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Old February 7, 2000, 14:41   #1
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French and German SMACX v2
We got the files back from EA and are assembling the patch now. It will need to go through EA testing, which as you all know can take a while, but I figured you'd like an update.

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Old February 7, 2000, 15:25   #2
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thanks for the news Jeff!

I hope this is the start of another "Jeff Morris Day" for our news pages...
 
Old February 7, 2000, 15:34   #3
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Well done Firaxis. We had to wait for a month again but the patch shouldn´t be far away now!
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Old February 15, 2000, 06:34   #4
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well, i am really pissed off by the fact, that the german patch seemed to be vanished somewhere at ea!!!
its now six week ago, since the patch has been published.
apart from the fact, that the patch with 5.04 mb demonstats, well, no comment.
are there any reliable informations about the status of the german patch???
thanx a lot

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Old February 19, 2000, 06:14   #5
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Where ist the patch Firaxis?
Did you lost it somewhere?

Do we have to wait always 2 months for the localized version? This pisses me off!
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Old February 22, 2000, 09:27   #6
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hm,

one week later: no answer, no news, no sign of any activity. well, thats what i call customer support.
btw. did anyone check out the ea-homepage?
thats another case of first class support.

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Old February 23, 2000, 07:54   #7
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thanks to the guys at apolyton,

you're absolute cool, you care about the problems of us europeans.
encore une fois, merci beaucoup

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Old February 23, 2000, 08:48   #8
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What do you mean with your thanks to the apolyton guys?
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Old February 23, 2000, 11:29   #9
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well, simple for that (read the news section on smacx):
We contacted Jeffrey Morris at Firaxis today if he could pass along any news regarding the status of the localized SMAC-X patches.


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Old February 23, 2000, 12:53   #10
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your thanks should go to Jeff for being so responsive. he answered to 3-4 mails from us in a matter of minutes!
 
Old February 24, 2000, 11:01   #11
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I recommend all German users to buy the US version of SMAC/SMAX.
Thus, you get the patches faster.
Furthermore, the German translation of the game itself is rather weak (but the translators' work on the handbook is excellent!).
In the game there are grammar mistakes, context errors that show that the translation was just done in a text program, but no-one played the German version extensively enough to discover the mistakes.
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Old February 24, 2000, 11:01   #12
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By the way, the German SMAC is compatible with the US SMAX.
I myself did not try that so far, but the German magazine Game Star lately stated that both versions properly work together.

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Old February 24, 2000, 15:30   #13
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What about the german SMAX V2 patch now? Where can i download it? Or has EA got to do some Q&A testing?
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Old February 28, 2000, 10:43   #14
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quote:

Originally posted by Alex2001 on 02-07-2000 02:34 PM
Well done Firaxis. We had to wait for a month again but the patch shouldn´t be far away now!
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yeah, and now its end of february and what happend? absolutly nothing.

i am really ..., well lets say pissed.

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Old February 28, 2000, 18:35   #15
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I think we will not get german SMAX Version 2 until english SMAX Version 3 is out.
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That´s customer support how Firaxis means it. 2 months after the english patch still no localized patches.
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Old March 13, 2000, 04:32   #17
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anniversary!!!!
3 months ago the us-patch has been published.
since then, absolutly nothing happend for the consumer in other countries.
now that what I call customer support!!!

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Old March 14, 2000, 07:04   #18
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Hejsan!

I am also very disappointed by the costumer support of Firaxis. I tried to play the German version of SMACX and it is unplayable without the patch IMHO.

Furthermore, I used the US SMACX v2 patch on the German version. I found out, the text is now a mixture of English and German, which is not that bad, but more important is the fact, that SMACX crushes after playing for one hour or less.

So, WHEN WILL BE A LOCALIZED PATCH AVAILABLE?
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Old March 14, 2000, 11:56   #19
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from what we hear things seem to have stuck up in EA
 
Old March 17, 2000, 04:34   #20
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EA are "potatoes" Kings,

En FRANCE, we elaborate our localized version !!!
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Old March 23, 2000, 04:59   #21
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In this forum, people are talking about the SMAX V 3.0 already.

We haven´t got the localized SMAX V 2.0 patches. EA is a loosy company. The got the localized patches for, what was it, 4 weeks, but are still working on them.

I´ve had enough. Tired of waiting for the patch, i play other games now. This is an example of bad customer support which stops people from playing the game any more.
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Old March 23, 2000, 07:04   #22
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I stopped playing German Smacx one week after I had bought it. It makes no sense to play an "add-on" with all the promised new features not working. I won't ever buy another Firaxis/EA product again...
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Old March 27, 2000, 05:38   #23
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german smacx patch: what a farce!!!
it makes me puke
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Old March 27, 2000, 05:55   #24
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I just bought German Planetary Pack and it seems to contain German SMACX 2.0!!!
I haven't checked the bugs yet, but in the Readme the 2.0 corrections are mentioned!
I bought the Pack for SFr 48.- (SMAC alone was 68.-, but now available as an "EA classic" for 28.-)
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Old March 28, 2000, 03:40   #25
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super,

so i have to buy one product two times? i already paid alien crossfire (and plus alpha centauri, i guess it was more expensive than the planetary pack) and what is my advatage?
jetzt mal ehrlich (dies lesen eh nur deutschsprachige user, also jetzt mal *klartext*). ich finde es wirklich unter aller sau, dass ich nun seit fast 4 monaten auf den deutschen patch warten muss, und im plantenpackscheiss ist die version 2.0! ist das ding also getestet! sollte das ding nicht bis ende april erscheinen, werde ich mir ernsthaft ueberlegen, ob ich nochmal ein spiel von firaxis kaufen werde. denn momentan kann man xfire nicht spielen, warum muss man wohl nicht aufzaehlen. ich habe heute mal ne mail an firaxis direkt geschickt. aml sehen ob ich was von denen hoere (sollten vielleicht mehr von uns machen, denn ich glaube nicht, dass die hier noch reinschauen!!!)

in diesem sinne noch nen guten tag

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Da könntest du irgenwie recht haben. Ich spiel auch Alien Crossfire nicht mehr. Der Firaxis Support ist von der Sorte, die einen vor einem weiteren Kaufe eines Spiels zurückschrecken läßt.
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Quick talking German. This is the internet. Use English. Patches and upgrades TAKE TIME - stop whining! You'll just have to wait. Deal with it.

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master k, halte uns bitte auf dem laufenden ob Firaxis Dir überhaupt antwortet. Ich habe bereits 5 Mails geschickt und immer noch keine Antwort erhalten.
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quote:


I want to see you if Firaxis releases a new patch and you have to wait for 3 months till now. This is BAD CUSTOMER SUPPORT!



So what? Every other game I've played, I'm lucky if we get patches in 3 months. I live in America. Frankly, if you can't wait 3 months for a patch, its your problem. Not theirs. They are taking their time making the patch. So that it is a damn good patch. What if this patch also adds all the features of V4? Look. You said you won't buy another firaxis product. Okie. You play another game, and when time comes for another patch, guess what - you'll have to wait for that patch too! You'll have to go to another game! Oh wait! When that game is patched, you'll have to wait again!
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The problem here is not the time for making the patch, it's the time for translating it. Honestly, you don't need 3 month for translating 5 text files!
If some people using french version of SMACX are interested, we (les Guetteurs) are about to release a french patch. More quickly than EA! Funny isn't it?
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