MTW ( Gold Edition ) Patch 2.01 [ Sega ]

[DEB8]

Hello,

Not sure if anyone can answer this, but here goes :

I have my MTW (+VI) - Gold Edition ( Sega DVD ) patched to 2.01 , and the date of the MTW .exe is 30 / 1 / 2006.

I have today downloaded a MTW Gold Edition ( Sega ) 2.01 patch for the above ( to use as a back up - if necessary )
and I note that the MTW .exe is dated 5 / 7 / 2006 !!

I presume that the latter .exe is the same as the first .exe ( as both are version 2.01 ), but why the difference in the dates ?

A later production version ( perhaps ) comes to mind , but why would one be made / done ?

[drone]

I have my MTW (+VI) - Gold Edition ( Sega DVD ) patched to 2.01 , and the date of the MTW .exe is 30 / 1 / 2006.

By this, you mean the MTW/VI exe is 2.01 straight from the install?

I have the old school combo, separate MTW and VI installation, plus the 2.01 patch. The exe in my install directory still is dated 2003 though.

[DEB8]

I can see how you might think that given my information; however, no.

The install was version 2.00 ( I think ) , it was patched to version 2.01.

[ I am just suprised that each patch ( I believe the same one each time ), has a different ( albeit similar ) date. ]

[drone]

The install was version 2.00 ( I think ) , it was patched to version 2.01.

I can't remember how many different combinations the releases have come out with, I believe all the latest "Gold" releases come fully patched, which is why I asked.

The patch I use (Invasion201Patch.exe) is dated March 7, 2006. Since my fully patched Medieval_TW.exe is dated Sept 17, 2003, I'm thinking this is a quirk with how Windows is keeping the modified date. Weird.

[DEB8]

My "Sold Out" STW (WE ) came fully patched ( thankfully ) ; but I had to patch up my MTW / VI ( Gold ) to 2.01.

Re your MTW.exe date - this is indeed odd. Some games update an .exe by adding a "document" type of file ( can't recall the type name ).
Perhaps your VI patch used one of these rather than an updated MTW.exe ?

NB : Although I recall finding such a file ( when I was looking for something else some time ago ) , I cannot find it today !
( Perchance my memory is playing tricks here... )

[drone]

The Gold patch is just a zip with a new .exe that you copy over top, correct? I believe the Invasion patch actually runs an installer, maybe that's how it gets around the modified date change. To be honest, I've never really looked into how Windows/NTFS keeps track of that sort of thing, I don't think Unix/Linux would allow this.