Patch today

[ArtillerySmoke]

I was asking questions about the patching process last week...

I didn't seem to notice Steam update anything. I have it set to automatically update Empire:TW, but again...didn't see any update get downloaded.

Is this normal? As in, it's totally behind the scenes with no prompting or notification?

[satchef1]

I was asking questions about the patching process last week...

I didn't seem to notice Steam update anything. I have it set to automatically update Empire:TW, but again...didn't see any update get downloaded.

Is this normal? As in, it's totally behind the scenes with no prompting or notification?

Nine times out of ten, yes. Steam does most of the updates without telling you, although major updates usually trigger a pop-up message when you log in to Steam telling you the update is out (class updates in Team Fortress 2 or the recent UT3 update, for example).

Personally, i love it. I've come online, done everything i needed to do, popped on here, discovered there was an update and that it's already installed. In previous games i'd be searching around for a download link right now, but instead i'm off to play the game :D

[Quickening]

Is there any way to confirm you got the patch because I can't tell.

[Tsavong]

Is there any way to confirm you got the patch because I can't tell.

Yes go into Steam then My Games and right click on ETW and view update news and it should have something for the 10th of March.

Thats the only way i know to tell.

*Edit* im not 100% sure but i think it works for save games Maleficus

[Maleficus]

Looks like this patch is making CA very unpopular:

Patch reaction elsewhere

[Susanna]

Looks like this patch is making CA very unpopular:

Patch reaction elsewhere

Pfff....people should have known that major bugs like 'Crash to Desktop' and memory leaks will be patched first and then, secondly, gameplay and balance issues at later date.

I am not happy about it either, but at least having two patches in two weeks shows they are doing something.

Susanna/Calapine

[Husar]

Pfff....people should have known that major bugs like 'Crash to Desktop' and memory leaks will be patched first and then, secondly, gameplay and balance issues at later date.

I guess, but most posters in the link have the problem that the game doesn't start anymore after the patch or crashes once they want to play a battle.

Personally I want a patch for Royal Mail so they finally deliver my game...

[ArtillerySmoke]

Yes go into Steam then My Games and right click on ETW and view update news and it should have something for the 10th of March.

Thats the only way i know to tell.

*Edit* im not 100% sure but i think it works for save games Maleficus

I saw this too, but I thought it would be more useful for them to put the actual patch notes there...not a message totally unrelated to the patch

I'm not sure about today's, but the one on the 4th was just like a "welcome, the game is available now" message.

[Quickening]

Yes go into Steam then My Games and right click on ETW and view update news and it should have something for the 10th of March.

Thats the only way i know to tell.

*Edit* im not 100% sure but i think it works for save games Maleficus

Ah thank you looks like I've got it!

Just rushed through an essay so I can get playing the game. Not to test the patch mind because I've had no trouble with it and yeah it was clearly going to be the literally game breaking issues that were fixed first. I feel bad for people who are getting contant crashes and seeing all kinds of bugs but I'm not so I suppose ignorance is bliss. Then again I'm making a concerted effort not to read the bug lists because that almost ruined my enjoyment of Med 2.

[Dooz]

So the patch didn't fix my Swedish campaign's CTD issue on Austria's turn. That and the campaign map seems no more smooth than before. I haven't tried anything else but I've heard way too many reports that a lot of people can't even play any battles because of crashing immediately post-patch. Let's hope there's a much quicker stability patch put out instead of waiting another week to add gameplay stuff, if even that.

[Shadow_Wolf33]

What did the version number change to?

[Merdan]

Now with the new update i have the battlefield-CTD!

[ArtillerySmoke]

What did the version number change to?

This I know from Pevergreen and Sir Beane: With Steam games, version numbers are obsolete. Steam games don't use them.