Neverending Wait

Synicism · Post by **Synicism** » Sun Jun 01, 2003 6:05 am

Can we get a status update on the patch please?

David Heath · Post by **David Heath** » Sun Jun 01, 2003 8:35 am

We are looking at June 9th to be done testing and released around then.

David

Phreddo · Post by **Phreddo** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 2:29 am

June 12

Darkspire · Post by **Darkspire** » Sun Jun 15, 2003 2:09 pm

I bought SUDG in GAME UK on 12 June. Its the 2.1 version, on the CD are a number of extras, wallpaper, buttons, banners, website kit and a number of PDF's detailing changes. Am i correct in thinking the peeps who already bought the game are still waiting for the 2.1 update?? If so that sucks big time, and probably why ive had so little respone from my posts, its a cool game but to think the 2.1+extras is sitting there in the shops because of the peeps that already bought it via the net or whatever is IMHO a real disgrace and a real insult to those that have surported the game.

So come on peeps that wrote SUDG (Matrix(?)) whats the story??

Phreddo · Post by **Phreddo** » Sun Jun 15, 2003 8:26 pm

Well, I live in the US, for all the good that does me. I love the game, and I wouldn't care if I didn't think they were going to patch it. But now that I know of an upcoming patch, I've been not playing the game, so I don't get burnt out before all the improvements come along. at least this has been giving me an opportunity to go outside for a change.

David Heath · Post by **David Heath** » Sun Jun 15, 2003 8:49 pm

Hi Guys

It will be up and posted on Monday. I was away on business and could not do it last week. We wanted to give this a good long tet before we released it.

David

Phreddo · Post by **Phreddo** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 4:18 am

Monday
and there are 1008 views to this thread.
Take that as you will

David Heath · Post by **David Heath** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 11:04 am

Hi Guys

Sorry I forgot Sunday was Father's Day and my family had other plans then for me to work all weekend again. The patch is posted on the servers. You can download it via True Update or our public FTP servers.

It will be listed soon in our download section as well.

David

Phreddo · Post by **Phreddo** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 1:11 pm

Hey, we got it now.
you poor guys must be getting hammered with downloads.
Umm, at the risk of sounding ungrateful (thank you, by the way), what has changed from 2.0 to 2.1?
i don't see anything different?

David Heath · Post by **David Heath** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 10:00 pm

I do not have the list I am sure Andrew will post something soon on that.

David

Andrew Ewanchyna · Post by **Andrew Ewanchyna** » Wed Jun 18, 2003 5:07 pm

Version 2.1 - changes from version 2.0
-Fixed several crash-to-desktop bugs
-Fixed a couple of bugs that caused game or units to freeze
-Fixed sound and graphics problems related to pt-defense attacks against standoffs
-Bring up a message when interstellar standoffs about to hit and can now focus on them
-Corrected logic that prematurely undid tractor beam rescue missions
-Improved ship's ability to move to less congested worlds when waiting for refits
-Improved AI's ability to choose smarter research topics
-AI players now do a better job in later part of the game, less money wasted on subversion/spying
-Fixed a bug that was causing AI ships/worlds not to update enough in later part of game
-No longer reseting crew settings when changing unit's aggression level
-Now clearing any world build requests when world goes to another player
-Fixed a bug related to scrapping ships with certain abilities
-Made AI less predicable on world attacks
-AI players now place more importance on world improvements
-Made random events more random and less game balancing
-AI now checks if target has an invincible shield before firing killer beams or planet killers
-Fixed a bug on Planets popup that resulted in improper sorting of planets

EricLarsen · Post by **EricLarsen** » Wed Jun 18, 2003 6:56 pm

Andrew,
Yesterday I found your comment that 2.1 had some fixing to undergo before release and I figured oh great another long wait. I was pleasantly surprised to see the update posted on the Matrix front end and have downloaded the 2.1 patch. Thanks for getting this to us. I think your post about the 2.1 changes is very informative but had I not decided to post a thanks message at the end of my original neverending wait thread I'd not have seen it. I would suggest making it a sticky for a while so that it is prominently displayed and easy to find. Geez, now after many months of not playing SUDG (oops, I'm sure to burn in hades for that sacrilege) I have to stir the old gray brain cells and hope I remember how to play.
Eric Larsen

Synicism · Post by **Synicism** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 2:58 am

Thanks Matrix and Andrew for the new patch! I haven't played the game in quite some time but I'm looking forward to trying the new changes. Thanks Again!

Phreddo · Post by **Phreddo** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 4:00 am

don't know if this is quite the right place, but it's a start.
i've been using the 2.1 patch, and I've had a couple random crashes to desktop. I use XP and everything is up to date.
i tried software or hardware music, but neither helped.
i would crash at a certain point, so i reloaded the autosave, and it crashed at about the same point again. so i reverted to an earlier save and managed to work past it.

don't know the cause, seemed totally random.

just an FYI

Synicism · Post by **Synicism** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 6:38 am

Did you play the game with a version before V2.1?
If so, was it crashing then?

It hasn't crashed for me yet, but I have only played 1 hour or so.

I would create a new topic with your post in it, you might get a faster response.

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