Patches are usually tagged as "incremental" if they require the patch before them
For example:
Download: BF2142_Incremental_Update_1.40_-_1.50.exe
(This requires 1.40 to be installed before patching)
Most developers are moving away from Incremental updates because of the potential problems in having to manage a full and incremental patch. Also, with a patch that includes a wide variety of fixes, the incremental can be almost the same size as the full.
These days we're seeing incremental updates being phased out (with the exception of games which are quite late in their life cycles) and almost every major update comes as a standalone.
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