Railroad Tycoon II History File - 11 November 1998 Version 1.02 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Technical Notes 2 Change History ================== 1) Technical Notes ================== This patch clears up all technical issues we're currently aware of, except the following, which are outside of our control: A) Some users of Sound Blaster Awe 64 cards report relatively frequent crashes. Early versions of the drivers for this card had problems. The best solution is to get the latest drivers from www.creativelabs.com. If this doesn't work, you can also turn the sound volume to 0 within the game's options panel (Not in Windows, but rather in the game itself). This will disable sound and prevent any problems. B) Some users report scrambled colors when running the game. (i.e. all the colors are wrong, greens, blues, etc.) A few video cards incorrectly report their color formats to the game, and there's nothing that the game can do about it directly. There are 3 solutions: 1) Run the game in 8 bit color (Press to toggle). 2) Update your video card drivers. 3) Adjust your video hardware acceleration. Go to Start - Settings - Control Panel / then Display - Settings - Advanced - Performance Adjust the performance slider up or down (some cards do better at a low setting, some do better at a high setting), then restart the game. C) The Heat.Net service included on the CD is primarily geared at North American users, as that's where Heat has the strongest infrastructure. If you're playing in Europe or elsewhere, you may or may not be able to successfully use this service. However, you'll be able to play internet games regardless - just use the TCP/IP option in the game. The only thing Heat provides is a convenient means of locating other Railroad Tycoon II players, you'll have to do this on your own if you aren't using Heat. ========================== 2) Change History ========================== --Changes in 1.02 Version -- (Note: 1.01 version was only used for German release, and primarily implemented support for German language issues). A) Created versions that work around European copy protection flaws, which were causing GPFs for some Pioneer CD Rom drives and 'Invalid Windows Version' errors for NT users. B) Fixed sporadic crash bug when A.I. assumes control of a formerly human owned company (via a human's starting a new company or resigning). C) Fixed Campaign Scenario #13 (India) so A.I. companies now build. D) Fixed Campaign Scenario #10 (France) so gold and silver wins work. E) Fixed Stand Alone Scenario (North America) removing buggy coal price event. (Note these scenario fixes are automatically applied by the program, you don't need new or updated .MAP files) F) Interface change to clarify when a station placement counts as connected to a particular city (for scenario win conditions and cash bonuses). City name will now say 'Connected' as you place station or when you move your mouse over a nearby station. G) Removed error message when music unable to play a track, allowing game to continue without music. Note: this makes for easier multi-player games off a single CD - just start on one machine, remove the CD, use that CD to start on second machine. H) A few small fixes to multi-player issues, primarily with setting up a new game. I) Fixed bug when a train is unloading and all of its station stops are removed. J) Various text fixes for foreign language versions. One .EXE should now support English, French, German, Italian and Spanish, automatically detecting the version based on the default.lng file being used.