Wonder if we'll need to start new saves. i think save games should work on 1.07

patch tonight is good to hear. i don't think i'll really start to enjoy this game until thing like combat speed and 1dN are removed as game mechanics, though i don't expect that to happen tonight.

i'm amazed how bad the reiews have been even still. most of the problems only become apparent once the game is well underway; i still feel like i have lots of options when i start the game, which is important imho.

stardock have been fortunate that the big sites have held off on their reviews for a while i think. if it was me, i'd try and pretend the game had not been launched at all, then stage a big media relaunch in a couple of weeks with a huge patch once you have got the performance right and fixed some fundamentally flawed gameplay mechanics. give the patch a flashy sub title, make an actual trailer, prod the reviewers and generally pretend that THAT is the actual release date.

imho.

while i still find it hard to get into the game, i'm sort of glad because i never got onboard for the beta; now i feel like i can help with the game like i wanted. i don't feel cheated because i knew i was going to buy this eventually anyway, though i can't say the same for other people.

1.06 saves should be safe (with v1.07)....we have several old saves we're testing against and so far, so good!  Plus it's mostly performance tweaks and such.

This will be the first time we'll miss PAX in the last 3 years. You working a booth or helping with the expo itself?

Post the patch notes! Rabble! rabble rabble rabble

Thanks for some notes

Out of curiosity then, what will happen to units that have stacked items in current save games?  Are we sure it's going to be compatible, just to keep people from complaining again when they update a game in the middle of a game in progress, and it breaks something?

Not that *I* have any stacked items, of course.  Boogie actually has my save game in progress, and can verify this

Way to go BoggieBac, you guys just fixed this because of alborrelli's bitterness.   J/K

Congrats on concentrating on the obvious and getting it taken care of quickly. While I also thought you guys were pushing it, you are really trying to get it fixed up. I can't tell you the number of games I had that had "promise" and then pulled the plug. The turnaround time for these changes has to be murder on the programmers and QA. (Been there, so done that!)

So I appreciate you guys work. All that while slacker Brad takes time off and leaves you guys holding the bag

Can we have quick details about the unit stack changes?

The memory / performance fixes will be greatly receieved.  I am looking forward to getting back into the game so I can post some constructive ideas and needed that to do it.

R<

Nacho

Also - thanks again boogie for posting the current patch notes - i get that things might change, but those of us having issues love knowing what might be fixed in the next release.  Kuddos and get some rest!

Hopefully there are more AI related changes to 1.07. For as it stands there are so many issues with the AI that it makes playing SP games purely experimental. Things like infinite resources and Factions declare war on you (or other factions) without ever sending a single army for 100's of turns. That and the fact that it seems the AI doesn't even try to win the game. I mean it makes the whole thing very trivial, and borderline pointless. Sure I can play the game and ignore this, but I mean I guess I appreciate a challenge while playing. Rather then doing my thing, letting the AI do his. Then turn around and then slice through him like a hot knife through butter. I mean it would be like playing chess against an AI that it's main goal is to get it's pieces on the other side of the board. It will feel like you are playing, but once you start noticing that the AI has no real strategy how long could you play it for?

I'm fighting a whole new war now, it's the war of disappointment.

Although I know that in the long run things will be good, it doesn't change the fact that the current state of things kills a little part of me.

Still thanks for putting all this time in, I guess there is just way too much to do in no time, that everything is a priority at this point.

Cheers,