patch doesnt work

Schaussi · Post by **Schaussi** » Mon May 20, 2002 2:17 am

what can i do if the patch doesnt work? it cant find mtm2 on my pc. i tried re-installing some times, but it didnt help.
please help me!!!

Schaussi

Fila · Post by **Fila** » Mon May 20, 2002 3:04 am

Do you have a pirated copy of MTM2?

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The humans think it is a poison of the blood that makes us what we are.
Fools, the blood only feeds the bodies we live in. To create a vampire,
one must steal a soul from the abyss to reanimate the corpse.

Schaussi · Post by **Schaussi** » Mon May 20, 2002 4:52 am

no its the original cd

Post by **Phineus** » Mon May 20, 2002 5:16 am

You haven't told us much. Are you talking mtm1 or mtm2? If you have the retail game, what error messages are you getting and when and under what circumstances are you getting them? What is the name of the patch file and where did you get it from?

Schaussi · Post by **Schaussi** » Mon May 20, 2002 5:39 am

ok...im talking about the mtm2 patch. i downloaded it from haywired.com today. i have the full german version of the game. the error message is "cannot find existing installation of microsoft monster truck madness 2. installation aborted". i get it after i have accepted the licence-things (sorry i dont know what its called in english). the name of the patchfile is mtm2pat.exe and its size is about 909 kb.

Post by **Phineus** » Mon May 20, 2002 6:18 am

re: haywired.com

Okay, I don't think this is the problem but try downloading the patch from here:

http://mtmtracks.cjb.net/utilities/Mtm2pat.exe

re: german version

There have been several non-english mtmers so I don't think it's a problem, but the language version is something to keep in mind as a source of trouble.

re: message is "cannot find existing installation of microsoft monster truck madness 2. installation aborted".

Did you install the game to the default location? Does the patch allow you to browse to a file? I have no mtm entries in the windows registry. Do you? If yes, what are they and what are the chances of you editing them to point to the mtm folder?

Lastly, it shouldn't matter but try running the patch from the mtm folder. You never know, sometimes these things make a difference.

[This message has been edited by Phineus (edited 20-06-2002).]

legwon · Post by **legwon** » Thu Jun 20, 2002 3:06 am

ive had this problem before. it isnt the language difference. something went wrong in the installation or your system reset the registry. over-install the game. it should work.

Falkentyne · Post by **Falkentyne** » Tue Sep 24, 2002 4:44 pm

For MTM2, isn't the exe simply a self-extracting zip file, that runs an INF? I believe that you can patch the game just by opening it with winzip, and then extracting the files into the game's folder. I don't think this patch does an RTP-type update, so that should work for both MTM1 and 2.

Sir Prized · Post by **Sir Prized** » Tue Sep 24, 2002 10:47 pm

Wow, you're right, mtm2pat.exe is self-extracting, and the .inf appears to copy a new .exe and .rtf to the game folder. Good info.

Directory of mtm2pat

MTM2PAT INF 940 10-02-98 5:17p
MONSTER EXE 2,925,568 07-27-98 12:00a
PATCH RTF 14,576 11-09-98 11:13a
ADVPACK DLL 74,960 07-15-97 6:53a
W95INF32 DLL 4,608 07-15-97 6:53a
W95INF16 DLL 2,272 07-15-97 6:53a
7 file(s) 3,022,924 bytes

INF contents:

[version]
signature="$CHICAGO$"
AdvancedINF=2.5, "You need a newer version of Advpack.dll"

[SourceDisksNames]
55="%DiskName%","",0

[SourceDisksFiles]
monster.exe=55
patch.rtf=55

[DefaultInstall]
Copyfiles=InfCopySection,PatchSection,SysCopySection
CustomDestination=MyCustomDestination

[DefaultInstall.NT]
Copyfiles=InfCopySection,SysCopySection,PatchSection
CustomDestination=MyCustomDestination

[InfCopySection]
mtm2pat.inf

[SysCopySection]
advpack.dll,,,32

[MyCustomDestination]
49001=DestA,7

[DestA]
"HKLM","SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Monster Truck Madness\2.0","InstalledPath","%Busted%",""

[Strings]
Busted="Cannot find existing installation of Microsoft Monster Truck Madness® 2. Installation aborted."
DiskName="Microsoft Monster Truck Madness® 2 Patch"

[DestinationDirs]
InfCopySection=17
SysCopySection=11
PatchSection=49001

[PatchSection]
monster.exe
patch.rtf