Patch 01 ... Patch 02 ... Patch 03 ...

[rockmedic109]

Thank you for all your hard work guys. 
 
And thank you for the updates.  I look forward to the new patch and appreciate all your hard work.
 
No, this is not a brown-nosing plug to get the patch sooner.  There just seems to be more "are we there yet" posts than posts showing appreciation of your hard work.

[Venividivici10044]

Terminus and all the devs,

All I can say is thanks for making a fun game; it may not be perfect but it sure beats playing the board game! Happy Holidays to all of you as well as everyone on the boards!


VVV

[stuman]

ORIGINAL: Mike Solli

Also note that I've always been really slow with my first turn.  I think I try to do much more than the typical JFB on turn one.  Much of what I do can easily be done later in that month with no real negative effect on the game.

I do the exact same thing.

[Erik Rutins]

Just to chime in from the Matrix side, a release next week seems 99% likely to me as well,

[jwilkerson]

As to the Kamikaze issue which has been reported. We are looking at that. Personally I would rather not push out patch 02 to wait for the Kamikaze issue resolution - if we do - then likely patch 02 would be delayed until after the USA year end holidays due to various resource scheduling issues - so the alternative is to go with patch 02 as it is and do a patch 03 with the Kamikaze fix as soon as it can be ready in January. I'll talk to Erik about that and give an update once we have a decision.

[Yakface]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

But think of the kittens...

Pastry lid - middle shelf, 1 hour, gas mark 4.

[moose1999]

ORIGINAL: Yakface

ORIGINAL: witpqs

But think of the kittens...

Pastry lid - middle shelf, 1 hour, gas mark 4.

Remember to steam-cook them first for 5 minutes.
That'll make them so much easier to skin.
And remember thyme.
Kittens are great with thyme.

[LarryP]

The last time I had kitten fricassee the recipe called for diced dachshund. Not only does it taste marvelous, it shuts the little twits up.

[PaxMondo]

ORIGINAL: jwilkerson

As to the Kamikaze issue which has been reported. We are looking at that. Personally I would rather not push out patch 02 to wait for the Kamikaze issue resolution - if we do - then likely patch 02 would be delayed until after the USA year end holidays due to various resource scheduling issues - so the alternative is to go with patch 02 as it is and do a patch 03 with the Kamikaze fix as soon as it can be ready in January. I'll talk to Erik about that and give an update once we have a decision.

I would support "go with patch 02 as it is and do a patch 03 with the Kamikaze fix as soon as it can be ready in January."

Given the large number of items being caught and fixed here for patch 2, if the team is willing to do a patch 03, I would be willing to bet a large, frothy beverage that a few more things will come up in the patch 02 release. Seems like just from the beta to the release the notes will be at least one page long. That's quite a bit in my experience.

[rockmedic109]

ORIGINAL: LarryP

The last time I had kitten fricassee the recipe called for diced dachshund. Not only does it taste marvelous, it shuts the little twits up.

I love cats. I just can't eat a whole one by myself. I hadn't thought of kittens. Thanks for the tip![:D]

On a related note {kittens}, I was driving north of my city through a agricultural area one night and in a space of a mile I nearly ran into three different Owls. Then I got an idea!

Lawnchair....Check
Icechest full of beer......Check
Box full of kittens......Check

Sit back, relax, toss a few brews while watching the owls eat.

[Terminus]

ORIGINAL: briny_norman

ORIGINAL: Yakface

ORIGINAL: witpqs

But think of the kittens...

Pastry lid - middle shelf, 1 hour, gas mark 4.

Remember to steam-cook them first for 5 minutes.
That'll make them so much easier to skin.
And remember thyme.
Kittens are great with thyme.

Don't forget parsley, sage and rosemary...

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

ORIGINAL: jwilkerson

As to the Kamikaze issue which has been reported. We are looking at that. Personally I would rather not push out patch 02 to wait for the Kamikaze issue resolution - if we do - then likely patch 02 would be delayed until after the USA year end holidays due to various resource scheduling issues - so the alternative is to go with patch 02 as it is and do a patch 03 with the Kamikaze fix as soon as it can be ready in January. I'll talk to Erik about that and give an update once we have a decision.

