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Article #12Re: TOTSC- Aus. Version Problems
From: John Verkuylen
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 00:00
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 00:00
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There is a patch of sorts It is at www.bgchronicles.com it is called bgmain2uk.exe and it will unlock that US and Canadian version. I have used it and it works Regards John paul chauvet <chauve49@matrix.newpaltz.edu> wrote in message news:3744bbe9.0@motss... > Jiro Sumitomo (zzjsumit@uq.net.au) wrote: > : Hello, > > : Got my hands on TOTSC here in Australia yesterday. Upon clicking on > : "Play", was greeted with the message "This version runs only in Canada and > : the USA" or words to that effect. After about 30 seconds of mild panic, > : I just changed the Languages in the Regional Settings to English(US), and > : got it working. The problem with this is that the change affects certain > : properties (dates, etc) of other applications. So what I want to know is, > : is there another way of getting around this, or is there a patch > : available? > > What you can do, is go into the control panel, and choose "Regional > Settings." There you can change all the settings (currency, date format, > etc.) individually, but the system will still let you play Baldur's Gate. > Hope this helps! > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > Paul Chauvet > chauve49@engr.newpaltz.edu > SUNY New Paltz > http://www.newpaltz.edu/fencing > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -
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