Issues with a new install

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I am unable to find an answer on the forums so let me ask.

I just bought and downloaded HoI2: complete from Gamersgate, after installing and patching I am unable to play HoI2 :doomsday or HoI2: doomsday Armegedon. It opens fine, and I am able to do the tutoriols, but when I try to open a single (or multi-player game) I get the following error:

-- Error: (ScenarioInfo: Unexpected field) 'UES = {'line = 9 file = scenarios\0_Global_war.eug --

Perhapes I have a corrupt Globalwar Scenario?

If needed I can post my system, but this appears to be a software error. I have deinstalled and redownloaded and reinstalled. I am still getting the error.

I am able to play HoI2 without problem.

Thanks for any help with this matter.

Wonka

 

[unmerged(141880)]

As a bit of an update, I am able to remove the files 0_Global_war.eug and 0_Pre_global_war.eug and the game runs fine. I am just missing those two scenarios.

 

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no suggestiond from anyone?

 

[sbr]

IIRC that problem comes from applying the wrong patch to the game.

Uninstall the game(s) then reinstall and make sure you apply the correct patches to the correct version of the game.

Link to all patches

I am not familiar with HOI2 COmplete, is ti like EUIII COmplete where you get just one version of the game, which is the latest expansion pack, or is it like the Anthology where you get 3 separate games?

 

[blue emu]

IIRC that problem comes from applying the wrong patch to the game.

... or from applying the correct patch to the wrong directory (eg: allowing the "proper" Armageddon patch to install to the Doomsday directory).

Different distributions of the game (the Anthology distribution, the HOI Complete distribution, the GamersGate distribution, etc) install the games to different sets of directories... by which I mean, they use a different naming convention for the root folders... while the patches assume that you will have a uniform naming convention.

So it's actually quite easy to end up with the Armageddon patch installing to (and corrupting) the Doomsday folder.

I suggest that you uninstall both Doomsday and Armageddon, reinstall them and BEFORE PATCHING, carefully note (ie: write down) the names of respective root folders... and then patch them one at a time, making sure that the Doomsday and Armageddon patches are routed to the correct folders.

I suspect that you will have to over-type the default installation path of at least one for the patch installers.