Serious Sam: The First Encounter

european version 1.00c

company: CroTeam (www.croteam.com) /
         Gathering of Developers (www.godgames.com)

homesite: serioussam.godgames.com

This patches version 1.00 to 1.00c, but only for the european version. To 
install, just click on the exe and it will find where and how to 
patch. If you don't have the original version installed properly, 
the patch will not work. But you can still use WinZip or similar 
tool to extract the files from this self-extracting exe, and 
manually copy them over.

Here is a short list of fixes and changes: v1.00-v1.00c 1.00c is 
net-game compatible with 1.00 save games and demos are retained from 
1.00 to 1.00c:

+ sometimes when sharp turning is on, view used to start spinning 
wildly, especially when changing gravities
+ dedicated server now supports mods
+ using Serious Editor no longer resets options for Serious Sam
+ dedicated server initialization file 
(Scripts\Dedicated_startup.ini) was missing
+ rendering electro-fish lightning attack crashed in some rare 
situations when player ran away from the fish
+ audio options were not saved
+ joystick auto-disable is now off by default - some drivers report 
this errorneously
+ network connection between different versions (USA-Europe and 
similar) didn't work. both server and client need this patch in 
order for connection to work
+ inability to determine CPU speed on some Win2k machines caused 
crashing with division by zero when starting
+ after switching the wide screen option off, mouse pointer would 
block in the upper part of the screen sometimes
+ added controls for gamma, brightness, contrast and posterization 
(gfx_fGamma, gfx_fBrightness, gfx_fContrast, gfx_iLevels) - only on 
Win9x and Win2k systems and on cards that support those options
+ increased number of credits options for coop games in the game 
options menu + added support for old Ati RagePro - it is slow, but 
it works (must use ogl_iFinish=3)
+ couldn't change player appearance and options for some players in 
split screen in some occasions
