Any news about the next PTW patch???

[WarpStorm]

JimMac, I wish they would do a traditional turn-based also, but it is much smoother for me. In fact, I would say in the last game I played nearly all of my waiting was due to slow players. I too, would like to see all of the pop-ups return.

Master Marcus, why would they work 18 hour days after they met Infogrames' X-mas deadline? It's no longer crunch time. Imposing crunch time for no good reason is a good way to make your workers quit (especially since any of them could get higher paying 9-5 jobs).

[Alexander's Horse]

My major worry is the Mp bug is so fatal they won't be able to fix it.

[Inverse Icarus]

"the next big thing" is Civ III: All Your Monies Are Belong to Us, with a multiplayer that only gives a synch error 30% of the time, and an editor that lets you change the scenario's start date, but nothing else.

you'll have to wait for Civ III: Are You Still Buying This Sh1t? for a fully functional editor though. myself, i cannot wait!

[Traelin]

Originally posted by WarpStorm
Which nuke bug is that Traelin?

Well it's a bug of a bug fix, so to speak. Remember when they fixed the auto-declaration of war bug associated with nukes? Well now you don't automatically declare war, but you can't do anything when your turn comes up. You can't save, you can't view the military advisor screen...nothing without the game crashing. Annoying. And it always seems to happen in my games in the modern era, when a desperate, dying Civ decides to use a nuke.

[Dinner]

I'm suprised they're even making a patch. Most companies would have stopped patching a slow seller like PtW a long time ago.

[Alexander's Horse]

They probably need a light format PTW to make Mp workable - turn off some animations and graphics - like the freaking radar spinning on ships and the horses f#rting or whatever it is they are supposed to be doing.

I mean, if we're talking hardcore MP players, who needs that eye candy sh*t? We told em not to include it, but did they listen? Noooooooooo!!!!

[JimMac]

Thanks for the re-assuring information Warpstorm,- looking forward to the release of this patch.

JimMac

PS Oh yeah, thanks too, to the couple of our other regular highly amusing contributors, for their insightful comments.

[player1]

Originally posted by UberKruX
"the next big thing" is Civ III: All Your Monies Are Belong to Us, with a multiplayer that only gives a synch error 30% of the time, and an editor that lets you change the scenario's start date, but nothing else.

Ahem...

You can already change the scenario's start date in PtW.

P.S.
Only edit of diplomacy and events is missing now.

[WarpStorm]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
They probably need a light format PTW to make Mp workable - turn off some animations and graphics - like the freaking radar spinning on ships and the horses f#rting or whatever it is they are supposed to be doing.

I mean, if we're talking hardcore MP players, who needs that eye candy sh*t? We told em not to include it, but did they listen? Noooooooooo!!!!

Well, that stuff should all be handled client-side and shouldn't effect MP in the least.

[WarpStorm]

Originally posted by Oerdin
I'm suprised they're even making a patch. Most companies would have stopped patching a slow seller like PtW a long time ago.

Actually, I've heard that PTW was selling as well as they expected it to. If an expansion gets even 25% of the sales of the original game, it is considered to be a major success.

Firaxis supports all of their games. They've even recently patched their Civil War games and SMAC and I'm sure the sales for them is flat.

[Traelin]

Originally posted by Oerdin
I'm suprised they're even making a patch. Most companies would have stopped patching a slow seller like PtW a long time ago.

What were the sales numbers like on PTW? And what were they like with Civ3? I'd love to know how many units were sold of each.

[Traelin]

Originally posted by WarpStorm
If an expansion gets even 25% of the sales of the original game, it is considered to be a major success.

Firaxis supports all of their games. They've even recently patched their Civil War games and SMAC and I'm sure the sales for them is flat.

Both statements are very true.

[Inverse Icarus]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
They probably need a light format PTW to make Mp workable - turn off some animations and graphics - like the freaking radar spinning on ships and the horses f#rting or whatever it is they are supposed to be doing.

I mean, if we're talking hardcore MP players, who needs that eye candy sh*t? We told em not to include it, but did they listen? Noooooooooo!!!!

a valid point, but i really get a grin on my face when a numidian merc slams his shield with his spear