C3C Patch 1.20 Bug Thread

[vmxa1]

That is fair, as one that worked in tech support for a long time, I know that good companies put out bad patch from time to time.

I would shake my head at some of the stuff that got out the door, but I knew the people working on it, were sharp. They just sometimes fail to catch obvious problems. Some times it is introduced after the fix goes to be put into distribution. The wrong build is sent or gets corrupted some where down the line.

[TheArsenal]

I can accept a straight forward “whoops” with a promise to fix … I’m a believer in glass houses, throwing stones and all that.

[Robert]

Originally posted by Uber KruX


he is the savior, and this is the rapture. patches that break things more will only lead to the drstruction of the world as we know it.

ah, thanks
I wondered!

[Robert]

Originally posted by snoochems
I have the two halves of the CD still, i can send you them if you want.

Stop searching for cracks.
Just send both halves to Firaxis. I'm sure they'll send you a new one. Or at least an 'official' crack.

In fact I wonder why you didn't do it yet

[Robert]

Re: Patch

Originally posted by JesseSmith
An update will be posted soon. Please don't deceive yourselves by thinking that we are incapable of making mistakes. We are working hard to resolve the problems found with v1.20

Thanks,

Jesse

I think it's the oldfashioned: "Deliver a broken product and fix it within an hour" strategy.
Research showed that customers are more content with a producer that fix a problem quickly than with a producer that delivers flawless problems

good thing!

[player1]

Some things are still not done 100% with 1.22:

-MPTournament.biq still has Radio tech fully implemented
-same for all other optional biq files in scenario folder
-not all Civilopedia entries for Radar Towers are fixed (Radar Tower decsription from Game Concept group of entries and Worker Actions group of entries still refer to Radio)
-Readme.txt in conquest folder is not updated, while one in text folder is
-readme and installer refer to 1.21 patch


Still, I could call all this a group of minor bugs.

[snoochems]

Originally posted by CyberShy


Stop searching for cracks.
Just send both halves to Firaxis. I'm sure they'll send you a new one. Or at least an 'official' crack.

In fact I wonder why you didn't do it yet

Dude, you sound like a tool. i have contacted Atari, and they have been useless. I live in Australia, so you can imagine all the excuses in the world coming at me from them.

Sif there is an "official" crack.

I just hope something like this happens to you one day. Then i'll be the one that can act all high and mighty and go on the 'rolls eyes' spree

[Robert]

Well, it's your word against my unbelief. I think we can't agree on this topic.

[Theseus]

Thanks for keeping at it, Jesse.

[smellymummy]

about how the screen remains black in pbem when loading your turn, has anyone else noticed how it remains black only until all the builds are done and new build orders are issues? so even if you have to zoom into a city to adjust a build queue, the entire map still remains black, even the city view

here's what it looks like:

http://www.inethighway.com/sm/blackmap.jpg

i can cycle through all cities, all black. maybe the screen should get unblackened after the password is entered and when the game first refocuses on the players map area, instead of waiting

[Wittlich]

Smelly, and you prefer this over the working v1.15 patch? (reference our Growers and Tourney PBEMS)
Sorry, couldn't help myself.

[smellymummy]

this was an undocumented feature that i was unaware of before upgrading

[BigFree]

Firaxis is still too busy with Civ 4 to give Civ 3 the effort needed to make it a good game instead of a mediocre one as it is now.

After Civ 4 is out, will they give the same speech about how they are devoting most of their time to Civ 5 instead of fixing the bugs/imbalances in Civ 4? If it's about money, and rest assured it is, we will hear the very same speech all the way to Civ 23 Platinum edition!

I'm starting to think that "testing" a game before actually purchasing it is a good idea for most consumers. Too bad the developers don't see the direction they are pushing their cart in.

[Switch]

Originally posted by BigFree
Firaxis is still too busy with Civ 4 to give Civ 3 the effort needed to make it a good game instead of a mediocre one as it is now.

After Civ 4 is out, will they give the same speech about how they are devoting most of their time to Civ 5 instead of fixing the bugs/imbalances in Civ 4? If it's about money, and rest assured it is, we will hear the very same speech all the way to Civ 23 Platinum edition!

I'm starting to think that "testing" a game before actually purchasing it is a good idea for most consumers. Too bad the developers don't see the direction they are pushing their cart in.

What are you talking about? Civ3 was only mediocre before the 1.29f patch. After that it became a good game, and now with C3C and 1.15b or greater patch it's a great game.

I believe their take on civ5 will be significantly different, however, as I believe they stated that civ5 will be the first civ since civ1 to have 100% of its code written from scratch (civ2 and 3 are actually full of legacy code).

I agree, however, that testing before release should be more thoroughly done. I got civ3 after it was patched a bit, but I've heard that it was rather rotten out of the box.

[vmxa1]

Not rotten, you could play game to the end and I did. Patch cleaned things up and make the game better. It was not like many games that flat could not be played.