The Company of Heroes v1.3 patch is out. That's the good news. The bad news is that it contains a major gameplay flaw in which tanks can sail on through tank traps... obviously Not A Good Thing, both for gameplay and Relic's QA process through which, apparently, bugs can sail on through.
Patching has always had a bit of an arduous history in PC gaming; particularly in recent times with the widespread use of broadband leading to many game publishers essentially saying "Release now, earn money, turn it into a playable product in six months time." In the case of games which get relatively stable releases, as we see here, sometimes things can go horribly wrong with patches. I recall DICE, developers of the Battlefield franchise, to be particularly distinguished in this field.
Ohh well, Relic promise that the 1.4 patch for Company of Heroes, containing a fix for the 1.3 patch, will be released "soon", having been in development for some weeks (minus the new bug hotfix.) The 1.3 patch comes with all kinds of lovely additions which I will allow you to read about at your leisure while you wait for it to download (either when you log into Relic Online in-game or via third party download services.)
Comments (6)
Apparently the same can be said about online journalists:"Release no, earn
money,..."Just an observation.
Posted by Anonymous | November 16, 2006 9:34 AM
Posted on November 16, 2006 09:34
There's a small difference between a missing 'w' and a big bug in a patch.
Posted by --Aaron | November 16, 2006 12:45 PM
Posted on November 16, 2006 12:45
You retard, if you miss a 'w' in the code you screw everything up, that's a big
bug. It is the same.
Posted by Anonymous | November 17, 2006 6:35 AM
Posted on November 17, 2006 06:35
if you leave out a "w" in your code the compiler will tell you because that
would be a syntax error and not a "bug" in the sense that the author is talking
about here, you're the retard.
Posted by Anonymous | November 17, 2006 8:18 AM
Posted on November 17, 2006 08:18
unless the flag for tank traps doing anything was "allow" to allow it or "allo"
to not allow it... then yeah, a missing w could be the cause of a bug. Retards.
Posted by Anonymous | November 17, 2006 9:25 PM
Posted on November 17, 2006 21:25
Everybody's a retard! Hurray...
Posted by Anonymous | November 18, 2006 7:52 AM
Posted on November 18, 2006 07:52