Location: Arkansas Posts: 26	You could also just do a nice batch file to achieve this. Create 2 directories, one called "patch" and one called "original". You can figure out which files go in which directories (of course, only the files that are affected by the patch). Then just have a batch for playing patch and a batch file for playing normal. not only could it copy the appropriate files in the directory but it could also launch the game. If you wanted to step it up a notch, too, you could write a VB app to do all this with the W&W icon built into it and that be the exe you run to play the game.

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