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Baldor posted 12-18-98 05:45 PM ET
Now, seeing as the master was just recently shipperd, I'm sure the coding team (and most everyone else) will be taking a much needed break. And granted, the game is yet to even be released... the demo even, I was just curious as to whether there would be patches / updates available. The user created units will help surpress the demand for new units and the like...... to an extent ^_^ Anyways, pertaining to patches, I was not so much wondering about units, maps, and the like, as you can go far with a basic map editor. But more something along the lines of bug fixes, upgrades, and / or new features in the game. Are there any plans to release fixes after the game is released?
Premature... sure... but what the hey.
--Baldor
Gord McLeod posted 12-18-98 05:49 PM ET
Let's hope they aren't necessary, but I'm sure they will if it IS necessary.
Lee Johnson posted 12-18-98 05:51 PM ET
If you watched Brian in action after Civ II, you wouldn't even ask the question. The man was tireless in fixing, tweaking, and even enhancing the game after the fact!
After sales support is the LAST thing I'm worried about from Firaxis. :-)
Marian posted 12-18-98 05:56 PM ET
Aren't you a little bit fast ?
Ciao
Marian
Editor of the Alpha Centauri Zone
http://www.juhu.de/hartel/alpha
DJ RRebel posted 12-18-98 06:08 PM ET
You have to be kidding me !?!?!?
A SMAC accross the head for Baldor !!! LOL
Baldor posted 12-18-98 06:11 PM ET
Okay.... the code's gonna be bugless. ^_^
Either way... @BAP SMAC DJ ^_^
--Baldor
jsorense posted 12-18-98 06:33 PM ET
Baldor,
I think we can get a feeling about how Firaxis Games will deal with patches by the way that they handled their first release, "Sid Meier's Gettysburg!" which came out about 14 months ago. Shortly after its release Firaxis issued three patches. Most of the "fixes" on these patches were adjustments to game play and enhancements requested by players (such as the huge 3-day battle). There were very few actual "bugs" in the game that I recall (allowing routed troops to rally behind your lines was one). A long awaited fourth (and final) patch for SMG is expected now that SMAC has gone gold.
In summary, the game was very solid to begin with and Firaxis was very responsive to gamers requests.
Brian Reynolds FIRAXIS posted 12-19-98 01:46 AM ET
We do, as always, expect to provide patches for SMAC. Obviously the actual contents are unknown at present, as patches tend to be our way of putting things we didn't think of during the project itself-- so if we'd thought of it before now, it would already be in.
I expect that patches will include our usual mix of feature upgrades, bug fixes in case anyone finds any bugs :-) , and multiplayer performance enhancements.
It also already seems pretty likely that there will be at least one add-on disk published later on.
Brian Reynolds
Alpha Centauri Designer
FIRAXIS Games
DHE_X2 posted 12-19-98 01:52 AM ET
Smac won't have bugs, Baldor, smac won't have bugs. Just trust me.
~DHE, move along now, go back to your day to day lives...nothing to see here. No, I am NOT a BETA!!!
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Author	Topic: SMAC Patches and the like
Baldor	posted 12-18-98 05:45 PM ET Now, seeing as the master was just recently shipperd, I'm sure the coding team (and most everyone else) will be taking a much needed break. And granted, the game is yet to even be released... the demo even, I was just curious as to whether there would be patches / updates available. The user created units will help surpress the demand for new units and the like...... to an extent ^_^ Anyways, pertaining to patches, I was not so much wondering about units, maps, and the like, as you can go far with a basic map editor. But more something along the lines of bug fixes, upgrades, and / or new features in the game. Are there any plans to release fixes after the game is released? Premature... sure... but what the hey. --Baldor
Gord McLeod	posted 12-18-98 05:49 PM ET Let's hope they aren't necessary, but I'm sure they will if it IS necessary.
Lee Johnson	posted 12-18-98 05:51 PM ET If you watched Brian in action after Civ II, you wouldn't even ask the question. The man was tireless in fixing, tweaking, and even enhancing the game after the fact! After sales support is the LAST thing I'm worried about from Firaxis. :-)
Marian	posted 12-18-98 05:56 PM ET Aren't you a little bit fast ? Ciao Marian Editor of the Alpha Centauri Zone http://www.juhu.de/hartel/alpha
DJ RRebel	posted 12-18-98 06:08 PM ET You have to be kidding me !?!?!? A SMAC accross the head for Baldor !!! LOL
Baldor	posted 12-18-98 06:11 PM ET Okay.... the code's gonna be bugless. ^_^ Either way... @BAP SMAC DJ ^_^ --Baldor
jsorense	posted 12-18-98 06:33 PM ET Baldor, I think we can get a feeling about how Firaxis Games will deal with patches by the way that they handled their first release, "Sid Meier's Gettysburg!" which came out about 14 months ago. Shortly after its release Firaxis issued three patches. Most of the "fixes" on these patches were adjustments to game play and enhancements requested by players (such as the huge 3-day battle). There were very few actual "bugs" in the game that I recall (allowing routed troops to rally behind your lines was one). A long awaited fourth (and final) patch for SMG is expected now that SMAC has gone gold. In summary, the game was very solid to begin with and Firaxis was very responsive to gamers requests.
Brian Reynolds FIRAXIS	posted 12-19-98 01:46 AM ET We do, as always, expect to provide patches for SMAC. Obviously the actual contents are unknown at present, as patches tend to be our way of putting things we didn't think of during the project itself-- so if we'd thought of it before now, it would already be in. I expect that patches will include our usual mix of feature upgrades, bug fixes in case anyone finds any bugs :-) , and multiplayer performance enhancements. It also already seems pretty likely that there will be at least one add-on disk published later on. Brian Reynolds Alpha Centauri Designer FIRAXIS Games
DHE_X2	posted 12-19-98 01:52 AM ET Smac won't have bugs, Baldor, smac won't have bugs. Just trust me. ~DHE, move along now, go back to your day to day lives...nothing to see here. No, I am NOT a BETA!!!