Patch 7 beta has broken campaign... Probably best to avoid it!

**easytarget** · 11-27-2013, 03:32

Quick question about the latest patch, I was unclear if I needed to start a new campaign for all the effects to kick in, is that the case?

**Hooahguy** · 11-27-2013, 03:51

So it seems like it does. The new imperium does, and the CAI seems to act better than it used to, but as they say, its always best to start a new campaign.

**easytarget** · 11-29-2013, 01:59

Well, ok, guess I'll start a new one while at the same time finishing the one I've got going. I was playing in the succession campaign and where I left off and handed off my turn is the point I just kept going on my own, so I sorted of want to push through to the end, both because I've got a lot of hours in it at this point and I wanted to compare where the succession campaign ends up relative to where I end up.

**Lord of the Isles** · 12-03-2013, 16:49

Thanks to all for the warnings about beta-patch7 problems, which let me avoid downloading that version.

I'm still running patch 5 at the moment but would like, after I finish my current campaign, to try patch7. Are the problems in the beta all solved now that the official patch7 has been released? No recent complaints in any thread to date, so I hope that means that you are all happily playing it.... ?

**Hooahguy** · 12-03-2013, 17:05

Ive had zero real problems, save for a problem with playing a joint naval siege battle which causes huge lag.

**Slaists** · 12-03-2013, 17:11

Originally Posted by Hooahguy

Ive had zero real problems, save for a problem with playing a joint naval siege battle which causes huge lag.

Hmm, really? You do not have a problem with thunder-rain weather when FPS drop to zero even before you get to the battlefield? What's your rig? Mine is 4.2 Ghz quad-core with 16 GB Ram, and GTX 680 card; still have that rain problem.

I also tend to have slowdowns during siege battles when massed fire-missiles come out. It seems, I am able to reduce the effect of that by turning missile tracking off.

**Hooahguy** · 12-03-2013, 17:20

Nope, no rain problem. Im also running an i7 so that might be it.

**Bramborough** · 12-03-2013, 23:15

Originally Posted by Lord of the Isles

Thanks to all for the warnings about beta-patch7 problems, which let me avoid downloading that version.

I'm still running patch 5 at the moment but would like, after I finish my current campaign, to try patch7. Are the problems in the beta all solved now that the official patch7 has been released? No recent complaints in any thread to date, so I hope that means that you are all happily playing it.... ?

The biggest problem I had in p7beta was a game freeze when targeting an enemy with grouped missile units. That no longer occurs in Patch 7.

I do still have the rain FPS slowdown, but for me that is not a Patch 7 problem, that's happened pretty much the whole time I've played this game. If anything, Patch 7 seems to have helped a little in that regard, because occasionally playable rain battles come along now (not often).