Version 8 Patches

Last updated: April 25, 2002

Using the links at the bottom of this page, you can download the latest patches for Diamond Mind Baseball version 8. A patch is not a complete copy of the game; it includes only the changes that have been made since version 8 was first released.

Installing a patch

When you download the patch, it is saved on your hard drive in the location that you specified. You may be able to install it immediately by clicking on the Open button of the window that shows the status of your download. For example, the following window will appear if you are using Internet Explorer:

If you choose to wait and install the patch later, you can do so by finding the downloaded file -- it's called dmb8pch.exe -- using Windows Explorer (or some other tool for browsing your hard drive) and double-clicking on that file to begin the installation process.

When you start the installation process, you will be asked where you would like to install the patch. The installation program suggests c:\dmb8, which matches the suggested location in the DMB installation program. If you changed this location when you installed DMB initially, you must specify the same location when you install the patch.

NOTE: If you choose a folder other than the default (c:\dmb8), the installation program will ask you whether or not you want to use a directory that already exists. Answer yes.

Installing the patch will not affect any of your settings or any of your player ratings, statistics or other data that is stored in a DMB database. After installing the patch, you can continue to use DMB8 and your databases without interruption of any kind.

Keeping track of versions

As we release patches, we will identify them as A, B, C and so on. Within a few days of the release of each patch, we will also create new master CDs that will be used for any new shipments of version 8 games and upgrades. In other words, if you purchased DMB8 after the latest patch was released, chances are you do not need to download and install any patches; those corrections will already be included in the version we shipped to you on CD.

To find out whether your copy of DMB8 has been updated, start the game and choose the About Diamond Mind Baseball command on the Help menu. If the window that pops up reads "version 8D", for example, you know you already have the corrections that were made in all patches up to and including the version 8D patch.

Do I need to install every patch?

We recommend that you install each patch as it becomes available so you have immediate access to the improvements and corrections that we have made. If, however, you have not yet installed the version 8A, 8B, or 8C patches, you can proceed directly to the version 8D patch. Each time we release a new patch, it includes all of the changes made in the previous patches as well, so it is NOT necessary to install the prior patches to get everything.

Patches and DMB leagues

Generally speaking, we do not make changes in a patch that would cause any incompatibility problems for leagues that transfer statistics from one computer to another.

The version 8C patch is an exception to this rule, as it was necessary to make one such change in order to support the ability to export a subset of the league's boxscores and thereby reduce the size of the league file.

If your commissioner exports a league directory using version 8C or 8D, and you are still running version 8B or prior, you will receive an error message indicating that a required file is missing when you use the Transfer > Install league database command. (The manager's database isn't harmed in any way; the install simply doesn't get done.) After you have downloaded and installed the latest patch, the league database can be installed in the normal fashion.

The version 8E patch does NOT cause any compatibility problems that would require that all league members install this patch at the same time. Nevertheless, we recommend that you install the patch to get the benefit of the bug fixes contained in it.

Version 8E patch (April 25, 2002)

Changes made in the version 8D patch (July 19th, 2001)

Changes made in the version 8C patch (April 27th, 2001)

Changes made in the version 8B patch (April 25th, 2001)

Changes made in the version 8A patch (February, 2001)