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SimCity Patch Introduces More Bugs
Oy ... You know that massive SimCity patch that was supposed to fix everything? It went about as well as you can expect. Fans have taken to Reddit and official forums to decry the mess, which has left some cities literally overflowing with waste.
Human excrement is at the bottom (sorry) of one common issue encountered since yesterday's patch. A concerned Redditor reported a "sewage OVERLOAD" in a town with a relatively tiny population of 4,000 that saw their outflow pipe "MAXED". Another player beginning a new town with a similarly-sized bevy of civvies found their terminally incontinent Sims had already put 55 in the clinic.
Not all of the bugs are so ripe for comedy. Some SimCity players have found themselves stuck on loading screens when attempting to resume cities created before the patch - though they've had no problems in creating new ones. Others lucky enough to access their saves have discovered that buildings wouldn’t complete construction, instead becoming perpetual building sites.
Meanwhile, while players are celebrating the end of traffic issues caused by "clumping" fire trucks and endlessly looping transit vehicles, more dramatic pile-ups are occurring as the result of new problems. One poor mayor saw their streets turned gold yesterday with hundreds of bright yellow and totally inexplicable taxi cabs
EA compensates SimCity Launch Failure with a Free Game - 03/19/2013 09:33 AM
It was already announced but EA send out word that thay are compensating the SimCity Launch Failure with a Free Game. Here are the details. EA is offering a free EA PC digital download game to anyon...
SimCity can be modded to play offline - 03/15/2013 08:40 AM
A modder managed to enable unlimited offline gameplay in SimCity with some quick changes to the game. On top of that, he also found a way to access the game's debug mode. Most of the debug features (...
SimCity 2013 Might be the worst Game release Ever - 03/09/2013 10:44 AM
Two days ago I already reported about the SimCity 2013 launch disaster. A small update from my side. The key provider where I originally a license (g2play) informed their users about regional issues f...
SimCity - Beta #2 Begins On Feb 11th - 02/11/2013 09:23 AM
So if you missed the opportunity to give the beta of the upcoming release of SimCity a spin, you are getting another shot at the chance for the one hour gameplay. As before, you will need an EA acco...
SimCity - Beta Begins On January 25th - 01/19/2013 11:04 AM
Woohoo ! Electronic Arts today announced that the SimCity beta will run from January 25 – January 28. Those who previously signed up are already in consideration for access to the beta, l...
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#4583819 Posted on: 04/25/2013 05:54 AM
Some of the bugs can be fixed by the player, like rezoning areas to solve the perpetual construction site issue; but the big bug is being on a 16 city map and having one crucial city unusable because it won't load even after ten minutes of watching the stupid messages about reticulating splines and Llamas.
Other bugs were not really fixed to any satisfactory level, like the traffic problems and emergency vehicles not getting road priority or even doing something basic, like overtaking - all whilst sims are either dieing, burning alive or being mugged/killed.
Still fun to play, but these problems make that fact worse.
Some of the bugs can be fixed by the player, like rezoning areas to solve the perpetual construction site issue; but the big bug is being on a 16 city map and having one crucial city unusable because it won't load even after ten minutes of watching the stupid messages about reticulating splines and Llamas.
Other bugs were not really fixed to any satisfactory level, like the traffic problems and emergency vehicles not getting road priority or even doing something basic, like overtaking - all whilst sims are either dieing, burning alive or being mugged/killed.
Still fun to play, but these problems make that fact worse.
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#4583823 Posted on: 04/25/2013 06:00 AM
Oy ...Â*You know that massive SimCity patch that was supposed to fix everything? It went about as well as you can expect.Â*Fans have taken to Reddit and official forums to decry the mess, which has le...
SimCity Patch Introduces More Bugs
simcity, is being maimed by ea now.
Oy ...Â*You know that massive SimCity patch that was supposed to fix everything? It went about as well as you can expect.Â*Fans have taken to Reddit and official forums to decry the mess, which has le...
SimCity Patch Introduces More Bugs
simcity, is being maimed by ea now.
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#4583824 Posted on: 04/25/2013 06:04 AM
Oh it must be a server side issue. After all, a lot is being calculated in the cloud.
Oh it must be a server side issue. After all, a lot is being calculated in the cloud.
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#4583829 Posted on: 04/25/2013 06:16 AM
Huh?
Isn't Sim City only using the server for saving games and checking licenses?
I mean, there was an article on it being perfectly playable offline after modifying the executable to spoof the connection.
Oh it must be a server side issue. After all, a lot is being calculated in the cloud.
Huh?
Isn't Sim City only using the server for saving games and checking licenses?
I mean, there was an article on it being perfectly playable offline after modifying the executable to spoof the connection.
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#4583856 Posted on: 04/25/2013 07:15 AM
Huh?
Isn't Sim City only using the server for saving games and checking licenses?
I mean, there was an article on it being perfectly playable offline after modifying the executable to spoof the connection.
Sarcasm
Huh?
Isn't Sim City only using the server for saving games and checking licenses?
I mean, there was an article on it being perfectly playable offline after modifying the executable to spoof the connection.
Sarcasm
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#4583993 Posted on: 04/25/2013 11:37 AM
Sarcasm
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#4584031 Posted on: 04/25/2013 12:42 PM
EA is pooping all over us.
