In Anticipation of 8.2

[hogg]

(hogg gets hit by a reality bubble)

Hey, guys - come on!


If you have paid good money to buy an MC from Matrix and it sucks, and the patch is slow in coming out, chew their behinds all you want!

But to complain about the tardiness of a free patch for a free game that they produce for free?

Biting the hand that feeds????[:-]

[hogg]

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[Orzel Bialy]

ORIGINAL: hogg

(hogg gets hit by a reality bubble)

Hey, guys - come on!

If you have paid good money to buy an MC from Matrix and it sucks, and the patch is slow in coming out, chew their behinds all you want!

But to complain about the tardiness of a free patch for a free game that they produce for free?

Biting the hand that feeds????[:-]

Hogg,

I respectfully disagree with that assessment of this thread.

The fact that people are asking for any sort of update about the patch is not and should not be seen as “biting the hand”. The statements here have not been offensive or abusive to any given member of the OoB team or MatrixGames in my opinion…and therefore should not be made out as overly negative.

Yes, some people are obviously a bit more “antsy” than others about getting their hands on the patch, but that’s only because it’s been so long in the making…has been touted as being a real improvement…and is admittedly a long way past it’s several original release dates.

I (for one) am one of those people that have placed all my work on hold until I can see what changes have been made and what effect they have on scenarios…and I am not the only one that I know of flying a “holding pattern”. This small segment of the community (designers) is nothing compared to the much larger segment that just want to see the patch’s effect on game play in general.

Therefore, if you ask me, Matrix should actually be happy to see people asking questions about the patch…it shows that there is still a strong interest in the game and that the community is still eagerly awaiting any news of the release. If people didn't ask about it, then that would be negative in my opinion...because it could mean that people didn't give a hoot anymore.

As the late Dale Earnhardt once told fellow NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon about some fans reactions towards certain drivers: “I don’t worry if they boo me…I would only start worrying if they didn’t say anything.”

[hogg]

Orzel,

I fully understand, and agree, with your sentiments about people being eager for the update - and yes I feel bad for designers like yourself and jess etc feeling at a bit of a loss whilst putting new projects on hold.[&o]

I may have misread some of this thread, but I got the feeling that there was some unwarranted bitching going on - and that is what I was disappointed with.

I apologise if I have got hold of the wrong end of the stick!


Cheers,

Hogg.

[Orzel Bialy]

Hogg,

You don't have to apologize for anything...just spoke your mind about an issue and that's what forums are supposed to be about. I am glad to see that you didn't take my response as a personal attack or "slap down"...because that was never the intent of my post. It was merely my input on the issue at hand. [;)]

[Goblin]

Kiss, kiss, sissies.
[:'(]

Goblin

[hogg]

ORIGINAL: Goblin

Kiss, kiss, sissies.
[:'(]

Goblin

Ahh, Jeeez - ok, gobster, I can understand the frustration of EXCELLENT designers like orzel, jess AND GOBLIN.[&o]

There.[8|]

Happy now????

[:D]

Hey, orzel, no worries, mate - as the gobster will tell you, he first started cyber-stalking me 'cos of my politeness, not because of my skills and reputation as a grognard - muttermumblemutter - but I think that is because he is jealous of anyone with better social skills than himself.

[:'(]

[panda124c]

ORIGINAL: hogg

Ahh, Jeeez - ok, gobster, I can understand the frustration of EXCELLENT designers like orzel, jess AND GOBLIN.[&o]

There.[8|]

Happy now????

[:D]

Hey, orzel, no worries, mate - as the gobster will tell you, he first started cyber-stalking me 'cos of my politeness, not because of my skills and reputation as a grognard - muttermumblemutter - but I think that is because he is jealous of anyone with better social skills than himself.

[:'(]
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Hummm a Goblin with social skills. What an interesting concept.[:D]

[Goblin]

I had one or two, but the damn things keep running away...[;)]

Goblin

[Silencer]

At present I only see one fix that definitely needs to be made and I mentioned it before, and it's not a database fix it's a visual fix. I can't play 8.x versions because the game overrides my gamma and brightness settings, and has none of it's own so I'm stuck trying hard to spot my light tan tanks on a dark green background. I just hope something has been done about this because I'd like to be able to enjoy 8 instead of living with 7 since most of my opponents have been able to upgrade happily.

And I can appreciate your position as a go between KG, I've been there and done that as it were and it's not fun because you cop the flak from both sides. If this fix has been done, or will be done I'll be eternally grateful, and my opponents screaming for mercy again. Ah I miss the smell of tank fuel in the morning.

[KG Erwin]

Silencer, I don't have any answers for the video resolution issue. The game is preset for 800*600, and I suppose this is why your gamma/brightness settings get overriden.

As for the release date: since some of the Matrix staff is at E3 this week...well, you know the rest. [:(]

[Smeghead]

Hey I hope they have a good time there.

We all need a break sometime. I am content to continue with this great game until they release the next verison.

[:)]

[Gavris Narcis]

ORIGINAL: KG Erwin

For those who have gone above and beyond in providing CD copies, here's a heads up--8.2 is indeed soon coming, so you can help by burning a complete install when it's released and making copies to prevent overload of the download servers. This is another reason why the download is being delayed, as 8.2 has to be uploaded to the various distributing servers. We're getting very close, gentlemen.

O.K.
Did you incluse my OOB modifications for Romania air section in this next 8.2 version ?

Leo.

[Silencer]

*shrugs* I'd say maybe except for the fact I live in 800*600 normally, and even adjusting brightness and contrast whilst in the game makes no difference.

[Rune Iversen]

ORIGINAL: Gavris Narcis

ORIGINAL: KG Erwin

For those who have gone above and beyond in providing CD copies, here's a heads up--8.2 is indeed soon coming, so you can help by burning a complete install when it's released and making copies to prevent overload of the download servers. This is another reason why the download is being delayed, as 8.2 has to be uploaded to the various distributing servers. We're getting very close, gentlemen.

O.K.
Did you incluse my OOB modifications for Romania air section in this next 8.2 version ?

Leo.

Probably not [;)]

[Les_the_Sarge_9_1]

Les the Sarge looks forward to 8.2 simply because you can never have to much Steel Panthers eh.

A cd only costs 50 cents, a download only takes 90 minutes on dsl (which I pay good money for so I like to use the bandwidth), and if I am not downloading Steel Panthers files, the only thing else I have left to look forward to is Sailormoon Live Action episodes (and you don't want that to be my only diversion do you ).

Installing the game takes a while sure, but that's nothing come on. So it took maybe 30 minutes, geeese man. Unless your 99 years old, 30 minutes is really not that valuable eh.

The only guys with a beef, are our hard working custom maps/ scenarios, campaigns creators that pour real effort into their creations eh.

Hats off to those dudes all the way.

[STEELER]

ORIGINAL: Les_the_Sarge_9_1

Les the Sarge....blah blah blah Steel Panthers eh.

blah blah blah blah...valuable eh.

blah blah...pour real effort into their creations eh.

Yo....Canadians, EH?! [8|][:'(]

[Les_the_Sarge_9_1]

Yo no, I do talk like that eh

I have actually had my word processor scan things I have written just to hunt down that term and delte it from documents. I just never see the word.

It's invisible eh.