Do CD games get patches??

[jamie_r]

A friend just got me Assassins creed unity as a gift and i remebered that the optimizations were pretty bad for this game , so i was wondering , do you guys know if games on a cd still get patched by new pathes released by ubisoft ??

 

[manez]

Yes, you still have to log in to steam/origin/uplay to play the game.

 

[Alec Mowat]

A friend just got me Assassins creed unity as a gift and i remebered that the optimizations were pretty bad for this game , so i was wondering , do you guys know if games on a cd still get patched by new pathes released by ubisoft ??

Of course, but depending on the game, you may have to find the patch yourself.

It's most likely integrated into some form of DRM though.

 

[jamie_r]

Yes, you still have to log in to steam/origin/uplay to play the game.

if the game is through uplay and my friend got it through steam , can we still play together ?

 

[manez]

I think all ubisoft games use the same servers, but I cant say for sure.

 

[photonboy]

UPlay checks for updates every time you launch the game. Even if launched through Steam it brings up the main Ubisoft window.

I had to wait for THREE separate patches for a recent Splinter Cell game. Launch. Wait. Patch. Repeat. Sigh.

*Ubisoft just stated they are aware of some of the problems and are working on it. I strongly suggest leaving things for at least a month since they indicated fixing some would take a while. Major updates are likely to be in the news.

They noted that LARGE CROWDS weren't part of the problem but something was being saturated with CPU calls (I believe this is an area Mantle/DX12 would solve). Not sure what their fix is for this and other issues.

 

[jamie_r]

UPlay checks for updates every time you launch the game. Even if launched through Steam it brings up the main Ubisoft window.

I had to wait for THREE separate patches for a recent Splinter Cell game. Launch. Wait. Patch. Repeat. Sigh.

*Ubisoft just stated they are aware of some of the problems and are working on it. I strongly suggest leaving things for at least a month since they indicated fixing some would take a while. Major updates are likely to be in the news.

They noted that LARGE CROWDS weren't part of the problem but something was being saturated with CPU calls (I believe this is an area Mantle/DX12 would solve). Not sure what their fix is for this and other issues.

so you suggest i dont play it for about a week ? i think the patch will be released by then

 

[photonboy]

UPlay checks for updates every time you launch the game. Even if launched through Steam it brings up the main Ubisoft window.

I had to wait for THREE separate patches for a recent Splinter Cell game. Launch. Wait. Patch. Repeat. Sigh.

*Ubisoft just stated they are aware of some of the problems and are working on it. I strongly suggest leaving things for at least a month since they indicated fixing some would take a while. Major updates are likely to be in the news.

They noted that LARGE CROWDS weren't part of the problem but something was being saturated with CPU calls (I believe this is an area Mantle/DX12 would solve). Not sure what their fix is for this and other issues.

so you suggest i dont play it for about a week ? i think the patch will be released by then

There will be a series of patches as there are plenty of issues. They will in order based on severity combined with how quickly they can be fixed.

It's pointless to guess an exact date. Watch Dogs was still fixing major stutter issues many months after release.