Jimtit

Well said. Knowing that we've been conned is one thing, but confronting BIS and codemasters is another. Out of everyone who has already confronted Codemaster or BIS, who has actually had a reply from them? exactly. I know how pathetic their responses are, so the only thing i will be doing is not buying any software with the BIS or Codemasters label. At least we know why they introduced FADE into Operation Flashpoint. And that is to hide the duff programming.

... ok 8|

Anyone know the possibilities of where i could aquire an extractor for the patches? i.e rip the files out of the patch so i can manually update opflash. Anyone? Thx in advance. Sorry but i'll ask this again, but has there been any official responce from BIS or Codies about this mishap?

I'm sure that avon lady is out to get hits for her site ;D

Thanks vh for that. But unfortunately disabling DMA doesnt work for myself. The way i go round installing 1.20 upgrade was after it compained about the sound.pbo file, i copied the same file from the opflash CD (E:\Flashpoint\Dta) and overrid it, then disabled it as a "read only". The 1.20 patch worked fine then, but it did take a couple of attempts overriding the "damaged" files from the CD for it to work, but thats one posible way. Backing the entire Opflash folder (as 1.20) up to another folder, overriding the 1.20 sound.pbo file after the 1.30 patch complains doesnt work :/ After all, isnt 1.30 the real version 1? ;D

I appreciate all who are contributing potential solutions to this problem, and I would like this thread to stay alive until its solved Thanks again

OK BIS and codies. Time to swollow that pride. I think its safe enough to say the patch system has problems. Has there been any official replies to this problem yet? Thanks

Sven that wont work. You will just be using his version of opflash. Which means your CD wont work with it.

Please. I know my pc inside and out. I fixed the corruption problem when i first purchased my k7a. Advising people to flash their bios to either an updated version or downgraded version is a pathetic and unefficient solution. I've flashed my bios before and it killed it. I dont advise anyone to do it. The only guaranteed working way of bios flashing is buying a new bios chip. That cost me 7 days and Å20. 4in1s? Heheh. Yeah they work. Yeah they fixed the corruption problem, and yeah i update them as soon as a new version is released. Please please dont keep pasting these unadequate solutions. A working patch for all chipset users is needed. This is what we need BIS. A real solution is needed BIS, please respond.

Usually games developers design with the majority or if not all hardware types and maufacturers in mind. I dont think VIA are exactly uncommon type of chipset. Why have BIS forgotten to take the data corruption into account? Because of their (and codies) slightly over-protective anti-piracy ways. It seems that VIA chipset users are the victims to this. It would be nice for the patches to be "normal" patches. i.e the files within the patches just override any existing files in the directory the uder choose to exract them to. Oh no, we cant have that, they must be vailidated first. :/ What i want is BIS and Codies to get their act together and release the patch files in a ZIP for both 1.20 and 1.30 upgrades. If they are paranoid about people upgrading the illegal copies, i'd be happy to give any information to them from my opflash case/manual/cd or even the d*amn reciept to prove that i paid 30 quids for this coaster. Going back to the upgrade files, would it be possible for someone with a working 1.30 to work out what files are upgraded (which isnt hard) and put them to ZIP for people with VIA chipsets, like myself, to aquire the 1.30 update? Cause i doubt BIS are going to be doing it. Thanks