Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Hotfix 10.03 | 14/02/2022

[HRDiagram]

Wow, considering the bickering and heated discussion over something so inconsequential, I would definitely say it was a hotfix.

People are undoubtedly getting burned here.

 

[Athan]

Ok, but that's not really what hotfix means in 2022.

It being synonymous with 'client patch' removes any distinct meaning it might have.

Are you intending to distinguish between (patch) "some server downtime" from (hotfix) "no server downtime expected" ?

For me the whole idea is the 'hot' refers to keeping the player's experience from cooling down.

 

[Athan]

That would be an originally unplanned fix to address a specific issue(s) deemed more urgent than waiting for the next regular patch - which is industry standard.

If that 'industry standard' is actually now true then I'd be interested in learning how and when the usage shifted.

I submit that simply employing English with "urgent patch" would be better than abusing the 'hot' part of 'hotfix'.

 

[Zac Cocken]

If that 'industry standard' is actually now true then I'd be interested in learning how and when the usage shifted.

I submit that simply employing English with "urgent patch" would be better than abusing the 'hot' part of 'hotfix'.

...seriously?

For what it's worth - nowadays, the 'hot' part of hotfix refers to the fix being put together relatively quickly.

 

[Athan]

...seriously?

For what it's worth - nowadays, the 'hot' part of hotfix refers to the fix being put together relatively quickly.

So, with some ... urgency ... then ?

 

[xzanfr]

Game downtime: seconds.
Programmer nerd players arguing about how the update is described : hours.

 

[Fizzatron]

Star Citizen if installed?
(Oh, no need, it does that all by itself..)

<tinfoilhat>I get pretty good overall performance in Odyssey, do not have SC installed, coincidence?</tinfoilhat>

 

[LeoBartlet]

Game downtime: seconds.
Programmer nerd players arguing about how the update is described : hours.

It takes a while to find the hill on which you want to die on.

 

[CMDR Xyhod]

For what it's worth - nowadays, the 'hot' part of hotfix refers to the fix being put together relatively quickly.

hmm I had come to think of it as a fix/patch that focused on things like instability, released between dates of planned updates for the purpose of resolving issues that simply were better to fix than wait for a planned patch. I suppose that fits with what your saying, as such non-planned fixes would inherently be put together in a hurried fashion to resolve previously unforeseen issues.

 

[fennster]

If a game get gets patched and there's no one there to play it, was there any downtime?

 

[Athlon-uk]

Thanks for the heads up Zac, next time you should..



and gauge the reaction lol.

 

[Dooguk]

Came to have a look how the patch was going.
Have now decided that if the Russians start throwing nukes at us I'm taking my chances above ground.

 

[Bottom Hat]

If that 'industry standard' is actually now true then I'd be interested in learning how and when the usage shifted.

I submit that simply employing English with "urgent patch" would be better than abusing the 'hot' part of 'hotfix'.

Are you actually serious about this argument?

I mean, really, really serious that you want to lose it all over this?

 

[SCiARA]

hahaha ow man, this and the update on communication thread is comedy gold!
forum implodes at lack of comms
forum explodes cos comms are not to it's exacting standards

 

[dj_wylie]

This is a joke right? Arguing with Zac and wasting his time over the definition of a 'hotfix'?

 

[DrinkyBird]

I once installed a Windows hotfix update and was livid when it asked me to reboot...

 

[Andrew Linton]

What zero-downtime looks like to me:

 

[Jack Winter]

I once installed a Windows hotfix update and was livid when it asked me to reboot...

I once did the same, and was livid when it didn't reboot!

 

[bunker]

This is a joke right? Arguing with Zac and wasting his time over the definition of a 'hotfix'?

Of course it's a joke, just like all our comments here are just a joke that Zac doesn't have to read through in search of any important problems with the ***fix.

 

[Dooguk]

What zero-downtime looks like to me:

View attachment 291491

Are you somewhere in the vicinity of Voyager 2?