SimCity 2000 (Windows) v1.2 Patch

FILE PACKING LIST FOR SC2W12.ZIP
  PATCH.EXE
  PATCH.RTP
  README.TXT (this document)

HOW TO USE THIS UPDATER
The file you are downloading has been compressed with a PKZip 2.04g
You must have copy of PKUnzip (available on most online services)
installed on your system. These instructions also assume that you have
installed PKUnzip in a directory which is in your PATH. To update your 
copy of SimCity 2000 for Windows to version 1.2, take the 
following steps:

   1. Copy SC2W12.ZIP into the directory where SimCity 2000 for Windows
      is installed. The default directory is C:\SC2K4WIN-- these 
      instructions assume you have installed SimCity 2000 to the default
      directory.  If you have installed to another directory, substitute
      the path you used for C:\SC2K4WIN.
   2. Exit Windows or open a DOS prompt in Windows.  Type in 
      CD\SC2K4WIN{Enter}.  When you are in the directory where SimCity
      2000 is installed, type in PKUNZIP SC2W12.ZIP{Enter}.
   3. When the files have been extracted, type in PATCH{Enter}.
   4. Good things will happen, and the patch program will tell you about
      them. When it is done, restart Windows (or if you are in a DOS 
      session under Windows, type in EXIT{Enter} to go back to Windows.
   5. If desired, you may delete the files PATCH.EXE, PATCH.RTP and README.TXT
      from your C:\SC2K4WIN directory.  Keep a copy of SC2W12.ZIP on floppy 
      in case you need to reinstall SimCity 2000 for Windows in the future.

THINGS FIXED IN SIMCITY 2000 FOR WINDOWS VERSION 1.2
For those of you who are upgrading from version 1.0, here's what's new:

IMPROVED LOW MEMORY CHECKING
SimCity 2000 will now warn you if you don't have enough free memory to run 
reliably. Additionally, low memory situations should be much more stable 
(but not totally - don't say we didn't warn you if you're running low and 
you crash!).

AFRICAN SWALLOW
At gunpoint, we forced the programmers to remove all safety settings and 
allow the user to select the infinitely dangerous (and fast) African Swallow 
speed setting. If you a running a 486 DX2 66, DX4 100 or any P-5 system, you will
notice a big difference.  You will not see a difference on slower systems.
Caution! Using this setting will cause SimCity 2000 to not draw any screen 
updates (well, ok, it draws them once every few game-months), not to time itself
against your system's MCI clock, and may cause rips in the fabric of the 
universe if used improperly. If you have selected this newly-declassified 
speed setting and a disaster occurs, SimCity 2000 will spit you out of Swallow 
mode so you can fight the forces of evil in real-time.

THE SIMCITY 2000 URBAN RENEWAL KIT FOR WINDOWS
SimCity 2000 for Windows Version 1.2 is fully compatible with the Urban
Renewal Kit for Windows; however, if you have purchased a copy of the 
Urban Renewal Kit for Windows, you do not need to run this patch.  The setup
program for the Urban Renewal Kit will automatically update your currently
installed version of SimCity 2000 for Windows.  If you have updated to version
1.2, and experience problems installing the Urban Renewal Kit, simply reinstall
your original copy of SimCity 2000 before you install the Urban Renewal Kit.

Even with this update, you must have the WINDOWS version of the Urban Renewal 
Kit; the DOS version of the Urban Renewal Kit is NOT compatible with SimCity
2000 for Windows.

SEVERAL DOZEN BUG FIXES
Including several simulator fixes, video card incompatibility fixes, 
terrain editing fixes, city editing fixes, some hardware compatibility 
issues (SC2k should run much better if you don't have a sound card. Sound 
cards are cool, go buy one.)

No, the Microsimulator limit is not "fixed". It's designed to be at 150 
and will probably stay that way until the end of time. Sorry.

COLOR DEPTH
SimCity 2000 for Windows should now run in whatever color depth you desire, 
with two VERY IMPORTANT POINTS:

   1. Although you can run at whatever color setting you'd like, color depths
      of anything other than 256 colors may have bizarre palette and color
      cycling problems.

   2. Some or all of the animations may not work if you are running in more
      or less than 256 colors.

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Do not contact Maxis Customer Support with color, palette, or animation
difficulties UNLESS YOU ARE HAVING THE PROBLEMS WHILE RUNNING A 256 COLOR
DRIVER IN WINDOWS!!!  Although SimCity 2000 for Windows may run in any color
depth, we will ONLY support the program in 256 colors.  In other words, choose
any other color depth at your own risk.

WINDOWS '95 BETA TESTERS
There has been NO attempt to make SimCity 2000 for Windows more compatible
with Windows '95.  Until Windows '95 is a released product, we will assume that
this program will be used with a released version of Windows.



Good luck, and enjoy!

Maxis Customer Support

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