Patch 1.0.2 is on the way!

rupertlittlebear · Helmsman Posts: 4545 **10381 Gold** -

You will learn.

They WILL teach you.

Kristian95 · Boatswain Posts: 3149 **4687 Gold** -

rupert.... just one little question Wink

If you're so angry about all this and dislike the game so much for being buggy (just reading what you write these days)..... then why do you play the game, and why do you hang out at a fan site ???
Sorry, this just baffles me a little and is not at all meant as flaming Smile

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dshirk · Firaxian Posts: 11 **1241 Gold** -

We are a small development house. Our history shows a wonderful record of releasing great games, and then making sure that the bugs are corrected over time. Unfortunately, when you don't have the support of a publisher, promises that you would like to keep get undermined. Even Battlefield 2's latest patch was a game-killer that they had to actually rescind.

Take two bought out Civilization from Atari, and took over the publishing rights for Pirates. They are now preparing to re-release Pirates PC (1.0.2) to the world, with a simultaneous patch release (also a world patch). To everyone, I would ask for your patience. I announced early on the boards that the patch will be getting released mid-summer (hopefully within the next couple of weeks).

If i'm wrong, feel free to keel-haul me when the time comes. But you won't have to worry about being uninformed.

Smile

Kristian95 · Boatswain Posts: 3149 **4687 Gold** -

rupertlittlebear · Helmsman Posts: 4545 **10381 Gold** -

Hold your breath Kristian95.

Don't expect any patch before you upgrade to a photonic computer.

rupertlittlebear · Helmsman Posts: 4545 **10381 Gold** -

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Wolfwood · Boatswain Posts: 2527 **33917 Gold** -

Definitely a two-sided coin, this one is.

On one hand, I think we all agree that Pirates! is a great game and that we all enjoy playing it. I'm sure that the mere existence of fansites like ours is a proof of that - if the game was not great, the discussion would not be as extensive as it is here.

On the other hand, we all know that Pirates! also has some problems, some major and some minor ones, that we'd like to see fixed. My own way of dealing with bugs/problems (in games) is _usually_ to work around them as much as I can and try to avoid situations in which they become evident. Someone else reacts by making a list of the problems and publishing it for the gaming community to peruse and analyse.

If everyone acted like I do (well, the hypothetical "I", at least - personally, I've listed my view of the problems in Pirates! a long time ago), the programmers themselves would never learn of the problems in their code, so it is necessary have some of those devil's advocates around who remind everyone, especially the programmers, that there is still work to be done there and not everything is as great as it could be.

I think most of the major problems/bugs were reported rather soon after the game was published, and it is just this delay between the reporting and the reaction that's the problem and has caused cynicism to raise its head. Add to this the release of the failed US patch and you begin to have even more problems. It is hard to truly trust good news when you hear them so long after you hoped to hear something.

I take some of the most critical statements that I've read as a sign that the people, on one hand, want to remind the developers of the problems, but also beg to be proven wrong in their belief that the developers are simply ignoring them.

As far as I can see, both Firaxis and Take2 understand these problems and this is part of the reason why they want to "wipe the slate clean" and re-release the game. Of course it not only makes sense from the business side of the equation, but it will also give them a chance to rebuilt the trust of the gaming community.

All in all, I think one of the most interesting aspects of this whole thing is that we've heard no details of what the soon-to-be-released patch will actually patch. Some may take this as a bad sign, thinking that the programmers don't know what they are doing (and the patch will patch what it will patch, no more, no promises made), but I'm holding hopes that we are up for a surprise...

I hope I made some sense there... But if I didn't, I doubt you bothered to read this far anyway, so this whole paragraph is a waste of time...
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SlipperyJim · Cutthroat Posts: 427 **2045 Gold** -

I'm hearing about a "re-release" ... and I'm getting paranoid. They're not going to force us to re-purchase the game in order to get patched, are they?

I hope not ... but I'm also getting cynical in my old age.
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What? Oh, NOW I get it....

rupertlittlebear · Helmsman Posts: 4545 **10381 Gold** -

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Westley_Roberts · Iron Guts Posts: 960 **10339 Gold** -

I can't help but be grateful for dshirk's coming in here and posting any information.

It shows to me that someone cares enough to let the fan sites know what is happening.

I find it very nice. As for a 're-release' I hope that any data that will be found on a disc in that box will be available for download for all the prior customers.
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Kristian95 · Boatswain Posts: 3149 **4687 Gold** -

Take a look at the support Firaxis has had for Civ3, look at the history of good support (in form of patches) that has existed for Sid Meier games in general. I think history should teach us that these guys can be trusted Smile

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rupertlittlebear · Helmsman Posts: 4545 **10381 Gold** -