Patch 2 release date

**Whacker** · 03-07-2007, 14:17

Directly from totalwarblog.com:

Hi guys,

As promised, here is an update regarding Update 2. It is due to go into final testing at SEGA on 16th March. All going well, we then hope to have it ready for release approximately a week later. Because of the new tools included in the update (such as the cinematic editor and battle editor), the update size will be about 650 megs. This also means that we required additional time to set up sufficient mirror sites to cope with demand for the update. The team would like to thank you again for your patience, and I will bring you any further news as I receive it.

Best regards,

Mark O'Connell
(aka SenseiTW)

http://www.totalwarblog.com/

Looks like we still have awhile to wait here.

**R'as al Ghul** · 03-07-2007, 14:22

650 megs

Dude.....

**Odin** · 03-07-2007, 14:23

Originally Posted by Whacker

Directly from totalwarblog.com:

Hi guys,

As promised, here is an update regarding Update 2. It is due to go into final testing at SEGA on 16th March. All going well, we then hope to have it ready for release approximately a week later. Because of the new tools included in the update (such as the cinematic editor and battle editor), the update size will be about 650 megs. This also means that we required additional time to set up sufficient mirror sites to cope with demand for the update. The team would like to thank you again for your patience, and I will bring you any further news as I receive it.

Best regards,

Mark O'Connell
(aka SenseiTW)

http://www.totalwarblog.com/

Looks like we still have awhile to wait here.

Good news. Yeah that is a while to wait but better to have something a little firm then ambaquity.

**Lusted** · 03-07-2007, 14:36

Yeah its a big patch. Most of that is probably due to the new launcher included in it.

**Carl** · 03-07-2007, 14:39

Launcher???

Or have you got to keep stum about that?

**Lusted** · 03-07-2007, 14:41

It's a new version of the launcher when you put the dvd into the drive. Im not sure how much has been said in public about it though.

**craziii** · 03-07-2007, 14:50

meh, they should include a version with the fix only, I don't really care for the editors. the editors should be separate and ppl who wants it can get it.

**ergothead** · 03-07-2007, 14:52

I'm pretty disappointed about this timetable that's been given. If previous info has been true, and the patch was in "lockdown" mode last week, so to begin "final testing" on the 16th is either wrong, or the process is pretty messed up. Also, setting up mirror sites can be done by one individual in a matter of hours, so is not a valid reason for further delay.

I appreciate a company that makes sure it gets something right, but there does need to be some sense of urgency get the patch out. Considering that some fundamental, gamebreaking bugs were not addressed in the first patch, this seems a complete 180. Perhaps they need a much larger pool of testers, or maybe they should work an occasional weekend (like the rest of the IT world), to fix a product that has been fundatmentally broken since it's release. I generally don't complain, and this is the first complaint I've made about anything in the TW line, but I'd really like to play the game that I spent $60 on again.

**Bijo** · 03-07-2007, 19:22

Originally Posted by Whacker

[...] the update size will be about 650 megs. [...]

Over 600 M-*******-B?!?! It better be good.

**Doug-Thompson** · 03-07-2007, 20:02

After owning this game for weeks and never even noticing the shield bug on my own, I'm not going to be very quick to criticise anybody for missing anything.