Sorry folks, that patch is too big.

[DrMcleod]

Firstly, I dont mind patching games, I understand that it is part of the customer support process. Bugs turn up in complex code and and need to be squished, aspects of the game need to be tweaked sometimes, I am fine with this.

But devs! You really need to think a bit more about your customers, a patch weighing in at around 300MB is just too big. Surely you could have broken it down into 3 x 100MB downloads over a few weeks?

If I was new to the game and had to DL a patch of this size before I could play, I would be mighty ****ed off. Poor show.

[CaptJordus]

Re: Sorry folks, that patch is too big.

Count your blessings.

World of Warcraft has gigs of patches out.

[imported_DefJam]

Re: Sorry folks, that patch is too big.

try different sites...i downloaded mine in 15mins..

https://www.gamershell.com

[cyborg_ninja-117]

Re: Sorry folks, that patch is too big.

why is that a major concern? its not too big, some ppl bought SF from EA downloader... 1.7 gb... imagine that... why dont u just download the patch while ur asleep?

[imported_Rafterman]

Re: Sorry folks, that patch is too big.

Not to mention, do you know the confusion that would ensue if they had broken it down into multiple patches. Forgotten Hope had this problem and I know a lot of guys who just gave up on it b/c it was too complicated for them.

[ptegan]

Re: Sorry folks, that patch is too big.

Well....

While it is a big patch, it does add a lot of new weapons, fixed a couple of things and seems to not have broken anything.

To be honest, I'm guessig that in order to play BF2 you have to have 512kb while most have at least 1Mb which means the patch download should only take minutes.

[DrMcleod]

Re: Sorry folks, that patch is too big.

Actually, I am dl'ing it at work through a Gb network. For some reason the DL site is throttling me to 25.8Kb/s...

GRRR...

As for WoW having loads of patches - I agree, but it releases them as a series of SMALL ones. I would rather a small patch every month, than a huge one every 6 months.

[CommanderD]

Re: Sorry folks, that patch is too big.

wind up the 28.8 k for some serious speed!

[Decripfy]

Re: Sorry folks, that patch is too big.

im dowlading it righht now 24.2 KB per sec

[imported_KC.JADE]

Re: Sorry folks, that patch is too big.

It took me about 2 hours to download at 30 kb/s.

And I've got a fast connection...

[imported_RingMasTeR]

Re: Sorry folks, that patch is too big.

Well....

While it is a big patch, it does add a lot of new weapons, fixed a couple of things and seems to not have broken anything.

That's somewhat debatable imo. Chopper cannon calibration for example, red tag bug becoming more freqent is another.

[ptegan]

Re: Sorry folks, that patch is too big.

That's why I said *seems*

There's a thread over at EA Uk and another at Planetbattlefield where people are saying that it's better since the patch

Those of us who have been here for a while know that everytime EA release a patch, the red/blue tag seems to get worse for a few deys following the release and then drops down to 'normal'.

[CaptJordus]

Re: Sorry folks, that patch is too big.

If you shoot at water, the splash effect no longer happens.

and the framerate drop seems to be affecting a lot of people. I'm getting a tad more stuttering than i used to, but that might be since i turned AA and AF back on, though it didnt do it when i used to use AA/AF.

[MB.nZ]

Re: Sorry folks, that patch is too big.

I dont mind at downloading big patches unless I get them by 300 k downstream...

[Onrust]

Re: Sorry folks, that patch is too big.

Ok, your excused.