Cliffs of Dover Steam Download Upate

[icarus]

I got a modest but noticable performance boost after that Steam update (London slide show now nearly playable), but I am pretty sure it wasn't the update. I think it was from deleting my cache which I do before updating and that might increase fps. All speculation and empirical evidence, sorry.

One thing that is not speculation, there is no CoD patch until the version number changes.

[ACE-OF-ACES]

icarus
I got a modest but noticable performance boost after that Steam update (London slide show now nearly playable), but I am pretty sure it wasn't the update. I think it was from deleting my cache which I do before updating and that might increase fps. All speculation and empirical evidence, sorry.

One thing that is not speculation, there is no CoD patch until the version number changes.

Agreed

Video can be affected by so many variables that it is hard to say exactly which one 'thing' caused it.

That and it really does not make sense to me to put out a small patch just days before the planned big patch.

IMHO the only way that would make sense to someone is if they can answer 'YES' to all of the following questions:

1) (Y/N) Does it make sense to have members of your software team developing a patch to fix 'video A', and at the same time have your software team developing a patch that is going to replace 'video A' with 'video B' just days later?
2) (Y/N) Does it make sense to have members of your software team develop and release a patch that does not change the version number?

Again, just my way of looking at it (line of reasoning)

I could be wrong, crazier things have happened in this world.

But, based on that I think the 20meg update from a few days ago had more to do with STEAM than a CoD vidoe patch.. call me crazy!

[ACE-OF-ACES]

Originally Posted by cheesehawk

Maybe, but why have a 20mb update at all by your reasoning?

Allready stated, but Ill repeat. Basically a STEAM house keeping update that deals with the STEAM interface aka wrapper around CoD. If I had to guess, and it is only a guess, it might have something to do with the current HL interfacing going on?

Originally Posted by cheesehawk

Another possible reason would be: a small tweak of the code they found, easily sent through Steam in preparation for the next patch.

They found? So you did answer yes to one if not both of the questions?

[LoBiSoMeM]

Originally Posted by ACE-OF-ACES

Allready stated, but Ill repeat. Basically a STEAM house keeping update that deals with the STEAM interface aka wrapper around CoD. If I had to guess, and it is only a guess, it might have something to do with the current HL interfacing going on?

This guy STILL not understanding that Steam management of CloD maybe was reducing performance and this Steam patch maybe solve some issue... Soe already stated that disable Steam Cloud give a boost in performance...

Steam runs side by side with CloD. But this guy is a legalist, let's he be happy.

[ACE-OF-ACES]

Originally Posted by LoBiSoMeM

This guy STILL not understanding that Steam management of CloD maybe was reducing performance and this Steam patch maybe solve some issue... Soe already stated that disable Steam Cloud give a boost in performance...

Steam runs side by side with CloD. But this guy is a legalist, let's he be happy.

Darn.. I thought you said you were going to put me on ignore? I really think that would be a good idea.. For your sake, what with you being so upset your seeing people say things that were never said

[icarus]

Originally Posted by cheesehawk

Maybe, but why have a 20mb update at all by your reasoning?

Another possible reason would be: a small tweak of the code they found, easily sent through Steam in preparation for the next patch.

Steam does this all the time. It does it to my other games too. Nothing to see here.

[LoBiSoMeM]

Originally Posted by icarus

Steam does this all the time. It does it to my other games too. Nothing to see here.

Yes... Steam does that for nothing...

My God...

[icarus]

Originally Posted by LoBiSoMeM

Yes... Steam does that for nothing...

My God...

No need to be rude and arrogant. Its so not a big deal.

I meant it was for nothing in the way of CoD improvements and was a Steam oriented update. Be happy

[Ze-Jamz]

Blimey fellas...does it really matter?

Is it this game that makes us like this or is it just our personalitys?, I mean look back at what your actually getting wound up about!?

Ive been victim to it once or twice too...

Calm the *edit* down!....It doesn't matter really does it!?

Jeeesus

[icarus]

Originally Posted by cheesehawk

I have a few Steam games, if this was merely a Steam update, then they would have had downloads applied also. Since there were none, we'll have to assume this was a CoD update.

Not necessarily, when Steam wants to do a Steam related update it does it when you start the next game, whatever it is (for most people on this forum that was CoD). It doesn't do it for every game you start. At least it never has for me.

Anyway, all this attention to a 20 mb update is moot. It didn't do much and the big kahuna is Monday which will make this discussion irrelevant.

Monday will be fun

Originally Posted by Ze-Jamz

Blimey fellas...does it really matter?

Is it this game that makes us like this or is it just our personalitys?, I mean look back at what your actually getting wound up about!?

Ive been victim to it once or twice too...

Calm the *edit* down!....It doesn't matter really does it!?

Jeeesus

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