BETA PATCH v1.06.17582 thoughts.

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by SG1_Lud

Hi Majo:


I believe that it was a very difficult decision for them, to release this alpha-beta testing version or not. I imagine that the team was divided regarding that, but finally they decide to release.

The community was putting a lot of pressure, because is too long since the last patch, and because of the CTD online.

There was a poll about if it was preferred by us to wait until everything was perfect, or release it in whatever the current state was, to HELP with the testing process.

So finally they released, put a big warning, this is ALPHA DX-10, and asked us for help.

The results are what we know, and in line with what we could expect, seeing the results of the poll I mention before: a good part of the community took it as the patch they were expecting and a good part of the community took it as a testing release, and began to do correct tests (correct installs, methodic tests, hardware wise, in short, people who knows how to test, which it is not easy).


So I can understand that for a good amount of people, the patch is dissapointing, specially when they start to see unfinished things, graphics errors and so on. Many of them are surely very easy to fix ( I've seen so far z-offsets errors, alpha-channel errors, and some new CTD which could be related to normal and easily fixable code errors).

But I think they know what they are doing, and we must be patient. it's only a few days since they released this version.

I remember clearly, short after the NA release, we were in the exact same situation, and then they came with a patch that impressed nearly 100% af all of us, that was when we got the new amazing sounds and lot of new features. Please check back in time and see the reactions of the community in that patch (sorry I dont remember the exact version number). Then the infamous online CTD appeared, spoiling all this amazing job.

I only hope that Luthier and team can read correctly the forum reactions, and permit us to continue testing small new releases fixing this and that, and dont get blinded by the reactions of those who want to play now (understandable) and dont want to lose time testing. To this ones, please be patient, let the rest of us do the job of testing the game, so it can be fixed for all.

This method has worked in the past (again, see history around september 2011 and afterwards) and I am sure it will work again, and we will have a new milestone regarding stable releases.

Lud.

This.

Putting in the work is voluntary. But for those that don't want to do it, they should at least let the rest of us do. They stand to gain from this just as much as we do. Otherwise, if they keep sabotaging everything they'll have nobody else to blame for their unfixed sim.

Do you want to help? Apply the patch, fly and send in your data and bug observations.

You don't want to help? Sit back, have a beer and let the others do the job, but keep quiet and don't distract the people who are doing you a favor by being unpaid volunteers to fix the game you bought.

Pretty simple really

[SG1_Lud]

Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt

This.

Putting in the work is voluntary. But for those that don't want to do it, they should at least let the rest of us do. They stand to gain from this just as much as we do. Otherwise, if they keep sabotaging everything they'll have nobody else to blame for their unfixed sim.

Do you want to help? Apply the patch, fly and send in your data and bug observations.

You don't want to help? Sit back, have a beer and let the others do the job, but keep quiet and don't distract the people who are doing you a favor by being unpaid volunteers to fix the game you bought.

Pretty simple really

The perfect example:
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpos...65&postcount=1

[SG1_Lud]

Also, always good to put things in perspective, please check this thread

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpos...47&postcount=1

Specially between the end of July 2011 and the beginning of September 2011, when we got a huge step forward with the release of 1.03.15527 (shadowed afterwards by the infamous online CTD bug).

S!

[nearmiss]

Beta patches can be a disaster. Therefore most developers don't like to release beta, except to a select group of users.

It is strange how people will blame all issues they encounter after they receive a beta software.

Using the term beta infers problems and that is the sum of it.

Steam doesn't download betas, is my understanding. That is why we had an archived file to download.

In other words, whines and complaints about beta is worthless effort. I suggest making constructive comments to help the developer.

I do have some positive results from this patch, but I'm not going to make an issue out of it. Someone will certainly have a difference of opinion. LOL

[Majo]

Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt

This.

Putting in the work is voluntary. But for those that don't want to do it, they should at least let the rest of us do. They stand to gain from this just as much as we do. Otherwise, if they keep sabotaging everything they'll have nobody else to blame for their unfixed sim.

Do you want to help? Apply the patch, fly and send in your data and bug observations.

You don't want to help? Sit back, have a beer and let the others do the job, but keep quiet and don't distract the people who are doing you a favor by being unpaid volunteers to fix the game you bought.

Pretty simple really

This might sound right but I really do not think is the way...

I will try to explain myself:

What was the purpose of releasing the patch public now (last Saturday)?
Maybe gathering help and information from the community... as good as this might sound, what is the difference
between today and let´s say last Friday?
What prevented the 1C CloD team to get support from the community as we were last Friday?

So willing to help as much as possible and considering the community as the highest asset, I still need the
1C CloD team to take care of their beloved project, to manage the collaboration, to take control of all this with
a purpose. This purpose will certainly will not satisfy everybody but it has to be the driving force.

Now, some of us have mutated from customers to supporters, from supporters to testers and from testers to…
There is a limit of how much we can do for them. The responsibility is only theirs, even with all our support and
collaboration.

Salutes.