PATCH ALERT!

[Captain Over]

I've spent weeks playing and learning BC3000AD. I managed to complete 2 tours of duty and much time and effort capturing several star stations in the Campaign game. I've slowly built up EP and medals and then I made the mistake of installing the patches. There is no warning up front about not being able to resume a saved game after installing the patches on the page where the patches are downloaded from. Considering the precious time it takes to accomplish rising in rank and securing the star stations, what is supposed to be the incentive to start a Campaign over completely from scratch? There are no variables in starting a new campaign, the missions are the same. I would have preferred to keep going with version 2.07 without the planet cities than being told as an after thought: "oh by the way, your saved game is history now". A patch is supposed to correct errors and enhance the EXISTING game, not wipe it out! I have no heart to start over, it took too long to get where I was. Somebody blew it by not posting this next to the patch downloads: WARNING: EVERYTHING YOU'VE WORKED SO HARD FOR WILL BE FOR NOUGHT IF YOU INSTALL THESE PATCHES!

[Hector Socas Navarro]

You probably haven't read the documentation, as I remember to have seen mentioned that saved games don't work with the new patches.

On a more constructive note, why don't you unpatch and go back to your old version if you are so upset? Back up your SAVE directory, unpatch or reinstall the previous version and you are ready to go.

[Tyrn]

Well, Hector beat me to the punch.

A word to the wise: Always read all the documentation first, even if you just know you won't have any problems. The save issue is clearly covered in the Troubleshooting FAQ and probably elsewhere but I haven't the time to look it up.

Sorry to hear that you were caught unawares but at this point it's history and unless you can recover your files and reinstall there's nothing anyone can do. As to ranting about the issue, calmer heads tend to prevail here.

[Eclipse]

The patch issue occurs, I believe, as a result of the Derek Syndrome which is the insatiable urge to add new feature to the game.

[Soback]

How hard is it to read about something that you are going to use before you actually use it? How dare he blame someone else for his mistake. YOU SHOULD ALWAYS READ THE FAQ AND THE README FILE, guess you deserve it if you don't do something you are supposed to.