Apolyton Weekly Survey II: Bugs

[yin26]

Originally posted by Dr Zoidberg
In a time of ancient gods, warlords, and kings,
A website in turmoil cried out for a hero. He was Yin26,
a mighty warrior, forged in the heat of battle.
The power... the passion... the danger...
His courage will change the world...

... and then he got pissed off and became a lurker!

[yin26]

Originally posted by Solver
So Soren never told you that Yin is being tortured in the Firaxis basement, forced to play Civ3 all day long?

Actually, you know Rise of Legends? I've been writing all the graphic routines myself. Spare time you know. Visit the basement (at BHG!), say hey to my bros, toss back a diet Coke, whip up some visuals.

Soren, by the way, e-mails me the AI code for Civ 4 on a regular basis. I now have a build with something really cool: The computer sends massive amounts of settlers early on and builds right next to you. Awesome! Also, I'm going to make building on rivers give you insane bonuses. Just like real life. I'm telling you man, this is going to blow the lid off of Civ!

It's all good.

[Mountain Sage]

Ah,

My '1 gold' worth of wisdom...

MS rule about bugs (in Civ IV):

Quote: The number of bugs is inversely proportional to the time allowed to the beta testers* to play the game.

* as Alexman, Arrian, Dominae, etc.

Question: you DID use beta testers, didn't you????

[Boris Godunov]

I don't know. Who the hell knows? How could anyone tell at this point?

[Boris Godunov]

Re: Take2 interactive:

AFAIK, their games are pretty solid out of the box and don't have dramatic bug problems. However, keep in mind that they just got hit with the whole GTA: San Andreas debacle, which is costing them millions of dollars. That could color their attitudes towards pushing Civ4 out the door ASAP, as well as towards how much they will devote to bug fixing.

[Rubychaser]

It will be perfect!

[GeoModder]

Does this still run?

[Nikolai]

I guess the one's responsible is on vacation or something.

[Ninot]

we could post our own.

but what should it be about?

[Robert]

If all the weeks of my life'll last as long as this "weekly" poll, I'll be oooooooooooooold!

[realpolitic]

It won't be perfect; By the second game I'll be making the easiest fix, adjusting the price of units, wonders and improvements to reflect reality. Early wonders often cost too much, submarines always are too expensive.

[Speedofsound]

#3. every game is going to have its problems, but a game this epic will quickly be fized to complete perfection. Just a few more days and then its mine....all mine....