Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14 Developers Provide Some Details on Upcoming Patch

[shaunjuan2000]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14 Developers Provide Some Details on Upcoming Patch

One issue I have and I don't see as being addressed is when I try to play the Featured Event with more than 2 people, it freezes and I have to restart my system. No issues when I play 1 player vs CPU, but when it comes to 2 or 3 CPU players, it freezes almost all the time.

[DivotMaker]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14 Developers Provide Some Details on Upcoming Patch

That list is enormous. I'm a little concerned with them being able to get all of it approved. But if they do I don't think any of us will have anything to complain about.

Everything on that list has been fixed. As soon as they are through testing this internally, they will be sent to MS and Sony for certification.

[OnlookerDelay]

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Posted in the official forum this morning by the game's Executive Producer, Sean Wilson:

"We are about to submit the patch to first party in the next day or so and than it will just be a matter of how long it takes to approve before it arrives. Usually these things take a couple weeks obut we'll see. I'm out of the office so my communication will be light this week. Accessing this forum on a mobile phone is too frustrating. However the patch is still coming so please don't take my lack of communication this week as a sign anything has changed."

This can't come soon enough for me!

[Lieutenant Dan]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14 Developers Provide Some Details on Upcoming Patch

Posted in the official forum this morning by the game's Executive Producer, Sean Wilson:

"We are about to submit the patch to first party in the next day or so and than it will just be a matter of how long it takes to approve before it arrives. Usually these things take a couple weeks obut we'll see. I'm out of the office so my communication will be light this week. Accessing this forum on a mobile phone is too frustrating. However the patch is still coming so please don't take my lack of communication this week as a sign anything has changed."

This can't come soon enough for me!

Sweet, thanks for posting that Onlooker.

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Sweet, thanks for posting that Onlooker.

My pleasure to post that news... it's going to be a loooooooong two weeks though. YosemiteDan responded to the news by saying: " Look at the bright side, it will feel like a brand new game again once we get it. Kinda like TW14.5"

That's not an overstatement in my case. The disjointed putting camera production continues to leave me feeling isolated from the most intimate part of the game. The restoration of the stationary Follow putting camera alone will turn it into Tiger 14.5 for me! The stat, dodgy information boxes, scoring, set for one hole only swing camera, frozen H2H player camera, and injudicious cut application being fixed are icing on the cake

[Seymour Scagnetti]

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My pleasure to post that news... it's going to be a loooooooong two weeks though. YosemiteDan responded to the news by saying: " Look at the bright side, it will feel like a brand new game again once we get it. Kinda like TW14.5"

That's not an overstatement in my case. The disjointed putting camera production continues to leave me feeling isolated from the most intimate part of the game. The restoration of the stationary Follow putting camera alone will turn it into Tiger 14.5 for me! The stat, dodgy information boxes, scoring, set for one hole only swing camera, frozen H2H player camera, and injudicious cut application being fixed are icing on the cake

Geez JC, you left out the best part of that statement. i promise not to make the same joke out of it.

Anyways while I appreciate the devs interaction this year, sometimes you have to nudge them to remind them that us gamers need some specifics once in awhile because most of us have been waiting patiently.

I actually did PM Sean this morning and told him we need more specifics on this patch because the natives are restless (myself included) and they were MIA the last few days and that had some of us worried. He responded quickly and told me not to worry and that it should be submitted tomorrow and said that him and Handsward were out of the office this week so they have been absent on the boards because of it. He then made the thread that you referenced about the status of the patch so he did listen to me and acted accordingly and helped address growing concerns with his post.

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Geez JC, you left out the best part of that statement. i promise not to make the same joke out of it.

I'm playing to a different audience here, so I've got to mix up my material a little bit. I already knew I didn't need to give you any more ammunition, as you've demonstrated you're not afraid to pull the trigger!

I actually did PM Sean this morning and told him we need more specifics on this patch because the natives are restless (myself included) and they were MIA the last few days and that had some of us worried. He responded quickly and told me not to worry and that it should be submitted tomorrow and said that him and Handsward were out of the office this week so they have been absent on the boards because of it. He then made the thread that you referenced about the status of the patch so he did listen to me and acted accordingly and helped address growing concerns with his post.

Thanks for doing that, but I'm a bit surprised that it took some nudging to remind him that something like that needed to be done. None the less, it was reassuring to read and now we at least know when the patch got submitted.

[DAROCK2300]

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So in other words we all paid 60-70 bucks to be alpha/beta testers and the game really won't be finished until the patch comes out? (NO WONDER EA JUST GOT VOTED WORSE COMPANY OF THE YEAR...AGAIN!)

