GotM and Patches

[misterjoshua]

Hi

What is the GotM policy on patches. I'm currently half way through GotM1 and the patch releases last night. Should I wait before I update? Or can I patch now and carry on? Do I need to state this in my score? GotM2 started just a few days ago so I'd like to play that 'patched', but some people will have started already pre-patch.

Thanks

Josh

 

[malmsteen_SVK]

yea....same question here.... i started pre-patched game.... now steam updated the game.... should i start again?

 

[WillowBrook]

I went ahead and played on with the patch, taking the risk that the game won't officially count. I plan to note what turn I was on when the patch was added.

(It wasn't obvious how to play without the patch and my playing time is limited, so I just took the bit of playing time available.)

 

[AlanH]

There's a suspicious tweet posted in the Mac Fall Patch thread suggesting that we could be waiting some time for the next Mac version patch. If that's true, and game play and AI behaviour are significantly changed, 6otm results will not be comparable for a while!

 

[leif erikson]

We ran into this with Civ V as well. There is little we can do about it as we are not told when patches are forthcoming. We will have to play with the patch and do the best we can. In your write-ups, please just tell us where you were in the game when the patch happens. Hopefully, none of the patches will break the saves and not allow us to play that save.

 

[Acken]

Id suggest people to not care that much about the competitive aspect and just play. Between patches and bugs there is no reason to get worried about that. Just enjoy and try to learn new stuff.

I personally already played GOTM1 pre patch but cant submit because I used it to try different ideas so reloads etc. I also think I'll give it another try on patch 2.0 from the start to see the differences.

 

[Acken]

The patch seems to :
1. Remove most exploits I know (trade is fixed, no gold when selling).
2. Make cavalry less powerful.
3. Disable cutting down forests outside borders.

So GOTM will start to shape up

 

[FeiLing]

Ah... a patch today? Very unfortunate with all these long lasting gotms we got last month. Seems like you can not delay the patch either if your game wasn't running while the patch was released (even when it is not downloaded yet).

Not sure what the changes are... maybe... maybe it's just to fix something with the launcher since that is brand new?

 

[leif erikson]

Haven't heard anything about a patch. Hotfix maybe?

 

[FeiLing]

ended up being 0 bytes according to steam, however the update link goes here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/?appids=289070 where it says this:

Launcher Update (12/5/18) Patch notes:

• Added fix for launcher preventing Civilization V SDK - World Builder from working properly
  
• Added fix for launcher not scaling properly on high resolution displays

 

[leif erikson]

Does the Civ5 SDK work with Civ6?

 

[kcd_swede]

Ah... a patch today? Very unfortunate with all these long lasting gotms we got last month. Seems like you can not delay the patch either if your game wasn't running while the patch was released (even when it is not downloaded yet).

Not sure what the changes are... maybe... maybe it's just to fix something with the launcher since that is brand new?

I can still play the 6oTM. It seems to only change the start screen so you get exposed to some Steam advertising BS.