I picked up No Remorse again recently. I find that my game CD is already prepatched. It claims that the game version is 1.23. So far as I know, No Remorse patches hosted on the Internet are almost 1.21, with game version unrelated sound patch.
I compared the patch 1.21 and the sound upgrade file binaries hosted by cyberion with those respective ones on CD, and found that crusader.exe(different sizes and contents) and usecode\unkcoff.dat (same size but different contents) are different. Opening crusader.exe on CD with a hex editor, I found string "V1.23" while "V1.21" in the patch 1.21 one. It's running fine. A file called Whats.New on CD is typically the mix of docs concerning the 1.21 and the sound patch. It reads:
Crusader: No Remorse (tm) V1.23 |
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New features:
Joystick/Gravis Gamepad support. (Run INSTALL.EXE)
Programmable joystick buttons. (See README.TXT)
Three levels of frame skipping. (See README.TXT)
Improved performance on 8-meg machines (See README.TXT)
Known map bugs fixed.
Elevator and teleporter hangs are fixed.
16 Bit surround sound enhancment for SB-16 and Ensoniq.
Full Gravis Ultrasound support.
Ensoniq Soundscape support.
My original CD was broken long before I have the enough disk space to hold the disk image, or means of backup. The CD mentioned above was downloaded via emule, so I am not sure whether it is an offcial release. The game installer won't automatically copy static\fixed.dat on CD to harddisk even in full installation mode. I have to manually copy it to game dir to get the patch fully applied, otherwise "Using map patch file." would not be displayed during game initial loading.
Question: Does Ver. 1.23 indeed exist in retail form, or it's just a hacked version? Any ideas?
I compared the patch 1.21 and the sound upgrade file binaries hosted by cyberion with those respective ones on CD, and found that crusader.exe(different sizes and contents) and usecode\unkcoff.dat (same size but different contents) are different. Opening crusader.exe on CD with a hex editor, I found string "V1.23" while "V1.21" in the patch 1.21 one. It's running fine. A file called Whats.New on CD is typically the mix of docs concerning the 1.21 and the sound patch. It reads:
Crusader: No Remorse (tm) V1.23 |
---------------------------------
=============================================================================
New features:
Joystick/Gravis Gamepad support. (Run INSTALL.EXE)
Programmable joystick buttons. (See README.TXT)
Three levels of frame skipping. (See README.TXT)
Improved performance on 8-meg machines (See README.TXT)
Known map bugs fixed.
Elevator and teleporter hangs are fixed.
16 Bit surround sound enhancment for SB-16 and Ensoniq.
Full Gravis Ultrasound support.
Ensoniq Soundscape support.
My original CD was broken long before I have the enough disk space to hold the disk image, or means of backup. The CD mentioned above was downloaded via emule, so I am not sure whether it is an offcial release. The game installer won't automatically copy static\fixed.dat on CD to harddisk even in full installation mode. I have to manually copy it to game dir to get the patch fully applied, otherwise "Using map patch file." would not be displayed during game initial loading.
Question: Does Ver. 1.23 indeed exist in retail form, or it's just a hacked version? Any ideas?