Great news! Patch in development!

[pdathert]

I sent Firaxis a message saying I had tried every fix possible and I was still stuck and asking when the patch was coming!
Good news is it's on its way!

Originally Posted by Firaxis
We have managed to collate a whole load of info about a whole host of problems like the ones you have been experiencing, we aim to get the best patch out possible, I would expect the patch to be hopefully available before the end of the month.

What can I do to keep busy for just a few more weeks?

 

[zsc]

wow, i dont know what to say, i'm happy, but at the same time, very sad. that's an extra two weeks after initial report.

 

[Artagel]

Yeah. not exactly "great" news since the initial response on the patch was that it would be sent out "this week"

Oh well.. at least they are working on it and recognize the problem. Although it would be nice to see an official post either here or at the official site from the dev team about it.

 

[Citizen Philip]

wow, i dont know what to say, i'm happy, but at the same time, very sad. that's an extra two weeks after initial report.

I would rather have Firaxis cast the widest possible net and catch as many things as possible, rather than a series of smaller patches. I'm sure you wouldn't be too pleased if your problem was skipped, and going to be addressed 2.5 months down the road.

In the long run, it's better.

And if you're going to complain in this thread: I would RATHER have $20 million dollars, my own Fantasy Island and a perfectly functioning game. Since none of those are likely, I'll take what I can get. Consider this is a preemptive STHU. ;D

 

[TheBarnacle]

And if you're going to complain in this thread: I would RATHER have $20 million dollars, my own Fantasy Island and a perfectly functioning game. Since none of those are likely, I'll take what I can get. Consider this is a preemptive STHU. ;D

hey, no love for herve villechaize? can hardly have a fantasy island with no tattoo!

re: a patch, hopefully they have plans to release. i have only received "we are experiencing a large volume of communications...thanks for the email" sort of response, so i'm not sure why anyone else would receive anything different. i just don't want to get my hopes up.

 

[mist]

i'd rather a patch a week, assuming that both routes would get them to the same place in a month, as i'd have a better playing experience in the meantime. ofc, i'd rather the game didn't need a patching :/

 

[zsc]

I would rather have Firaxis cast the widest possible net and catch as many things as possible, rather than a series of smaller patches. I'm sure you wouldn't be too pleased if your problem was skipped, and going to be addressed 2.5 months down the road.

In the long run, it's better.

And if you're going to complain in this thread: I would RATHER have $20 million dollars, my own Fantasy Island and a perfectly functioning game. Since none of those are likely, I'll take what I can get. Consider this is a preemptive STHU. ;D

I wasn't complaining, and if you look around the threads, I'm against complaining. I've been telling people for days to patiently wait for the patch instead of going off on how this game sucks (not my opinion, there's actually a thread with that title). I agree with you, I'd rather wait than have Firaxis constantly waste time on patch distribution for each minor patches, one big one would do. And I personally dont have any problem with the game, I still follow the technical forum because it helped me and I want to help others.

 

[Clown2TheLeft]

Patch it now, patch it then, I don't care. Just get the thing correct already.

The plethora of "Patch This Week" statements being brandied about are coming from people repeating what they saw someone else post on a forum. So is was Apolyton, or Thunderfall --does anyone remember?

Doesn't matter.

Point is the whole bit about the patch coming this week is merely a rumor taken from threads on forums. If everyone here is more than half-believing everything they read in Internet forums, well... you've got some serious trust issues--like FAR too much of it--and you're setting yourself up for major disappointments in life.

A statement by a company official, however, carries a bit more weight.

Then again, I'm reading it on here, so I'll believe it when I see it.


Later!

--The Clown to the Left

 

[!scorpion]

I would rather have Firaxis cast the widest possible net and catch as many things as possible, rather than a series of smaller patches. I'm sure you wouldn't be too pleased if your problem was skipped, and going to be addressed 2.5 months down the road.

In the long run, it's better.

And if you're going to complain in this thread: I would RATHER have $20 million dollars, my own Fantasy Island and a perfectly functioning game. Since none of those are likely, I'll take what I can get. Consider this is a preemptive STHU. ;D

You obviously haven't played better games like Guild Wars. They patch weekly.

 

[Smash]

And if you're going to complain in this thread: I would RATHER have $20 million dollars, my own Fantasy Island and a perfectly functioning game. Since none of those are likely, I'll take what I can get.

Don't mind me.Just this statement is what is causing all the problems..it called Consumer Apathy.

This poster doesn't expect a good product,but rather,is surprised if he/she gets one.

No offense to anyone but this attitude allows the horrible consumer situation we have in the "free world"

You pay good money.Hold these dam companys accountable and demand "perfectly functioning" stuff from the get go.

srry just had to get that out.I am being gouged left and right and am getting darn tired of it.

 

[DreamTheaterSFG]

Good news?! More like distgusting news. By the end of month? Thats just plain aweful. To release a game in this state and then wait a full month before addressing it, is pour, and bad form. Wow Firaxis you really fell flat on your face on this one. You could have saved the day if you addressed the problem ASAP, heck you could have looked still somewhat decent if you had fix the problem in a week. Within 2 weeks is just the limit for me, and a month is just ridcilious. It'll be along time before i ever by a game with your name slapped on it. Dont think im pissed, cause im not anymore...not with this news. There was a part of me that was kinda hoping youd pull through, but you didnt...im not angery anymore, im dissapointed. Dissapointed that Ive seen rink a dink cupcake companies that are more capable of putting together a less problematic release then you. You should hang your head in shame.

 

[zsc]

We have managed to collate a whole load of info about a whole host of problems like the ones you have been experiencing, we aim to get the best patch out possible, I would expect the patch to be hopefully available before the end of the month.

