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Thread: Players vs. Mods
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2012-11-20, 08:26 PM #81481Moderator
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2012-11-20, 08:28 PM #81482Pit Lord
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I am awesome like that
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2012-11-20, 08:29 PM #81483Dreadlord
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Originally Posted by Asmekiel
It's very, very, very rarely a week later. That's the thing. Consoles (and game) go into certification months before they actually launch. One it's gone through cert they can't really change anything otherwise they need to get it re-certified. If they have an issue discovered after cert goes through, patching is the best way to do it. Not to mention, patches typically take like 5-10 minutes. It's not like it's going to delay people playing by that much.
Now, I cooooould be wrong on consoles. It's been awhile since I last looked into this, but I know for games this is still how it works, so I imagine that consoles haven't changed either.
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2012-11-20, 08:31 PM #81484Stood in the Fire
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The wii u patch takes like an hour or so I read, but it's supposed to deal with some things that they didn't catch before they certified it :3
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2012-11-20, 08:32 PM #81485The Lightbringer
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They really need to recertify it for every bug fix? o.O Originally Posted by Zerioc
http://www.vg247.com/2012/10/30/assa...ch-notes-here/ I don't mind small bug fixes here and there, but there's some pretty big bugs in this list for a day one.Last edited by Asmekiel; 2012-11-20 at 08:35 PM.
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2012-11-20, 08:35 PM #81486Moderator
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2012-11-20, 08:36 PM #81487Dreadlord
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If that's true then it's a little more understanding. An hour is a bit excessive for a patch. I'll see when I finally hook mine up to my router (didn't have the pw at the time, controller is charging atm.) because that's all dependent on download speed. Originally Posted by Worgenite
But even then, they don't get how certification works. They just assume that it's not the best solution.
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2012-11-20, 08:37 PM #81488The Lightbringer
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2012-11-20, 08:38 PM #81489Dreadlord
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Yeah. Any and all changes made after certification require the game to be put through certification again. It's to make sure they're not adding any malicious code or anything inappropriate. Originally Posted by Asmekiel
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2012-11-20, 08:40 PM #81490The Lightbringer
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But they don't need to certify patches after release? Originally Posted by Zerioc
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2012-11-20, 08:42 PM #81491Stood in the Fire
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They might have to certify the patches :O No idea though Originally Posted by Asmekiel
Originally Posted by Genganger
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2012-11-20, 08:44 PM #81492Dreadlord
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Yep. Patches go through it too. In fact, Microsoft charges companies 10k per patch certification. That's why some games don't get the same patches on Xbox as they do on other consoles. But yeah, patches need certification. Originally Posted by Asmekiel
The thing is, there's more to a game/console than there is to a patch. So it's quicker to certify patches than full games/consoles. Not to mention it could have been issues that were discovered after mass production of the consoles/games had started it's much easier to send a patch to get certified than to trash everything you've already made and start production again. It's a time thing. It's much better than alternatives.
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2012-11-20, 08:52 PM #81493The Lightbringer
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10k. damn..
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2012-11-20, 08:52 PM #81494Moderator
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I'm having the weirdest conversation with someone, now. :b
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2012-11-20, 08:55 PM #81495Pit Lord
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Originally Posted by Majad
Like me and puri usually have?
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2012-11-20, 08:55 PM #81496Stood in the Fire
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I'm calling shenanigans on Air New Zealand's win-tickets-to-the-world-premiere-of-the-Hobbit-contest! Only people from English-speaking countries have won! Most unlikely! Shenanigans!
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2012-11-20, 08:56 PM #81497Dreadlord
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Yeah. I don't know if you remember the drama about the developer of Fez (I think?) not putting a patch out on 360 despite there being a bug that was causing games to corrupt and losing all your progress. Yeah. That was why.He didn't think he could afford the 10k to put the fix out because of cert. Originally Posted by Asmekiel
Note: I think they're both in the wrong. I'm not blaming microsoft or the developer here. Both did stupid things.
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2012-11-20, 08:57 PM #81498Moderator
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Way more weird. Originally Posted by Joyful
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2012-11-20, 08:59 PM #81499Dreadlord
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Don't think that's possible Originally Posted by Majad
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2012-11-20, 09:00 PM #81500Moderator
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You know Omegle? Originally Posted by Zerioc
