106 respuestas en este tema

[Claire_delune99]

Knife Edge wrote...

Thank you very much Chris for posting this.

Although The 'ME3 Face Import' issue has been a major nuisance for me (and many others), the least I have been asking for is updates on how the Bioware team have progressed.

You have at least given us an insight into the process, and I am grateful for that. I sincerely hope you are able to fix this issue soon, as for myself (and I can only fairly speak for myself), the story of your OWN personal Shepherd - from appearance to the choices you make - is one of the staples of the Mass Effect trilogy, and the experience just will not be the same without it.

I really want to begin playing Mass Effect 3, but cannot bring myself to do so unless I can do it properly. So I thank you for this note, and hope you guys at Bioware can square this all up as soon as possible.

I feel the same way...It's been sooooo frustrating not to play with my FemShep created a long time ago. Thanks for touching base with us, Bioware!

[Necoc Yaotl]

Thanks for the acknowledgement, though more specifics would be preferable to a vague disclaimer. I don't know much about the internal workings of not just the industry, but the workplace, too. I think it's important to realise that none of us may understand that aspect, either.

I will say I am incredibly disappointed about the amount of errors that were left in the release version, though. It's always been a huge peeve of mine, and it seems like it's a standard method of operation these days. In fact, I'd rather have a pushed back release date due to error fixing than meet a release date with a ton of disappointing bugs.

I know this is not the case for a lot of fans (they're so hard to please, ha), but some of these things seem just incredibly negligent.

I'm still not over the import bug (and I doubt I ever will be until it's fixed), but if there are people who can't even play the game, I'm rather appalled it made it to release anyway.

[Pfaze]

No problem. Just hand me back half my money and when you finish up testing, I'll give it back to you.

[Zanturaz]

Most of the issues revolve around game crashes/freezing, and EA server connection failures in the middle of matches in MP. And these are apparent after the audio starts crapping out. Most of this happens on the Citadel transport, and the Normandy's elevator. As far as mulitplayer crashes go, I'm not to sure on what causes those, I did all the recommended actions to stop these but they keep happening.

[Pook and Pie]

It'd be nice to know more on the issues of black screens at the start screen, black screens after the epilogue (so no new game+ for me and others), and losing all of your items for multiplayer...

If at all possible, of course. Information seems to be stymied for some reason...

[Vintage_Shepard]

IGN had a story today regarding the character import bug being fixed on the next patch. Is this news, or are they using Chris' post in this thread and rehashing it to have a story?

And don't hate on me checking out IGN...please?

[drut001]

Is there a list of previous patches or hot fixes?

[Rammastus]

drut001 wrote...

Is there a list of previous patches or hot fixes?

This is the list I found:
http://social.biowar...age/me3-patches 

[Dolfworks]

I am not sure where to post this issue, so here goes.

Starting a new ME3 character, an Infiltrator, the War Assets were full/complete at beginning of game. I started off with everything and had no War Asset updates throughout the game. Is this how you intended it to be? New characters (vs. imports) start off with all of the War Assets. What is the point.

XBox 360
Dolfworks7
Character: Jane Shepard

P.S. - there was one War Asset update. When the Tuchanka Bomb went off and the Krogan forces were depleted the War Asset did decrease. All I have to say is weird.

[Sen4lifE]

Chris Priestly wrote...

Hi Everyone

I get messages asking me when the next Mass Effect 3 patch will be coming and when "X" problem will be fixed. I thought it might be a ......

All I really want to know is if the Donnelly and Daniels bug is being worked on?  I'm not concerned with waiting, I understand the trial and error process, I want to know if it has enough "triage" to even be considered because another representitive implied that it may not be fixed however content bugs are the most annoying to me.  I can deal with freezing a few times during loading screens or abilities not firing off right, but I hate missing out on story elements because I decided to sacrifice Williams instead of Alenko.

So can we at least know if you're going to be patching it?

[Sen4lifE]

Ephemeral 40 SW wrote...

Meh. Very vague Chris. And here I thought we were actually friends. What I would like to know specifically is how far along are you with the character importation glitch. An ETA on that would be great. In addition, although my main choices seem to port over, there is no mention of the DLC I've completed when I import my Xbox 360 Shepard from ME 1 & ME 2. I've tried to bide my time & play multiplayer, but now I've noticed that there is a decay factor at work in Galaxy at War. I can't believe my war readiness decreases over time when I don't play the multiplayer. What's up with this hamster reward system? If I don't stay on the hamster wheel, I lose progress? Who thought this up? For a game centered on the concept of choice, you guys at Bioware certainly know how to force your expectation of gameplay onto your consumer base. (SMH) I'll play something else until the patch is out....By the way, Chris, Ive noticed that your profile pic does not have the Mass Effect 3 logo under it. Have you actually tried to play this game?

