1.09 poll - more or less problems?

[TheHateMale]

How has the 1.09 patch affected your game?

[Mergle]

I was running fine pre-patch, only problem was stuttering sound in intro & wonder movies and (copeable) slowdown lategame.
Now I'm getting stuttering picture as well as sound in movies. Hard to tell if game's speeded up or not as it wasn't really a problem before.

But worth installing for ironworks fix. Also pleased by spacerace changes (higher build cost helps human to balance out higher tech cost, but this should make modern age longer, which is good. By the way, for all Internet wonder haters - it got me 9 techs and the game (spaceship) against the odds the other night - well worth making a beeline for. Tech cost changes might increase its worth further).

XP2600+, 1GBRAM FXsomething(computer at home) 128MB, WinXPHome

[rockhopper]

Need one more option...

Few problems before, none now!!!

Check.

[TheHateMale]

I figured less problems would cover that. I only really set this up for people who aren't sure whether to install the patch or not.

I must admit I'm wondering whether I'll be flamed for not including a potassium bearing berry option though.

[Proteus_MST]

I didn´t have any problems before and I haven´t any now.

But it runs a little bit faster now.

[Xerxes712]

I never had a problem with the intro movie. Only had some stuttering with the wonder movie playing. General play was OK.

1). Now I have severe stuttering of Wonder Movie playback. Intro movie is still good.

2). I have no Pillage sound at all! It should be there.


It would seem the BINK player is not used correctly by the game. I can view the Bink format Wonder Movies just fine outside the game using Rad Tools.

The movies are set for a playback speed of 30 frames per second. I wonder if the computer is just not giving enough resources to allow it to play at full speed.

[Diadem]

I just wonder why the game is *still* unfinished.

Despite what it says in the patch list, it still won't remember my name. Nor any other option I select at gamestart. Have to reselect everything everytime with custum games.

Perhaps it's a minor thing. But it gives me a feeling of "this is a great beta game". And the game is FULL with things like this.

[nixen]

I play the game on two different computers, both somewhat above minimum system requirements.

One of them was running fine before patch, and runs the same now.
On the other computer, the game became unplayable around year 1300-1600, but after the patch it runs MUCH faster (but still an occasional crash).

[Mergle]

Aargh! It gets worse...my tool tips no longer reliably display (only work sometimes in negotiations and build lists, no longer works in tech screen). And I have to set "right-click menu" (which I hate) or clicking on a city doesn't work.

[Xerxes712]

Stuttering fix. A solution that worked for me, for Wonder Movie playback.

It is the stupid in game AA option and Bink is not compatible. You must set it manually outside on your card API, then clean it up cache.

A simple fix I posted on the Help board. It worked great for me.

[Bill3000]

2). I have no Pillage sound at all! It should be there.

That was a deliberate change, actually.

[Aro]

Originally posted by rockhopper
Need one more option...

Few problems before, none now!!!

Check.

Agreed.

The game is clearly faster now. Overall, it's better after the patch.

[Aro]

Originally posted by Xerxes712

I have no Pillage sound at all! It should be there.

I miss the pillage screams too.

[Handel]

I don't see the obvious vote in the poll - the game was playble but bery slow, and it is the same now.
Actually for me the patch didn't change anything.

[PJL]

Better than before (well intro movie is about the same, slightly worse). Main problem that's been fixed was the bread only resource yeild - now I can see how much food/production/commerce there is per square. There are a ciouple of other bits which makes it better as well.