Patch date

[M Dobrowney]

just seen this in the arca site..


ASR Patch UPDATE!
Written by ARCA Official
Wednesday, 23 April 2008
We are currently finalizing the first patch for ASR 08. Several new issues had come up that we had never seen in beta testing and we seem to have been able to remedy the controller, sound and some server issues. We also fixed a few functionality issues with the interface, added back in the drag & drop stack the field function, took the rollbar out that was displyed in our rearview improperly and have also added in the new Daytona International Speedway track and the physics which are extraordinary. Several other exe based changes have been made to fix the problems with fixed setups and much more.

The patch will be in a self installer and will auto-scan, add, delete and change all the proper files. No manual installing of files will be needed on the users part. The reason we took our time with this patch was that once we all switch to it the old version will not be able to join the lobby, so we wanted to make sure we did our very best to address every issue before patching. We would like to thank the community for pointing out some of the issues and their patience in awaiting for the patch. We are awaiting for a change to our exe from ISI that addresses some spectator scoring issues and we imagine we will see that in the next few days. From there you will be provided the patch for your software and a read me of what the patch included.

Thank you all again and we will have this out to you in the days to come.

[Gareth Hickling]

Fantastico!

[Sascha Henken]

Not pretty much of bug fixes they´re talking about. I understand they won´t get into details of what is all addressed but it´s good to hear at least they have fixed the unmapping issues! But I expected more with the patch or a change log or something..... Is there a timeframe available when we can expect this patch?

[Brett Bagstad]

the patch is going to completely change alot of things in the game that have been screwy in the start of this game. It is going to fix a majority of the issues and all of the big issues in the game and change daytona a bit. But i was talking to zippy the other day tho and he said they already have a list of minor issues to put in the second patch which will be started right after this one is released. They will release this patch when it is finished which should soon. Hope this helps

[Sascha Henken]

Thanks Brett. Let´s hope they set their priority on the finalizing part and patch release thing and not on real ARCA race events only. ;)

[Gareth Hickling]

Everyone, barring a catastrophy of any sort, the patch should be distributed middle to end of next week. ((Tue/Wed/Thur)).

Items to look for:

- New cockpit updates (shift light, mirror improvements, small optimizations)
- Hopefully better performance of the dedicated.exe's
- Corrections and improvements to Salem (guardrail, dx7 lightpole texture, pace car)
- Correction to spec maps at Pocono, and a few other tweaks
- Replacement Daytona with more accurate physic modelling, track modelling & other changes
- Correction of Chat lobby scroll bar, correction of Server lobby borders and listings, tracks list by name not venue
- Fixed Stack the Field, now works in Warmup correctly
- Corrected "FIXED Setups"
- AIW tweaks and corrections to all tracks, including pace car & AI
- Corrected Controller unmaps, sound volume resets, & mph/kph changes
- Time to race extended to 60 secs now
- Lucky Dog rule now gives the correct driver a lap back
- Admin panel now works in spectator mode (if you leave and come back, scoring will not)
- NetComm = 0 corrected
- Speed Limit at Duqoiun in practice corrected
- Can now select Milwaukee Mile and Duquoin from track listing without crashing
- Car skins #27, #39 & one other corrected
- Rechecked Iowa AIW to ennsure over 30 cars can race
- Added Setup Comparer plugin by Robert Cobb

** If things work out well, very possibly Rockingham could be added inot the patch, but we are early in testing

Quoted Zippy from RSC

Guys we may even get rockingham aswell! Yay!

[Sascha Henken]

Having a bad morning at work I though to vent around but whoops I withdraw my post here. Let´s hope this patch is going to address the issues posted!

[Gareth Hickling]

My thoughts exactly, Why o why did they put a date on it and then to go and say they may* include rockingham. Silly as there will be a few pissed people when they dont get it.

[Sascha Henken]

Are we there yet?

Nope you bugger. So shut up......... Erm okay

[Gareth Hickling]

PATCH STATUS - 05/07/08

Just a brief note to let everyone know we are still waiting on a couple of changes to final patch. Once these things are received and validated, we will be delivering it. I have also added a few more changes to the list directly above.

DO NOT CALL, EMAIL, POST or otherwise pester anyone of us or RSC about this patch status. We are working very hard to make this happen as soon as possible.

:ambulance:

[Sascha Henken]

I was 100% sure that this would be the case. I don´t wonder anymore about their schedules Tue/Wed/Thur. Well today is thursday but reading that post gives me proof that it shows over and over again: Do NOT post any dates and schedules IF you cannot 100% meet those. It will pee off the majority of customers!

So let´s wait another week. Maybe they meant next week Tue/Wed/Thur :circuitzolder:

[Gareth Hickling]

I agree Sascha, I honestly didnt think it would be out on time but nevermind. Lets see if it happens next week.

[Sascha Henken]

At least they added some more things to the patch like an Exit Confirmation Dialog if you log out from a Race Server :drunk:

[Gareth Hickling]

Originally Posted by Sascha Henken

At least they added some more things to the patch like an Exit Confirmation Dialog if you log out from a Race Server :drunk:

How ever did we manage without it lol.

[Sascha Henken]

It´s planned that the patch should be released within the next 2-3 days. TSF have received all updated and patched files and they are in the process of compiling the patch. The Rock will NOT be included. This track will be released next week per a separate download. TSF were asking several Leagues for Download Mirrors so that we can expect something happening very soon

[Bram Hengeveld]

I already feared that you would be right with Rockingham not being included.
But why the hell should leagues offer precious download bandwith? If they help paying our monthly costs i am happy to offer a mirror.

I feel kinda offended by such a request from TSF!