"Jeffery S. Jones" <jeffsj@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> skrev i meddelandet
news:d2tfh3pa4phuhh7v6fejj0uokcpmp9vena@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:09:51 +0200, "Öjevind Lång"
> <bredband.net@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
[snip]
>> I only wish Firaxis would announce that they will publish an official
>>patch when it is ready, but they have not said a word. I suppose they
are
>>completely absorbed by that console version of Civ they are about the
put
>>on
>>the shelves. But this absolute silence is not doing them any good with
>>their
>>fanbase.
>
> No, that part doesn't help. Strictly speaking, it isn't Firaxis but
> Take 2 that controls patches and patch information.
In that case, Take 2 should take better care of Firaxis, which surely must
be one of their greatest assets.
[snip]
> I know that a lot of people don't want to install an unofficial fix,
> and even if they did, don't trust themselves to do it properly even
> with detailed instructions. A lot of people don't really want to look
> at their files and directories, like they're ****d or something.
I have looked there, but I will freely confess that I don't like to muck
around with them, not even with advice from people who feel more at home
with doing such things than I do. (I did try to install Bhuic's patch and
predictably messed things up; I had to reinstall everything.) I'll just
have to hope that eventually, a new official patch *will* be published; I
can't believe they'd leave things the way they are indefinitely.
> OTOH, the unofficial patching community is good at finding bugs and
> fixes. Many heads are better than one. I don't know how many
> programmers Firaxis is allowed to use on BTS right now, but it isn't
> likely to be many. A lot of the problems can be identified by
> players, and fixes tested, making the eventual patch better.
That's a comfort. By the way, I suppose you know that Firaxis are
recruiting? Though I doubt that many of the people they want would be
assigned to work on BtS. The producer they want to hire is specifically
stated to be expected to "lead a large and experienced team of developers
on
a new highly anticipated product just entering pre-production." Still,
just
about all of them, except the desktop sup****t technician, are expected to
possess "strong communication skills, written and verbal". One can hope
that
this not only refers to communicating with co-workers but also with their
customers; Firaxis have been a little deficient in that respect.
http://www.firaxis.com/jobs/openings.php
Öjevind
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