View Full Version : On the Absence of Preview Copies (So far)
Iron Budokan
02-03-10, 02:10 PM
I find this particularly worrisome. Four weeks out and nada.
But I was thinking. Maybe the servers they have dedicated to this project haven't been brought up to speed yet? I mean, you have to be online and on their server to play this game, right. So maybe the reason there are no preview copies out is because the server(s) they are dedicating to handing traffic aren't up yet?
I mean, I'm going out on a limb here, but you would think they're not using just any old server but something up to date that can handle the expected user load. Maybe that's not ready yet so in that case there's no need to have preview copies floating around? Dunno.
Anyway, I'm not very technologically oriented so someone who is should be able to speak to this issue with more authority. Hey. I can barely tie my shoes before coffee in the morning. Give me a break! :O:
If it means they are working on the game rather than wasting time on preview material - all fine by me. But it could also mean they still have a lot to do before March 4th... :hmmm:
MercurySeven
02-03-10, 02:17 PM
As tests of review versions by magazines have shown there ARE review versions around. They are, however, not finished, still have some bugs in them and most importantly none of us have access to them.
Ah, and if I remember right they did not have the campaign in them either. Just single missions.
Webster
02-03-10, 02:20 PM
very astoot (im sure thats spellled wrong) observation
IMO a game designed to need servers to run it must have the servers in operation to work and this may be the reason no preview copies were sent out since they would be unusable paperweights anyway.
not to mention doing this, if it feel into the wrong hands, might also give someone a head start to creating a work around for the online requirement
both of these things would do nothing possitive so it may only be that they havent released anything yet because they dont have anything to release yet
Sailor Steve
02-03-10, 02:25 PM
astoot (im sure thats spellled wrong)
Stop taunting me! You did that on purpose!
:rotfl2:
IMO a game designed to need servers to run it must have the servers in operation to work and this may be the reason no preview copies were sent out since they would be unusable paperweights anyway.
Very good point! I hadn't thought of that.
"Here's your preview copy, Neal. You can run it next month when we get everything up and running." :dead:
Safe-Keeper
02-03-10, 02:27 PM
The screens and films are "fake", and they're really working on the next Star Wars film.
frau kaleun
02-03-10, 02:34 PM
The screens and films are "fake", and they're really working on the next Star Wars film.
Ah, that explains the cheese factor of the "Your Crew" bios. They've got George Lucas doing the writing.
SteamWake
02-03-10, 02:58 PM
Ah, that explains the cheese factor of the "Your Crew" bios. They've got George Lucas doing the writing.
and here I thought it was these guys
Gary Gygax (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Gygax) and Dave Arneson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Arneson) :salute:
RIP Gary :|\\
Right now, I imagine, the Market Suits, and the DRMs of Doom promotion department people, must be in a funk. All indications are they are in massive disaray.
Over 18,000 people have visited the DRM in SHV thread. Can't really tell what they think but that is a lot of people reading subversive literature.Ubi management must feel like the KGB as the Soviet system melted down.
You can't impose chains on people who are looking for rope to hang you.
DRM/OSP is the game equivalent of the Berlin wall. In four weeks it's going to crash.
Moo, moo, moo!
Webster
02-03-10, 03:08 PM
all i see is protesters
i can only see 5 people (plus 1 unnammed mod) i am aware of that support this DRM/OSP stuff yet they talk like they speak for the millions of silent masses that love it.
Sailor Steve
02-03-10, 03:12 PM
Sheep don't communicate - they just buy.
Webster
02-03-10, 03:15 PM
well cows and sheep both can be herded to do what you want so a moo and a baa are about the same in my book
HundertzehnGustav
02-03-10, 03:31 PM
mooooooo
karamazovnew
02-03-10, 03:36 PM
The absence of preview copies might've been influenced by the OSP... Plus, a preview copy is always a security risk. Anyway, 4 more weeks to go... :DL
oscar19681
02-03-10, 06:23 PM
I find this particularly worrisome. Four weeks out and nada.
