Hearts of Iron II + Doomsday Patches

[Greybriar]

I purchased Hearts of Iron II Complete from GamersGate. Then I downloaded and installed it. Hearts of Iron II is version Hoi2v1.1(IOCO). Doomsday is v 1.0(LADS). I don't know what version Armageddon is because I get the "Please install latest milestone" error message when I try to run it.

Okay, if the two versions mentioned above are 1.1 and 1.0 respectively, am I correct in assuming I will need to download the latest patches for them? Will installing the latest patches get Armageddon to work?

Also, if they are 1.1 and 1.0, why aren't the latest versions of the games available from GamersGate instead? It would certainly save us gamers some unnecessary hassles.

 

[coreymas]

Doomsday and Arma patches can be found here:

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?392813-Patch-Links-for-Doomsday-and-Armageddon

 

[Greybriar]

Doomsday and Arma patches can be found here:

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?392813-Patch-Links-for-Doomsday-and-Armageddon

Will installing the latest patches get Armageddon to work?

Why aren't the latest versions of the games available from GamersGate instead of old versions in need of patching? It would certainly save us gamers some unnecessary hassles.

Edit: I managed to get Armageddon up and running without patching.

 

[Greybriar]

I just tried patching Hearts of Iron II to 1.3 and it is still version 1.1.

And since I patched HoI2 Doomsday to 1.3a the game won't run.

That's really sad since I just got Hearts of Iron II Complete up and running just prior to patching. :sad:

 

[coreymas]

Also it is always recommended to install any games outside of the c:\program files area to avoid any file opening/updateing issues. Try installing the game in something like c:\games\hoi2dd and then reapply the patch

 

[Greybriar]

Yes, I always install my games to a C:\Games folder instead of to the default C:\Program Files folder. That was where I attempted to patch the game.

 

[Denniss]

The patch installers often had a problem if you manually directed them into a folder they just added another subpath so the files anded up in your specified path + subfolder Doomsday or similar. Please check this.

I would have assumed Gamersgate would use up-to-date game installer(s) for the complete pack but obviously they use old stuff.

 

[Greybriar]

Thank you for the information, Denniss.