This document is the guide to installing this patch to your Mac Warcraft II game.
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1. How to Install the Patch
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Installing the patch is a simple process.
First, double-click on the “Warcraft II 1.23.01 updater” file (located in the same folder as this Read Me). The updater will then automatically locate all copies of Mac Warcraft II currently on your computer. Simply select the one you wish to update, and hit the “Update” button.
The updater will create an updated Warcraft II program, which will have all of the fixes listed in Section 2. Version History. You will then want to go to your Warcraft II folder, and throw away the old Warcraft II program. Next you will want to take the “War Patch” file (located in the same folder as this Read Me), and place it inside the “Data” folder, located in your Warcraft II folder. This “War Patch” file will allow you to use the new “Custom PUD” subfolder feature, and the new Appletalk “display current zone” feature.
You will now be able to play your upgraded Mac Warcraft II.
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2. Version History
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WARCRAFT PATCH INFORMATION
Macintosh Warcraft II contains all fixes to features that were not included, or did not work properly in the original PC version of the game. In the Multi-Player Setup screen, all players using "patched" versions of the game will have a Patch Icon next to the CD Icon. It is still possible to play against older versions of PC Warcraft II, but any new fixes that would be incompatible will be disabled.
Macintosh Warcraft II v1.23
Warcraft II update (coincides with Expansion Pack release) (11/01/96)
Bug fixes in 1.23
• Fix to "Sound cutting off" problem.
• Reworked CD-ROM code to be compatible with just about every single CD-ROM drive. Also works if you have more than 1 CD-ROM drive plugged in.
• Fixed LC 575 play-through problem.
• Fixed "bad char in vsprintf xx" error.
• Fixed zone choosing on networks with a large number of zones (more than 64 zones).
• Now Text-to-Speech works independantly of Speech Recognition being loaded.
• Now warns when you save a game on a full hard disk (would just silently fail to save in previous versions), and also warns on other disk-related errors.
• Fix to saved games that was causing loaded games to behave improperly
• Now imports scrap when application starts up (copy, start Warcraft, then paste into IP field works).
New features in 1.23
• Added Copy and Paste to all Text entry, to better enter TCP/IP addresses from IRC connections, and to give Mac Users the edge in “Cheat Code Wars”
• Auto-eject of the wrong CD if you forgot to put the Warcraft CD in.
• Puts up abort/retry file dialog if error reading from CD-ROM (the app would just quit in earlier versions).
• Switches faster between Warcraft and other apps.
• Can quit from more places in the game (in movies, from the mission objectives dialog, and from the victory/defeat screen).
• Allows FKEYs to work during the game (ie screen capture).
• Allows Custom PUDs to be stored in subfolders within the “Custom PUDs” folder.
