The Daily Update at the Com

[Servius]

Has there been any word on when the next patch may come out?

I've stopped playing until the rest of the CTD bugs are gone. Just too tired of starting up a new campaign and then randomly (to me) hitting a CTD wall in the cycle of AI turns, or when I try to embark/disembark a units. Those crashes are rarer since the last patch, but they still occur every so often. I haven't been able to complete a campaign yet. But I really like the game, when I am able to play it, so I eagerly look forward to the extermination of the remaining bugs causing this kind of CTD.

[Monsieur Alphonse]

Today at the com by Jack Lusted

April 14th

Todays update will be some progress news on the next patch.

The Beta Test Group

As many of you will be aware a short while ago we asked for members of the community to apply to a beta group we were setting up in order to help test and provide feedback for future updates. We now have a good sized beta test group testing the latest version of the next patch. This is the third version of the patch they have tested, and soon they will testing the next version of it. They have been providing very good and detailed info for us, and patch progress is good.

The next patch is almost where we want it to be for release. After the next patch is released we will continue a cycle of bigger gameplay patches that will of course include more than just gameplay changes.

A short update today, but I know a lot of you are wondering about the next patch and I hope this gives you an idea where we currently are with it, and how the patching cycle will continue.

[Barkhorn1x]

Good update.

We could all bitch about why CA didn't go the Beta Test Group route with the first patches. But that would be pointless. They are doing it now - and the patch will be on version #4 soon. Without this group we probably would have had to suffer with a buggy version #2.

[Smellycat]

and ther best part is they don't have to pay them anything

[Zatoichi]

Way to make a positive into a negative!

If you really want to go down that road, CA have to pay the people who are looking after the feedback from the Beta group etc.

But that would be silly, and a waste of everyone's time right?

[Smellycat]

Well it could all have been avoided if they tested the game properly before release but i guess they figured out "Since everyone has to use Steam anyways we'll release now and patch later". To me the whole process is like locking the barn door after the horse been stolen. On top of that they had the nerve to charge extra for units in a game they were fully aware was not finished. Hell even the extra units are not finished, my Ottoman Organ Gun disappears when i zoom out. So you could say I don't share the enthusiasm since NO DATE was given and no real details on improved/fixed AI except for making my units more expensive which is laughable