The Precursors Unofficial Patch file

The Precursors Unofficial Patch
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Copyright by Werner Spahl, "Wesp5", email: spahl@cup.uni-muenchen.de
Official download link at Patches-scrolls.de
ModDB link Moddb.com
Infos and support can be found at: Xenus.sacred-tribute.com
Steam discussion: Steamcommunity.com

This is an unofficial patch for The Precursors from Deep Shadows. It
is publisher approved and works with the Russian retail release, the
online distributed Russian versions from gamepitstop.ru or yuplay.ru
and the English releases from GamersGate, Beamdog and finally Steam.
The patch is a cumulative release and includes all earlier versions!

The patch is provided "as is" and any warranties are disclaimed. The
free redistribution of the unchanged patch is permitted but it's not
allowed to use it as a base for derivative works without permission!
Thanks go to Pavel and Alex from GFI/Russobit-M, badmofo and myers90
for their utilities, and Pandur and Nick-ol-Teen for paving the way!

Installation:
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To install the patch choose The Precursors installation directory as
destination, then select the components. The registry is not changed
but it can't be uninstalled! Thanks to Jordan Russel for Inno Setup.
Install the latest official patch before using this one and although
older saves should work, it's better to start a new game afterwards!

The voice-overs of movies and cutscenes were based upon the official
English version, the graphics were created from official webpages or
trailers and the translation is based on the English text in the 1.0
resource file. It was merged into the 1.1 version and improved a lot
whenever appropriate, also many issues and gameplay bugs were fixed!

Problems:
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To fix graphic issues try in 'Shared Documents' ini/videooptions.ini
RENDERLAG=1, DISABLESHADERMODEL30=1, DISABLE_ROTATION_MOTION_BLUR=1,
SMOOTHFPS=1, LIMITFPS=30, Weather Effects=1 or FOV=80 for widescreen
support. To fix flicker copy the ati folder and if you get blur when
talking, change ApplyDOF from 1.0 to 0 in all the postprocess files.

To fix missing sound effects install the Russian sound archive file.
On start crashes rename cyrillic game folder, disable desktop compo-
sition and any second monitor. If your ship drifts disable joystick!
Set controls not shown under Options manually in controlsettings.ini
like Keyboard Sensitivity, Afterburn, Extreme Break or camera views.

Internals:
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To enable the console set Enabled=1 in ENGINESETTINGS.INI, then open
it with the ~ key below ESC. Some known useful console commands are:
GOD god, SUPERGOD notarget, ALLWEAPONS all weapons, ALLMONEY credit,
SET CLIP = 1 flymode, PRINTPOINTEDCHAR info, ADDSID idnr add object,
DRAWHUD off/on, SIDEREL fc 1 +100 faction, add_hyperfuel 1 +50 fuel!

If you want to edit dialogues in resource.qrc, these are some infos.
Commands: CHECKMONEYx, GIVEMONEYx, TAKEMONEYx, SETRELx|y, ADDRELx|y,
GIVESIDx=y, TAKESIDx=y, GIVESIDTOSHIPx=y, TAKESIDTOSHIPx=y. MSG_IDs:
1 backpack, 2 upgrade weapon, 11 fill car, 12 fix car, 31 fix flyer,
32 fill flyer, 37 upgrade ship, 38 cargo, 39 fill ship, 40 fix ship.

Gameplay:
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Items and people in some places will only be there during the quest.
Don't pick up the free assault rifles in the second Imperial camp on
Reandore unless the camp is under attack, otherwise that quest stays
open. Return to Randall in the first camp even if the marker is off.
Don't be confused by the ending, they just couldn't finish the game!

Version Changelog:
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v2.2 22.02.2024
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Restored missing night time music on Goldin, thanks BioHazardBattle.

v2.1 06.06.2022
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Added info about how to prevent blurry talking camera to the readme.
Merged Steam translation and improved dialogues, thanks to badmofo.

v2.0 28.08.2020
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Improved text for missing boy Su mission and smartlink description.

v1.9 18.01.2019
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Modified verender3.dll so game process gets terminated, thanks elmo.
Added provisory FAQ/Beginners'Guide 0.1, thanks to Val's Evil Twin.

v1.8 11.02.2014
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Fixed dialogue issues of Leemin and Grayson, thanks to Danko Simons.
Made Kasterley in the BBK mediate with Free Traders multiple times.
Set weight of all undroppable quest items to 0.01 to avoid problems.

v1.7 15.05.2013
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Added link to moddb page and continued improving translation issues.
Improved all cutscene voice-overs, see credits below the changelog.
Included removal of film grain noise effect into flicker fix option.
Fixed Grayson's quest removing wrong inventory item after delivery.

v1.6 12.07.2012
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Fixed mission-order issues for Doctor Amon and intelligence officer.
Continued improving translation, names and similar inconsistencies.
Restored missing title for Doctor Amon's weapons experiment mission.

v1.5 28.08.2011
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Removed double line about Dust package and Clatz cell key after use.
Continued improving translation, names and similar inconsistencies.
Added zoom and range indicators to binoculars, thanks to The Silver.
Fixed directions to the mediator on Reandore and some NPC factions.
Increased cost of the BBK mediators and made Kasterly a Free Trader.
Hopefully fixed possible cutscene crashes by including sndlist.dat.
Included HUD improvements and missing icons, thanks Shepard_the_3rd.

