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    Default Re: Information on the v.81 Patch

    Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap. The installer is being built! That means the patch is ready and as soon as the installer is as well, we'll have 0.81 in our hands! Now, I don't know how building an installer works or anything, but I can't imagine it taking more than a few days. I will assume this weekend is going to be an EB weekend.

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    Probably a massive compile time though. Remember that 0.8 was over 1 GB and I imagine 0.81 is bigger; although the patch should be much smaller. So who knows?

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    Quote Originally Posted by abou
    Probably a massive compile time though. Remember that 0.8 was over 1 GB and I imagine 0.81 is bigger; although the patch should be much smaller. So who knows?
    We're actually testing out some preliminary installers right now. As to size, therother did a great job and turned a 200MB rar into a 70MB exe. We have a file or two to add and a bit more testing before we feel certain its ready. Testing is absolutely necessary, btw, as TA proved by finding an awful gaffe in the install file. But yes, we are definitely in the pre-release mode right now.
    Last edited by Kull; 02-17-2007 at 05:15.
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    Goody, goody axe handles!!!

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    The new city graphics, which didn't make it to 0.80, will they be included in 0.81?

    Besides that question, thanks a lot for the great work, EB team!

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    Quote Originally Posted by F for Fragging
    The new city graphics, which didn't make it to 0.80, will they be included in 0.81?

    Besides that question, thanks a lot for the great work, EB team!
    They actually are included in 0.8, they just were installed in the wrong folder. If you want to see them in 0.8, follow the instructions in this post.
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    Default Re: Information on the v.81 Patch

    And to think I just bought RTW and BI Gold yesterday and .81 is coming out soon.

    God has been very generous to me lately.


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    Default Re: Information on the v.81 Patch

    Quote Originally Posted by abou
    Probably a massive compile time though. Remember that 0.8 was over 1 GB and I imagine 0.81 is bigger; although the patch should be much smaller. So who knows?
    The patch took around 15 mins to compile/compress 6174 files totaling some 508MB, down to one 72MB file. The 0.81 full installer takes a bit longer to build, probably around an hour, although it has to compile 19765 files, which gobble up a whopping 1.22GB, down to single 362MB exe. The compression stage is the toughest part on the machine: it uses ~750MB of memory. Which is a lot IMHO. But I suppose it gets a tougher workout when running EB!
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