Hmm, well it affected my system... I have XP SP2... I downloaded the update on Wednesday night. It is a big deal, but from what I've seen CCP has been doing their best to fix it... I was lucky cuz i hibernate the computer usually over night so when i read about the problem it wasn't too hard to fix...
Hmm, well it affected my system... I have XP SP2... I downloaded the update on Wednesday night. It is a big deal, but from what I've seen CCP has been doing their best to fix it... I was lucky cuz i hibernate the computer usually over night so when i read about the problem it wasn't too hard to fix...
yes your boot.ini would get erased, but when you rebooted windows would have gone from the backup copy so you wouldn't have had any problem.
I too seriously doubt that this will ever see a court room. I do think it will cost CCP in the end though. Not cash out of pocket but cash that could have been in the pocket. Players that haven't been arround long and players that were thinking of joining will now take pause before playing EVE because of this blunder. Players playing that have lost hours fixing this problem and players that had to pay money to fix this problem might well say goodbye to EVE. Potential players will look at this as possibe example of future problems that CCP's development team will deliver, instead of a sound update you get a broke PC.
I had the error and was lucky enough to catch it before I restarted my PC. I could be pissed that this file was removed in the first place but overall I am pleased with the update they put out from all their hard work and time invested, this one oversight is not going to ruin it for me. $h!t happens. If you haven't learned that yet, you will soon enough . Hell they made a bumper sticker for it....
I agree with you wholeheartedly. Although I admit if I was addicted to eve this would probably not offset me from playing it, but it *would* prevent me from playing the game after major updates for a few days.
For any player that decided to trial up in the time of this update, I can assume this would prevent them from subbing up, which unfortunately for CCP will mean lost income. I can also assume because of that they will be more careful in the future.
Played (more than a month): SWG, Second Life, Tabula Rasa, Lineage 2, Everquest 2, EvE, MxO, Ryzom.
I stopped playing Eve this month because of holidays and because money issues.
Now that the above is clear,let me make a few points:
-CCP's response to the issue seems to have been almost instant -CCP's response is honest and they provided specific steps for anyone to fix the mess -Contrary to othet companies(Acclaim,GameGuard and such), CCP did very well. CCP does take care of their customers and responds accurately
I understand that people are frustrated,but please stop flaming CCP
Yet today hit a new record, 41690 players logged at the same time, being last record around 38k.
Really, the boot.ini issue, though very infortunate, has been managed very quickly by CCP and the minor player base who got hit could repair their systems with ease. Infortunate, yes, but not to be at the limit of wanting the game you like and play to be shutted down by lawsuits and crap like that.
I think th e most interesting thing is the poor coding practice of using a filename of boot.ini. That was just asking for trouble.
"One thing I noticed yesterday was that the content upgrade install blew away C:oot.ini. I'm sure that the intention is to actually delete <EVE Install Folder>oot.ini. Might need to fix that! "
I think th e most interesting thing is the poor coding practice of using a filename of boot.ini. That was just asking for trouble.
"One thing I noticed yesterday was that the content upgrade install blew away C:oot.ini. I'm sure that the intention is to actually delete <EVE Install Folder>oot.ini. Might need to fix that! "
HAHA yea shame he didnt bug repot it tho.
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Hmm, well it affected my system... I have XP SP2... I downloaded the update on Wednesday night. It is a big deal, but from what I've seen CCP has been doing their best to fix it... I was lucky cuz i hibernate the computer usually over night so when i read about the problem it wasn't too hard to fix...
yes your boot.ini would get erased, but when you rebooted windows would have gone from the backup copy so you wouldn't have had any problem.
For any player that decided to trial up in the time of this update, I can assume this would prevent them from subbing up, which unfortunately for CCP will mean lost income. I can also assume because of that they will be more careful in the future.
Played (more than a month): SWG, Second Life, Tabula Rasa, Lineage 2, Everquest 2, EvE, MxO, Ryzom.
Tried: WoW, Shadowbane, Anarchy Online, Everquest, WWII Online, Planetside
Beta: Lotro, Tabula Rasa, WAR.
I stopped playing Eve this month because of holidays and because money issues.
Now that the above is clear,let me make a few points:
-CCP's response to the issue seems to have been almost instant
-CCP's response is honest and they provided specific steps for anyone to fix the mess
-Contrary to othet companies(Acclaim,GameGuard and such), CCP did very well. CCP does take care of their customers and responds accurately
I understand that people are frustrated,but please stop flaming CCP
Yet today hit a new record, 41690 players logged at the same time, being last record around 38k.
Really, the boot.ini issue, though very infortunate, has been managed very quickly by CCP and the minor player base who got hit could repair their systems with ease. Infortunate, yes, but not to be at the limit of wanting the game you like and play to be shutted down by lawsuits and crap like that.
I think th e most interesting thing is the poor coding practice of using a filename of boot.ini. That was just asking for trouble.
"One thing I noticed yesterday was that the content upgrade install blew away C:oot.ini. I'm sure that the intention is to actually delete <EVE Install Folder>oot.ini. Might need to fix that!
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HAHA yea shame he didnt bug repot it tho.
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Retired from: Neocron, Everquest, Everquest 2, Guild Wars, RF Online and Final Fantasy VII
Currently Playing : EvE Online.