C3C Patch 1.20 Bug Thread

[Paddy]

so do we know any of the testers of this patch... ?

[Rommel2D]

Originally posted by Thriller
Yes, interesting in the context that 1.15b was released nearly 2 months ago now, and the weight of supposedly informed opinion has been arguing that the reason it takes so long to get the final patch out is not because there are lots more changes, but because it needs a lot of testing to make sure everything's perfect!

The problems are from changes implemented in the 1.18 patch, which is about a month old. Not as bad, but still no excuse for not diverting enough resources to produce one stable version of Conquests for us.

[Rommel2D]

Playing under MPTournament.biq, we have the Radio tech in it's old location. If this was intended, I don't see it mentioned anywhere. (The Electronics requirement for Motor Trans is gone though).

[Robert]

MP games can't be reloaded, get black screen then either freeze or CTD.

old (pre 1.20) games? Or new games can't be loaded either?

[Kuratko]

Culturally linked starting loc

I have run a number of test in debug mode (in my personal mod) and clearly the "Culturally linked starting locations" flag does not work. It was the same already in 1.15beta. Does anyone have the same experience with the stock rules? Also, when random civs are chosen, American civs seem to chosen more often than other culture groups.

Not a big deal but I wonder how they are able to introduce new bugs....

[snoochems]

Now i just have to wait for some hacker smart arse to make me a no-CD crack.

hey, i have to, my damned CD broke.

[Swissy]

Originally posted by CyberShy


old (pre 1.20) games? Or new games can't be loaded either?

I'm talking about a player gets disconnected and everyone goes back to lobby to reload the game and can't. Patch 1.20 is a major POS for MP players

[Robert]

Originally posted by snoochems
Now i just have to wait for some hacker smart arse to make me a no-CD crack.

hey, i have to, my damned CD broke.

yeah, sure

I tried to break a cd once. It didn't work at once.
It's in fact pretty hard to break one.
CD's don't get broken by accident. You're either lying, or you broke it on purpose.

In both cases you don't deserve a non-cd patch.

[MotownDennis]

The MP community is OUTRAGED by this complete POS. This is unacceptable.

[sloejack]

Originally posted by CyberShy


old (pre 1.20) games? Or new games can't be loaded either?

All MP games, older (1.15) and current 1.20 can not be loaded properly. I have an hour commute every morning and afternoon, my train mate and I play during that time. After applying the 1.20 patch we could load our saved 1.15 game but the screen was black (the mini map still displayed correctly). You can't scroll the screen in any direction. Moving a unit causes a re-draw which then displays everything but then things lock up and freeze. We started a new game under 1.20 thinking that maybe this was just an issue with older save games. Upon reloading it this morning to continue the game we encountered the exact same issues.

Single player games do not appear to be affected, but MP games are impossible to play except in a single session, and no one plays for just an hour do they? This patch is worse than bad unfortunetly and if you play multiplayer I don't recommend upgrading from 1.15.

[Robert]

That really sounds strange!
Pherhaps they uploaded the wrong file? An old alpha version?

It's hardly possible that oversaw such a bug during playtesting!!
I'm glad that I haven't installed this 'patch' yet.

[SirPartyMan]

I am the Head Admin of CIV3Players, the largest MP Civ3 Conquests Ladder League in the world with almost 600 ranked players.

The 1.20 patch has a disasterous major bug for the MP player community. It is IMPOSSIBLE to restart a game that is suspended for whatever reason.

Yes, it's true, not only can't it LOAD a 1.15 save file, it also can't LOAD a 1.20 save file in Multiplayer mode.

I consider it irresponsible that this wasn't tested. In two hours using the new patch we encountered this bug a dozen times. It happens every time. You can go back 1, 2, 3, 4 save files it doesn't matter.

We have told all our members NOT to install 1.20. It is imperative that Firaxis put the 1.15 patch back up on their server as many people who misguidedly installed 1.20 have to uninstall Conquests and reinstall up to the 1.15 patch.

I hope this information helps others avoid pain and suffering.

Sincerely,
SirPartyMan
CIV3Players Head Admin

http://www.myleague.com/civ3players

"One game - one ladder - one community"

Sincerely,
SPM

[Inverse Icarus]

jesus christ, this isn't some mass-organized april fool's joke, is it? because i just told my friends to uninstall the patch

[Robert]

Any change you can tell me what Jesus Christ has to do with this?

[MotownDennis]

The only April Fool's joke was us MP folk uninstalling our entire C3C program last night (when we realized the patch was a POS), then reinstalling the whole damn thing, then reinstalling the patches up to 1.15. Damn funny, I tell ya. What a riot!

April Fools joke? I, for one, am NOT amused.