Restarting M4 due to bug.

Thanks to a major bug in M4, I'm having to restart my game from the point of
almost finishing Spire. Originally the swatch color pattern was "impossible"
to use in the workshop puzzle in Serenia and the door could not be opened. I
have had to go back, get another rational set of colors and go through that
tedious Haven with its assorted animal puzzles to get back to where I was.

I have tried to download the latest patch for M4 (hoping it may sort this
bug) and with my humble 56kps connection, it took an absolute age to
download at a massive 40MB. Then to find it wouldn't run. ((

Graham

In article <coatje$6ol$1@hercules.btinternet.com>,
"Grey" <grahame9.TakeThisOut@btinternet.com> wrote:

> Thanks to a major bug in M4, I'm having to restart my game from the point of
> almost finishing Spire. Originally the swatch color pattern was "impossible"
> to use in the workshop puzzle in Serenia and the door could not be opened.

How could any color swatch pattern be "impossible"? There are six
positions, which are filled with colors drawn from six possibilities
(with replacement). Every configuration (of 6^6 possibilities) appears
to be equally likely.

I believe some people's computers show a slightly different color set
between Spire and Serenia, but if you figure out the mapping, that
shouldn't be difficult to get over.

-Doug Elrod (dre1@cornell.edu)