EA is pooping all over us.
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#4584033 Posted on: 04/25/2013 12:44 PM
TomsHardware had an all out rant about it:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/simcity-problems-patch,3489.html
TomsHardware had an all out rant about it:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/simcity-problems-patch,3489.html
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#4584106 Posted on: 04/25/2013 02:17 PM
This must be the failure of 2013.
This must be the failure of 2013.
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#4584125 Posted on: 04/25/2013 02:49 PM
Not true
Huh?
Isn't Sim City only using the server for saving games and checking licenses?
I mean, there was an article on it being perfectly playable offline after modifying the executable to spoof the connection.
Well there is no crack available so the case probably is that this guy was lying and the simulation doesn't actually work correctly without the servers.
And what comes to the "new bugs"... Maxis said you have to replace some buildings to make the game update the simulation. I did as told unlike some people and the patch fixed everything they told. Of course there are still more things to fix but at least the game is now playable.
Not true
Huh?
Isn't Sim City only using the server for saving games and checking licenses?
I mean, there was an article on it being perfectly playable offline after modifying the executable to spoof the connection.
Well there is no crack available so the case probably is that this guy was lying and the simulation doesn't actually work correctly without the servers.
And what comes to the "new bugs"... Maxis said you have to replace some buildings to make the game update the simulation. I did as told unlike some people and the patch fixed everything they told. Of course there are still more things to fix but at least the game is now playable.
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#4584182 Posted on: 04/25/2013 03:49 PM
Well there is no crack available so the case probably is that this guy was lying and the simulation doesn't actually work correctly without the servers.
And what comes to the "new bugs"... Maxis said you have to replace some buildings to make the game update the simulation. I did as told unlike some people and the patch fixed everything they told. Of course there are still more things to fix but at least the game is now playable.
cause alot casual people read what patchs actually do?? alot of those causal people just want to play the game, Which seems to be issue since the game launched
I still say EA is gona run another franchise i loved threw the ground like they are so good at
Well there is no crack available so the case probably is that this guy was lying and the simulation doesn't actually work correctly without the servers.
And what comes to the "new bugs"... Maxis said you have to replace some buildings to make the game update the simulation. I did as told unlike some people and the patch fixed everything they told. Of course there are still more things to fix but at least the game is now playable.
cause alot casual people read what patchs actually do?? alot of those causal people just want to play the game, Which seems to be issue since the game launched
I still say EA is gona run another franchise i loved threw the ground like they are so good at
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#4584258 Posted on: 04/25/2013 05:59 PM
Gotta say Iam loving Simcity, oh I am not playing the game in fact I didn't buy it, I saw the mess that was coming and decided to hold off but the endless raft of comedy that is everything to do with the DRM, the patches and the game issues, well it is really quite funny to read about.
I do feel a little guilty though cause for all the fun I am having laughing at the endless catalogue of fail that has been everything to do with Simcity I have to remember that quite a few poor folk actually paid real money for the 'game'.
Gotta say Iam loving Simcity, oh I am not playing the game in fact I didn't buy it, I saw the mess that was coming and decided to hold off but the endless raft of comedy that is everything to do with the DRM, the patches and the game issues, well it is really quite funny to read about.
I do feel a little guilty though cause for all the fun I am having laughing at the endless catalogue of fail that has been everything to do with Simcity I have to remember that quite a few poor folk actually paid real money for the 'game'.
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#4584281 Posted on: 04/25/2013 06:24 PM
The thing is, and i think we´ll all agree, we should already have certain standards of quality in the videogame industry anno 2013, especially for a company such as EA. The worst is, our sims are floating in poop. That´s inexcusable.
The thing is, and i think we´ll all agree, we should already have certain standards of quality in the videogame industry anno 2013, especially for a company such as EA. The worst is, our sims are floating in poop. That´s inexcusable.
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#4584375 Posted on: 04/25/2013 08:13 PM
What about quality control in food industry? What am I talking about... there is absolutely NO product/service quality control AT ALL especially in corporate sector that is why we eat poison, drink water with poison and doctors are ONLY killing us on top of that but sincerely.
Bilderberg scums are not interested in quality or customer satisfaction or how you feel their only interest is profit and 98% of population are following this ridiculous scheme on daily basis for A LONG TIME.
And what are people are doing because of this joke from EA? Nothing, cry in forums. Everyone is expecting goodness but truth is that it is only getting worse.
The thing is, and i think we´ll all agree, we should already have certain standards of quality in the videogame industry anno 2013, especially for a company such as EA. The worst is, our sims are floating in poop. That´s inexcusable.
What about quality control in food industry? What am I talking about... there is absolutely NO product/service quality control AT ALL especially in corporate sector that is why we eat poison, drink water with poison and doctors are ONLY killing us on top of that but sincerely.
Bilderberg scums are not interested in quality or customer satisfaction or how you feel their only interest is profit and 98% of population are following this ridiculous scheme on daily basis for A LONG TIME.
And what are people are doing because of this joke from EA? Nothing, cry in forums. Everyone is expecting goodness but truth is that it is only getting worse.
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Well, well...talk about one sh!tty patch.