PlaneShift
Support => Complaint Department => Topic started by: BlueScreenJunky on September 23, 2008, 04:02:05 pm
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Hi there, I'm posting here to complain about the updater, because I really think it should be improved : It's the first thing you use even before playing the game, so it should make a good impression. Besides, when you just downloaded the game you're usually eager to get into the game and don't want to waste time fixing an updater. I reinstalled the game the other day, and had some trouble with it... I knew planeshift was a good game and worth the trouble (I've been around since Atomic Blue) so I took the time to search a solution, but had it been my first experience with the game, I'm pretty sure I would have thought "oh ok it's another crappy game that doesn't even work" and forgotten about it.
Now here's what I had to do :
-download the game
-install the game
-download the fix for the updater
-fix a .xml file manually
-launch the updater with a command line to add the "CheckIntegrity" option.
-update... and watch the ugly console output, not even knowing how much was left to download.
I should just have to DL the game, launch the installer and play !!! I think there used to be a graphical updater in Atomic Blue or Crystal Blue, which was much more user friendly (even if it doesn't affect the way it worked, it looked much better and gave a better first impression of the game). I think a typical installation should go like this : You install the game and run the client, which automatically checks your version (both the integrity and if it's up to date) if it's broken or outdated it should then tell you "you're client is out of date, updating now" and display a nice little window with a progress bar, then restart the client (still automatically) and connect you to the server.
thanx for reading !
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There are futher plans for the updater as the game is a work in progress so is the updater. In time things will be better and all will be able to update faster and easier then in the past.
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i agree!! i was centimetres from giving up on this(altho i had to give up on it again coz yliakum woulnt load!! after the tutorial ???)
the only reason i didnt give up on it is due to the fact i came across a post by caassie just as i was about to delete it!!
Also i think that the ingame chat could do with a major overhaul!!
And, if yliakum wont load i cant play, so there ya go!!
i know, it is still in development stages but...
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Just wanted to say that i agree, Driscool. If "testers" can't get INTO the game, how are we supposed to "test"? very frustrating...hopefully this is the first bug they try to correct
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yes, i should think so because of the fact that if this bug isnt corrected then how possibly can the in-game bugs be found??
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The updater needs testing too and you're doing a great job, thanks :)
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thanks,
y see over the last few weeks i have been looking for an online rpg o play, and when i found planeshift i though oh this is briliant, i can play an rpg while also helping to find bugs and get it up and running.
when i got into it i thought briliant, it works, and now i cant get into it any more due to some error!!