Is this worth buying now?

[Arkady]

1) see Temporary Patch 1.02B thread for details - tm.asp?m=1534517

2)no, you will install new patch over your current version

[Noakesy]

Hmmm, thanks - after reading it (and being an IT dunce) how far away is the official patch [;)][:D]

[Geomitrak]

Ever since East Front was released by Talonsoft ( yes, the original East Front, not EF2 ) I honestly don't think there has ever been a time where one or more of these games hasn't been on my hard disk with a scenario simmering away. Games may come and games may go, but these ones, along with the various incarnations of MSFS, are permanent fixtures.

There was never any possibility of me not buying the Matrix updated re-release. [:D]

[Hertston]

ORIGINAL: Noakesy
Hmmm, thanks - after reading it (and being an IT dunce) how far away is the official patch [;)][:D]

Patching/improving has been an ongoing process so far, and Jason's comments have suggested that will continue, so I don't think it makes a lot of sense to talk of 'the' patch rather than the current/next patch. There are no show-shoppers in the game, and weren't with the initial Matrix release (other than the Vista thing, which was fixed pronto) and most of what is fixed in the temporary patch you probably wouldn't even notice unless you had played the games consistently for a while. I've played them on and off for years and hadn't in most cases! I'm not bothering with the temporary one, anyway.

[1925frank]

ORIGINAL: Noakesy

Hmmm, thanks - after reading it (and being an IT dunce) how far away is the official patch [;)][:D]

I manage to botch even the simplest procedures. There are instructions, but I haven't attempted installation yet.

You can play without 102b, but some scenarios won't function. If I'm not mistaken, some units won't fire, and others will appear only as question marks. I haven't encounered any of these scenarios, and I've been playing without 102b.

I read somewhere else that the tentative date for the 103 patch is before Christmas. The tentative date is probably just that.

My approach was to wait for the 103 patch unless the bugs were too annoying, and so far I'm content to wait. There are plenty of scenarios that work.