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Common questions:
Who is Firefly Studios?
Who is Take2 Interactive?
Who is Gathering of Developers
(GoD)?
Who is Global Star Software?
Who is Macsoft?
Do I need to apply a patch?
How do I identify the Global Star
release of Stronghold or Stronghold Crusader?
Why do I get a "CD Not Found" error
after installing the patch?
Who is Firefly Studios?
Developers of the games. They actually code, test and generate
the media that is the game.
Who is Take2?
Take2 Interactive is the original publisher of Stronghold and Stronghold
Crusader. Take2 is the parent company of Gathering of Developers
and Global Star Software. Essentially Firefly Studios writes the
game and Take2 physically makes it. Take2 actually pays for printing
of boxes, manuals, publicity, pressing of cds. Whether for video
games or books, this is what a publishing company does.
Who is Gathering
of Developers (GoD)?
Gathering is a subsidiary of Take2 Corporation. They have offices
in New York, Baltimore, Austin and Berkshire (UK).
Who is Global Star Software?
Global Star Software is a wholly owned subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive
Software, Inc. They handle the publication of discounted Take2 software.
They are also the current publishers of Stronghold and Stronghold
Crusader. This publisher utilizes a different cd copy protection
and games already come with features and fixes of the Strongholdv1.2
and Crusader v1.1 patches.
Who is Macsoft?
Macsoft handles the publication of the Macintosh version of Stronghold.
This release is supported through atarisupport.com.
Do I need to apply
a patch?
For Stronghold v1.2 Patch:
Yes for these versions: Stronghold; Stronghold
Deluxe; Stronghold (MAC).
No for these releases: Stronghold (Jewel
Case), Stronghold Warchest; Stronghold
& Tropico Bundle.
For Stronghold Crusader v1.1 Patch:
Yes for these releases: Stronghold Crusader.
No for these releases: Stronghold Warchest;
Stronghold Crusader (Jewel Case).
OR
use the Do I need to patch
guide?.
How do I identify the Global Star
release of Stronghold or Stronghold Crusader?
The Global Star Release can be identified by "Global Star Software"
or "www.globalstarsoftware.com" printed near the UPC (bar
code) on the packaging.
Why do I get a "CD Not
Found" error after installing the patch?
With the exception of mechanical or driver failure of the CD/DVD
drive, the most likely cause is applying the patch to a Warchest
or Global Star Software release version. In the case of Global
Star Software release, the CD copy protection implemented on the
cd is different to the Take2 release versions. When the patch
is installed, Stronghold.exe/Crusader.exe is overwritten with a Stronghold.exe/Crusader.exe
that looks for the older Take2 cd copy protection. When the Stronghold.exe/Crusader.exe
fails to find the CD copy protection, the "CD Not Found" error
occurs. Both the Warchest and Global Star releases are already patched
to Stronghold v1.2 and Crusader v1.1.
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