[beorn]

The game was running fine pre-patch (in Windows). I tried applying just patch #2, then tried the full install over the old install, then tried uninstalling and reinstalling, and finally tried uninstalling and reinstalling in a new folder, but every time, as soon as I launch the game, I get "error - could not find /facegen folder" followed by various "TEMPLATES ENGINE:load template file..." messages.

I can begin the process of starting a new league, but no cities or nicknames show up during the league creation process.

When I go to load an old saved game (pre-patch), I get this message: "Nation::import_flag_image - unable to move down into nation_flags directory" and the game freezes solid.

Obviously, something is very wrong!

#1) One possibility is that this has to do with the fact that I am not installing to the default location. (I cannot -- volume C is for the operating system, but does not have the kind of space needed for these saved games.... all my games must go in volume D)

#2) I am also uneasy over the fact that I copied my license to a different folder, then did an uninstall. Yet, regardless of what folder I re-install OOTPX to, the license magically reappears there. I have this suspicion that whatever mechanism is copying the license to the new folder is also copying some corruption, such that a reinstall is not actually a clean start.

#3) As an experiment, I tried to reinstall the original, unpatched OOTPX (I still had the setup files since offered a mirror server) and it exhibits the same problems now.

#4) However, OOTP9 continues to work properly.