[GS] Future Update?

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The Aztec DLC wasn't removed. Capture is using the manifest for it from the Public build.

They may be using older build for stability or to minimize the risk of showing more than they intend, if this is for screenshots or First Looks or some other marketing material.
Seems odd that they would be preparing marketing material for consoles with the PC build or that they would be preparing any marketing material for PC with an old build.

Last time they updated the branch, GS had been announced two weeks earlier, so it made sense to have a build for the first looks and such.

But who knows...
 
Seems odd that they would be preparing marketing material for consoles with the PC build or that they would be preparing any marketing material for PC with an old build.

Last time they updated the branch, GS had been announced two weeks earlier, so it made sense to have a build for the first looks and such.

But who knows...

The intriguing bit is that the old build # didn't show up in the history before, but appears to date to late May. Theoretically, if this is for making marketing materials, it's for something that has been hidden for 5 months.
 
The intriguing bit is that the old build # didn't show up in the history before, but appears to date to late May. Theoretically, if this is for making marketing materials, it's for something that has been hidden for 5 months.

Hidden for five months, eh...

Hmm, what could they be working on that’s needed to be hidden for five months, I wonder...

;)
 
Hmm, what could they be working on that’s needed to be hidden for five months, I wonder...
Console specific handling elements. :D

No? Hmm, so you insist in a nice narration tonight?
Ok, there have been some mechanics planned already for R&F (and also already seen in its early made trailer), but then where shifted due to heavy timely constraints in developing / patching at all back then.
6XP2 is quite fixed in absolute time, because it is the last part of that cycle; 6XP1 (followed by 7base & 7XP2) is much more flexible in time from a personalities point of view. So it split and a part of original R&F got delayed even after GS ...

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Console specific handling elements. :D

No? Hmm, so you insist in a nice narration tonight?
Ok, there have been some mechanics planned already for R&F (and also already seen in its early made trailer), but then where shifted due to heavy timely constraints in developing / patching at all back then.
6XP2 is quite fixed in absolute time, because it is the last part of that cycle; 6XP1 (followed by 7base & 7XP2) is much more flexible in time from a personalities point of view. So it split and a part of original R&F got delayed even after GS ...

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Why would they test console ports on Steam?
 
Don't know, perhaps because of multiplayer cross platform issues?

But I also like the continued R&F story better! :) What does your crystal ball show?

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Console specific handling elements. :D

No? Hmm, so you insist in a nice narration tonight?
Ok, there have been some mechanics planned already for R&F (and also already seen in its early made trailer), but then where shifted due to heavy timely constraints in developing / patching at all back then.
6XP2 is quite fixed in absolute time, because it is the last part of that cycle; 6XP1 (followed by 7base & 7XP2) is much more flexible in time from a personalities point of view. So it split and a part of original R&F got delayed even after GS ...

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Wait, what mechanics for R&F have been scrapped early? Or am I too tired right now to get what you mean?^^
 
Wait, what mechanics for R&F have been scrapped early? Or am I too tired right now to get what you mean?^^
It might be referring to plagues and the World Congress seen in the trailer.
 
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mechanics for R&F have been scrapped
No no, not "scrapped" (in the sense of being there and not be used), but the opposite: being needed and not implemented yet (just not ready).
Right right... for a second there I thought the plague stuff had been GS...
The scenario is.


If you can see it and it is there, it is real.
If you can see it and it isn't there, it is virtual.
If you can't see it and it is there, it is transparent.
If you can't see it and it isn't there, it is gone.


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I want to believe, but the fact that they gave away Red Death for free - something that's easily packaged into an expansion - has me doubting.
Haha, there were enough people complaining already that it was wasted developer time, image they had made it a paid expansion feature. :D
 
I want to believe, but the fact that they gave away Red Death for free - something that's easily packaged into an expansion - has me doubting.

They explained that RD was one of the dev's personal project that they slipped into the game files and it caught on. They wouldn't include something like that into an expansion because it wouldn't be in the scope of the expansion as determined by the higher ups at Firaxis and/or 2K.
 
They explained that RD was one of the dev's personal project that they slipped into the game files and it caught on. They wouldn't include something like that into an expansion because it wouldn't be in the scope of the expansion as determined by the higher ups at Firaxis and/or 2K.
I'm all for other devs personal projects making it in. :mischief:
 
I'm all for other devs personal projects making it in. :mischief:

Red Dead is very cool. As @Eagle Pursuit says, looks like it was originally a passion project that just happened to click internally. But whatever, it’s really, really fun and could honestly have been a game by itself.

I imagine FXS might have wishfully day-dreamed Red Dead could be as big as Fortnite. They seemed very excited about it when announced. Probably not, and probably not a big deal for FXS either way. Still,I’ve played a few games and it is super awesome.

It’s quite impressive how much can be done with the current game engine and game rules. The plague scenario is equally impressive.

I am quite perplexed about what’s going on at the moment. On the one hand, there’s every indication there will be a 3xp (and that indeed one has been planned for a while). But on the other hand, while I can see lots of stuff that could be in a 3xp, there’s very little I’m confident will be in the game beyond Civs.

And on the other-other hand, what else is going on? Looks like a patch is being maybe worked on? But what’s left to really “patch”? Well, quite a few small things at least. Maybe rebalance Religious Beliefs or Units; maybe buff the AI’s Naval and Planes game. But maybe it’s just bug fixes. We also got a survey suggesting more DLC? But FXS have been giving away stuff you’d expect would be save for DLC, e.g. lots of maps? And what’s left after a 3xp anyway?

I mean. it seems the possibilities are “more good stuff”, “lots more good stuff”, and “dear God this is insane, we’re getting all the things!?!”. All of those sound like good options.
 
The Mac version has been basically unplayable in fullscreen since the last patch. That’s significant and could account for hotfix-like movement.

There is also the fact that the iOS version is still stuck on R&F. Could that account for reference to an old build?
 
The Mac version has been basically unplayable in fullscreen since the last patch. That’s significant and could account for hotfix-like movement.

There is also the fact that the iOS version is still stuck on R&F. Could that account for reference to an old build?
I certainly hope for the sake of Mac users that a fix for the Mac full-screen issue is included. There's got to be more, though, as the PC and Linux versions also appear to be getting a patch.

As for the old build, it includes GS, so I don't see it relating to a R&F-only version. Nor do I see how an iOS port would relate to a PC version. But something strange is going on, there is much I don't see.
 
Remember, unlike that expensive toy you wanted for Christmas that your parents couldn’t afford, the more we talk about how much we want an XP3, the more likely we are to get one, whether sooner or later.

Deal. Lets put the same effort asking for a third expansion. As every facebook/twitter filler since before the apocalypse update has 5-6 comments asking civ 6 content on inferior consoles or other devices. It might take many many months do till a responce comes from firaxis if we get the same firaxis silent treatment.
 
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