1.3 - Not yet there..

[ow592]

Will the patch be easy to implement by clicking on the 'look for upgrades' button in the main launch window?

the beta will be only in the download section here. the release version should be easy to implement.

 

[unmerged(38333)]

I would like to ask if any progress is made in dealing with the horrible OOS problems in multiplayer mode.

There is a small but very passionate Victoria 2 MP community and right now we are really struggling with OOS problems. It really takes all our enthusiasm and love for this game to keep the community alive and the instability of the game in MP is making our lives really hard.

 

[JakopDalunde]

Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Bob Ilyani]

A beta patch is nice, but I play on the Mac version, and VP never makes a version of the beta patch

This sucks.

 

[makotech222]

A beta patch is nice, but I play on the Mac version, and VP never makes a version of the beta patch

This sucks.

Can't you just copy and overwrite the files? Or is Mac incapable of that?

 

[safferli]

Can't you just copy and overwrite the files? Or is Mac incapable of that?

You'll need to port the .exe, which only the mac porting company does.

 

[Gihren Zabi]

I'll just say to take your time. I'd like the game to be playable before buying it

 

[Surgünoglu]

Johan, thank you all so much. I'm looking forward to what you're cooking up.

 

[Syber]

Good to hear it!

 

[Derp]

Will the public beta work with Steam?

 

[ow592]

I can remember that a EU3 beta patch worked with steam.

 

[Calculus]

A beta patch is nice, but I play on the Mac version, and VP never makes a version of the beta patch

This sucks.

I, too, play a Mac version. Hope this "beta" period will be short enough. I really don't want another 6 months beta like EU3 4.3b.

 

[alpaca]

Will the patch be easy to implement by clicking on the 'look for upgrades' button in the main launch window?

I am not very technical and have had problems in the past with upgrading EU3.

I am a gamer/history buff but don't really know much about modding files etc.

Thanks.

Probably not, but it's usually contained in a file archive like a .zip or .rar file, which you only have to extract to your Victoria 2 directory, overwriting all files when asked

Will the public beta work with Steam?

Probably, but you'll still have to manually apply it. I would suggest making a back-up so you can restore vanilla 1.2 files when the stable 1.3 patch is released or delete and re-download the game then (updating over the beta patch might cause problems, so it's safer). Paradox games don't really use steam for anything except distribution and auto-updating as far as I can tell. I even seem to be able to start the game without starting steam.

 

[LeeDub]

But we've finally fixed some underlying economic bugs that have caused havoc since day 1.. Should be a public beta within 2 weeks.

How about a hint of other changes?

 

[Raph]

But we've finally fixed some underlying economic bugs that have caused havoc since day 1.. Should be a public beta within 2 weeks.

That's great news! Really looking forward to it. Hopefully, we'll get some info from the changelog even before the beta patch?

 

[unmerged(244600)]

How about a hint of other changes?

Seconded.

 

[Freebot]

But we've finally fixed some underlying economic bugs that have caused havoc since day 1.. Should be a public beta within 2 weeks.

This week, I tried Vicky 2 again for the first time since August using the VRRP mod. It turns 1.2 into a very good (albeit very slow performance wise) game. I don't know whether you've done so for this patch, but maybe for future ones, you should take a look at what the mods are doing.

 

[unmerged(5976)]

good heads up. this allows fence-sitters like myself to basically get all our social and work responsibilities wrapped-up in the next 2-3 weeks before buying the game and going all otaku for a couple of days

 

[jafloresl]

I would like to ask if any progress is made in dealing with the horrible OOS problems in multiplayer mode.

There is a small but very passionate Victoria 2 MP community and right now we are really struggling with OOS problems. It really takes all our enthusiasm and love for this game to keep the community alive and the instability of the game in MP is making our lives really hard.

Yes, I'm part of this community and would like to know if something has been made to fix the OOS.

 

[Bob Ilyani]

I, too, play a Mac version. Hope this "beta" period will be short enough. I really don't want another 6 months beta like EU3 4.3b.

This is exactly my issue.