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Re: TOTSC- Aus. Version Problems

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From: John Verkuylen
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
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> 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!
>
>
>
>
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> Paul Chauvet
> chauve49@engr.newpaltz.edu
> SUNY New Paltz
> http://www.newpaltz.edu/fencing
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Date: 1999/05/23
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