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[3rd-apex]

Just out of curiosity, aside from a server error, how can something like this even occur unless someone uploaded the wrong file?

[Isaidlunch]

Edam241 wrote...

All these nitwit teens who are too impatient to wait a bit, maybe even a day, should be banned.

There you all go. Now you can use the time to flame me rather than **** and moan unnecessarily and have a little patience over a damn GAME!

Patience has a limit.

[Silver]

The_Doctor_GER wrote...

Yes, something like this can happen in the IT business... In such a case, the people responsible for making this work should put in overtime add long as possible until its fixed... So as not to alienate customers and as a matter of common courtesy. I'm just hoping bioware are actually doing this, and not punching out at 5...
Well, hope for the best, be prepared for the worst.

Pfff... how much worse can it get ???

We already got royally screwed, AGAIN !

[R3vANGEL]

Well look on the bright side...Bioware just divided by 0....literally

[Cocytus]

'Tis not "some damned game!"
It has become a thing of importance rather than a diversion. It's a drug if you will.

Modifié par Cocytus, 07 septembre 2010 - 10:14 .

[Joryn01]

Can anyone help me out? I've got the content but there's no apparent way to start the mission. Someone please drop me a hint here.

[KnightOfTwo]

silverhammer08 wrote...

The_Doctor_GER wrote...

Yes, something like this can happen in the IT business... In such a case, the people responsible for making this work should put in overtime add long as possible until its fixed... So as not to alienate customers and as a matter of common courtesy. I'm just hoping bioware are actually doing this, and not punching out at 5...
Well, hope for the best, be prepared for the worst.

Pfff... how much worse can it get ???

We already got royally screwed, AGAIN !

It could go like Return to Ostagar and.... you know what I don't even want to remember that.

[ImperialSoldier]

CaolIla wrote...

LumpOfCole wrote...

3rd-apex wrote...

Dear Bioware:

Next time you are releasing a DLC, please test the file at least twice on all applicable OS's (a 32 bit and 64 bit of each), and upload the file to your servers at least 3 days before it launches. That is a VERY easy way to avoid such a error in the future.

It's actually just a dead file. Corrupted by the compiler into a bunch of zeroes.

The weird thing is that the file has no icon either, you think the error would've been caught by that alone.

exactly... a SINGLE check would have been sufficient.

It most likely got corrupted on the server side, and if you were around when everyone was rushing to find download links, people were downloading it before it was even fully uploaded, which means how the heck could bioware download and test the file then release it if half the people already downloaded it before bioware could. By the time they were downloading and testing the file, people were already complaining about it not working. The only thing Bioware could have done differently was better hide the file from people so they could test it before everyone got their paws on it.

I wish people took some basic IT classes before spouting garbage.

[Ratmandu79]

Joryn01 wrote...

Can anyone help me out? I've got the content but there's no apparent way to start the mission. Someone please drop me a hint here.

have you checked your new messages on your personal station??

you should have something from liara apparently.......

[translucentwolf]

Well... look at it this way. Fans have been asking for Liara as a companion character in ME2 since it was released. There are threads on the boards with thousands of fan requests to have Liara added to ME3.



Bioware listened to what we wanted, and came through with more Liara, right now. No need to wait for ME3 to resume the romance with our favorite blue skinned twi- er, Asari.



So, if it takes a few more days, or weeks, to get what we asked for, I still say 'well done Bioware', for the content alone.



( Always assuming, of course, that the content *is* good, when we get our hands on it. Early reviews indicate that it's pretty good. )

[beyondsolo]

R3vANGEL wrote...

Well look on the bright side...Bioware just divided by 0....literally

lol, comments like that cheer things up. I guess the Shadow Broker hacked the file because he didn't want to be found. Hang in there, hold the line.

[MonkeySeeker]

Edam241 wrote...

All these nitwit teens who are too impatient to wait a bit, maybe even a day, should be banned.

There you all go. Now you can use the time to flame me rather than **** and moan unnecessarily and have a little patience over a damn GAME!

Yeah that's right, sell people a DLC full of 0s and then ban them for having the nerve to not be happy about it.

Yes it will be fixed but I can't blame people for getting annoyed.

Modifié par MonkeySeeker, 07 septembre 2010 - 10:15 .

[Impactisan]

Joryn01 wrote...

Can anyone help me out? I've got the content but there's no apparent way to start the mission. Someone please drop me a hint here.

The force is strong with this one! 

[Joryn01]

hmmm maybe i need to reload the DLC >.<

[xoxiin]

The error was probably caused by the anti-piracy system that links the DLC you download to your account. It produces a custom .exe self-extracting file for each user tied into your account. Must have bunged up there. I'm sure they would have tested the file in house before uploading it.

[tmk]

BomimoDK wrote...

tmk wrote...

olozhika wrote...
I work in the ICT Industry and I have had things go wrong even though nobody really did anything wrong, its just the way it goes sometimes.

I just hope that Bioware can get it working before I have to go to bed.

Oh hell yea. The most epic failures happen when "nobody did anything wrong" and something just "fell through the cracks". I.e. everyone was just doing their jobs and everyone assumed it's someone else's job to do something in particular, and when the ****up is revealed everyone is busy shifting the blame instead of getting it fixed. Not uncommon for big companies too... like EA...

