Star Wars: Empire at War v1.1 Patch

[RainOfTerror]

LucasArts has released the first patch for Petroglyph's just released RTS Star Wars Empire at War. This update brings your retail game to v1.1 and makes various tweaks, as well as fixing multiplayer, balance, and graphical issues.

Control the fate of the galaxy in LucasArts' RTS game Star Wars: Empire at War. Set a few years before the events of Episode IV: A New Hope, the game will let players rewrite history as well as experience the aftermath of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, the creation of the Rebel Alliance, and Darth Vader's rise to power. You can grab the Star Wars: Empire at War v1.1 patch (http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=31976) (20mb) over at WorthPlaying.

[Pumped'Up]

damn, unbelievable. but better now than later.

[Suicidal ShiZuru]

Should have my game tomorrow, ready to be patched.

[mightbe]

I tried to pick up a copy yesterday afternoon (2/15/06) and was told they could not sell it to me due to the street date being the 16th. This is why I hate chain stores.

[Zurik]

I tried to pick up a copy yesterday afternoon (2/15/06) and was told they could not sell it to me due to the street date being the 16th. This is why I hate chain stores.

Same thing happened to my brother, we asked for the copy and the guy went in back and brought it out. Then he looked at the receipt and told us we couldn't have it yet. Now that's customer service!

[RevGored]

I tried to pick up a copy yesterday afternoon (2/15/06) and was told they could not sell it to me due to the street date being the 16th. This is why I hate chain stores.

Ya, places that don't want to get fucked by publishers for the next 5 releases they carry sure are assholes for wanting to stay in business. Fuck them for thier flawed ethics and business acumen.

Did I mention I'm being facetious, and you're being a crybaby? Or was it obvious? If you can't accept 'street date' as a part of being a gamer, there's a problem here. Why don't you write Lucasarts and Microsoft and Atari and Nintendo and Sony and Blizzard and Sierra and then make an online petition too and keep on fighting the good fight from the bleachers.

[Demize99]

I remember that from my retail days, the computer simply wouldn't let us even make the sale.

[overdrivechao]

Same thing happened to my brother, we asked for the copy and the guy went in back and brought it out. Then he looked at the receipt and told us we couldn't have it yet. Now that's customer service!

Both of you, grow up. Don't you think the employees want to play the games too? But then, is EaW worth losing your job over not being able to wait 1 day?

This is the same problem I have with people bitching about the 360 shortage as if it's retailers' fault and not the supplier.

[mightbe]

Both of you, grow up. Don't you think the employees want to play the games too? But then, is EaW worth losing your job over not being able to wait 1 day?

This is the same problem I have with people bitching about the 360 shortage as if it's retailers' fault and not the supplier.

Wah wah wah, I have a shitty job. Wah wah wah.

You folks are sooo imature that I'm going to taunt you over the internet. Wah wah wah.

Irony.

[mightbe]

I remember that from my retail days, the computer simply wouldn't let us even make the sale.

There is a way to get around it.

Make a sale for a game with the same price. At midnight or when you open ther register the next day, do an exchange for the item you actually gave the customer the night before.

I used this technique many times when I worked retail. I considered it a valuable service for people that would not be able to stay the full night to get new releases that we had already recieved. I suspect that this not only boosted our overall sales of the product but generated a healthy amount of loyalty with the customers.

Of course the strategy guide hawking presale pushing trade me your games chanting ghouls hunched behind the counters are enthralled by their managerial masters and cannot go against their will.

I actually don't believe this but I like the bit of imagery I was able to conjure up. I understand that the register jockey is doing his job, that's fine. I don't blame him one bit. He's just a cog in the machine.

I would not have a problem with this "street dating" technique (which is used to make their sales look more brisk) if retailers would give out anything other than a ship date ahead of time. I wouldn't have bothered coming in to the store if I had known I couldn't get it until tomarrow.

[AspectVoid]

I tried to pick up a copy yesterday afternoon (2/15/06) and was told they could not sell it to me due to the street date being the 16th. This is why I hate chain stores.

