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400 mb patch on release day? Wow.
HerculesSAS
Member Posts: 1,272
I've done software development before, and I manage software development now for some projects... I've never seen such a drastic change the day of a release. Interesting stuff.
But I suppose it's par for the course... in beta they were actually *adding features*, like hotkeys and such, so in reality they have no idea what a software development life cycle really means, do they?
I'll just wait for the fanboys to flame me and say they are "professional" programmers. Anybody who is in IT or software development would laugh at adding features in a beta software. Beta is almost by definition "feature complete", and it is usually multi staged first for feature testing, compatibility testing, and finally -- stress testing. I don't think we've seen any of those stages either.
Ah well. I'm entertertained 
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During the WAR beta, they were adding races - I think that speaks for itself about different peoples credability.
DF Hater turned fan 26/02/09
see you ingame?
Looking for absolutely anything aren't you? Well, can't say the vaporz went down quietly at least.
The game was done via digital download, if the BOXED version of the game required a 400 mb patch, that'd be something different. But no, switching from BETA client, to RELEASE client required a patch. Since when is that a bad thing?
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400 mb patch???
the one i downloaded was like 180mb
anyway they arnt adding features in the patch they are fixing alot of stuff such as buttons that dont work issues people are having getting in the game, ect.
People are complained because a patch is released?
Really?
Killbride Mesmerize
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Looking for absolutely anything aren't you? Well, can't say the vaporz went down quietly at least.
The game was done via digital download, if the BOXED version of the game required a 400 mb patch, that'd be something different. But no, switching from BETA client, to RELEASE client required a patch. Since when is that a bad thing?
I have played quite a few Big name releases that needed major patches upon release. alot of them single player games.
lol you killed the OP with the 1st reply.
i dont think the OP is going to reply, probably cause he realized how dumb is argument was oh well lol
so many people are trying to find something really wrong with this game and i dont know why
I dunno, doing software development for a while and then management of said products, I'd be fired for doing something like that.
That's all I'm saying.
lol you killed the OP with the 1st reply.
It's what I do.
DF Hater turned fan 26/02/09
Oh look!!! A real life SOFTWARE DEVELOPER! woooow
Really? You get fired when you fix things at work? So it's like the opposite of what a sane person would expect... Fix things = fired, leave things broken and pretend it never happened = promoted
perhaps you are just incompetent
of course, but an online-game is quite different.
because everybody NEED internet to play this game, it is not as critical as in... let's say an application which you can run offline too.. not every customer from those have internet, so it would be really bad to release a piece of software which only run, when you download a bugfix.
EDIT: bad typos are bad
sorry for bad english, isn't my native language
Our team releases web applications that deal with financial data... I know the scope isn't as big as this game though.
I guess the next hours and days will tell the true tale.
And rightfully. But some ppl still think that some hippies in garage full of pizza boxes is a viable team to develop a next gen MMO and accordingly find nothing strange when basic features get only finally implemented in the last stages of beta. And they also think that miracle patches really exist and will fix everything bad or broken without any sideeffects.
The fanbois here sound exactly like the lot on funcom forums. Let's see what happens when the servers are actually up for some time, their characters don't get wiped every so often and they have to face the longevity of the gameplay. Tortage was also nice to look at and mostly worked, remember?
Hey dont talk about SDLC to the noobs here....am a PM in a software dev co. in India, we are so gonna fix the DF client...haha....just toy with them..fuel the trolls vs fanboi fire...it get humorous once heated up...most of them get their knowledge about sware dev. from forums here...haha
You know what these guys are?The same 5 guys plus one greek they have always been.I laugh when people keep mentioning Aventurine,this is Razorwax's game,i doubt AV has put more than 5% into this game,this is the exact game that was built years ago.
What these guys have been doing is trying to iron out bugs and get financial backing.They have not been successful in either area,this is why it has taken so many years.DO not expect any improvement on the game,outside of fixing bugs,their team is not 30,it is 6,probably a secretary/accountant/lawyer as well,but they are not team members.
Unless they can start raking in tons of dough,they will never hire any more people to help with coding,and we still have to wonder ,how they will implement GM's?how about support staff?It will be a LONG road for these guys to turn profits and even longer before they can afford to upgrade the game with new content.
If players are happy with the present game,then great ..ENJOY have fun,if they are playing on the whim that it will only get better[outside of bugs],>>>Blindfolded people.
IMO it will be over a year before anything will be added to the game,that is a long time ,i wonder if the game has that much entertainment value to last a year+,for me the answer is no,but i guess for some they may just enjoy the little it has to offer.My decision was easy ,as I am not into PVP,seeing a dead world outside of PVP was an easy task to say no.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
lol you killed the OP with the 1st reply.
It's what I do.
apart the fact that warhammer is failure.. and failure it will stay so dunno about yours killing part..
Oh look!!! A real life SOFTWARE DEVELOPER! woooow
Really? You get fired when you fix things at work? So it's like the opposite of what a sane person would expect... Fix things = fired, leave things broken and pretend it never happened = promoted
The sad thing is that your attempt at sarcasm completely fails, not on the basis of effort but because the backwards logic you presented is (unfortunately) exactly how it works in IT.
This game is actually REALLY screwed up. They brought back several bugs that were fixed in beta. Shit when you equip a shield it turns your hair color....
Their is an ENTIRE starting area that you can't start in and if you try to run through it you will crash repeatedly....
The mob rubber banding is so horrible it is pretty hard to kill anything. And thats with a ping of 100-150, 200 max.....
it is really pathetic actually and I don't think a single person got their money worth. I really can't see them standing up and fixing all this shit, I think we have a bum game..... Hope I'm wrong though.....
lol you killed the OP with the 1st reply.
Seriously? Noone caught how stupid that was? The races weren't added, they were indeed implemented before beta started. But testers didn't have access to them all at first. Warhammer tested very specific areas of the game one at a time. One week the testers would all be playing elves, the next they'd all play humans.
You know what these guys are?The same 5 guys plus one greek they have always been.I laugh when people keep mentioning Aventurine,this is Razorwax's game,i doubt AV has put more than 5% into this game,this is the exact game that was built years ago.
What these guys have been doing is trying to iron out bugs and get financial backing.They have not been successful in either area,this is why it has taken so many years.DO not expect any improvement on the game,outside of fixing bugs,their team is not 30,it is 6,probably a secretary/accountant/lawyer as well,but they are not team members.
Unless they can start raking in tons of dough,they will never hire any more people to help with coding,and we still have to wonder ,how they will implement GM's?how about support staff?It will be a LONG road for these guys to turn profits and even longer before they can afford to upgrade the game with new content.
If players are happy with the present game,then great ..ENJOY have fun,if they are playing on the whim that it will only get better[outside of bugs],>>>Blindfolded people.
IMO it will be over a year before anything will be added to the game,that is a long time ,i wonder if the game has that much entertainment value to last a year+,for me the answer is no,but i guess for some they may just enjoy the little it has to offer.My decision was easy ,as I am not into PVP,seeing a dead world outside of PVP was an easy task to say no.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/291125.html
i just made your whole post pointless
Just noticed who the OP is, someone who got banned from the beta for trolling... we can call this thread officially dead.
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go back to modding your foums!
go back to modding your foums!
I'm not a forum mod....?
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