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Official English Drakan Patch 443?
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 7:22 am
by Tarnum
According to 444/445 Readme files, this patch exist:
Multiplayer Changes / Fixes:
443
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+ Now works with OEM builds
+ Fixed crash bug with NT returning an invalid socket event
I want to test it with Drakan SB OEM Build and add it to my Drakan collection. If someone preserved this patch, please share it with me. Thanks!
Re: Official English Drakan Patch 443?
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 12:27 pm
by Arokhs Twin
I could be wrong but I think the patch was made by Surreal but never publicly released as patch 444 quickly replaced it when it became apparent the multiplayer still didn't work. They must have left that bit in the readme.
The only patches I have are 445 + the unofficial ones but I may have 444 and 442 on an old CD archive somewhere however I definitley don't have patch 443.
Re: Official English Drakan Patch 443?
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 2:22 pm
by Tarnum
Thanks for Your reply!
Yeah, I also have official patches 442, 444 and 445. AFAIK, only English version of 442 patch exists because non-English Drakan releases already have this patch integrated. Moreover, filename with English version of 442 patch is called 'drakan_patch442.zip' while 444 and 445 patches are called 'drakan_patch444_eng.zip' and 'drakan_patch445_eng.zip'. Official 445 patch (released February, 2000) makes save games from earlier versions incompatible so should be installed with caution: it is(was) only needed for Multiplayer.
Patch 442 was released September 30, 1999 while Patch 444 released October 19, 1999. There are chances that there wasn't a public release of 443 Patch. The other possibility that 443 Patch was available for download in a very short period of time prior 444 Patch release. Anyway there are nonzero chances that someone still have it.