The Operational Art of War IV new Installer 4.1.0.20 & Update 4.1.0.21

[BigDuke66]

There is now a new installer for TOAWIV with the version 4.1.0.20:
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Hello All,

We have a new update for TOAW4. This one is a remaster, and will require you to uninstall your old copy of the game and reinstall from the new installer.

Normally we never require players to do this, but we have decided to establish identical folder structures for the Matrix and Steam versions. This will make keeping the game and custom scenarios much easier to keep organised in the future, for both the players and us.

This folder structure change will not be noticeable to you when playing. What has happened is that we have moved all default scenarios and their files from the folders under Documents/My Games to the ones under the main game folders within C:\Program Files.

The Documents/My Games folders will still be present, and they should be used for all downloaded custom scenarios - so all instructions on how to download and install those remain the same.

In summary, the changes that require us asking you to reinstall are entirely in the background and will not affect your playing experience, but they will be very beneficial in keeping things simple going forward.

Thanks for your understanding!


HOW TO INSTALL THE UPDATE

As explained above, this is slightly more involved thatn a regular patch install. Here are the step-by-step instructions:

1) Uninstall your current copy of TOAWIV. Easiest is to use the Uninstall shortcut from the game's Start Menu folder on Windows. Alternatively you can go to "Add/Remove Programs" in Windows and select TOAWIV.
Uninstall will not remove the player-made scenarios you have downloaded. They will be still available when you are done with the installation. Same applies to your saved games.
2) Download the 4.1.0.20 from The Members Area. You need to have registered the game there for it to appear.
3) Run the installer, follow the instructions. Enter the serial number you have received when purchasing the game, when prompted
4) Enjoy the game!


You can find the patch notes below:

Fixed tooltips
Fixed an issue with the designer preference for the new Density rules not working as designed.
Fixed most issues with being unable to run when the document directory path contains non-western characters.
Fixed several issues with Steam Workshop. Scenarios should now show up correctly, you should also get prompts about common issues with uploading scenarios. PBEM should now work correctly with Steam scenarios which have alternate graphics set up.
Added more logging to try to troubleshoot Sound issues with non-western languages on a few systems.
Updated several scenarios.
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And already an update to it with the version 4.1.0.21.
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Hello,

We have fixed the issue with the Scenarios folder in 4.1.0.20, and have released an update.

You can get it via the game's updater, from the MEMBERS AREA, from http://ftp.matrixgames.com/pub/TheOperat...rtOfWarIV/.

You need to apply the patch over 4.1.0.20. If you have not installed that yet, you need to follow the installation instructions in it's THREAD, but of course you now don't have to worry about the manual fix for the error mentioned there.

Thanks, and sorry for the hickup!
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