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Thanks! I more or less did exactly this as you were uploading this. I found 1.10 elsewhere online and ran the patches all the way though. 1.10 being missing was the problem.

CMSF1. Just tried a clean reinstall and re-patching because I did get errors in the installation process, now that you've mentioned it. I got the same errors doing it again--as far as I can tell, the system is just denying the installer permission to add web shortcut links to the start menu. I have no idea how to stop that from happening or why it would matter. But, after another reinstall and sequential patching, I'm still having the same issue. EDIT: Started trying to run CMSF patchless with the intention of testing after each patch. I can run CMSF unpatched, the issue kicks on once 1.21 is installed. EDIT2: tried running the patch installation with Norton autoprotect turned off. Same start menu link 'access denied' errors, same end result. EDIT3: I think I see the problem. Even the "first" 1.21 patch is incremental and needs 1.20. 1.20 is in another folder here, but both versions of that need 1.10 or 1.11. My disk installs to 1.0 and I don't see anything that gets me from 1.0 to 1.10/11.

Hi, Just set up a new system and I'm installing some older games including CMSF. Getting a weird graphics bug where any distant terrain is displayed as plain black tiles. Zooming in will display the terrain once it gets close enough. I've tried playing with windows compatibility settings, GPU software settings, and in-game display settings, so far nothing's changed anything. Any suggestions? Running Windows 10 and an AMD Radeon RX 570.

Just wanted to add my name to the list of people experiences "out of memory" crashes after completing Night Stalkers. I've got 2GB of RAM, so the error message is a little dubious. I'm running the 1.08 patch for the Paradox game version. Has anyone been able to reach the mission after? I guess I could try fiddling with processes but I don't want to beat my head against the wall for nothing.