v 1.3 patch install problem on Vista

[Master of Stickmen]

Ok, here goes. Today ive been trying to install the 1.3 patch today, and whenever I run the menu.bat/lite menu.bat (tried both), I tell it to update the sides, and it says it's paching a file, then it says "acess denied", then goes on to paching another file. "acess denied". And so on. Any help (especially from [RDH] Zerted)?

[Maveritchell]

Run the command prompt as an administrator and then run menu.bat through that.

[Master of Stickmen]

Ok did that and it says:

WARNING - Safty check failed:
"..\..\BattlefrontII.exe" does not exist
from the folder containing menu.bat

Halting to prevent possible folder damage

You should have extracted the v1.3 patch's files
into the folder: [swbf2]GamaData\addon\AAA-v1.3patch\

The v1.3 patch installer/menu will now exit.
The v1.3 patch was NOT installed.

Any help there?

EDIT
Now, whenever I try to play a map, the game CTDs

[[RDH]Zerted]

What operating system do you have? If you got that message, then the patch shouldn't have touched any of your files...

[Xavious]

What operating system do you have?

v 1.3 patch install problem on Vista

[Twilight_Warrior]

All you have to do is go to the LucasArts folder Properties, click on the Security tab, click the little Edit button with the shield next to it, then give everything Full Control. Then, run the menu.bat normally.

[Master of Stickmen]

still says "acess denied"

EDIT well, now I can play, and fake console/freecam works, but still no custom sides


EDIT2
problem still unsolved. little help anyone?

[Maveritchell]

Did you install the lite or the full version? Only the latter has the sides updated.

In any case, you can work around the menu.bat not working by installing either:
a) Conversion Pack 2.2 patch, or
b) Dark Times
With both of those the pre-installed version of the 1.3 patch (lite) is included. If you want to update the sides, you can simply do so by downloading the 1.2 patch and only replacing the sides (not any of the other .lvl files).

[Master of Stickmen]

did a & b already. mod sides work but 1.3 sides on shipped maps doesn't

though 1.2 patch might work........


EDIT
1.2 patch works!!!!!!! Thanks Mav! And thanks to Rep for putting the sides into an installer instead of a .bat file!

EDIT never mind, now GCW CTDs

[[RDH]Zerted]

...thanks to Rep for putting the sides into an installer instead of a .bat file

You would be cursing if the v1.3 path was a 800MB download. Using .bats allowed me to shrink it to 100MB. During testing, no one with Vista complained about it not installing correctly...

What you want to do is:
1) Install the v1.1 patch
2) Install the v1.2 patch
3) Install the Conversion Pack v2
4) Install the Conversion Pack v2.2 patch

[Master of Stickmen]

I guess I should just reinstall Bf2, then do that

EDIT
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO........ I know what I did! I didn't have the 1.1 patch installed before I did that stuff...

Ill confirm that later

EDIT2
did what you said (except I substituted Convo pack with dark times) and GCW Still CTDs

[[RDH]Zerted]

Try the solution in this topic: http://www.gametoast.com/forums/viewtop ... 25&t=19774

[Master of Stickmen]

Sick! it's patching right now. When it's done I test it and get back to you

It works, thanks!

[Twilight_Warrior]

If you'll notice...my post on this topic (8 posts above) was that EXACT same answer I gave in the topic Zerted posted...just thought I'd point that out...

[Master of Stickmen]

yeah well, I did what you said, and it didn't work. Then I did what Dunii did and that worked, so you kind of, indirectly, helped, yes.