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More on Anachronox & Win2k

by Maarten Goldstein, Jun 28, 2001 4:07pm PDT

Related Topics – Anachronox

To follow up on the stories yesterday (here and here) about Anachronox and Windows 2000 compabitility, ION Storm programmer Brian Eiserloh updated his .plan file again saying the bug has been caught but it turns out all OSs will benefit from the fix.

QA is beating on the patch now. It takes them a while to do a complete playthrough. The instability was being caused by an extremely subtle and devious buffer overrun in the filesystem code. Win2k tends to be more sensitive about this, which is why the bug was more apparent on that OS. This means users of ALL OSes should download the 1.01 patch when it becomes available (probably no sooner than friday night):

Also updating his .plan is Jake Hughes who says the team is trying to ready a demo for release tomorrow, for those wanting to try before buying.

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No patch today! Oh well. At least it's done and being tested. I'd rather appreciate tomorrow, though, seeing as I just bought the game (sitting three feet from me this minute).

http://www.anachronox.com/patches.html

Jun 29, 2001 8:51pm PDT

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Ok boys and girls, what's the word on this game? Anyone here actually played it yet? I'm not picking it up until I hear some first-hand impressions, not just "I heard that it's good."

Jun 28, 2001 6:24pm PDT

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  here's Part 1 of my take (didn't know Shugashack had a dorky character limit). I saw about an hour of i... : Shih Tzu
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    And here's Part 2 of my take. I didn't get too much of a chance to sample the plot, but I can tell the : Shih Tzu
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      Wow, thanks a ton for your very complete thoughts on the game! I'm seriously considering buying it now, ... : Magitek
      
      Glad to help! I've heard the demo is supposed to be out later today, and I trust that it'll be somethin... : Shih Tzu
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      thanks for the great mini-review! I'll definitely be checking out the demo now (or once my ADSL is insta... : nudel
      
      cool. :) : Shih Tzu

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Dec 31, 1969 4:00pm PST

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  Sorry, but most of those 13yr olds play CounterStrike - a mod based on a game that's been around almost ... : jrock
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yeah this game honestly kicks ass...I was looking forward to its release since E3 of 2000 where I saw Tom Hall demoing the game...

I have run into safedisc issues with Win2k however and its pissing me off...not necessarily Eidos/Ions fault...just one of those things..

Jun 29, 2001 7:42am PDT

yeah this game honestly kicks ass...I was looking forward to its release since E3 of 2000 where I saw Tom... : Xion

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I wish Lionhead would fix Black and White for Win2k as fast as these guys have fixed Anacrhronox. Okay, the Anacrhonox patch isn't through QA and released yet but I'll be it comes out before the fucking B&W patch does. Cunts. I'm tired of waiting.

Jun 29, 2001 3:19am PDT

I wish Lionhead would fix Black and White for Win2k as fast as these guys have fixed Anacrhronox. Okay, t... : nudel

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You know, actually, public response to this game has been pretty good already. Deus Ex took a HUGE amount of crap more than this one's getting, and look at how that one fared (although that was admittedly about a month after Daikatana was released to a flame orgy). Aside from Goat Whore and a few of his/her ilk (and that weird racist guy at VoodooExtreme), there's been hardly any Anox-bashing, comparatively. And once the demo's out and people can see it live on their GeForces or whatever, the flaming should fall drastically (judging from the taste I had of it). I've already seen it accrue more than its share of diehard fanatics, and they don't seem like mindless fanboys. Although those are far more congenial than the mindless trolls, so I'll take those too.

Jun 29, 2001 12:36am PDT

You know, actually, public response to this game has been pretty good already. Deus Ex took a HUGE amoun... : Shih Tzu

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ION's last gasp....

Jun 28, 2001 7:02pm PDT

ION's last gasp.... : Goat Whore

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Oh fine, release it the day I happen to go on vacation. Bastards.

I'm still looking forward to this :)

Jun 28, 2001 5:25pm PDT

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- me too prower.. -mewse : mewse

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damn it, stop beating this dead horse :)

Jun 28, 2001 5:10pm PDT

damn it, stop beating this dead horse :) : tension

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Well, Well, Well.

Its a damned good thing ION Storm decided to track this problem down without Eidos' backing, eh? I'd say its safe to say that Eidos looks pretty stupid now. :) Always good to see reality set in on people now and then.

Jun 28, 2001 4:27pm PDT

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  I think it's a better illustration of the dedication of the Anachronox (thatnks to cut-and-paste I can... : RatBastard
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    I agree definately. I was surprised they were going to do it when Eidos said they weren't going to suppo... : Drahkar
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Argh excel was hacked...Damn haxor kids

Jun 28, 2001 4:55pm PDT

Argh excel was hacked...Damn haxor kids : Bob Jones

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buffer overrun? hmm..

Jun 28, 2001 4:26pm PDT

buffer overrun? hmm.. : Raziel

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Where are the DOOM news???

Jun 28, 2001 4:18pm PDT

Where are the DOOM news??? : mofo

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no I am HAHAHAHAHA

Jun 28, 2001 4:09pm PDT

no I am HAHAHAHAHA : gegtik

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yes, yes i am =/

Jun 28, 2001 4:08pm PDT

yes, yes i am =/ : cled

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omg im numbar 2?

Jun 28, 2001 4:08pm PDT

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omg im numbar 2? : cled
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- what you say? : Ominous