But I was thinking. Maybe the servers they have dedicated to this project haven't been brought up to speed yet? I mean, you have to be online and on their server to play this game, right. So maybe the reason there are no preview copies out is because the server(s) they are dedicating to handing traffic aren't up yet?
I mean, I'm going out on a limb here, but you would think they're not using just any old server but something up to date that can handle the expected user load. Maybe that's not ready yet so in that case there's no need to have preview copies floating around? Dunno.
Anyway, I'm not very technologically oriented so someone who is should be able to speak to this issue with more authority. Hey. I can barely tie my shoes before coffee in the morning. Give me a break! :O:
So i guess were are not the only one with an information void. So are the reviewers!
So i guess were are not the only one with an information void. So are the reviewers!
Good point.. I wonder however if the preview that was given to the German game magazin was a playable version and with that required a constant connection..
MercurySeven
02-04-10, 02:59 AM
It was playable. It did not contain the campaign mode though. And they did not say anything about the DRM which could mean both that their early *caugh* preview version was without the DRM or that it was already installed and they just did not know by then that this was not only to protect the thing before it was launched from leaking to P2P but also to protect it till kingdom come. :yawn:
Anyway, the number of review copies must be extremely limited and only a certain number of magazines seems to have access. So setting up a teeny tiny server that handles these limited connections shoudln't be a big issue. I even assume that the system is running already in full as they stated that they can dynamically assign new ressources to a game if more serverpower is needed due to higher demand. Sounds to me like a virtualisation of servers both concerning computing and storage. So right now there are just a few machines in their data center running with the DRM and on March 3rd they just pump it up a notch.
JScones
02-04-10, 03:20 AM
Good point.. I wonder however if the preview that was given to the German game magazin was a playable version and with that required a constant connection..
It was cracked by the devs?
(j/k, in case it's not obvious to anyone)
As far as i know the OSP is being tested with Settlers 7 beta. Review copys hasn't been shipped out yet and previews are playable but information allowed to be published are limited hence the little information.
My guess is that the major sites will receive their review copys about 2-3 weeks prior the release date. That's how it usually works :)
Jimbuna
02-04-10, 06:43 AM
I'd have thought the server would have underwent stringent testing long before now considering the potential workload that will obviously be required of it from day one of release......wouldn't it?????? :o
I'd have thought the server would have underwent stringent testing long before now considering the potential workload that will obviously be required of it from day one of release......wouldn't it?????? :o
It has surtainly been tested internally for some time but as far as i know Settlers 7 Beta is the game it's being tested with. I have no idea how many betatesters there are though.
THE_MASK
02-04-10, 07:09 AM
The games not ought for another month .
urfisch
02-04-10, 07:20 AM
what about some hacker skills here? lets stop this soft protest and senseless posting here...lets start some rumble!!! lets spread the bad facts all over the internet!!!
and someone needs to get hand on the preview version and the modding tools.
:arrgh!:
Seeadler
02-04-10, 07:30 AM
It has surtainly been tested internally for some time but as far as i know Settlers 7 Beta is the game it's being tested with. I have no idea how many betatesters there are though.
Yes the servers are up and running, the current community beta test of "The Settlers 7" already uses the servers.Here in Germany, 10.000 Beta Keys from Ubisoft has been awarded to interested gamers, possibly in other countries also. I've also got a beta key but no time to participate in the test ;)
TDK1044
02-04-10, 07:55 AM
I gave my opinion on this in another thread.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=1258156&postcount=70
Hartmann
02-04-10, 08:51 AM
I think the same
he change the target market for the game, from submarine simulation to arcade, an interactive movie based in submarines simplified for casual players and oriented to action and role.
we are not important for dev team anymore, it can explain how the better site in the wold in submarines donīt has his preview copy.
Perhaps a copy review can cause a cataclysm for people expectatives and we are banned in his market campaign.
the only hope for the game is drop the heavy weight of DRM and be enough open for modders.
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