Author Topic: Fellow Simmers please help (Read 573 times)

IronDog · « **on:** May 24, 2007, 09:46:22 AM »

Please give me a couple of minutes of your time.This post is about fellow simmers being victimized by Ubisoft.They rushed a sim,Silent Hunter IV out the door,unfinished,laden with bugs,patched it twice,fixing very little,and when being asked,begged, to patch it again and make it right,they have responded with,the reason we have't got back to you,is because there probably won't be another patch.They are insisting that they haven't got enough complaints and a list of bugs that need changing in the hard coding.That is crap and they know it.Silent Hunter IV has a group of hard working modders,that have tried there best to fix all the bugs,but a lot are hard coded.and need the dev's to fix.
If companies like Ubisoft are allowed to get away with this without any resistance,we simmers are in for tough times.By the way guess who owns Ubisoft....EA Games!!!.You old Air Warriors will recall that name!Fortunately we came to AH,and they have always been up front for us simmers,and provided a excellent flight sim for us to enjoy.
As fellow simmers,we just ask that you side with us.Think about buying Ubisoft sims,and ask yourself did these people do my fellow simmers right?Warn other people of this ongoing trend.Help us get the word out,and maybe Ubisoft will see the error of their ways.
IronDog 475th fighter Squadron Public Relations Officer
Proud member of S.A.P.P.

scottydawg · « **Reply #1 on:** May 24, 2007, 10:04:19 AM »

Ubisoft sucks.

I was just trying to play Pacific Fighters last night, what a hunk of dookie that thing is... Yeah, it's pretty, but dang near unplayable.

jhookt · « **Reply #2 on:** May 24, 2007, 12:40:02 PM »

so what do you want Irondog? for everyone to boycott Ubisoft? then sign me up cause AH2 is the only game i play anyways.

4deck · « **Reply #3 on:** May 24, 2007, 12:43:31 PM »

Ah2 is all I play too. Probable for the foreseeble future.

Mr No Name · « **Reply #4 on:** May 24, 2007, 12:43:41 PM »

I have been playing Far Cry and the IL2 series for years... never had any problems here.

Gianlupo · « **Reply #5 on:** May 24, 2007, 12:49:53 PM »

Indeed, I have the IL2 series and never had problems with it... but that depends on how active is Maddox game, not Ubisoft. The latter is not new to this policy, just look at Lock on, they discontinued support for it and the development and distribution was brought on by Eagle Dynamics alone. I hope submarine fans will find someone who'll help us with those issues...

Viking · « **Reply #6 on:** May 24, 2007, 01:13:17 PM »

Not buying sims from Ubisoft will not kill Ubisoft, probably won't even put a dent in their earnings. However it will further endanger sims as viable commercial products, and they are quite endangered already.

And btw. EA only owns 20% of Ubisoft.

moneyguy · « **Reply #7 on:** May 24, 2007, 05:51:43 PM »

there is other sims besides AH?? when did that happen

Odee · « **Reply #8 on:** May 24, 2007, 06:06:13 PM »

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Originally posted by scottydawg
Ubisoft sucks.

I was just trying to play Pacific Fighters last night, what a hunk of dookie that thing is... Yeah, it's pretty, but dang near unplayable.

when they fix their "patch" process, I'll consider another UBI Softhead product. This constant, "install patch 1, then 2, then 3..." is pure BS, when they can make one all inclusive patch that either auto updates, or does the increments for you.

scottydawg · « **Reply #9 on:** May 24, 2007, 08:41:21 PM »

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Originally posted by Odee
when they fix their "patch" process, I'll consider another UBI Softhead product. This constant, "install patch 1, then 2, then 3..." is pure BS, when they can make one all inclusive patch that either auto updates, or does the increments for you.

I really is stupid, because there's no 'install' per se. It's just an unzip and file copy. There's no real patching going on.

Viking · « **Reply #10 on:** May 25, 2007, 01:55:04 AM »

Ubisoft is just a distributor, they don’t make any patches. The developer makes the patches, in case of Pacific Fighters that would be 1C: Maddox Games.

scottydawg · « **Reply #11 on:** May 25, 2007, 05:47:10 AM »

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Originally posted by scottydawg
I really is stupid, because there's no 'install' per se. It's just an unzip and file copy. There's no real patching going on.

Hehe. I just noticed my post says 'I really is stupid'.

Viking · « **Reply #12 on:** May 25, 2007, 08:03:29 AM »

I was thinking about commenting on that. Freudian slip?

scottydawg · « **Reply #13 on:** May 25, 2007, 08:21:08 AM »

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Originally posted by Viking
I was thinking about commenting on that. Freudian slip?

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, man.

Jackal1 · « **Reply #14 on:** May 25, 2007, 01:21:58 PM »

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Originally posted by scottydawg
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, man.

That`s not what Monica said.