It has been suggested that I try the Platinum patch on the Gold version so, I did. Very interesting things happen when using the Platinum patch on the Gold version. I'll list them. The opening screens and the old man no longer appear 2. There is no music anymore 3. The Second Century and Classic Campaigns won't load anymore.

It now asks for the original CD 4. Version 1.54 seems to be upgraded to v1.56, now, or so it says down in the lower left corner 5. The scroll wheel now works Oh, a.dll file had to be moved from the Platinum folder to the Gold folder. That's what I've found so far. Hmmm, very interesting.;D. I've been doing a lot of experimenting with these two versions of RT, Gold and Platinum, and have come to the conclusion that the campaigns will not load without the CD in the drive but, I have been able to upgrade a Gold version to Platinum. My post from Hawkdawg's site reads as such; Well, my Gold version has been upgraded to v1.56 with all the Platinum maps in place and the music is now working, too.

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(Had to move the data 2 folder over.) BUT, still no campaign loading. Apparently, the NO-CD patch for Platinum, that will work in Gold, wasn't written to load the campaigns.

Anyone wanting to upgrade their Gold version will need to do the following; 1. Get the Platinum NO-CD patch and install it.

Move the Mss32.dll file over. Move the data 2 folder over. Move the maps folder over. And, you'll have a Gold version updated to Platinum. The scroll wheel will now work, the music will play, and the screen pans will be slowed down to normal.

AND, all the maps work, too. Notice the lower left corner, v1. Money 2005 Patch 11055. 56. He, he, heee. Thanks, Silverback, that did it.

I now have a Gold version updated to Platinum and don't need a CD in the drive to run it anymore, AND the campaigns work, too. 8-) Success, success, success, finely.

UPDATE: (See #5 & #6) To run RT2 Gold with no CD in the drive, upgraded to v1. Sams Windows Server 2012 Unleashed Sams. 56, and have the campaigns work, do the following; 1. Get the Platinum NO-CD patch and install it. Move the Mss32.dll file over.

Move the data 2 folder over. Move the maps folder over. Copy the ANIM folder over from the disc. Copy the MOVIES folder over from the disc.

Now, you'll have a Gold version updated to Platinum that doesn't need a disc in your drive to play. The scroll wheel will now work, the music will play, and the screen pans will be slowed down to normal, all the maps work too, AND the campaigns will now load. Well, that was kinda fun. I did succeeded after all and, all I was trying to do was play RT II Gold with no CD in the drive. A side question, is it possible to get the V1.56 features (mousewheel, panning) without upgrading to platinum? Blaupunkt Paris Rcr 41 Manualidades.

I'm afraid not, if the.EXE has to be replaced. I have solved the CD problem in another way, using a CD emulator (take also a look at ), so I don't mind about the rest (just want to get rid of the very fast panning). The reason I want to keep the 'old'.EXE is becasue I have made a (radically) modded version of it (take a look at ), and I don't want to do all this again (for V1.56 this time).

RT 2 v1.02 Backup Instructions • Download the official. • Copy the cd to your hd. • Grap the audio tracks. • Now copy the file _setup _setup.1 + ICOMP in a temp dir. • Make a new dir with the name laxity (the example uses the d: drive!) • Start ICOMP _setup.1 d: laxity -d -i to depack the file. • Overwrite group1 rt2.exe with the rt2.exe from da patch file.

• Delete the file _setup.1 in the temp dir. • Start ICOMP d: laxity *.* _setup.1 -i to pack the file. • Copy the file _setup.1 back to the _setup dir. • Burn a mixed mode cd (data + audio) with the label: RT2 File Password = GameFix If you are experiencing problems unpacking the.7z,.RAR &.ACE files make sure to use the latest or as older versions of WinACE, WinRAR & WinZIP will fail to work! If you have problems downloading files then use a download manager like Go!Zilla!, Download Accelerator or GetRight to avoid download problems and to resume failed downloads!