Come back when you know how Programs are made and what faulty code, Corruption, debugging and whatnot is.

Unfortunately, I do happen to know exactly how programs are made, and what faulty code, data corruption and code debugging is. I can imagine how a glitch can create a file whose size is 0 bytes, but I don't know how you can accidentally create a 1.5Gb file full of 00s, and upload it to production CDN without everyone knowing right away. But somehow it's not so hard for me to imagine someone deliberately creating one, so that EA/Bioware could claim they released it on time but need more time to investigate "compatibility issues"...

[Sparox]

watch some youtube videos while wating..





but still.. :< I want my dlc..nao gimme nubcakes!

[olozhika]

The_Doctor_GER wrote...

Yes, something like this can happen in the IT business... In such a case, the people responsible for making this work should put in overtime add long as possible until its fixed... So as not to alienate customers and as a matter of common courtesy. I'm just hoping bioware are actually doing this, and not punching out at 5...
Well, hope for the best, be prepared for the worst.

I agree completely, when things go wrong then I stay until they are fixed, you stop eating, nothing matters more than fixing the problem. Infact I should think that Chris is ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL over it.
In fact I am sure that their debugs will tear the file appart.

[3rd-apex]

ImperialSoldier wrote...

CaolIla wrote...

LumpOfCole wrote...

3rd-apex wrote...

Dear Bioware:

Next time you are releasing a DLC, please test the file at least twice on all applicable OS's (a 32 bit and 64 bit of each), and upload the file to your servers at least 3 days before it launches. That is a VERY easy way to avoid such a error in the future.

It's actually just a dead file. Corrupted by the compiler into a bunch of zeroes.

The weird thing is that the file has no icon either, you think the error would've been caught by that alone.

exactly... a SINGLE check would have been sufficient.

It most likely got corrupted on the server side, and if you were around when everyone was rushing to find download links, people were downloading it before it was even fully uploaded, which means how the heck could bioware download and test the file then release it if half the people already downloaded it before bioware could. By the time they were downloading and testing the file, people were already complaining about it not working. The only thing Bioware could have done differently was better hide the file from people so they could test it before everyone got their paws on it.

I wish people took some basic IT classes before spouting garbage.

I was afraid a server error was the most likely possibility... hence why I suggest uploading the file 3 days ahead of time. That way you can ALSO test the download, AND release it on time.

[KMalachi1981]

OMG if it takes a few days it takes a few days... if it take hours then it takes hours. Either way it will be fixed and you don't have to pay for it all over again so I fail to see the big deal. No one is perfect and you have waited this long you can wait longer. You have a life LIVE IT and check back later. No one individual or company is perfect things like this happen complaining constantly about it doesn't do anyone any good and won't fix the problem any faster. Think you can do better apply for a job with BioWare and prove it.

[J717]

silverhammer08 wrote...

felicat wrote...

*shrugs* okay.. i paid for the DLC.. i downloaded it... noticed it won't work, checked the forums, found the reason.
where's the problem? hey... waiting a few hours longer doesn't mean the world stops turning... take some time and think about all the MMORPG's out there and how many problems they have with new content... patches over patches.. all in all over days.
waiting a few hours or maybe a day is no problem at all.
Even the biggest companys make mistakes... it's only human

For all we know it could take them DAYS... so stop this talk about "a few hours".

That's not the point.

The problem lies in that BioWare/EA happily took my money WITHOUT PROBLEMS OR ISSUES for a product that was deemed READILY AVAILABLE and I did not receive said product.

Don't get me wrong, I love and support BioWare 100%; but this is just so utterly sloppy and such a bonehead mistake that it makes you wonder what in the frack they were doing when they uploaded this file.

Next time you go to your favorite fast-food joint, fork over your cash and then receive an empty box with no food in it and they tell you to stand there and wait until, OH, they feel like giving you your food that you paid for while they already have your money...tell us how that goes for you. Last time I checked, I plunked money down for a DLC, not to give BioWare/EA a $10 loan (multiplied by THOUSANDS of buyers, no doubt).

[Anfuerudo]

'Night folks.

[hughheffner96]

This is one of the most anticipated DLC's ever and unfortunately (on pc) that massive anticipation was met with an equally massive disappointment. I know it isn't the end of the world, but game developers have to understand how important it is psychologically to satisfy that anticipation. It is what builds loyal and die-hard customers like Bioware has so many of.

Anyways, I'm pretty sure once a working version is released everyone will immediately forget about all of this.

[Siegdrifa]

silverhammer08 wrote...

Pfff... how much worse can it get ???

We already got royally screwed, AGAIN !

If they don't find a solution and can't fix it soon, and were not prepared to the worst case, then they go back to work on an new file and test it extensively, it's mean creating new file for pc, then play it to be sure it's fine, then upload it, then test the link to ensure everything is working as intented.

It's mean a lot of hour.

[Torhagen]

The_Doctor_GER wrote...

Yes, something like this can happen in the IT business... In such a case, the people responsible for making this work should put in overtime add long as possible until its fixed... So as not to alienate customers and as a matter of common courtesy. I'm just hoping bioware are actually doing this, and not punching out at 5...
Well, hope for the best, be prepared for the worst.

this also happens when Q&A doenst do their frakkin Job or the company deems Q&A as unnecessary