▄ ▄ ▀ ■ ▄ ▀ ▀▄ ▄■▀▀▀■▄ █ ▄■▀▀▀■▄ ░ █▄ ▓▄ ░ ▄█Ţ ▀ ▓▄ ▀▀███▄▄ ░ ▄█▄ ▓█▄ ▀███▄ ▓██▄ ▄▄███▄▄▀ ░ ▓██▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█████▄ ░ ▄██▀██▄ ░ ▓██▓ ░ ▄ ▄████▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▓██▓ ▓████▀█▓▓▓█ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▓██▓ ▓██▓ ▓██▓▀ ▄██▓ ▓██▄ ▓██▓ ░░░ ▄█▓ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▓▓▓▓▄▀▓▓▓▀▀▓▓▓▄ ▀▀▀ █▓▓▓▀ ▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓▀▀▓▓▓▄▄ ▓▓▓▓ ░ ▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓ ░░░ ▓▓▓▓ ▒▒▒▒▒ Ů▒▒▒▒█Ů▒▒ Ů▒▒▒▒ ▓▓▓▓▓Ů▒▒▒▒ ░ ▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒ Ů▒▒▒▒█▄▒▒▒ ░ ▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒ ░░░ ▒▒▒▒ ░░░░░ ░ ░░░░░Ţ░░ ░ ░░░░░░░░░░Ů░░░░ ░ ░░░░ ░░░░ ░ ░░░░░░░░░ ░ ░░░░ ░░░░ ▄ ░░░░ ▒▒▒▒▒ ░ ▒▒▒▒▒Ţ▒▒ ░ ▒▒▒▒▒▄▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ░ ▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒ ░ ▒▒▒▒▒Ţ▒▒▒ ░ ▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▓▀▄███▄▀▓▒▒ Ů▓▓▓▓ ░Ů▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ░Ů▓▓▓▓▓Ţ▓▓▓▓Ů▓▓▓▓Ţ ▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓ ░Ů▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ░ ▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓▓▀ ▀▓▓▓▓▓ ▀██▓ ▄█▓██▀▄██▀ ▓████▓███▀ ▓███▓▄▄▓██▓▄▓█▀ ▓███▓ ▀██▓ ▓██▀ ▓██▀ ░ ░ ▀██▓ ░ ▀▄██▀▀ █▀ ▄█▓██▀ █▀ ░ █████▀▀▀ ▀ ░ Ů██▓█Ţ ░ ▀██▄██▀ ░ ▓▀ ░ ▀█ ▄▀▀ ░ ▄███▀▀ ░ ▀■▄▄■▀ ▀▀████▄▄▄■▀ ░ ▀▀███▄▄▄▄▄██▀ Eboy ▀▄▄■▀ ■▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ S K i D R O W ▄▀ -> T H E L E A D i N G F O R C E <- ▀▄ ▀▄ ▄▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ proudly presents ▀ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░ ███▓▓▓▓▓▒▒▒░░ Rise of Nations: Gold Edition v03.02.12.0800 ░░▒▒▒▓▓▓▓▓████ ░ ▒▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▒ ▓ ▓ ▓ RELEASE DATE : 12-06-2008 PROTECTION : SmarteE + M$ PIDCheck ▓ ▓ GAME TYPE : Strategy DISKS : Patch ▓ ░ ░ ▀█▓▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀██▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▀█Ţ Release Notes: ▀█▄ ░ █ ▄■ Ů▓ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄██▄ ▒ █ █ ▄█▀ █ ▓ █ ▀▀▀ ░ █ OK, we all know this game is a dinosaur but it's still popular █ █ ▒ █ and really enjoyable to play. Sadly, the last update for it █ █ █ █ was forgotten and left uncracked :( As we see that many people █ █ █ █ encourage us to release legacy titles, we won't dissapoint █ █ █ █ them. █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ This last update for Rise of Nations was only available █ █ █ █ through AutoUpdate feature and it still remained that way. As █ █ █ █ it works painfully slow for some connections & takes ages to █ █ █ █ download, then we decided to make a simple command-line █ █ █ █ launcher for the patch, which will apply the included █ █ █ █ pre-downloaded update without the hassle of using AutoUpdate █ █ █ █ thingie. █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ NOTE #1: If you still want to go the harsh AutoUpdate way, █ █ █ █ remember to use it trough an ORIGINAL exe or it will fail to █ █ █ █ complete! █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ NOTE #2: If you are missing your CD-Keys (PIDs) fell free to █ █ █ █ copy mgspid.dll & mgspidx.dll to your destination directory, █ █ █ █ so the game will run without serial numbers. █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ NOTE #3: The update should be also compatible with the █ █ █ █ standard Rise of Nations + Thrones & Patriots █ █ █ █ release. █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ Additional patch notes: █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ Rise of Nations: Gold Edition v03.02.12.0800 █ █ █ █ ============================================ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ Technical Fixes: █ █ █ █ ---------------- █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ * Version checking updated to verify EXE - should prevent █ █ █ █ players using cracked EXEs of the wrong version from joining █ █ █ █ games and causing out of syncs (ORLY :P) █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ Balance Changes: █ █ █ █ ---------------- █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ Americans █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ * Free resources for infantry units now +2 instead of +3 █ █ █ █ * Removed free science technology at game start █ █ █ █ * Reduced free bombers at airbases from +2 to +1 █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ British █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ * No longer get a free fishing boat when they build a dock █ █ █ █ Dutch █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ * Receive one free light ship with each new Dock built instead █ █ █ █ of two █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ * Commerce research now 10% cheaper instead of 25% cheaper █ █ █ █ French █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ * Siege is now 15% cheaper instead of 25% █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ * Siege production speed lowered to 25% faster and move speed █ █ █ █ bonus lowered █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ * Reduced bonus woodcutter slot to +1 instead of +2 █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ * Reduced Cavalier hitpoints █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ Greeks █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ * Libraries and Universities are now 66% cheaper Iroquois █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ * Reduced speed and LOS of their unique scout units █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ * Reduced hitpoint bonus for their Heavy Infantry to +5% █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ * Reduced the move speed bonus for their unique infantry █ █ █ █ Lakota █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ * Doubled the free resources generated by their unique Horse █ █ █ █ Archer line █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ Maya █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ * Increased their timber discount on buildings to 25% from 20% █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ * Increased building hitpoint bonus to 25% from 20% █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ Nubians █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ * Unique archers now do less damage to other archer units █ █ █ █ * Merchant, caravan, and market cost discount reduced to 10% █ █ █ █ from 50% cheaper █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ Persians █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ * Slightly reduced the cost of their unique Heavy Infantry █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ Romans █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ * Wealth bonus per city now +10 instead of +15 █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ Despotism █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ * Now 15% cheaper units and military research instead of 25% █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ The CEO Patriot █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ * Now gives +2 range bonus instead of +4 to friendly units █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ Known Issues: █ █ █ █ ------------- █ █ █ █ Some help text does not accurately reflect the balance changes █ █ █ █ made. █ █ █ ░ █ ░ ▀█▓▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀██▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▀█Ţ Install Notes: ▀█▄ ░ █ ▄■ Ů▓ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄██▄ ▒ █ █ ▄█▀ █ ▓ █ ▀▀▀ ░ █ 1. Unpack Release █ █ ▒ █ 2. Read the detailed information above, before you install █ █ █ █ 3. Install update █ █ █ █ 4. Check our cracktro out, it's located in the SKIDROW dir █ █ █ █ 5. Copy the cracked content from the SKIDROW dir and overwrite █ █ █ █ 6. Play the game █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ Remember to check our cracktro first! :P █ █ █ ░ █ ░ ▀█▓▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀██▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▀█Ţ Greetings: ▀█▄ ░ █ ▄■ Ů▓ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄██▄ ▒ █ █ ▄█▀ █ ▓ █ ▀▀▀ ░ █ Salutes to our old Amiga friends from: █ █ ▒ █ █ █ █ █ FAIRLIGHT - RAZOR 1911 - VISION FACTORY - PARADOX - QUARTEX █ █ █ █ DCS - CRYSTAL - ZENITH - ACCESSSION - ALPHA FLIGHT - PRODIGY █ █ █ █ THE COMPANY - LEGEND - TRSI - ORACLE - ANTHROX █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ Salutes to our new friends in: █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ 0x0007 - UNLEASHED - TiNYiSO - BREWERS - RELOADED - ENiGMA █ █ █ █ ELECTRIC DRUGGIES - AVENGED - ADDONiA - HATRED - DAWN █ █ █▄░▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄░ ▀▀█▓▄ Logo and layout by: Eboy/SAE ▄▓█▀▀ ▄▀▀▀■▄ Ů▓▓Ţ Last updated 21/07/2007 by [XXX] Ů▓▓Ţ ▄■▀▀▄ ▀▄ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▄▀ ▀ ▀