User's Guide for TELP's 1.3 Patch for MM9 ========================== Please Note ------------- This guide will refer to your 'MM9 folder'. This is the location of the file 'mm9.exe', the game's executable file. Its default location is 'C:\Program Files\3DO\Might and Magic IX', but you might have chosen a different location upon installation. All sub-folders mentioned are contained within your MM9 folder. Please also note that this document will be placed in your MM9 folder as 'TELP13 User Guide.txt' for your later reference. Requirements --------------- You must be running 1) an English language version of 3DO's Might & Magic® IX, and 2) it must be patched to version 1.2. Preparation ------------- If you have not already installed the official 1.2 patch for MM9, you can download it from http://www.3do.com/support/pc_support.shtml?PAGE=pc/might_magic/mm9/mm9_12patch.htm It is also being hosted by TELP at ftp://telp.org/mm9/MM9_1.0to1.2.exe by Klaravoyia at http://www.keytech.com/~klar/MM9/Patch/MM9_Patch.html and by MM-World at http://mm-world.gamesurf.tiscali.de/download/download.php?id=106 If you have already installed kingkongcobra's 'Unofficial Patch' or MM-World's 'Unofficial English Patch v.2.0' you will need to restore your original version 1.2 resource files. If you saved these files as suggested then you can simply re-copy them to the 'data' sub-folder of your MM9 folder. If you did not save these files, you will need to re-install MM9 from your original CDs and re-run the official 1.2 patch. Doing this should not affect the contents of your 'Save' or 'Minisaves' sub-folders, but you might want to make a backup copy of those if you want to be especially cautious. Installation ------------ The patch can be installed in two ways. You can always extract TELP13.exe from our distribution ZIP file and run it, but since most ZIP utility programs let you run programs directly from their shell you can probably just open the ZIP file and run it from there. The location of the setup file doesn't matter as long as it has enough disk space to run. The setup program will ask you for the location of your MM9 folder. It will offer to make backup copies of the files to be updated before proceeding. *** You will want these original files to make it easy to restore your game to version 1.2. You might need to do this to run future TELP updates for MM9. *** The backed up files will require 276M of storage space. If you don't have enough free space on the drive that holds your MM9 installation, you should backup these files manually to another drive. The updated files are: ART.REZ DATA.REZ LOCALART.REZ RUDE.REZ SRIPTS.REZ WORLD.REZ If you do not backup these files, you will still be able to re-install the game from your original CDs. Next, this program will update your files, which might take about two minutes on slower systems. A report of the updater's success will be saved as 'PatchWise.log' in you MM9 folder. Finally, you will be given a chance to read our ReadMe file if you haven't done so already. Removal ---------- To remove TELP's 1.3 patch you will need to move the files stored in the 'PatchWise.bak\data' sub-folder to the 'data' sub-folder. You can delete the 'PatchWise.bak\data' sub-folder when you are done. Feedback ----------- For feedback, questions, comments, or help with localized language versions: E-mail: telphelp@yahoo.com Forum: http://telp.org/mm9/tavern/mm9tavern.html © 2003 The Erathian Liberation Party