So you should be able to max your readiness then stay away from the game for a year, come back and the galaxy still be 100% ready?  You don't need the percentage to get the most out of the game.  Without trying to give away any spoilers, do as many side-quests as you can (especially the hunt and gather missions) and you will get enough total military strength that the 0.5 multiplier won't matter.  If you really want to get the x1.0 boost then play multiplayer after you get near the end of ME3.  Your single player save won't degrade.

Yes I know the point is you don't want to play SP right now, but the degradation in the readiness makes sense and does not stop you from reaching your goal.

[Sen4lifE]

cApAc aMaRu wrote...

And to avoid the hassle of the approvals process, you test BEFORE you RELEASE. Especially things needed at game start like CHARACTER IMPORTATION.

They do test BEFORE RELEASE.  As with the Donnelly and Daniels glitch, the Normandy was already 100% tested; however, not long before shipping another bug with Ashley's dialogue on the Citadel was fixed that introduced the Donnelly bug and since that segment was already completely tested, it was not retested (could you really guess the two might have been related?)

Releasing a bug-free rich RPG isn't an easy task, not if they wanted to meet the deadline, which they didn't for quality ensurance, how many times are they supposed to put the game off? If they tried to fix every little thing in any game, they game would never be released.

DarkGin87 wrote...

So what you are saying is they just started to work on the patch to fix importing eventhough they knew of this issue before the game was released

Thanks Chris

Lets hope there a fix for the 
import issue 
180 degress head spin when in conversations
Random crash when trying to enter the firing range

 

The head spin thing I noticed in ME2 in non-plot conversations though I never saw it (even in ME3) to go 180 degrees.  Probably just something wrong with the actual animations they made.

Crash when entering the firing range, have had that too, but I quicksave a lot so it's not a big deal for me, would rather see more story-patches.

Import issues should probably be fixed first.  Even though I don't have an issue with it, it really has a lot of priority.

Editado por Sen4lifE, 26 marzo 2012 - 11:38 .

[JustinSaneV2]

Sen4lifE wrote....

Import issues should probably be fixed first.  Even though I don't have an issue with it, it really has a lot of priority.

A higher priority than those who can't even play their game thanks to the "black screen of death"?

[Sen4lifE]

JustinSaneV2 wrote...

Sen4lifE wrote....

Import issues should probably be fixed first.  Even though I don't have an issue with it, it really has a lot of priority.

A higher priority than those who can't even play their game thanks to the "black screen of death"?

Didn't know about that bug until after I posted that, probably should've went back and fixed it.  Though, from what I read, they don't know what is causing the back screen bug, but if they can already fix the import bug, then yes.  Why stone wall people with that bug affecting them while you try to discover what is causing another bug?  At least get some people into the game.

[JustinSaneV2]

Sen4lifE wrote...

JustinSaneV2 wrote...

Sen4lifE wrote....

Import issues should probably be fixed first.  Even though I don't have an issue with it, it really has a lot of priority.

A higher priority than those who can't even play their game thanks to the "black screen of death"?

Didn't know about that bug until after I posted that, probably should've went back and fixed it.  Though, from what I read, they don't know what is causing the back screen bug, but if they can already fix the import bug, then yes.  Why stone wall people with that bug affecting them while you try to discover what is causing another bug?  At least get some people into the game.

The import issue has been fixed.  It's awaiting certification from Microsoft.  
http://social.biowar...3/index/9661093

[Trauma3x]

anyone notice that there's a problem with the color "black" under "Tints"in single player mode. it just stays grey. in Multiplayer it seems fine

[Vaxyl]

"we have an important news for you : there is still not important news."

[Doofe2012]

I gotta say, that process sounds a hell of a lot like how the U.S. Congress makes laws.

[DMDUB]

Almost a month after release and I still can't play.

Quality product, well worth pre-ordering and paying full price for.

[Wstonefi2]

According to the "triage" process that Priestly describes in the OP, bugs that completely prevent people from playing the game are top priority.

So why is there no news whatsoever about the Black Screen of Death fix?

[JustinSaneV2]

Wstonefi2 wrote...

According to the "triage" process that Priestly describes in the OP, bugs that completely prevent people from playing the game are top priority.

So why is there no news whatsoever about the Black Screen of Death fix?

Because a broken OPTIONAL SIDE QUEST that only affects ONE VERSION of the game is obviously BioWare's highest concern (that is aside from making DLC ).  

Editado por JustinSaneV2, 06 abril 2012 - 02:37 .

[vonSlash]

I wonder what happens when a flawed patch that causes the game to become unplayable makes it through certification? Seems they didn't consider that possibility.

[norwegianchamp]

Yeah I just updated, and now everytime it tries to connect o the EA Server, my x360 is freezing, anyone else having this issue?

[elarem]

I have the same problem - just updated and now the screen just says checking downloadable content, loading in bottom right hand corner, and not going anywhere.

[Haseeo]

Get the same trouble which started only when I got cut off from a game 2 seconds before we got out, went back in and twice now it freezes on the title screen when it says "connecting to ea server"