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FFE Patches |
In an attempt to rectify
problems in the initial release of FFE, a number of patches were
released by the developer. There are 6 patches in total although only 3
were made available for general release. The fixes in each patch are
listed below. There are also some notes at the end of this list about
problems which were not resolved in patches and workarounds for these
problems.
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1.01
- Unhandled exceptions due to soundcard interrupts.
- CD Ship Upgrade problems
- Angus Mannwaring, Birmingham City
- 'Rigel' missions no longer appear
- Getting 10% extra for missions if you have a good reputation
- Nuclear Missile
- Thruster and Ship equipment repair.
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1.02
- Patch now works for 4Mb machines
- Military Delivery Missions made more frequent
- Missions to systems with no cities deleted
- Midi Music tweaks
- Graphics overflow on highest detail at some space ports.
- Galactic Map spinning with some joysticks.
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1.03 (Not on general release)
- Class 3 Military Drives now available to buy
- Permits now included
- Replies from passenger ships now correct in all cases
- Fixed random failure on fuel scooping message (printing huge numbers)
- Some medals were not getting awarded when deserved - now fixed
- Top secret military mission now always gives you a camera
- Fixed fault in German "Flower delivery" mission text
- Made intro cycle properly at 99 (!)
- Cured Ackwada/Rockforth Legal Academy mission problem with passenger cabins for ships with no cabins (leaving -1 passengers!)
- Certain thrusters were not being repaired properly causing them to lock full-on
- Alien missions now perform correctly with all reported hangs cleared
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1.04 (Not on general release)
- Now can assassinate Dentara Rast after she has left system as well as before
- Hitchhikers no longer detonate bomb once player has taken off on second stage of terrorist mission
- Two year journal sub now gives 24 issues not 240
- Save position length restriction lifted
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1.05
- Freezing problem stopped when sometimes hyperspacing away from
Alioth
and taking on Trans Jammer mission
- Can now destroy second guardian satellite without waiting for conjunction
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1.06
- Under construction. (There was no
readme file provided with the final patch. Please send any
information on fixes in this patch to the email address below.)
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Important Notes:
- Save Games
Where ever possible we have tried to make changes active through save
games, though this cannot be guaranteed for all problems. If you are
still experiencing difficulties it may be caused by corruption in your
saved game created by previous versions.
- Joysticks
We have found that some joystick/card combinations cause unusual craft
behaviour and slow down in extreme cases. Disconnecting the joystick
should fix the problem. (The game was actually designed for use with
the mouse.)
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Information sourced from the official readme files distributed with FFE
patches.
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