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Need a hand

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ValKor01
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Need a hand

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Hi all,

I have a bit of a problem, I was at a LAN at a friends house and we installed TA + CC and Spring and had a few laughs, recently there was an Update which has pretty much broken my TA Spring I can go into the Battleroom and set up a game for myself but it crashes while loading "Parsing Unit Icons" I waited to get in contact with my mate but havent seen him for a while so I tried uninstalling Spring and reinstalling it to see if I would get lucky.

Now normally I would go to tech support and ask for a hand to fix it but I think it would probably be easier just to wipe TA and spring however my problem is that Although I own TA and Core Contingency MY copy of CC is the old first version that was originally released in the UK, as in the one that is bugged. Unlike my mate who didnt purchase a copy on release back then and now owns a working copy.

Basically im asking if anyone knows where i can get the CC patch that fixes it to the point of the game working. It would mean i could do a full wipe and re-install. Im gonna have to look into getting a copy of CC that doesnt have this issue so i no longer have to find this damn patch! :-D
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Pressure Line
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Re: Need a hand

Post by Pressure Line »

lolwhat?

You dont need to use an OTA+CC install to run TA mods in Spring. Spring+OTAContent download+BA = gogogoplay
ValKor01
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Re: Need a hand

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I was under the impression that you needed to install the expansions to use the units from that expansion.

is that not the case?

Because I want to use the Core Contingency units aswell. I can easily install TA then spring but I would rather install TA+CC then Spring Plus is there not some bug where if you install TA and patch to 3.1 before installing CC, when you go to install CC it reverts it to 3.0 and causes a few issues? If im remembering right
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panzeriv2
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Re: Need a hand

Post by panzeriv2 »

Did you mistake Spring for TA3D?

1. Install Spring.
2. Download BA and put it in the mods folder in Spring's directory.
3. Download some maps, and put it in the maps folder.
4. Play Spring.
5. Shut up about OTA or CC.
6. Kthxbai.
Because I want to use the Core Contingency units aswell. I can easily install TA then spring but I would rather install TA+CC then Spring Plus is there not some bug where if you install TA and patch to 3.1 before installing CC, when you go to install CC it reverts it to 3.0 and causes a few issues? If im remembering right
BA has all OTA units plus a few extras.
ValKor01
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Re: Need a hand

Post by ValKor01 »

panzeriv2 wrote:Did you mistake Spring for TA3D?

1. Install Spring.
2. Download BA and put it in the mods folder in Spring's directory.
3. Download some maps, and put it in the maps folder.
4. Play Spring.
5. Shut up about OTA or CC.
6. Kthxbai.
LOL

what crawled up your A** and died?

Ill ask whatever I want if i need help, I wont shut up cos you want me to. I have a legitamite problem and was wondering if someone could help me.


EDIT:
panzeriv2 wrote: BA has all OTA units plus a few extras.
You could have said that instead of the inflamatory rubbish before it.
Nice of you to edit that in though, Thanks.
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Pressure Line
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Re: Need a hand

Post by Pressure Line »

you DO NOT need to have a TA instal;lation to play ANY Spring mod/game.

1) Install Spring
2) Download and install Balanced Annihilation
3) Download otacontent and put the three files inside the archive into your installpath/spring/base directory.

you are now good to go :)

alternatively, just use the installer and select the options you want (presumably BA and the base ota content)

some maps probably wouldnt hurt either
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smoth
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Re: Need a hand

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hi, welcome to the spring community, don't let the place get to you, just return your frustration when you beat them in game.
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hunterw
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spring community is all jerks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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TheFatController
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If only there was a forum rule against people being dicks to new people legitimately asking for help.

The lobby community is already hostile enough to new players I guess it must just carry over to here...
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AF
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Re: Need a hand

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snookums
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Tribulexrenamed
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Re: Need a hand

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hmmm
Regret
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Re: Need a hand

Post by Regret »

The question is: do we really want people that are too dumb to figure it out on their own playing spring with us?
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very_bad_soldier
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Post by very_bad_soldier »

Regret wrote:The question is: do we really want people that are too dumb to figure it out on their own playing spring with us?
I would prefer playing with apes instead of assholes. Too bad there is no choice.
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Tribulexrenamed
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I love noobs dearly.
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AF
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Re: Need a hand

Post by AF »

Its a bit hard when critical things like metalmaps are hidden away behind magic keys with no indication that they even exist, its like a telephone with hidden number keys in random places.
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Pressure Line
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AF wrote:its like a telephone with hidden number keys in random places.
GIEF NAO!
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