I was in the local gamestop trading in some stuff and picking up some other things yesterday. The guy there broke the street date for me, since I could pay it off with credit. He simply listed the game as being fully paid off with credit and that he'd ring it up the next day. When we were talking about the street date, he said that there was a $3000 fine for breaking it, so it's understandable that most store clerks wouldn't want to break street date.

[TrackZero]

Holy dupe post batman!

[Morratut]

Well got this downloaded now. So when it pops through the door I can update before I even play it.

Looking forward to playing as the Empire and killing rebel scum!

[Planetbuster]

Today a Tie fighter! Tomorrow an Imperial Star Destroyer!!!!!!!!! God I rarely get excited like this for games anymore........mussssst saaaavvor moooommeenntt.

PB
demo already sold me, so go buy it, NOW

[Cool AN]

My copy should arrive in the mail soon.

[Riproar]

Does anyone know yet if this patch improves the pathfinding AI? Want to know before purchase. In the demo the faulty pathfinding is the most troubling peculiarity I’ve encountered. Can anyone speak of this?

[Sl1pstream]

There is a way to get around it.

After which they'll go to the next store, tell them they bought the game at our store and we'll get sued for unfair competition (or whatever it's called).

It happened a few times before and it sucks to get sued for something like that.

[Citizen Philip]

Geez people. Just knock the store over and steal your copy. Haven't you played GTA?

[Morratut]

Does anyone know yet if this patch improves the pathfinding AI? Want to know before purchase. In the demo the faulty pathfinding is the most troubling peculiarity I’ve encountered. Can anyone speak of this?

I'm it says something about pathfinding here....

General Issues

Corrected an issue that could prevent progress past mission 4 in the Rebel Campaign.
Added AI improvements for Land Control games.
Corrected an issue to count troop transports towards unit cap in space tactical battles.
Improved AI to move units within firing range when using Tractor Beam/Proton beam weapons.
Corrected an issue where proton torpedoes would ignore hardpoints when applying damage.
Corrected an issue in tutorial mission 5 that caused hint Voice Overs to stop repeating if the reinforcements objective has not been completed.
Corrected multiple text and voice issues in Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Polish versions of the game.
Corrected an issue that prevented two Force-sensitive heroes from targeting the same building.
Corrected an issue that caused ground troops to be destroyed in space tactical battles when using Auto-Resolve.
Corrected an issue that prevented enemy units from displaying their team color in the mini-map.
Corrected an issue with the magnapulse cannon that required double-clicking in order to target enemies.
Corrected a collision issue with Land Skirmish map "Clash on Tatooine" that allowed units to fire through the terrain.
Disabled Save/Load functionality when in tutorial missions.
Corrected an issue that allowed AI to use Luke Skywalker's special ability without waiting for the recharge timer.
Corrected multiple issues with the cinematic camera.
Corrected an issue that allowed the Interdictor Cruiser's Gravity Well to remain active after it was destroyed.
Corrected an issue that prevented multiple units from using the Barrage ability on the same target.
Corrected an issue that allowed the Death Star to fire after a tactical battle completed.
Performance Issues

Corrected performance issues with particle effects.
Improved path-finding and collision for troop transports in space maps.
Corrected performance issues caused by ToolTips in tactical battles.
Improved load times.
Graphics Issues

Corrected an issue with the shadow mesh for X-wings.
Improved accuracy for auto-detection of graphics Detail Level.
Corrected an issue that did not pause the demo-attract cutscenes behind full-screen menus.
Corrected a sizing issue with ToolTips in menu screens after changing the Video Resolution.
Corrected issues with the Fog-of-War in the Collector's Edition bonus maps.
Adjusted the tactical camera for widescreen aspect ratios.
Multiplayer Issues

