First patch coming soon

[razark]

Originally Posted by Navarre

But the task of modders should not be to iron out the negligence in development and project management! Unfortunately this has become already a standard with Ubisoft games

Exactly. There are some things that cannot be fixed by modders, also. I remember a few problems in SH3, such as saving near ships, saving under water, the crew management buttons, and having to move the watch officer back to the bridge manually. These were things that should have been caught in testing. I don't think I've seen any mods that could repair those.

Originally Posted by The List of Fixes in the First Patch

- The depth control is now working properly

Depth control working in a submarine. That's the kind of thing that should have been caught.

[Turbografx]

Originally Posted by razark

Imagine I were selling cars, and said "Hey, I'm releasing model X on March 2nd", and then proceeded to take your money for one. March 2nd rolls around, and you show up to pick up your car. I hand over the keys, and say "Come back in about an hour. We'll have the brakes ready to install then. Also, the gas tank leaks, but we're working on a patch for it. For now, work around it by not putting more than 4 gallons in it."

How long would my car company last?

Not too long, better apply for some federal bail-out money so you can pay yourself off.

[Von Taticus]

Problem 2: In the following situation the player cannot access the UPlay rewards:

- The player has Windows Vista or Windows 7 installed
- Uses a standard user account (no admin rights)
- Silent Hunter 5 is installed in the c:\Program Files\Folder (to prevent this, the game is installed by default in c:\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter5 – not in Program Files)
- In Windows Vista and Windows 7, the “Program Files” folder has special restrictions, that leads to this problem

Admin rights required on your PC ....... what the heck are they doing inside the users PC?

[Jander]

it doesn't state anywhere that admin rights are required.

If you install the game in the program files folder under Vista or Win7, THEN you need admin rights.
But that's because in operating systems newer than XP, the program files folder has some kind of special protection which interferes with the game when you are not an admin. So, this is no evil "Ubi wants to hijack your computer" masterplan, but only a limitation or safety feature of Vista and Win7.

[razark]

Originally Posted by Von Taticus

Admin rights required on your PC ....... what the heck are they doing inside the users PC?

The newer versions of Windows keep regular users from mucking about in the C:\Program Files directory. Both for security and protection from people who don't know what they're doing with the computer.

[kylania]

Originally Posted by Von Taticus

Admin rights required on your PC ....... what the heck are they doing inside the users PC?

They aren't, that's the point. They try to install to C:\Ubisoft, but if someone manually installs to Program Files (usually by thinking "I won't install to my root! That's crazy!") then they run into problems.

So the work around really is to not try to work around anything.

[Philipp_Thomsen]

Originally Posted by kylania

They aren't, that's the point. They try to install to C:\Ubisoft, but if someone manually installs to Program Files (usually by thinking "I won't install to my root! That's crazy!") then they run into problems.

So the work around really is to not try to work around anything.

1) Microsoft protecting the content of "program files" is a very good idea.
2) Installing any game in your OS hd or partition is a very bad idea.

Originally Posted by razark

I wouldn't call it great. Instead of patching it the day, or week, it is released, it should have been released when it was ready.

I am glad to see they are supporting it.

If you release a "broken" product with ubisoft accounts required to get the "Patch", making it work becomes another possible hangup for pirates. Maybe it takes 5 days to get a working torrented version up instead of 3, making ubisoft a little more money, which is the point.

[TDK1044]

The more I read, the happier I am not to have purchased......yet

[jwilliams]

I would rather wait for a game to be finished. I think publishers push the devs and as a result too many games are being released unfinished. Which would really suck if you didnt have access to the internet (This is in general, Not just SH5).

I like Blizzards attude towards rushed devolopment "It's ready when its ready".

blizzard never state a release date until the game is ready. I think other publishers should take a page out of Blizzards book.

I dont buy many games a year. So i would rather buy a diferent finished game, and wait for this one to be finished and buy at a later date.