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So in other words we all paid 60-70 bucks to be alpha/beta testers and the game really won't be finished until the patch comes out? (NO WONDER EA JUST GOT VOTED WORSE COMPANY OF THE YEAR...AGAIN!)

I should have recalibrated myself a few years back to think of the Tiger patch date as the real release date for the game. Problem is I wouldn't have the discipline to hold off the purchase until then

[ComfortablyLomb]

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So in other words we all paid 60-70 bucks to be alpha/beta testers and the game really won't be finished until the patch comes out? (NO WONDER EA JUST GOT VOTED WORSE COMPANY OF THE YEAR...AGAIN!)

I think this is a very unfair post. The current state of the console market, and sports games in particular, is one where games generally require a patch after release. That applies to EA games as well as beloved developers like the folks who make The Show. There is certainly a reasonable argument that the new release then issue a major patch era of gaming isn't necessarily gamer friendly (I disagree, remembering the days of the no-patch era) but singling out EA as if it is an outlier in this regard is disingenuous and unconstructive.

[SoxFan01605]

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Has anyone else noticed certain clothing having graphical distortions (I believe it's Adidas outerwear)? I've only recently noticed it because I usually just wear polos, but when I preview or equip them, it looks like there is a giant spike that is coming from the left shoulder. I tried resetting the game to see if something wasn't loading properly, but it was still there.

[Lieutenant Dan]

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One niggling issue that I hope is or will be fixed is that the stat overlays can sometimes 'stick' and when you are trying to putt it can be pain to have to pause and then 'B' button back to resume to make the overlay go away.

[OnlookerDelay]

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A couple of new updates from EA about the patch and last Saturday's Server side "deployment" (it's geek speak, don't ask me to explain it ).

Both of these come from HANDSWARD (Justin Patel), who is one of the game's developers:

Patch:

"Sorry, but I have been out of town since Saturday. Just got back in last night. I will be giving an update on the patch list later today. There are more fixes to add to the list. The patch is on its way out to first party. Hopefully it can get through there as fast as possible so that you all can have it soon enough."

Server side update:

"We deployed a fix on Saturday that isn't working 100%. It seems that a few users are not being sorted into the leaderboard correctly. It is a server side issue. We hope to have it figured soon and get a fix deployed before the weekend."

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The latest official update from Sean Wilson concerning the patch:

Hello everyone. Sorry, for the slow response time for the past week or so. Justin and I were both out of the office, but we're back now. Here's the latest update on the patch.

Our plan right now is to submit our current patch candidate tomorrow for approvals. There has been a slight delay of a few days as we encountered a new crash caused by a patch fix and an issue where clubs would sometimes disappear due to another patch fix. Both of those have been addressed and our own team is continuing to test the latest build thoroughly. We also wanted to add a fix for that issue with pins not working correctly in head 2 head matches that was called out this week on these forums.

We completely understand the frustration around the issues you've been seeing. Please believe me when I say we are trying to get this patch out as quickly as possible, however we also do not want to create new issues so we're proceeding very carefully.

FAQ:

1. When will the patch arrive?
Once in submission it's a bit out of our hands. It depends on how busy Microsoft and Sony are and whether or not they find any 'show-stopper' issues. If they find an issue that they won't allow, we obviously will have to fix it and start the process over. I'm hopeful it will be no later than 2 weeks if all goes well. Though it may go longer, or it may be quicker. I will update these boards throughout the process.

2. How will you know when the patch has been approved?
We will update you on these forums. Also, when the patch is live, you should be automatically prompted that an update to the game is available when you attempt to boot up the game, assuming you are online.

3. What has been fixed?
The fix list can be found here:

http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/9396331.page

Hands just cleaned this thread up and added all the latest fixes, including a few fixes around pins.

4. Will we wipe the H2H game stats when the patch is released?
Yes


5. Will this patch fix the crashes I've been seeing?
Though we have fixed a couple of crashes we were seeing, and other fixes may have inadvertently cleaned up other crash issues, it's tough for us to say with absolute certainty that any specific crash you are seeing has been fixed as we just aren't seeing all the crashes reported on these boards. We have made a fix to how online games were being reported that could possibly improve freezing in online matches. The patch build has also been through test internally again and I know of no crash issues beyond the one I've already stated we've fixed. Also, Sony and Microsoft would make us fix any crashes they see during their review.

http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/9435281.page

[DAROCK2300]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14 Developers Provide Some Details on Upcoming Patch

Where is...

1.Fix for releasing unfinished buggy game
2. Fix for using paying customers as QA/BUG testers
3.Fix for making TW PGA TOUR 14 owners wait for patch when it should be fast tracked ASAP