State of the Game

[Amy Pendergast]

Have they stated outright there'll be further patching work yet? Been skating the issue for a while.

Nope.

 

[Fishy]

AI crime scanning has had its behaviour 'softened', in order to be more lenient.

Insert rant about catering to the casuals that can't be bothered to git gud and need Daddy Brebus to win the game for them.

 

[Erei]

Have they stated outright there'll be further patching work yet? Been skating the issue for a while.

They said the performances patches will come at some point when they are working on the console, since it's basically linked. They need performance fixes to run on console. Until then, I think they said there wouldn't be much patching.

 

[Rubbernuke]

 

[Gizzard]

Did someone say patch notes?

 

[MishaTX]

Have they stated outright there'll be further patching work yet? Been skating the issue for a while.

That's been annoying me quite a bit, to be honest.

Although, on the other hand, the logical side of my brain (rarely used, as I'm sure y'all already know) keeps saying that it would make absolutely no sense for FDev to leave the game in its current state until console launch. After all, if the potential console customers only have the current state to go buy, what chances are there, really, that they'll buy it at launch?

 

[CMDR Hales]

Hmm, Zac just confirmed no DSS fix for VR in this patch...

Oh :|

I should probably go look at these patches notes...or should I stay here where it's nice and safe?

 

[VR Lucian Arkright]

Nope.

All in line with the new honest and open communications, right?

 

[Amy Pendergast]

They said the performances patches will come at some point when they are working on the console, since it's basically linked. They need performance fixes to run on console. Until then, I think they said there wouldn't be much patching.

A few hotfixes here and there and that'll be it for the time being and then 1 or two bigger things until console launch late in the year.

 

[Erei]

Did someone say patch notes?View attachment 245892

Ok if they do that, that would be the best patch ever.

 

[MishaTX]

Ok if they do that, that would be the best patch ever.

I'd buy it immediately. Then happily watch my rig melt while spamming the new "meow" button at everything and everybody around me!

It'll still be worth it!

 

[Amy Pendergast]

Ok if they do that, that would be the best patch ever.

I first want to use the "Personal Computer" mat to view "Cat meme" mats.

 

[Fishy]

Fixed non-violent Sabotage missions not spawning on mission boards.

Great. Just what I was dreaming about. Non-violent. WTF?! DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH EFFORT I PUT INTO THAT TORMENTOR FD?!

 

[VR Lucian Arkright]

They said the performances patches will come at some point when they are working on the console, since it's basically linked. They need performance fixes to run on console. Until then, I think they said there wouldn't be much patching.

That's been annoying me quite a bit, to be honest.

Although, on the other hand, the logical side of my brain (rarely used, as I'm sure y'all already know) keeps saying that it would make absolutely no sense for FDev to leave the game in its current state until console launch. After all, if the potential console customers only have the current state to go buy, what chances are there, really, that they'll buy it at launch?

Yeh, I'm trying to be optimistic since the first announcements in the Roadmap - they haven't said that they wouldn't be doing anything after the 5 patches in the Roadmap, but they also haven't said they would.

The wording used implied that after Patch 5 they would be focusing on performance and console, which I interpreted to mean that after Update 5 there would still be performance fixes pushed for PC. But they have never actually confirmed this.

 

[Erei]

Great. Just what I was dreaming about. Non-violent. what?! DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH EFFORT I PUT INTO THAT TORMENTOR FD?!

If everyone's dead it's non violent.You may have to distract them with a grenade first for the stealth kill.

 

[Amy Pendergast]

Yeh, I'm trying to be optimistic since the first announcements in the Roadmap - they haven't said that they wouldn't be doing anything after the 5 patches in the Roadmap, but they also haven't said they would.

The wording used implied that after Patch 5 they would be focusing on performance and console, which I interpreted to mean that after Update 5 there would still be performance fixes pushed for PC. But they have never actually confirmed this.

And the non-confirmation track record of FD paints a bleak view into the future...

 

[Erei]

And the non-confirmation track record of FD paints a bleak view into the future...

So far, it seems : non confirmation = "we can't/won't do it"/"it's harder than it seems and will take time"

 

[Winterdyne]

They said the performances patches will come at some point when they are working on the console, since it's basically linked. They need performance fixes to run on console. Until then, I think they said there wouldn't be much patching.

Ooh, they'd better have fixed a LOT of the non-performace related bugs then.
And those performace patches had better drop in pretty much as and when they're ready.

But this said, I really can't see this working correctly on PS4/XBONE level hardware. It looks to me way, way too reliant on GPU memory (the heightmap stamping method for terrain).

 

[Fishy]

Adjusted Authorisation for exterior corpses at a Small Agricultural Settlement.

• So how was you day at work honey?
• Well you know, the usual. Hunting down dead bodies to give then better security credentials.

 

[Oztig]

Hmm, Zac just confirmed no DSS fix for VR in this patch...

Rather screw my planned VR testing, but hey hum - I'll do it anyway