I would support "go with patch 02 as it is and do a patch 03 with the Kamikaze fix as soon as it can be ready in January."

Given the large number of items being caught and fixed here for patch 2, if the team is willing to do a patch 03, I would be willing to bet a large, frothy beverage that a few more things will come up in the patch 02 release. Seems like just from the beta to the release the notes will be at least one page long. That's quite a bit in my experience.

Agree. And lots of folks are awaiting Patch 2 for game starts, but those games will take quite a while to get to Kamikaze time. If you're looking for feedback mine also is "Roll Patch 2 right along, then look at the kamikaze problem without the pressure of holding up the other stuff."

[m10bob]

Just a humble observation I have, that AE has brought many new faces to the forum, and possibly to the genre of wargames. This note is meant for them.

Several years ago when other "wargame firms" were dropping by the wayside, or selling out to other types of games, Matrixgames was created and the first thing they did was to offer for free, an enhanced version of Steel Panthers, truly one of the finest computer wargames in existence to this day, and still played by many of us as SPWAW, (obtainable on this website).

Well, since the genre, and this site attracts so many grognards,(AKA militarily anal retentive historical perfectionists, myself included), it was just a matter of time before a clamor arose to bring out official upgrades..
With no practical, widespread experience of "upgrading" existing games, Matrixgames was at the forefront, and if mistakes were to be made, they would be the first to be in a position to make them.

The most glaring and memorable mistake they made, was announcing the date of a pending release, carving into stone a tangible with so many things which might go wrong, and did.
With each "improvement", the computer itself has a habit of altering how other parts of the program work, so while a new type of unit was added, it might also create a band of carnivorous gypsies on another side of the same battlefield, which had never been there before.
Things like this pop up all the time in computer programming, so care and testing must be done before delivery to we, the great unwashed of the consumer masses, otherwise, we the players would be yelling foul at every turn.

I can be patient, because I have learned the mistake of not being patient, and nobody likes running from the gypsies.

In response to Terminus....Yes, you DO have toys you do not like sharing with the rest of us!

[Terminus]

I don't have to like it to do it. You were in the Army, you'll be familiar with the concept...[;)]

[Mike Solli]

ORIGINAL: briny_norman

ORIGINAL: Yakface

ORIGINAL: witpqs

But think of the kittens...

Pastry lid - middle shelf, 1 hour, gas mark 4.

Remember to steam-cook them first for 5 minutes.
That'll make them so much easier to skin.
And remember thyme.
Kittens are great with thyme.

I had cat stew once in Argentina. It actually was quite tasty, but I have to admit that it was slightly tastier before I knew it was cat than after....

[moose1999]

During a tour in Serbia, I was served something by a local (and very poor) family in a small mountain village that tasted a little like chicken, only a bit sweeter.
First they tried to convince me it was human flesh (Balkan humour - always about gypsies or cannibals...[;)]) but then admitted it was a couple of stray cats the kids caught the day before.
Pretty sure its not true, they are a bunch of jokers this family - crazy, wonderful people, like living with the cast of Monty Python - but it's a great story so I usually just stick to it... [:)]

[Swenslim]

Actually cat meat is very toxic and posion for human. So better never to eat it. Even during hunger people eat dogs, birds, but never cats.

[Buck Beach]

ORIGINAL: Swenslim

Actually cat meat is very toxic and posion for human. So better never to eat it. Even during hunger people eat dogs, birds, but never cats.

Hmmm, very interesting! I searched a couple of sites on the Internet and could nothing to support this claim. Want to know more about cat eating:

http://www.messybeast.com/eat-cats.htm

[TulliusDetritus]

Well, Swenslim, I would say cats sort of disappeared in occupied Europe (I mean in WW2) [:)] I would like to think I havent tried cats or dogs, but er... 2 months in China so far (hello from Shanghai)... so who knows! [:D]

[Terminus]

Cat meat is not toxic.