C3C BETA Patch Location

[Paddy]

Originally posted by UnOrthOdOx
Name me any game that has ever come out without needing a patch. It's a part of the PC world.

Beta is far better than waiting.

Far too true

But very appreciated

[MotownDennis]

Originally posted by conmcb25
OK first of all THANKS FIRAXIS, BREAKAWAY AND ATARI!

Second I have some specific questions:

1. In MP games WITHOUT random Civs. Games that were started prepatch. Can you patch and still play those games?

2. In MP games WITH Random Civs. Games that were started prepatch. Can you patch and still play those games.

Thanks!

OK - tonight I reloaded and played a 6 player (all humans) MP epic game that was saved pre-patch. We didn't notice any ill effects and it played fine.

Not sure I like the change to the Forbidden Palace, although my tech progression and cash flow (in industrial era) seemed to be similiar to what it was pre-patch.

[CanuckSoldier]

..and what are you still doing up at 3am in the morning Mo?


CS

[MotownDennis]

LOL Canuck! Ya like that beatin I put on ya with the Sipahis tonight?

Off to bed, now. Sweet Dreams!

[CanuckSoldier]

Ah the other guys did all the work for ya anyway. :-)

CS

[BigFurryMonster]

Why exactly is this patch called 'Beta' ?

(I don't suppose it is named after Beta from Apolyton )

[sabrewolf]

simple: the community wanted a patch with the most important bugs fixed (some of us even begged for it!), but the changes hadn't passed the quality tests needed to release it as an official "full" patch.

so it was declared beta and released.

perfect for us, because we got what we wanted (thanks again to all involved) and good for the programmers and publishers, because we havn't got the right to whine about new bugs because beta doesn't promise stability

[BigFurryMonster]

Has anyone found anything unstable yet?

[WarpStorm]

Originally posted by BigFurryMonster
Why exactly is this patch called 'Beta' ?

Because it wasn't sent to their (Atari's and Firaxis')testers yet to see if it works.

[JesseSmith]

beta

It was sent to the Atari testers (had 19 testers last Monday & Tuesday and a smaller team the 3 weeks before) but without full localizations, release installer, and my being confident that it deserves a release stamp, I'm going to continue to use Beta as a Warning Label for now.

[sabrewolf]

i like that idea

[Aro]

For some reason, I can't download the patch. Server busy, etc. Could someone (a nice person ) with a cable moden, ISDN, or something like that send me the patch by e-mail? I'm asking too much, I know, but...
aroeira @ ism . com . br (eliminate all the spaces - I'm trying to scape from the spam robots... )

Thanks in advance

[BigFurryMonster]

It's 14.7 MB. Can your mailbox handle that? (Can mine?)

[Aro]

Originally posted by BigFurryMonster
It's 14.7 MB. Can your mailbox handle that? (Can mine?)

Hi, BFM!
In my case, yes. I have a cable modem. In your case... In general, if you have a high-speed conection, your mailbox can handle it.
But I really can't tell... I don't want to crash your smtp provider or something.

[sabrewolf]

aro, try different download locations. one is bound to have it
- the atari/infogrames location mentioned iin the first post
- http://apolyton.net/civ3
- http://civfanatics.com/

or several other places around the web