New patch hosed my otherwise perfect game!

[Fridgebadger]

Is there any way to check if the game has been patched?

I dl'd the patch, and got ctds after the first loading screen. I did have a mod installed though, so I've gone back to vanilla, and it starts fine but I haven't seen Steam dl'ing the patch. There's nothing like a version number in the game menus is there? What should I look for in the altered files? (patch_en.pak still says 3/4/2009)

Is there any way to tell in Steam? It's not showing any updates available next to Empire...

Edit: I think going to Steam, right click on empire, properties and verify game files seems to have fixed it - at least files are updated to 27/3 now...