synchromesh,
If you are a Gold Pledger you should have the same full version access as any other Gold Pledger from you account area - access that is to all Alpha and Beta versions in effect during development and the full product ongoing and when at say Version 1 and again ongoing. Apparently Lifetime Updates? I presume that means lifetime of the product unless a completely new product version from scratch is developed in future.
Other Earlier Versions - Not Reloaded :
FPSC Classic was the original product (X9). This is still available which I guess is what you had from Focus.
FPSC X10 was to be a new more advanced version of Classic based upon Direct X 10. However due to the Failure of Microsofts Direct X 10 to really get embraced by more or less all and sundry in the computing world it was not really supported anywhere much and its life expectancy and support proved to be limited and short and so continuation of the X10 product based upon Direct X10 (and windows Vista initially which also died very quickly for similar reasons being widely disliked) was not viable long term. Sales of X10 are thus discontinued and the product not really officially supported though if you have a legitimate copy purchased before discontinuation then you can of course still use it as long as your computer and Windows operating system will work with it and there is an X10 forum of course at the main TGC Forums location as you probably know.
...Thus when the time had come for TGC to look to the future for an FPS product Reloaded was born so so speak. A new Product version rather than further develop an existing one so the underlying core engine base could be improved and provide a platform for a better product overall from a basic clean starting point as it were, more appropriate to the users of todays needs and with the intention of being more appropriate to the end users practical requirements if at all possible.
That's roughly/briefly the history over around the last 10 years or so.
Hope that helps.
