Fallen Enchantress Beta 4 Available for Download

August 16, 2012 1:51 PM from

Elemental: Fallen Enchantress Beta 4 is now available for download!

Beta 4 is about your cities. The economic system has been redone and players will find a host of new options in creating and tweaking their empire. Decide which of your settlements you turn into military focused fortresses, research and magic focused conclaves or towns which support your empire by providing food and gold.

Choose your city enchantments carefully, you can’t have more than your cities essence. Do you want to use Wall of Fire to protect your city from attackers, Inspiration to provide additional research, Set in Stone to double production but negate any research from that city or Sovereign’s Call to attract more people to that city?

Highlights of Beta 4:

New Economic System. Upgrade your settlements into Conclaves, Towns and Fortresses each with their own improvements and options
Essence as a new tile yield which determines the magical aptitude of the city that is founded there
Upgrade your Outposts with High Towers, Wardens, Fortifications and other improvements
New art and animations. Completely redone cloth map, new research and spellbook screens and a wide variety of new and improved art

Full list of changes can be found here - https://forums.elementalgame.com/429319

For more information about Fallen Enchantress, please visit www.elementalgame.com.

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Reply #1 August 16, 2012 2:04 PM from

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Downloading now. Finally get to test the game out on my new comp

Reply #2 August 16, 2012 2:05 PM from

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Wow, much sooner than expected

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Reply #3 August 16, 2012 2:08 PM from

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Wow, was planning to sleep some hours, then play whole night before work tomorrow. Now I'll need to start playing at once. See you!

Reply #4 August 16, 2012 2:15 PM from

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When installing the patch update, after installation, I get the error:

The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log or use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail.

Any clues? (And I would need direction to find an application event log).

Downloading the larger installer instead, hoping for a better result.

Reply #5 August 16, 2012 2:25 PM from

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Quoting ben_sphynx, reply 5

When installing the patch update, after installation, I get the error:

The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log or use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail.

Any clues? (And I would need direction to find an application event log).

Downloading the larger installer instead, hoping for a better result.

same

Reply #6 August 16, 2012 2:25 PM from

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My exams are not finished until 7pm DAMN IT LET ME OUT!

Reply #7 August 16, 2012 2:36 PM from

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Has anyone gotten it to install?

Reply #8 August 16, 2012 2:39 PM from

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:karma:

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Reply #9 August 16, 2012 2:47 PM from

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I can provide a log from sxstrace.exe if it would help, but I dont seem to be able to attach files to posts, and it is quite long. I could send it to an email address, if that would help matters.

Reply #10 August 16, 2012 2:52 PM from

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Having the same problem. Trying a complete uninstall / reinstall to see if it works.

Reply #11 August 16, 2012 3:03 PM from

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I'll gladly go hit the atm if money is the issue

Reply #12 August 16, 2012 3:05 PM from

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I went complete reinstall from SDC and it worked on the second download.

Reply #13 August 16, 2012 3:07 PM from

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Didn't work for me on reinstall. Try again? Why not.

Reply #14 August 16, 2012 3:11 PM from

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Reinstall works 50% of the time, every time.

Reply #15 August 16, 2012 3:20 PM from

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Taking the SDC route this time... *rolls dice*

Damn...i guess it's not in the cards for me today. Oh well.

Reply #16 August 16, 2012 3:26 PM from

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I keep getting the error that I dont have FE installed on my computer

Reply #17 August 16, 2012 3:42 PM from

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just to let you guys know that I was able to install the update (smaller file) at the first try.

Reply #18 August 16, 2012 4:45 PM from

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Mine (downloaded the upgrade) works like a charm and installed without a hitch. First few hours of playing and I'm really impressed. All the new additions work really well.

- City building is great fun and I'm really contemplating what to build next all the time.

- Love the way essence works in combination with city enchantments.

- Flipping outposts is much better than getting them destroyed.

- I flipped a Magnar outpost by 'outculturing him'.

- AI (challenging) still does some weird stuff occasionally like sending out a lone hero to pillage in my territory (not a good idea) but overall seems pretty good. More after I've completed my first game.

Reply #19 August 16, 2012 4:52 PM from

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Well, I've tried the update patch with my previous install, and the exe would not run, then the main download twice, both times it says it is corrupted and wont install. Trying it via stardock central next.

Reply #20 August 16, 2012 4:54 PM from

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The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log or use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail.

Same here. There it goes my planned evening, after 2 hours of download. VERY annoying.

Second time it happened, too. Last time it was because I skipped an update and the patches only work incrementally while only the last one is available (NOT the proper way to handle patches, obviously): it was the reason I uninstalled it entirely and decided to just wait for Beta 4. At least the full package will install, I thought.

No such luck. This game is really becoming a life-long, enduring test of patience and restraint.

Reply #21 August 16, 2012 4:58 PM from

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Doesn't work. Same problem. I tried larger file twice and update once.

Reply #22 August 16, 2012 4:59 PM from

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Quoting mastroego, reply 21

The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log or use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail.

Same here. There it goes my planned evening, after 2 hours of download. VERY annoying.

Second time it happened, too. Last time it was because I skipped an update and the patches only work incrementally while only the last one is available (NOT the proper way to handle patches, obviously): it was the reason I uninstalled it entirely and decided to just wait for Beta 4. At least the full package will install, I thought.

No such luck. This game is really becoming a life-long, enduring test of patience and restraint.

Guys Derek just posted a fix! https://forums.elementalgame.com/429402

Reply #23 August 16, 2012 5:20 PM from

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3 hours of gameplay, and first impressions are solid. Love the gameplay and the new improved esthetics! Now back to the fun!

Reply #24 August 16, 2012 6:11 PM from

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Thanx for the heads up, LordTheRon. It does start now.

Well, it's past midnight over here. I'll just fire a game to feel the novelty...

Reply #25 August 16, 2012 7:22 PM from

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DOWNLOAD NOW!

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