How to update your copy of Realmz from version 2.5 to version 3.0
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If you update Realmz to version 3.0 using this material, you should update any scenarios you wish to play to version 3.0 or higher as well. Otherwise you won't benefit from a lot of the new changes.
In addition, any saved games you may have started with a version of Realmz prior to 3.0 will be incompatible with version 3.0 or higher.
Your character files are 100% compatible and there is no need to worry about those.
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1) Make a backup of your entire Realmz folder if possible. That way if something goes wrong your not stuck with a bad copy of Realmz.
2) Take the files inside the folder "Files for the Data Files ƒ" and place them in the folder "Data Files" of your copy of Realmz 2.5. When it asks if you want to replace the existing files of the same name, say YES.
3) Run the patch to update your Realmz application from version 2.5 to version 3.0
4) Replace your copy of the Realmz Manual with the new one provided. See the last chapter of new manual for a summary of changes in version 3.0.
5) Odds are you can find themn where you found this material. If not, try and find it at one of the ftp/web sites listed below. At the time of this release, version 2.5 is the most recent version of Prelude to Pestilence. All other scenarios are at version 3.0
6) Move the folder "City of Bywater" into the "Scenarios" folder of your new copy of Realmz. When it asks if you want to replace the one already there say YES.
7) Replace your "Realmz Spell List (Word Format)" with the new one provided.
8) If you are the owner of the full version of the Realmz Character Editor. You can update your copy to version 3.0 using the patch "Realmz PC Editor 2.5.2 => 3.0" This patch will only work on version 2.5.2 of the PC Editor. If you have purchased the full version but need a replacement disk with the most recent version, the cost is $3 for US and Canadian orders and $6 for all foreign orders. Use the "Realmz Registration/Order Form" provided. Please do not ask for me to e-mail you a copy of Realmz PC Editor 3.0 as large transfers of files are a real headache for me.
NOTE: If you wish to order the latest version of Realmz, the Character Editor or the Scenarios Disks, you may do so using the order form included with this material.
World Wide Web:
The Realmz Page - http://www.engr.wisc.edu/~foley/realmz.html
The Realmz FAQs and Files Page - http://www.outreach.com/realmz
The Realmz Site - http://www.ese.ogi.edu/pub/entertainment/realmz
