14.12.2009, 13:26
The 'm' simply stands for 'merged', and is an outdated throwback to the days when there were separate patches for the standalone Pacific Fighters and the merged Forgotten Battles+AEP+Pacific Fighters. The 'm' is still being used for the patches, even though there has been no Pacific Fighters patch since 4.04. Some people erroneously think the 'm' stands for 'Mods', but it does not.
As Skyomish mentioned, the 'b' in 4.09b1m, stands for Beta. The latest official patch is simply named 4.09m.
What you have now, based on your description, is Unified Installer v1.1, which is based on 4.09b1m game version.
U.I. 1.1.1 is a patch for it...but you don't need it if you are downloading U.I. v.1.2. The U.I. 1.2 you are downloading can go overtop of what you have now, but it should be over a clean U.I. 1.1, i.e. with no additional mods added. It will work, if you have added mods, but you could have some problems.
That said, U.I. v1.2 is now outdated, less than 2 months after its release, as it is still based on 4.09b1m, and there is now a 4.09m Official Patch, and two new Mod Pack based on 4.09m, the UltraPack v1.8, and HSFX that skyomish mentioned. The latest AAA based mod pack is now incorporated into the HSFX Mod Pack.
You should cut your losses, stop downloading 1.2, and start on the HSFX 4.0 and 4.1 patch. You'll need to start with a fresh install of the game, patch to 4.08m official, then patch to 4.09m official before installing the HSFX pack.
As Skyomish mentioned, the 'b' in 4.09b1m, stands for Beta. The latest official patch is simply named 4.09m.
What you have now, based on your description, is Unified Installer v1.1, which is based on 4.09b1m game version.
U.I. 1.1.1 is a patch for it...but you don't need it if you are downloading U.I. v.1.2. The U.I. 1.2 you are downloading can go overtop of what you have now, but it should be over a clean U.I. 1.1, i.e. with no additional mods added. It will work, if you have added mods, but you could have some problems.
That said, U.I. v1.2 is now outdated, less than 2 months after its release, as it is still based on 4.09b1m, and there is now a 4.09m Official Patch, and two new Mod Pack based on 4.09m, the UltraPack v1.8, and HSFX that skyomish mentioned. The latest AAA based mod pack is now incorporated into the HSFX Mod Pack.
You should cut your losses, stop downloading 1.2, and start on the HSFX 4.0 and 4.1 patch. You'll need to start with a fresh install of the game, patch to 4.08m official, then patch to 4.09m official before installing the HSFX pack.