v1.4 18.04.2011
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Changed inventory and trade screens to show more, thanks to badmofo.
Continued improving translation, names and similar inconsistencies.
Swapped green spaceship engine trail with unused but better red one.
Fixed Misa not accepting fuel and Ramall's missions end and double.

v1.3 07.02.2011
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Included English cutscene voice-overs, thanks jorgamesh and badmofo.
Corrected BBK drinker, Darkon race organizer and Norman quest bugs.
Added postprocess folder to avoid ATI flickering, thanks sq_paradox.
Fixed merchants window bugs and some space engineers not repairing.
Removed 5th ship engine and added flashlight, binoculars, smartlink.
Swapped HUD drug and medicine addictions and fixed perk conditions.
Fixed cargo merchants exploit and unlocked belongings box at prison.
Added infos for undefinable controls and created installer version.
Corrected loading and menu videos that slowed loading and menu down.
Continued improving translation, names and similar inconsistencies.
Fixed Ridinger bandit faction change and improved the BBK mediators.
Merged with 1.1 patch and enhanced the phrasing, thanks to badmofo.
Changed Soothsayer quest line and fixed damaged ship mission issues.
Restored some unused music pieces when in space, thanks to player1.

v1.2 21.12.2010
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Added faction status changes for Bush, Skeleton, Shaman and Ridiger.
Fixed more details and inconsistencies and a few generic NPC names.
Turned Kasterley, Scrubby and representatives at BBK into mediators.
Changed warden lines to give info on box with your stuff at prison.

v1.1 30.07.2010
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Fixed many details and inconsistencies, and added item descriptions.
Corrected transactions with Perk, ice collector and race organizer.
Changed Kasterley missing quest line and vehicle menu to roll/slide.

v1.0 04.06.2010
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All in game text translated to 100%, thanks for the help to badmofo.
Added several game engine cutscene transcripts to the patch readme.

v0.7 05.05.2010
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Added subtitles for intro video, thanks for the translation to Metz.
Fixed broken weapons and redid strings to 100% and dialogues to 1%.

v0.6 31.03.2010
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Fixed many small details and names and did 7% of the dialog strings.

v0.5 03.03.2010
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Created English loading and menu screens by using logos from videos.
Translated all string categories to 100% and the dialogues to 0.1%.
Created Precursors icon by using graphics from the official webpage.

Voice-over credits:
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- Nick Lynd: Scientist, Enlil, Nirris Aprotov (project lead)
- Kevin Banford: Treece Creighton
- James Banford: Captain Ridiger
- Nick Ray: Falcao
- Becca Stein: Aira
- Jack Ross: Soldier 2, Officer
- Danny Traughber: Soldier 1, Soldier 3
- Mixed and mastered at MASH Studios, Sacramento, California

Unfixed issues:
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- Female looking player icon
- Colored escape pod icon
- Poaching/Marauder perk
- Hensa saddle clipping
- Gli ending cutscene
- Birds and Medusa tentacles items
- Chaser Perk conditions

Visitable loations:
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Goldin in the Ari-Ta system with one spaceport.
Gli in the Clatz system with two spaceports.
Reandore in the Ti-4 system with two spaceports.
Sunax in the Nakost system with one spaceport.
Yarent in the Dari-Shim system with one spaceport.
Morento in the Elamy system with one spaceport.

Mediator locations:
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Scrubby for bandits in the BBK on Goldin.
Imperial representative in the BBK on Goldin.
Kasterley for Free Traders in the BBK on Goldin.
Democratic Union representative in the BBK on Goldin.
Ceiron for civilians near the ruins of the city on Goldin.
Rick for Empire and Free Traders in a base near lava on Reandore.

Restored content:
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- Several action and inventory icons.
- Some unused music pieces when in space.
- Flashlight, binocular and smartlink items.

Unrestored content:
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- Many lines and mission orders.
- Some inventory icons like tools.
- Several action icons like Hensa saddle.
- Cargo bay, floor, mini and repair robots.
- Space station, robot crane and hoovercraft.
- PDAs, pears, bird, cock, toolbox and helmet.
- Big fish, monster fish, gur fish and starfish.
- Flower eye, tree eye, tree, slime and teeth flora.
- Beetle woodlouse, desert bird and live tree monster.
- Slim, bulky and star mushrooms and Recedis attack script.
- A second spaceport near the prison on Goldin.
- Limpid in the Zirit system with two spaceports.
- Negletik in the Borator system with one spaceport.
- A third spaceport near the Imperial lab on Reandore.

Publisher approval:
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Email by Pavel Altshul from GFI on 25.01.2011: So may I kindly ask
for your cooperation? (I would take Xenus2 as an example) I’m able
to provide you with retail Russian version + unprotected .dll’s +
Russian patch 1.1. And if it possible for you to disassemble this
patch removing Russian text out of it and packing your proofread
text in, I think it will work perfectly. And end users will have
the version with performance optimization and good texts in it.
This patch will undoubtedly have credits to you in readme (or
called "Community patch 1.1 by Wesp5" if you want). Then we will
distribute it to all our partners who sell the game, noting them
that they must refer to you as its author. Is it acceptable?
Anyway, I must note that we won’t be able to call this patch
official (as it’s made not by the developers). But "supported
by Publisher", or "approved" or equally.

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