Weapon changes, what about the rest? : Fallout: New Vegas

» Tue Mar 30, 2010 6:37 pm

Besides the rather blatant news about the weapon balance tweaks, will the upcoming patch actually have something more worthy to talk about like engine code, streamlining, performance, GECK code, etc?

» Tue Mar 30, 2010 7:14 pm

holy crap you are oblivious to reality, the extensive weapon balancing is actually secondary to the extensive work being put in to solve the root of most bugs, engine instability.

» Tue Mar 30, 2010 6:47 pm

you think the name's just a name?

Seriously though, where's the links stating its more than just a nice weapon rebalance tweak?

» Wed Mar 31, 2010 1:03 am

you think the name's just a name?

Seriously though, where's the links stating its more than just a nice weapon rebalance tweak?

I second that heard ppl spew the same "weapons are secondary " crap but i have still to see any bug fixing or any of the like.

» Tue Mar 30, 2010 8:53 pm

Look at the sticky in the DLC thread... JB says so himself...

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1179411-an-update-from-bethesda/

» Wed Mar 31, 2010 6:43 am

I second that heard ppl spew the same "weapons are secondary " crap but i have still to see any bug fixing or any of the like.

Look at the above link, the primary effort was fixing engine problems, the root of most problems people have, bug fixing, and then weapon balancing, [censored].

» Tue Mar 30, 2010 8:47 pm

My interpretation of what the patch is about is "stability issues." Bug fixes (by this I'm assuming they mean quest bugs) are not the priority for this patch.

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1179411-an-update-from-bethesda/

So what’s in that patch? First and foremost, optimizations and stability improvements. While there are bug fixes, our core focus was on improving stability and performance.

» Wed Mar 31, 2010 8:08 am

My interpretation of what the patch is about is "stability issues." Bug fixes (by this I'm assuming they mean quest bugs) are not the priority for this patch.

Engine instablility is the root of many of the games bugs and glitches.

» Wed Mar 31, 2010 6:57 am

Engine instablility is the root of many of the games bugs and glitches.

I think they're focusing on crashes and stuff like that, which yes, would affect some quest crashes/glitches for some people. Not all of them tho, some have scripting issues and the like...but no point second guessing...we shall find out soon enough.

» Wed Mar 31, 2010 1:03 am

For the love of god, just fix the glitch with lever-action rifles getting the player (or companions) stuck and the glitch where the day of the week resets to sunday every time you close NV so we can have merchants updating their inventory properly.

» Wed Mar 31, 2010 6:35 am

For the love of god, just fix the glitch with lever-action rifles getting the player (or companions) stuck and the glitch where the day of the week resets to sunday every time you close NV so we can have merchants updating their inventory properly.

I would prefer game-breaking bugs be fixed first over trivial merchant crap.