Where is the Patch?

[Theseus]

There is a 1.18 patch that is not officially available. I'm not bothering with it.

[Todd Hawks]

Uhm, the patch being out end of February is very old news. Shortly after that Firaxis stated that this date is not valid anymore due to some Atari related issues if I remember correctly.
Seems like most of you forgot.

[Paddy]

well thank you

I never actually heard this item...

seems the February release got a lot of press...

[Inverse Icarus]

Originally posted by Shogun Gunner
Sorry to harp on this, but isn't 'Poly large enough to hold "an official patch". I believe we can be trusted with such things... Is "the other site" bigger and badder than us? Have we fallen from favor with Firaxis, et al.?

1.15 *IS* hosted on poly.

http://apolyton.net/civ3/files/patches/us/civ3c3c115e_beta.exe

is the US version.

[Aqualung71]

Originally posted by DrSpike
Well I checked that out and he said official patch (ie the one that we were expecting around now) and the "1.18?" looks speculative.

Yes, my mistake sorry. But Risa posted an intriguing comment a few posts later about it being "just a few more days", giving the impression its coming soon and some people know more than they're saying. Anyway, let's wait and see - 1.15 is certainly adequate to play for the time being.

[dexters]

I'm willing to wait a few more months for the patch if it means the difference between a patch that's sort of
"here it is, ... thank you and come again" (we're done supporting this game) patch with very little fixed.

vs. one that is thoroughly tested and fixes a lot more of the stuff on Alex's list of bugs, AI issues, and altered priorities for some of the units. Especially the submarine starting wars thing. And AI's naval bombad priorities focusing too much on units and not on destroying tile improvements like it used to do.

[vmxa1]

Yeah a few of the people are closer to the sources. I can wait though.

[DrSpike]

Well 1.15 is playable, aside from a few relatively minor bugs. The most important thing was to get a patch out quickly the fix the game breaking bugs, which they did.

Hopefully some AI tweaking and balance changes will make their way in to later patches.

[Alex]

i was about to start a new thread asking this same question, i'm glad that there are other players interested in the official patch too.

the 1.15 patch have so much acceptance here that i'm starting to think about it as THE official patch.

[Paddy]

It would be a shame if 1.15 is the final product.

1.18 is around in some places...

Word is that the new patch is finished, they are just doing all of the appropriate languages before they release it

[asleepathewheel]

Originally posted by Paddy the Scot
It would be a shame if 1.15 is the final product.

1.18 is around in some places...

Word is that the new patch is finished, they are just doing all of the appropriate languages before they release it

[asleepathewheel]

Originally posted by Paddy the Scot
It would be a shame if 1.15 is the final product.

1.18 is around in some places...

Word is that the new patch is finished, they are just doing all of the appropriate languages before they release it

1.15 is not the final product. I guarantee you that.

I don't think 1.18 is either, for that matter.

[ducki]

Originally posted by Paddy the Scot
1.18 is around in some places...

What places? Publicly accessible places?
(Cue Huey Lewis)
I wanna new patch, one that does what it should;
I wanna new patch, where the AI plays good.


Hehe, I think my age is showing.

[DrSpike]

1.15 beta is definitely not the final product.

I got the impression from the early beta patch discussion that many were waiting for the non-beta patch. If that is the case I urge you to install 1.15 beta, which has proven stable, and so much better than the out of the box version. It's also much easier to install than the earlier beta updates.

You just don't know whether the official patch will be out tomorrow or in a month or more. In the meantime playing with the gpt and FP bugs is senseless IMO.

You can always install another version of Civ3 and patch that if you are concerned.

[ducki]

Definitely second what DrSpike said. 1.15 made the corruption tons better. I'm still adjusting to the new functionality of the FP, but I was never very good at FP placement anyway. 1.15 fixed the hugest bugs and I haven't noticed/heard about it introducing any new gamekillers.

If you just can't stand using something that says "beta" on it, I can understand that, but if you're hating C3C because of the FP and GPT bugs or have gone back to PtW, it might be worth the second install. Besides, if you follow the instructions it is registered in the "Add/Remove Software" control panel app in windows, so you can uninstall it if you don't like it.