You're saying that they're waiting a full month before addressing it, well, they're addressing it now. The original post quoted that they're working on the solution as we speak and that the patch should be AVAILABLE before the end of the month. It's not like they're just sitting around doing nothing, at least I hope not. I'm sorry if you're fraustrated, but if you can't wait any longer, I'd suggest that you return the game, or demand the Firaxis or Take Two pay you back if the retailer won't take it.

 

[Exile_Ian]

The last thing we need is a botched patch right? You want something that fixes one problem but creates some new ones? I don't.

Software is hideously complicated, and debugging and modifying is no easy matter. You have to do what's known as regression testing if you do it right. That means going back and retesting everything (or at least all the parts you think might possibly be affected by your changes). Firaxis got there with Civ 3 (surely no-one can have forgotton the initial pain) - and they did a lot more than fix the obvious bugs - they did some major changes to improve turn time IIRC.

 

[SvartKatt]

Would rather have seen a working game a couple of weeks ago, but on the other hand this have probably been the healthiest weeks since I left the fleet. Kinda have needed the run of the frustration.

 

[Citizen Philip]

You can ACCEPT that PC develop is infinitely more troublesome then any console because there are hundreds if not thousands of combinations of software and hardware: as such it is no longer feasibly possible to test all combinations, short of a company ready to float millions in quality assurance.

If you chose to NOT ACCEPT the PC develop cycle, buy yourself a console and you will NEVER have this problem. You may never see a strategy game, but you will have your beloved "works all the time" "usually" utopia.

Conversely, you can sit on your duff and wait for the first patch to come out and then buy the game.

I eagerly await my money, island and PC gaming Nirvana.

 

[maartena]

Good news?! More like distgusting news. By the end of month? Thats just plain aweful. To release a game in this state and then wait a full month before addressing it, is pour, and bad form. Wow Firaxis you really fell flat on your face on this one. You could have saved the day if you addressed the problem ASAP, heck you could have looked still somewhat decent if you had fix the problem in a week. Within 2 weeks is just the limit for me, and a month is just ridcilious. It'll be along time before i ever by a game with your name slapped on it. Dont think im pissed, cause im not anymore...not with this news. There was a part of me that was kinda hoping youd pull through, but you didnt...im not angery anymore, im dissapointed. Dissapointed that Ive seen rink a dink cupcake companies that are more capable of putting together a less problematic release then you. You should hang your head in shame.

You obviously have no idea how difficult is to patch for PC games that run on a huge variety of different hardware configurations. A PC is not a Game Console such as an XBox or PS2 where every unit works virtually the same, has virtually the same system software, etc.

The last thing that would want to do is to bring out a patch that fixes problems for one group of people that own Videocard A or B, and then introduce new problems for Videocard C or D or E, because the fix has a negative side effect on those configurations.

Just let them test the patch properly, and by next week or so we may see a patch. If we are real luck maybe even sooner.

Can't play until then? Shelve the game, go play Civ 3, and come back in a month. The world isn't coming to an end if you cannot (yet) play Civilization for a few weeks.

If you want games that work on your system every time you buy a game..... make sure your system is a Game Console instead of a PC.

To make a long story short: STFU

 

[Citizen Philip]

Don't mind me.Just this statement is what is causing all the problems..it called Consumer Apathy.

This poster doesn't expect a good product,but rather,is surprised if he/she gets one.

No offense to anyone but this attitude allows the horrible consumer situation we have in the "free world"

You pay good money.Hold these dam companys accountable and demand "perfectly functioning" stuff from the get go.

srry just had to get that out.I am being gouged left and right and am getting darn tired of it.

Every company is out to nickel and dime you, if they can cut a corner at your expense, it's been done. Everyone wants a game that works, when it does: you don't care it works you expect it, when it doesn't everyone posts that world is coming to an end, etc, etc etc.

The happy majority are enjoying the game right now, a minority can play and have issues, another minority can't play - but should be able to and the most annoying minority is convinced that even though they don't meet the requirements, the game should have been made for them: and it's Firaxis fault for them buying it and not supporting their setup.

Being a minority sucks, because no one cares except you, I'm sure some people are more comfortable and familiar with being a minority than others.

 

[Andicus]

The reason software companies feel they can get away with releasing buggy programs and then patching later is because WE LET THEM DO IT.

Next time don't buy the game until the first patch is out. If enough people do that, they'll think twice about releasing a game they know has lots of bugs.

With that said, yeah you DO have a reasonable expectation that the game would at least by marginally playable from start to finish. Expecting that is not being "spoiled" or "unrealistic."

Can you imagine if people had the same attitude about cars that some people do about software?

"Well, the engine shuts off after 30 minutes of continuous operation and the brakes may or may not work depending on whether the radio is playing and on what station... but other than that its great!"

 

[madman1981]

I would rather have Firaxis cast the widest possible net and catch as many things as possible, rather than a series of smaller patches. I'm sure you wouldn't be too pleased if your problem was skipped, and going to be addressed 2.5 months down the road.

In the long run, it's better.

Agreed. For both those who play frequently and now and then, it is better to have major patches. That way there is less chance of messing up something new in a patch too, let them take their time, I don't want to hassle with patching every week.

 

[Old Dood]

Still....all in all...you mean to tell me they did not have ANYTHING in the hopper in patch form by now?

Come on....you can not tell me that they did not know these problems before hand. That is just plain sad that they are taking a month to patch this game.

That being said then the game WAS released too early. The game should have been released in December like it was originally planned. That being the case then we would be looking at minor patches. Tweaks if you will.

This proves it to me they were going for a money grab....and as people have stated before to make the stockholders happy at the customer's expense!

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