DoW Patch 1.4 Live!

Sacer

since i seem to be in a news posting mood

http://www.relicnews.com/archives/2005/09/dow-patch-14-live/

download mirrors and torrent all here

RopeDrink

Good stuff - Going to download it now and hopefully throw in a few online games later on.

OSiriS

What is in this patch to make it 192MB?

R0ot

ffs another patch, oh and btw i havent posted any mod info because my computer is fcuked atm.

RopeDrink

From what I read regarding the patch info, it's mainly a collection of minor unit / unit damage changes and possibly a few new maps?

I'll fetch it and post it up here.

RopeDrink

Ok, Im getting way ahead of myself - I doubt there are new maps in the patch (Im mistaking it for the Winter Assault expansion - Which I read about countless times in excitement)


Anyway, 1.04 gives you:

• Increased Defiler cost to 190 requisition 400 power
• Increased Defiler build time to 60 seconds
• Increased the cost of the Chaos Sorcerer to 200 requisition 100 power
• Chaos Sorcerer build time is now 60 seconds (up from 20)
• Cost and build time of Chaos Marine Tactical Bolters reduced by 5%
• Reduced the cost of the Chaos Temple by 10%
• Reinforce time of Chaos Marine Tactical Bolters reduced by 10%
• Warp Spider damage against infantry has been reduced by 15%
• Guardian damage reduced by 5%
• Ork Stormboyz armor changed from Infantry High to Heavy Medium. Ork Stormboyz should now be a much better counter to Warp Spiders.
• Reduced the cost of the Space Marine Dreadnought to 170 requisition 350 power
• Reduced the train time of the Space Marine Dreadnought to 50 seconds
• Cost and build time of Space Marine Tactical Bolters reduced by 5%
• Reinforce time of Space Marine Tactical Bolters reduced by 10%
• Reduced the cost of the Chapel Barracks by 10%
• Scouts were inadvertently given an accuracy penalty while moving in the 1.3 patch. This penalty has been removed. Scouts should now be more effective at dealing damage.
• The recharge for Battle Cry was reduced to 96 seconds (down from 120)
• The recharge for Orbital Bombardment was reduced to 195 seconds (down from 240)
• The recharge for Smite was reduced to 100 seconds (down from 120)
• The recharge for Weaken Resolve was reduced to 45 seconds (down from 60)
• The build time for the Predator Lascannon upgrade was reduced to 20 seconds (down from 25)

Code & Performance Changes

• Many small optimizations for low-end systems
• Full front-end now reloaded after switching mods (games)
• 2 new graphics options: Persistent Bodies, Persistent Decals
• Improved system performance detection capabilities of GraphicsOptions utility, resulting in more accurate settings. As a result, the GraphicsOptions utility will automatically run next time you start the game, post-patch/update

murfie

Im having problems installing this, because i have to install a earlier patches. the first one wont install, it say the language version in not correct but i tried both english and international version 1.1? do i need these patches?

RopeDrink

I found the best method is to connect through the games online connection service and allow it to download the patches itself...

After trying to d/l the patches from the site, I had to uninstall and reinstall the whole game, as they always seem to offer up 'mismatched problems' so I wouldn't trust patching the game using the official downloads if it includes having to upgrade from more than one patch at a time...

1.4 installed perfectly for me, anyhow, and it's added a few minor, but noticable touches.

murfie

RopeDrink wrote:

I found the best method is to connect through the games online connection service and allow it to download the patches itself...

Do i only have to connect then? will it download automatically? As i cannot see any place that tells me how far it has downloaded. I am getting the same mismatched install files alright with the downloaded patches.

RopeDrink

Open up the game as per usual and click through it to connect online to play. It'll notice your game isn't patched correctly to play online and will download them for you (One at a time, if you need more than one patch).It should go through this process after you have logged into your online account.

murfie

cheers, it appears alright that i am up to date with the latest version and i can play online. either it downloaded the patch or the game was already up to date when i purchased. Thanks Rope

RopeDrink

No problem...

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