Have Obsidian or Lucas Arts talked about if they are going to use the Autoupdater that Bioware did for KOTOR and NWN? I was just wondering and I thought I would ask this hear rather than at Bioware's Forums. Thanks in advance.

i'm wondering how many gamers used the autopatcher?

I don't, but that's only because my gaming PC isn't connected to the internet. Autopatching great and all - as long as they have the updates available for download and manual install so I can burn them to a cd.

Well I used them, because in the case of NWN they would not release the manual patch until a few days or maybe even a week later. I thought the idea was good and makes getting patches easier I thought.

 

But like the above poster said, I also saved the patches to my harddrive and/or cd.

It may be great but it begins with autopatcher and then you have to register the game on internet, and in the end you have to buy it from the web site of the developpers

Autopatcher is "ok", but I would like to see normal patch files be availabe as well. BioWare uses the "critical rebuild" instead. That

There should definitly be normal patches avilable as well. It is a bother when they take down autopatching of an old game and you want to play it again out of nostagia.

 

 

At least not all my old games used autopatching, so I have the patches saved on a CD.

As long as I get to chose when to update and not the program itself.

I HOPE they kep manual update files. I'm on dial-up while I'm away from home, so I usually burn update files to a CD at home and install when I get back to my apartment.

personally i'd rather have the autopatcher, then the bugs that the XBOX version has...from the tech support page i hear there are several horrible bugs like work benches don't work and some places they get stuck in. I'm glad i'm getting the pc version thats not rushed.

For some games an auto-patcher is nice, but for KOTOR it's really unecessary. How many patches will come out? A handful at the most? I just don't see an auto-patcher being worth employing considering the limited usage it would get.

Autopatcher is "ok", but I would like to see normal patch files be availabe as well. BioWare uses the "critical rebuild" instead. That

The good old fashioned single files...

personally i'd rather have the autopatcher, then the bugs that the XBOX version has...from the tech support page i hear there are several horrible bugs like work benches don't work and some places they get stuck in. I'm glad i'm getting the pc version thats not rushed.

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What is to be expected from a Bet....I mean xbox version of the game.

personally i'd rather have the autopatcher, then the bugs that the XBOX version has...from the tech support page i hear there are several horrible bugs like work benches don't work and some places they get stuck in. I'm glad i'm getting the pc version thats not rushed.

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What is to be expected from a Bet....I mean xbox version of the game.

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OH SNAP!!

Everytime I use an autopatcher this happens: I start the download, my neighbours cat strolls in through an open window and trips over my network cable (or some similar strange incident happens). The download is interrupted, but the game tries to install the patch anyhow. Strangely enough it succeeds, but the game doesn't work. I try the autopatcher again, but it doesn't work either because it thinks the game is already fully updated. All that's left is to do is utter an obscene amount of curse words and reinstall the entire package.

 

I really prefer manual patches.

 

Ps. Yes, I've tried closing the window, but the cat's name is Houdini.

Everytime I use an autopatcher this happens: I start the download, my neighbours cat strolls in through an open window and trips over my network cable (or some similar strange incident happens). The download is interrupted, but the game tries to install the patch anyhow. Strangely enough it succeeds, but the game doesn't work. I try the autopatcher again, but it doesn't work either because it thinks the game is already fully updated. All that's left is to do is utter an obscene amount of curse words and reinstall the entire package.

 

I really prefer manual patches.

 

Ps. Yes, I've tried closing the window, but the cat's name is Houdini.

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LOL! :D

 

Try hold that bloody cat in your lap next time you use an autopatcher, or send it away on a little trip far far away.