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[Delenda est Carthago]

He says that they intend to fix the load/game bug in the expo, great! That means that people won't have to keep complaining about it anymore!!!

[a houston chronicler]

he also says that a patch should be coming out a few weeks after the expansion. SWEET.

[Old Celt]

He says that they intend to fix the load/game bug in the expo, great! That means that people won't have to keep complaining about it anymore!!!

Here's the actual post text:

6/23/2005

"Hi guys. Sorry I have not been about the last few days, but with various bits and pieces going on at the moment I have been a very busy webmonkey.

Right, to business - the load/save/siege issue.

Much as I want to say this is now sorted and carved in stone, I can't. Please remember that expansion pack is in development and there is still much going on at the moment that I can't talk about for various reasons. I am prepared to say that it is certainly our intention to address the load/save issue in the expansion pack. "And what about a patch?" I hear you ask. Again I can't say this is set in stone but we hope to bring out a patch at roughly the same time as the expansion pack (in reality it will probably be few weeks later).

That's the state of play at the moment. When I know more, I'll make sure that you know more. Again sorry for not being able state any thing 100% but this is the best I can do for now!" - The Shogun

Please note that this is not a done deal yet. I'm not saying it won't be, but we do not know for sure what will be done. When the statement is made that the fix WILL be in the expansion pack for certain, a lot of people will have cause for celebration. Let's see what develops.

[manbaps]

Well aslong as the patch is brought out, if the issues are fixed then i will consider buying the expansion. I will not buy the expansion just to fix bugs.

[Mongoose]

Sounds nice. I can't wait for the patch...

This raises another issue, the mods might have to be remade.


Delenda est Carthago: your sig is twice as big as the rules will allow, it might be deleted if you don't change it.

[hoom]

Well aslong as the patch is brought out, if the issues are fixed then i will consider buying the expansion. I will not buy the expansion just to fix bugs.

What he said & congrats to CA for doing the right thing (assuming it actually happens)

[Epistolary Richard]

Delenda est Carthago please check your PMs regarding the limits on image sizes in signatures. The EB team go to a lot of trouble to design a signature for you guys that actually fit the forum requirements, please use that and not their headline banner.

Just to remind everyone that the current limits are:

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They can be reviewed here.

[Spartiate]

While i have always stated that i would buy the Expo as soon as it hit the shelves i feel a bit suspicious regarding the news that the patch will be out AFTER the Expo.
Thats like saying "buy our game and THEN we will fix the original"

Maybe i'm reading this incorrectly.Maybe what this means is that they will release the Expo and support IT with a patch within weeks.

Thoughts anyone?

[RomanCavalry]

I'm not easily led around by the nose...sorry.

CA has repeatedly lied through their teeth, so until I see some of these claims being PROMISED, not told basically in so many words "they might be there, they might not" (which is what we already knew...this is not news) or when I actually physically see them in the game...this means nothing to me.

Again, until these things become a reality I still think CA has been THE worst company in the industry for the last 8 months.

[Colovion]

While i have always stated that i would buy the Expo as soon as it hit the shelves i feel a bit suspicious regarding the news that the patch will be out AFTER the Expo.
Thats like saying "buy our game and THEN we will fix the original"

Maybe i'm reading this incorrectly.Maybe what this means is that they will release the Expo and support IT with a patch within weeks.

Thoughts anyone?

pretty straight forward, actually

They release the XP. People who want to get that and the fixes will buy it ASAP. After that, if people haven't yet bought the XP they'll download the patch.

The latter category of gamers, especially fans, will be in teh minority.

it's all about the $$$ and it's a very business-driven decision I'm sure. I'm not really upset about it at all and I don't think anyone else should be either. I mean are you really in THAT much of a rush to get the game fixed? You've waited this long, I think you can wait a little longer. If not, buy the XP.

[KSEG]

All of this fuss really reminds me of the flight sim IL2 and Pacific Fighters.
Many people screaming for a patch and the patch doesn't come for months.

[matches88]

Sounds nice. I can't wait for the patch...
This raises another issue, the mods might have to be remade.

Hopefully it would be writing extra game-state to disk on save and then using it on load. Apart from existing save-game compatability (possibly), there shouldn't be any reason for the mod itself to change.

This is assuming the patch is solely fixing the load/save bug of course.

[Red Harvest]

Nice, looks like they are going to do the right thing. Good to hear.

(It will be interesting to see what else they decided to address. This might be a very limited one item patch, but I would not be surprised if they fixed some other code flaws in the same go 'round.)

[Midnight]

I'll be excited if\when this is confirmed.