Ipak and 6.6 SP2

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Post by Chester Desmond // Mar 13, 2007, 1:20pm

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I bought TS6.6 a few months ago along with Ipak. On the start up screen (and in About) it says:

version: 6.6 gPak iPak SSE


I'm wondering if 6.6 SP2 is automatically installed along with the iPak or if newer purchases of 6.6 (downloadable) are already patched?

I don't remember patching it but maybe I did already as I seem to remember that iPAk needs sp2 to function. I also have readme which mentions SP2, so I am probably all patched up and just forgot doing it.

The only reason I'm asking is that the version information doesn't indicate that any service packs are installed. Also I don't have gamePak so seems weird that it would say gPak.

My TS exe is ver 6, 6, 0, 129

Post by TomG // Mar 13, 2007, 1:55pm

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If iPak is working, then yep SP2 must be installed, I am pretty sure. Installing iPak does overwrite the about dialog message right enough.


gP and iPak share an About dialog message, because installing one would overwrite the others About message - we figured displaying both would be less confusing than just showing the last you installed. Then people would continually reinstall, thinking they were missing a pak.


Eg if you installed gP then iPak, only iPak would show and you'd think later, what no gP? Or the other way round, gP second would remove the iPak in the About message.


So instead both installs just list both, a little less confusing than overwriting each other, but still a wee bit confusing when you only have one of them ;)


HTH!

Tom

Post by Chester Desmond // Mar 13, 2007, 6:20pm

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Thank you, Tom. I don't care what yer mum says, yer a good dude. :)

Post by TomG // Mar 15, 2007, 7:28am

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Aww man has she been talking again? I better send along more hush money ;)


Hehe,

Tom
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