The Political Machine v1.02 Patch

The Political Machine v1.02 Patch

This will update your retail version of The Political Machine to version 1.02 fixing many of the things listed below.

1.02 Update

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Bugs Fixed:

Fixed assorted typos

Fixed bug where # times fundraising in state was not being saved

Fixed bug where Lincoln's money stat was 14

Fixed "client can't kill ads" bug

Fixed Endorsement crash on Win 98

Fixed VP Awareness bug

Fixes for non-alphanumeric characters in custom candidate filenames (changes them to _ internally)

New initialization code to improve compatibility, additional debug info during initialization

State files saved as binaries to fix DirectX/triangles issue

1.01 Update

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New Features:

Added function for Saving and Loading games

Added customization of candidate and portraits in multiplayer

Save and Load capability

Custom candidate and portraits in multiplayer

Lobby in Multiplayer

Enhancements:

Updated election data and minor tweaks to character stats and issues

Multiplayer scoring enhanced to account for the game speed

New interface for seeing online players

Snail pace was slowed down considerably and the players wouldnt see a countdown timer.*

Now allows for Player Name to be changed while in Find Game Screen.

Removed Intro Movie when playing in windowed mode.

Will no longer allow you to create two new candidates with the same name.

Minor tweaks to character stats and issues

Multiplayer scoring enhanced to account for the game speed

New interface for seeing online players.

Tweaks for DirectX for greater compatibility

Bugs Fixed:

Corrected assorted typos.

Fixed TV Show window that was showing up over Main Menu if you backed out during gameplay.

Fixed Player Name to always display even when restarting a new game.

Fixed potential crash at end of multiplayer games.

Fixed 'double text' bug when chatting in Multiplayer menu.

Fixed two or more webmasters in a state giving you money

Fixed campaign ladder mode potentially displaying all the unlocked candidates

Fixed report of clicking or double clicking on textfields crashing

Fixed where custom candidates werent always sent across the net in multiplayer

Fixed where candidates with a 0 for personal attributes were internally given 5

addition of a missing string for the end-game summary screen

updated readme to reference firewalls and network play at the top of the readme

updated readme to indicate Minor tweaks to character stats and issues

Creating 2 new candidates with the same name

Hijacked TV Show window shows up over main menu

Intro Screen in windowed mode

Player name not always stored properly

Player name change in Find Game Screen

Potential crash at end of multiplayer game