Seems that the Black cove issue where savegames were getting corrupted last patch is solved, just that people who *had* their saves corrupted need to wait for the next patch to keep using those saves.

Seems the current patch is safe for anyone who doesn't already have corrupt saves though.

Still, to be safe might as well wait for the new patch I guess :)

for an extra $50 you can get the next tier with Securom and Tages :)

Thanks Firek, I can confirm the DLC is now attached after using the code again. Downloading music FLAC file now!

Doesnt seem to want to progress the application of the patch past 65-70%

Edit: took about 7 minutes to apply but finally did.

I still got 1.0.57 :/

I've been holding back on buying due to the constant updates. Could a kind soul say if the patches address serious issues or just some minor bugs?

Why there are no update flags for any D:OS patch?

It is easy to miss the patches If one is not following this thread.

http://youtu.be/s8CvTLhpYKc

:-D

Over all they were relatively minor bugs. This last patch was for a bigger bug, but they introduced that in on of the last few patches themselves.

Thanks for answering. Might be better to wait a few more days then until all the kinks are worked out.

I agree, it's just easier to get away with it these days and call it a service. I know gog.com got a lot of flack for not offering the game for sale day one with only vague promises of a release in late August, but perhaps they were knowingly trying to avoid the mess of a buggy game with patches coming in daily. Or perhaps Larian wanted them to delay it as well so that no one would get an unpatched game until Galaxy is available.


Haha! Yeah I was hoping that Kickstarter would solve many of the issues that I have with PC gaming but instead it seems to have perpetuated a lot of them. Sometimes I like to force the issue so I pledged big for a few games and left the ball in devs hands to see what they would do with it. It seems that it won't fix the problem of releasing unfinished games even though many game projects have received their funding up front, although D: OS Kickstarter was a supplement for development instead of all the funding. Maybe living off of publisher money in the development process was better than crowd money so devs want to release even if it's not quite finished.

Think if other industries wanted money up front first like you pointed out. What if food was served slowly and out of turn this way and you couldn't just leave the restaurant and go somewhere else because you already paid for the meal before you sat down. At least Larian has offered refunds if people do not accept their explanations. Even if there's a contract in a transaction, rarely is a contract paid fully up front and then there is still recourse available even if money is paid up front if the contract is not fulfilled.

On the other hand, at least Kickstarter has solved one gigantic problem that I had with PC gaming in the last decade: that these kind of games like a turn-based D: OS, Wasteland 2, a new Torment game, etc. are marketable, contrary to what publishers have been telling developers. Is that worth all of the other headache though? Personally, it's not worth it for a big pledge like I have put in for some Collector's Edition big boxed games, but it is for a smaller pledge. Even if the only way to get a DRM-free version ends up being on a site that shares cracked games, at least it is there for people to play and work with rather than no RPGs like D: OS at all.