Please change updater to be aware if user is not using Perfect Play

orbops · 12-17-2018, 02:44 PM

Sigh - yet another patch. No wonder I've only been able to play a regular season game about 10 games in the last month...
It's a real pain to wait 10-15 minutes just to even play a game every time there's a patch.

12/17 19.11.128
12/10 19.11.124
11/30 19.10.122
11/27 19.10.120
11/19 19.9.117
11/10 19.9.115
11/8 19.9.114
11/3 19.9.111

I wish the OOTP developers would create a smart update that determines if the user is signed up for Perfect Team, and if the user isn't signed up, then it skips the update.

Cactusguy21 · 12-17-2018, 08:31 PM

The updates are beginning to get insane even for me, a PT user...

Qrusher14242 · 12-20-2018, 09:14 PM

I agree. It wouldnt be so bad but i have wait to start up the main game. Perfect Team should be its own exe. Would be better.

ArcAngel · 12-20-2018, 10:14 PM

The updates aren't just for PT, FYI.

RchW · 12-20-2018, 10:18 PM

Yeah I've pretty much stopped playing. It certainly seems that regular ie non-PT players are collateral damage right now.

David Watts · 12-21-2018, 07:16 AM

And here we go again. Going to be a crappy day at work today. I love to get up and play a bunch of games before leaving for work. Not going to happen today. Instead I have to sit through watching per cents of installing. All for the glorious thrill of one silly section of the game that bores me to tears. Trade me a chicken and I'll give you a cow. Just silly.

spleen1015 · 12-21-2018, 07:58 AM

I don't care if it is separate or not, but I do think something needs to change with the way patching works. Why do I have to download all 1.4GB every time there is a small update? I don't think it used to be like this.

ArcAngel · 12-21-2018, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by spleen1015

I don't think it used to be like this.

It's been like this since at least OOTP15, which is when I first started playing it.

schreck · 12-21-2018, 03:46 PM

You don't have to do the update until you have a good time to do it. If you aren't worried about PT updates, then you won't be impacted as much by the update. Though I have found that performance generally has improved for me after most updates.

RchW · 12-21-2018, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by schreck

You don't have to do the update until you have a good time to do it. If you aren't worried about PT updates, then you won't be impacted as much by the update. Though I have found that performance generally has improved for me after most updates.

Unless you take Steam offline updates are automatic.

Qrusher14242 · 12-21-2018, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by RchW

Unless you take Steam offline updates are automatic.

Yeah i think its the Steam users that got the short end of the stick now. If i had bought the one of the site, i could choose when to update. Now i'm forced to update or else i cant launch it. Honestly, it only adds a minute or so on to my loading time but i guess its because i have 100mbps down. I had no idea it was downloading 1.4gb every time it updates. I would hate to have a slow connection, would make it unplayable IMO

That's kind of crazy, there should be a toggle in-game to turn PT off/on. There's options for everything else, not sure why that's not in.

polydamas · 12-22-2018, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by RchW

Unless you take Steam offline updates are automatic.

Maybe Markus could add an "optional beta" of 19.11.128. Non-PT steam users could opt-in to the "beta" and that should keep the game from updating.

Qrusher14242 · 12-22-2018, 01:35 AM

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Originally Posted by polydamas

Maybe Markus could add an "optional beta" of 19.11.128. Non-PT steam users could opt-in to the "beta" and that should keep the game from updating.

Yeah i know other games do that. In Euro Truck Simulator 2, you can stay at a previous release by selecting it in the beta tab.

Markus Heinsohn · 12-22-2018, 05:27 AM

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Originally Posted by spleen1015

I don't care if it is separate or not, but I do think something needs to change with the way patching works. Why do I have to download all 1.4GB every time there is a small update? I don't think it used to be like this.

Then don't update, simple as that

Steam also offers the option to disable auto-update, and Steam updates are usually < 100 MB.

Case closed.

Markus Heinsohn · 12-22-2018, 05:30 AM

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Originally Posted by RchW

Yeah I've pretty much stopped playing. It certainly seems that regular ie non-PT players are collateral damage right now.

This is nonsense. We are currently supporting & improving a free online mode we introduced late in the year via updates, just as we do early in the year with the normal OOTP. What's wrong with that?

Markus Heinsohn · 12-22-2018, 05:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Qrusher14242

I had no idea it was downloading 1.4gb every time it updates. I would hate to have a slow connection, would make it unplayable IMO

Steam updates are less than 100 MB, as they only update the files that were changed. So, no issues at all

12-17-2018, 02:44 PM	#1
orbops Minors (Single A) Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Cannon Beach, OR Posts: 81	Please change updater to be aware if user is not using Perfect Play Sigh - yet another patch. No wonder I've only been able to play a regular season game about 10 games in the last month... It's a real pain to wait 10-15 minutes just to even play a game every time there's a patch. 12/17 19.11.128 12/10 19.11.124 11/30 19.10.122 11/27 19.10.120 11/19 19.9.117 11/10 19.9.115 11/8 19.9.114 11/3 19.9.111 I wish the OOTP developers would create a smart update that determines if the user is signed up for Perfect Team, and if the user isn't signed up, then it skips the update.

12-20-2018, 09:14 PM	#3
Qrusher14242 All Star Starter Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: CA Posts: 1,253	I agree. It wouldnt be so bad but i have wait to start up the main game. Perfect Team should be its own exe. Would be better. __________________ "Go then, there are other worlds than these"

12-20-2018, 10:14 PM	#4
ArcAngel All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Bremen OH USA Posts: 1,019	The updates aren't just for PT, FYI. __________________ My OOTP Creations thread My OOTP Creations on Photobucket

12-20-2018, 10:18 PM	#5
RchW Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto ON by way of Glasgow UK Posts: 15,629	Yeah I've pretty much stopped playing. It certainly seems that regular ie non-PT players are collateral damage right now. __________________ Cheers RichW If you’re looking for a good cause to donate money to please consider a Donation to Parkinson’s Canada. It may help me have a better future and if not me, someone else. Thanks. “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Frank Wilhoit

12-17-2018, 08:31 PM	#2
Cactusguy21 Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2018 Posts: 332	The updates are beginning to get insane even for me, a PT user...

12-21-2018, 07:16 AM	#6
David Watts Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Looking for a place called Leehofooks Posts: 10,162 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	And here we go again. Going to be a crappy day at work today. I love to get up and play a bunch of games before leaving for work. Not going to happen today. Instead I have to sit through watching per cents of installing. All for the glorious thrill of one silly section of the game that bores me to tears. Trade me a chicken and I'll give you a cow. Just silly.

12-21-2018, 07:58 AM	#7
spleen1015 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 6,008	I don't care if it is separate or not, but I do think something needs to change with the way patching works. Why do I have to download all 1.4GB every time there is a small update? I don't think it used to be like this.

12-21-2018, 03:46 PM	#9
schreck Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 53	You don't have to do the update until you have a good time to do it. If you aren't worried about PT updates, then you won't be impacted as much by the update. Though I have found that performance generally has improved for me after most updates.