Been away...When's the patch due?

Sirius_Sam · Post by **Sirius_Sam** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 7:36 am

Hey people

Real Life (tm) responsibilities and a subsequent HD crash have taken me away from Morrowind for a few days. Anybody know when the patch is coming out? About a week or so ago, the announced date was going to be yesterday (06/10)...what happened?

S_S

Sirius_Sam · Post by **Sirius_Sam** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 10:14 am

Patch news?

*BUMP*

C'mon, guys...you gotta know more than me. I've been out of the loop for days.

CJ...Odonatathrope...UU?. Anybody heard anything about it?

S_S

Odonatathrope · Post by **Odonatathrope** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 10:19 am

Sorry man...haven't heard a thing about it. Very curious as to what it will entail, given the hints that it is going to respond to a lot of gamers' concerns.

I'm guessing (in addition to bug fixes) a little more money for merchants, a little less oomph for the robe of st. roris and fewer cliffracers, but that's just me.

Sirius_Sam · Post by **Sirius_Sam** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 10:24 am

Thanks

I hope we get it by the end of the month, anyway. It would be nice to have some 'official' changes made instead of having to rely on mods to (maybe) solve some of the issues.

S_S

fable · Post by **fable** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 11:15 am

Pete Hines, Bethsoft's PR person, is claiming this week.

cjdevito · Post by **cjdevito** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 11:35 am

Sorry SS, I can't shed much light here for you. Bethesda seems to be playing the details very close to their chest. I can't really blame them, though. I seem to recall that they suffered a bit of a backlash with their Daggerfall patches not matching what they had told people they would fix.

Sirius_Sam · Post by **Sirius_Sam** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 11:52 am

Thanks, guys

Not that the game needs a lot of 'fixing', but some things could stand a new coat of paint and a bit of changing. Here's hoping the patch at least addresses the major concerns (bugs and gameplay issues) we have right now.

*crosses fingers*

S_S

nVrt · Post by **nVrt** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 4:07 pm

NPC pathing

I'd love to see them fix NPC pathing methods. I hate having to reload when some poor idiot gets himself stuck behind a rope or between some rocks. I would really like to see sleep patterns put in. ( I realize they had it coded, but took it out for a few reasons ) I think the game is pretty easy as is, but thieving/assasination would be alot more fun with them asleep in bed.

Anyone else had crashes to desktop when they are making large transactions with merchants?

Sirius_Sam · Post by **Sirius_Sam** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 9:00 pm

I loathe the babysitting missions too, but a decent 'workaround' for the lousy pathfinding AI is to use the "TCL" command in the console. Just wait for the NPC as he/she runs through the obstacle and reenable clipping (TCL again). It's not the best of all worlds, however it's better than having to reload an older save and spend THAT much more time on the escort mission...

S_S

Bitex · Post by **Bitex** » Thu Jun 13, 2002 5:19 am

Isn't there a VERY large risk that you don't manage to turn off TCL again in time, and the guy runs straight through the scenery and becomes stuck in a hill forever and ever??? Or does the no-clip only work with objects, not with the ground?