You gotta love repeated mentions of the System Killer behavior in the patch notes of a game that is barely functional. I would think the GMs would be one of the last things you would touch
wth is this not a sticky??? wake up!
I bought this game knowing it's incomplete, i knew it. Still i was hoping 2 weeks after release guys would work 24/7 to fix it, even on weekends. I find out i was wrong.
Impossible to do until the core game is fully functional. The AI is designed to make use of things like diplomacy which aren't included, and will cause a CTD if the AI tries to call it.1) Much better AI. The core of a game is how challenging it is. ATM SotS2's AI are as challenging as a 2 year old at chess. Lack of sustained gameplay interest caused by failsy AI prevents this game from being fun
Again, not really something worth doing until you've got all the features in. While you could probably do some minor rejigs on a couple of screens, it's probably better to wait until you've got the game working as it should, then look at what information should be going where.2) Better info and management screens. UI-wise this game is a definate step down from the various screens you had to work with in SotS1
Saddly i dont think the develoupers share my opinion. They seem to want to focus on reintegrating the various features they cut out of the game before release like trade and diplomacy. Which, while i think it has to be done eventually, is a flawed approach. They should make the CORE of the game work before they add in more features. Especially since each thing they add in will make for more bugs to fix before they get around to fixing these core issues.
Wasn't expecting it to be complete. Not even this month, and by reading current topics not even this year, but i expected that it will be better from patch to patch... not worse. Bought it at the moment i thought i can at least run the game without crashing (pretty much what happened before last patch). I know i was wrong.So. Your point is you bought a game that you knew was incomplete and buggy, and now your upset that it's incomplete and buggy? If you had done any reading on the forums (as you state you have) you would know that this game would not be complete at this date.
Well, apart of this forum i also read other stuff related to Kerberos and SotS. You know, facebook, twitter and etc. I will quote one of Kerberos guys "...I found myself trapped in another city over night..." Uhm, i bet he's developing fixes there for unfinished game they released...in another city. At friday. There are other similar examples, i just won't quote them all. I still hope they are really working hard enough...silly me.They have already released 8 patches. You can blame them for many things, but complaining that they don't work hard enough on the patching is just silly.
Apparently the activation code provided by seller isn't the same as CD key (who would know?). I had to find out that Steam gives another code for the game (never used Steam before, sorry). I didn't find same issue on forums of steam, neither here. I wouldn't post ticket if i would find the answer.And for the registration of the game, you solved it yourself. There are solutions for it on your "My Games" page, there are already a bunch of threads that discusses it, and you could just have asked in the forums for it, instead of waiting for support from Paradox. I think you can see how someone not finding how to register one game on their forum is not the top of their priorities right now.
I do expect the game to get less stable every time they re-enable one of the currently disabled features, so I'm not surprised the last patch made the game more crash-prone. That being said, I haven't experienced this, so it seems like the stability problems affect some users more than others.Wasn't expecting it to be complete. Not even this month, and by reading current topics not even this year, but i expected that it will be better from patch to patch... not worse. Bought it at the moment i thought i can at least run the game without crashing (pretty much what happened before last patch). I know i was wrong.
I do not expect the devs to dedicate every waking hour to this game, the do (probably) have a personal life after all. Anyway, having them actually work 24/7 on the game would only be detrimental to the game. A non functioning brain is not a good brain for programming.Well, apart of this forum i also read other stuff related to Kerberos and SotS. You know, facebook, twitter and etc. I will quote one of Kerberos guys "...I found myself trapped in another city over night..." Uhm, i bet he's developing fixes there for unfinished game they released...in another city. At friday. There are other similar examples, i just won't quote them all. I still hope they are really working hard enough...silly me.
Apparently the activation code provided by seller isn't the same as CD key (who would know?). I had to find out that Steam gives another code for the game (never used Steam before, sorry). I didn't find same issue on forums of steam, neither here. I wouldn't post ticket if i would find the answer.
Lol, my beloved thread!! I was going to preorder this game, but some extra-spending made me wait to buy it after release. After release i read that game is unfinished, blah blah.. ok, i buy it later.. I monitor patch notes and player's posts about the game.. 4 days ago i read that game is much better and playable (with some content blocked out/not available). Np, i say. I really want the game and want to support developer. I buy it. I run it once, start game, play.. everything perfect. I start my empire and even do like 20 turns without even 1 crash. When i close the game and open it again - new patch is out.. Kewl!!
Oh wait... why is the game crashing every 2 minutes now? what happens? uh.. my last save doesn't work.. nvm..
Starting new game..crashed on loading..uhm.. Starting new game again, crashed on first turn.. What?! Starting new game, saving (for first turn crash issue), NOT SAVED - CRASHED... uh oh.. Starting new game, getting first turn to pass, GOOD! Trying to move admirals from one fleet to another - crash.. Selecting research project - crash.. Opening encyclopedia - crash.. Building station - crash.
Deleted the game, downloaded again, installed - same crashes.
I was going to write bug thread on this forum.. I go there and find out that you have to register your game in profile. Ok. I had some weird activation key from the shop where i bought the game (registered in on Steam with success), and the game wouldn't register. So i ask for support at http://paradox.zendesk.com (official page for support tickets by Paradox). Create new ticket.. 3 days have passed, NO RESPONSE. Yes, from Paradox. The ticket status says "This request is awaiting assignment to a help desk operator". 3 days already. LOL. I solved the issue by myself already. This publisher is a joke, tbh. 3 days to help user to register his game on forum to get game support and post bug issue.
Anyways if i would fill out a thread for every DIFFERENT crash i got in game, i would just fill this forum with SO MANY threads.
I bought this game knowing it's incomplete, i knew it. Still i was hoping 2 weeks after release guys would work 24/7 to fix it, even on weekends. I find out i was wrong.