Will there be an "auto update" feature in the full PC game?

[StoneCold]

In this day and age, its almost become an industry standard to have games update themselves to the latest patched version, so will UT3 PC ship with this feature?

[DS3]

Seconded.
I think it will have.
R6 Vegas has. (U3 engine too)

[D2F[Leo]]

For some reason I prefer updating my programs manually. I don't like all these pop-ups of mediaplayers, anti-virus stuff, games, windows...

[Sir.Snipes]

There should be the option

When you log into UT3 via online then a pop-up should come up saying your game is out of date, in order to continue playing online updating is required.

Then three options should be placed at the bottom; Update now, Remind Me Later and Cancel.

Remind me later will bring it up again next time you log on via internet.

Update could maybe take you to a website with lots of different Links which are all hosts of the patch =D



There that is abit of everything for you all =D

[StoneCold]

There should be the option

When you log into UT3 via online then a pop-up should come up saying your game is out of date, in order to continue playing online updating is required.

Then three options should be placed at the bottom; Update now, Remind Me Later and Cancel.

Remind me later will bring it up again next time you log on via internet.

Update could maybe take you to a website with lots of different Links which are all hosts of the patch =D



There that is abit of everything for you all =D

Yes, something like that

[Ceil]

I like choosing when to update myself. I don't even let Xubuntu auto-update.

It's nice for an option, though. But if I don't want auto-updates, I also don't want a reminder telling me to update. Or, if anything, a one-time only reminder that WON'T repeat itself every time I start the game.

[ne_skaju]

I'd like to see auto-updates as an option. Also bonus packs should download automatically if auto-update enabled.

[StoneCold]

Auto update should be turned on by default, with an option to turn it off somewhere in the menu, for advance users.

If you analyze the sales records, there are 100000's of gamers who bought ut2k3 and ut2k4 but never end up playing online, probably because..

1. They tried but cant enter any servers (outdated version installed) all the servers have moved on to the latest and greatest version. Remember, this game will still be available off the shelves worldwide even 2 years from now. So average joe gamer is gonna walk home with ut3 sometime in 2009, tries to play online, but cant, and he doesn't realize that he must patch it first, or where/how to get the patch.

2. They don't have all the bonus packs installed, which is a prerequisite to enter many servers nowadays.

3. They get their asses kicked too easily, nothing we can do about that, but leave them alone in a ffa frenzy.

So please, think of the newbies. Put yourself in their shoes for a sec.

[StoneCold]

bump...any updates anyone... so will it be in?

[Chromatik]

I think that 'other company' that did Doom 3 had it right where it lets you know one is available but doesn't require you to install it.

New patches sometimes like to break some things while fixing others and I'm not just talking about mods. See UT2004 3369 for some people. I personally never had any issues with it though.

Either way it should at least notify you that a patch is available.

[Entil'Zha]

Right now, the auto update should begin when launching, if not when installing the game. It should scream "Update available"

This is the first thing that UT3 should do. Update with the 0-day patch !

[DireWolf]

There should just be the option or a news feed within the game to tell you of the patches.

I find in game patchers dont work as well, R6 Vegas had a lot of problems and there were alot of ppl saying not to do it through there patcher. Also its much slower to download the patches compared to downloading and installing the patch from an external website.

Also most of all it will slow down the speed in which you can get in the game as it will always check if there has been a patch...i always liked UT2k4 cos like if i had literally 5mins spare i cud get in the game and have a game so quickly, instead of waiting for this that and the other to load.

[X-Cannon]

There should just be the option or a news feed within the game to tell you of the patches.

I find in game patchers dont work as well, R6 Vegas had a lot of problems and there were alot of ppl saying not to do it through there patcher. Also its much slower to download the patches compared to downloading and installing the patch from an external website.

Also most of all it will slow down the speed in which you can get in the game as it will always check if there has been a patch...i always liked UT2k4 cos like if i had literally 5mins spare i cud get in the game and have a game so quickly, instead of waiting for this that and the other to load.

Steam doesn't have these issues you are talking about.

[StoneCold]

Yes, steam is a good example, it was very bad at the beginning, but its shaping up to be something great now.

[GG-Xtreme]

There should just be the option or a news feed within the game to tell you of the patches.

Like in UT2004? Yea...