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Old 04-12-23, 09:28 AM   #5354
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Originally Posted by propbeanie View Post
The first post and the download page both have notes that the mod is only for the v1.5 of the SH4 game. That is basically the "Gold Edition", which was a euphemism for a all-in-one version of the game, which was originally released with a v1.x number (of course), and went through several interim updates, up through v1.4 that were US Pacific theatre-only versions of the game. Version 1.5 added several "features", including the German Type IX-D2 and Type XVIII U-Boats for a playable German career in the Monsun Gruppe, based in SE Asia. The basic "artwork" of the game was slightly changed, rendering the v1.5 "update" un-compatible with previous versions of the game, which also made all of the existing (at the time) mods incompatible. So, FotRSU is written to that "standard" and will not run in anything prior to v1.5. However, it does not matter whether you have a version of the game with the U-Boat Mission Add-On added on top of an older version of the game, the Steam, the Ubisoft, or any other download version, or the disk "Gold Edition" version of the game. If it says it is "Version 1.5" or "Gold Edition", that would be the same, and what you want. What you do have to do though, is ensure that the game is NOT installed in a Windows "Program Files" folder, or any other folder that Windows monitors. Otherwise, Windows itself will remove any updates and mods that you might add to the folder, and that is due to Windows "security" and the fact that the game was written for Windows XP, and is ignorant of anything about "Vista" or later versions of Windows. There are pdf files in the mod's Support folder, as well as other "help" peppered through-out the first post and the download page to help with game installation and mod activation. Or, any other questions, just post back and someone will help out.
Thanks that clarifies a lot of things. I did see the requirments in the first page im just confused if the Steam version of the game goes up to v1.5.
Actually i just found a comment on Steam saying they only sell version 1.3 even with the U-Boat addon and the guy says he didnt find a way to update to version 1.5. Now that was in 2014 so is there a way to update now from the 1.3 version? Also i guess the gold edition of the Ubisoft Store should work as it says in the cover art it's the "Gold Edition" again they don't specify what version the game uses.
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