Changes

[Gobalopper]

Cliff sent me the details for what this next patch will be fixing, basically the text file you see after updating. Check it out below:

Emperor: Battle for Dune Patch Information

Version 1.09

September 6, 2001

Dear Emperor: Battle for Dune Player,

The latest patch for Emperor: Battle for Dune is primarily to add support for the BETA release of our Map Editor. The BETA Map Editor is a developmental tool, and will be downloadable as an ?AS-IS? utility. It does NOT have the polish of a retail-release, and can be difficult to learn. However, this patch will allow you to use the maps created by the fans with this tool.

If you join a game that has selected a map, which you do not have on your local harddrive (i.e. you will need to download user-created maps separately), a warning message is displayed upon entering that game?s setup screen.

NOTE: User-created maps are created completely independent from Westwood Studios and Electronic Arts Inc. We have no controls over the content that a user puts into their maps. Please be cautious and review any download from any site to verify its content and that you deem it acceptable. Westwood Studios & Electronic Arts are not responsible for objectionable content.

Additionally, a few minor enhancements were made available in this release as well.

Thanks for your continued support and enjoy the new changes!

--Westwood & the Emperor: Battle for Dune Team.

Changes in V. 1.09

GENERAL ISSUES

1) Support for user-made maps. They will appear in your map-selection dialogue box for Skirmish Games & Multiplayer Games. Upon joining a lobby or after map selection changes, users that are missing that map, or have a different version will be given a warning, and will not receive the ?Accept? button.

2) Westwood Online games that are full of players, but have not yet clicked ?Accept? and/or ?Play?, will now appear in the Custom lobby in a gray color.

This looks to mainly be a patch to add support for user maps. It will also make all game channels display, even if they are full, which should give players a better idea on how many people are playing at a time. More as it develops. :)

Update: Looks like it will be a couple days more before you can auto-update, probably Friday or Monday. Doesn't matter much as the patch mainly adds supports for user maps and there won't be any of those until next week when the map editor is released.