Moderators Volcano Posted January 28, 2015 Moderators Share Posted January 28, 2015 Thanks for the hotfix! :luxhello: I'm enjoying it now.Well, I should not have used the term "hotfix". The idea behind such a comment was that we were going to put out a quick EXE fix for the Player If... bug, but then that quickly turned into all sorts of other fixes and resource file changes. So it quickly morphed into a full blown update. Just sayin'. :biggrin: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt DeFault Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Fixed! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share Posted January 29, 2015 The idea behind such a comment was that we were going to put out a quick EXE fix for the Player If... bug, but then that quickly turned into all sorts of other fixes and resource file changes. So it quickly morphed into a full blown update. Just sayin'. :biggrin: The issue now of course is expectation management. People are probably happy that a specific "hotfix" can be rolled out quickly. Telling people its something else, yet still getting it out quickly may well lift expectations that the current cycle of "updates" will now be compressed into a shorter period of time and that therefore they might expect far more updates to come out between paid releases. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Volcano Posted January 29, 2015 Moderators Share Posted January 29, 2015 The issue now of course is expectation management.People are probably happy that a specific "hotfix" can be rolled out quickly. Telling people its something else, yet still getting it out quickly may well lift expectations that the current cycle of "updates" will now be compressed into a shorter period of time and that therefore they might expect far more updates to come out between paid releases. Well, I didn't think it was "quick" (or at least it didn't feel like it). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt DeFault Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Fixed! ...and again. :c: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share Posted January 29, 2015 or whatever 3.025 will be called henceforth! 3.025 (3.011, the Director's Cut)? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 3.025 (3.011, the Director's Cut)? Ahem, "Des geschäftsführers schneiden" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share Posted January 29, 2015 If you say so.Personally I have NFI what you are saying. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 "Geschäftsführer" Is a cool German word for, "Managing Director" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBadVuk Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 What are the chances of getting just update or quick patch - im really not in he mood to grab again 2.5 GB via wireless along with installing, uninstalling, clients, voice commands and everything i already had set so recently from scratch for 3.023) And out of pure curiosity, why it was decided to go with full release only , not patch? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacbat Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 What are the chances of getting just update or quick patch...I don't see that option on the eSim download page, so I'm going to guess 0% chance. :men_ani: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotareneg Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 What are the chances of getting just update or quick patch - im really not in he mood to grab again 2.5 GB via wireless along with installing, uninstalling, clients, voice commands and everything i already had set so recently from scratch for 3.023) And out of pure curiosity, why it was decided to go with full release only , not patch?You don't have to uninstall 3.023 to install 3.025, it'll install over it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ssnake Posted January 29, 2015 Members Share Posted January 29, 2015 And out of pure curiosity, why it was decided to go with full release only , not patch?Apparently creating installers for a partial update is a major pain, or so I'm told. We briefly considered a simple ZIP archive that would overwrite some of the content in the program files folder, but that's a really messy and error-prone way of providing software updates. It just replaces the problem of a larger download (only a problem for some) with a massive increase in demand for tech support when things go wrong (and they will, it's not a question of "if").Also, it's impossible to control where such ZIP files end up years later, so they become a tech support liability for the ages. Up until about 2007/8 I still received support requests for the demo version of the original Steel Beasts that we released in late spring 1999. Never again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daskal Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 I'm having a hard time keeping up - this is a hotfix/patch right? But seems like we need to uninstall, re-download and re-install the whole thing again? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 Yes it is a hotfix/patch but apparently a pretty extensive one.So they decided to roll it into a new full installer (note 3.023 is no longer available). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacom Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 And no, in general, you dont need to uninstall the current versión. Everything explained at the beginning of the patch notes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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