Patching Alternatives

[johane]

Originally Posted by Eljier

For those who do not know Titanium is the most complete install released to date from SOE. Once you install the CD's there are no downloads or patches for the game. Until the new expansion release anyway. To have all expansions except the newest in one complete install is like working from a backup that was never updated. There would be more people involved in EQemu since all you need is a titanium install and a emu server to access. I say #ell yes. I am so sick of paying SOE for 3 accounts, just to have them NERF everything on you. I would like to say thanks to all the people involved with the development of the EQemu, please keep plugin away!!!!

So you are saying that unlike every other disk SOE has released this one works, out of the box without any patching?

I'd have thought that if the disks were broken (like in evolution, or velious or kunark) then it'd be useless for eqemu purposes.

No, he was 100% wrong, it DOES patch.

Never the less it is very complete.

[johane]

Originally Posted by mattmeck

No, he was 100% wrong, it DOES patch.

Never the less it is very complete.

OK, so my stupid question is:

What evidence is there that Titanium can run properly against any version of eqemu ever? i.e. How can one be certain that the client on the disks isnt broken in some very fundamental way that totally precludes it ever being better than x% running with an emulator?

Originally Posted by johane

OK, so my stupid question is:

What evidence is there that Titanium can run properly against any version of eqemu ever? i.e. How can one be certain that the client on the disks isnt broken in some very fundamental way that totally precludes it ever being better than x% running with an emulator?

The fact the Devs are going to recreate the EMU from scratch to work with it. (if its decided to go that way)

[johane]

Originally Posted by mattmeck

The fact the Devs are going to recreate the EMU from scratch to work with it. (if its decided to go that way)

This is the kind of idea that we used to describe to managers as "couragous", knowing that that would get it cancelled!

[klinzhai]

Originally Posted by johane

This is the kind of idea that we used to describe to managers as "couragous", knowing that that would get it cancelled!

Well, considering these guys pulled it off (pretty quickly too, if you ask me), I'd say your managers were pussies.

[johane]

Originally Posted by klinzhai

Well, considering these guys pulled it off (pretty quickly too, if you ask me), I'd say your managers were pussies.

Let me give you a clue:

A manager's job is to manage risk and to try to keep everyone as happy as possible whilst also keeping the money flowing. A decision that could piss people off entails risk (i.e. either have no new people join the emu or piss off people who don't want to buy titanium who play with emu quite nicely.). As it was the dev came up with a low risk solution (although FNW did post that things could get a bit more CPU bound supporting more patch levels). This solution was not actually what was being proposed at the time this survey was made - am I right in supposing it was this thread that made devs think "Hey we can make eveyone happy here"? Damn cunning approach to solve problem IMHO.

[~RD~ Innapropriate comments edited out. This forum is not the place to make those comparisons. Save that for when you're with your buddies, quoting the key lines from Team America:World Police.]