Increased Multiplayer stability for LAN and Internet games.
Disabled the Fast Forward and Play buttons in Multiplayer games.
Corrected an issue that caused Game Speed settings to revert to defaults when changing modes in Multiplayer.
Corrected a crash issue caused by clients joining a game without selecting the same map as the host.
Corrected multiple issues that caused text to word wrap in Multiplayer screens and menus.
Added a message in the lobby to inform clients when they were missing maps for some hosted games.
Corrected Save/Load issues in Multiplayer Campaign games.
Added a message box to state when players leave Galactic mode in Multiplayer Campaign games.
Corrected an issue that prevented double-clicking to select all of a unit type in Multiplayer games.
Corrected an issue that allowed two players to use the same player color.
Corrected an issue that allowed the droid log to retain information from previous Multiplayer games.
Corrected an issue that caused players to lose Skirmish battles when a different player would quit the game.
Corrected an issue that caused custom game names to display incorrectly.
Corrected an issue that caused the mini-map to appear black after completing successive Multiplayer games.
Corrected an issue that allowed too many AI units in Multiplayer games.
Balance Issues

Updated Tech Level build times for Command Centers
Tech 2:
Previous Build Time 40 seconds
New Build Time: 60 seconds
Tech 3:
Previous Build Time 50seconds
New Build Time: 85 seconds
Updated Tech Level 3 costs for Command Centers
Previous Cost: 3800
New Cost: 4000
Reduced the amount of time that Force Corrupt will affect vehicles.
Previous Time: 120 seconds
New Time: 90 seconds
Reduced fighter laser damage against capital ship and space station shields.
Reduced damage caused by AT-ST units against infantry.
Increased the cost of AT-ST units in Skirmish games.
Increased the recharge timer for the Millennium Falcon's special ability.
Reduced Millennium Falcon's shields and health.
Increased the cost of Emperor Palpatine in Skirmish Multiplayer games.
Increased the cost of Colonel Veers in Multiplayer games.
Adjusted the radius and recharge timer for Colonel Veers' special ability.
Increased Vader's TIE Advanced fighter to have 50% more health and double the firepower.
Increased the amount of shield damage caused by the larger ion cannons.
Increased the health for Mineral extractors.
Increased Anti-Aircraft damage against Airspeeders.
Reduced AT-AA damage against infantry.
Increased the rotation speed for the turret of AT-AA units.
Corrected an issue with Fighter damage verses armor.
Increased the health of Darth Vader's escort fighters.
Increased the amount of damage Obi-wan does to buildings.
Increased the cost and build time of missile cruisers.
Decreased the amount of damage to turrets, vehicles, and buildings caused by Airspeeders.
Corrected an issue that prevented Colonel Veers from being vulnerable to the cable attack.
Increased the recharge timer for Red squadron's lucky shot.

[absolut taco]

Is this a new record for fast patches? The game just came out today, right?
I pity the fool with 56K.

[Riproar]

Thanks Morratut but I actually meant gamplay experience over a README file.

I've read readme files that sound beter than the ORIGINAL RELEASE. Only to play the game "patched" to find very little actual improvment in some ammended specific departments.

That is why I read Evil Avatar...The truth. For real gamers.

[Morratut]

LOL oh right.

Err not sure then. I'll only know when I play the game instead of the demo.

I know what you mean though regarding a game patched = not a lot of actual difference :)

[51|RandoM]

either way, those patch notes don't list any improvements from ground AI pathfinding, only for transport ships in space.

[Zurik]

Both of you, grow up. Don't you think the employees want to play the games too? But then, is EaW worth losing your job over not being able to wait 1 day?

This is the same problem I have with people bitching about the 360 shortage as if it's retailers' fault and not the supplier.

Yeah, well he shouldn't have almost handed us the copy and then pulled it back, and we did have it paid off in full already. I know about the restrictions of retail stores and release dates, that's why I let it go. This was just another reason why Gamestop sucks, besides them always only getting 2 copies of any new game and telling us we should have preordered it so we can guarantee we get it. I've rarely had a good experience at a Gamestop.

[Maskatron]

Is this a new record for fast patches? The game just came out today, right?
I pity the fool with 56K.

Yeah that 20mb is going to kill those poor people. :rolleyes:

[overdrivechao]

The issue was with the street date and blaming the retailer, not how the guy handled it originally. I was telling people we have, say 15.. and 9 of them are preordered, so if they want one they need to put 5$ on it and come pick it up the next day. And Mightbe, i'm not sure what your earlier post was saying. Please clarify so I can agree or fight with you.