Test Drive Unlimited PC Patch

baker011 · 04-13-2007, 08:03 AM

Atari confirm that Eden are currently working on a patch for the PC version of Test Drive Unlimited which will be available in May. With the patch Eden are working to address the following issues:

Corrupted saved games (previously corrupted save games will not be restored)
Game freezing / crashes
Performance optimization
In-game exploits

The patch will undergo thorough testing at Eden and Atari prior to release to ensure the quality. Further information will be available in due course. Thank you for playing Test Drive Unlimited.

Willef · 04-13-2007, 08:18 AM

Dont forget to also do something to Optimize it for 8800 cards too

So are you like working on the stutter problem aswell?

Oh yea dont forget to work on getting in game features like clubs to work aswell.

DevenK · 04-13-2007, 08:22 AM

Gr8 news! Hopefully it will fix most of the issues so more people can enjoy this awesome game like so many of us already are.

Any news on DLC?

RocketPunch · 04-13-2007, 09:57 AM

Oh! NICE!

Ominous Gamer · 04-13-2007, 10:02 AM

Not a single mention of DLC.

So the first relase date is set in May, so we should expect it to come out around Thanksgiving?
Just trying to follow the same timeline the 360 users have been feed.

Should we expect the same "thorough testing" that we saw with the digital download release? That shipped with 2 back to back game breaking bugs...

Buktheng · 04-13-2007, 10:10 AM

Patch it with some new cars would ya for making so many people have trouble playing this game. It'll make it up for the pain and suffering!

Kumagoro · 04-13-2007, 11:41 AM

Sweet mother of all games! Magnificent news! At last! No more whining (possibly), less cheats! And it will run flawlessly on GeForce 8-series!

It's worth waiting, i'm so frickin happy! (although still it wasn't nice to release an unfinished game...)

Have a cookie Atari and Eden!

Can we get some info about DLC now?

Willef · 04-13-2007, 11:59 AM

No Gaurantee it will run flawlessly on 8 series, only time will tell... The only way this will run flawlessly on 8 Series will be with a combination of Patch from Atari and better Nvidia drivers.

MCO_Crim · 04-13-2007, 12:03 PM

omg I dont see any mention of Clubs being fixed???

FIX IT PLEASE!!!!!!

LinkX39 · 04-13-2007, 12:27 PM

If they were smart they'd do what EA does with BF2142 (others might do it as well, it's just BF2142 is like the only other online PC game I play) and do a little closed beta test with the patch among the community as well as the in house testing. I am quite sure that the game works well enough as is on Atari's PCs, but it obviously doesn't on every consumer's PC.

Not sure how feasible that is with the way the servers are set up though. They could at least do an offline beta however.

Ominous Gamer · 04-13-2007, 12:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LinkX39

If they were smart they'd do what EA does with BF2142 (others might do it as well, it's just BF2142 is like the only other online PC game I play) and do a little closed beta test with the patch among the community as well as the in house testing. I am quite sure that the game works well enough as is on Atari's PCs, but it obviously doesn't on every consumer's PC.

Not sure how feasible that is with the way the servers are set up though. They could at least do an offline beta however.

Atari tried the beta testing patch route with the NWN2 developer.
It failed, horribly. Besides, open beta testing would surely screw up online play.

TheKing0dysseus · 04-13-2007, 12:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MCO_Crim

omg I dont see any mention of Clubs being fixed???

FIX IT PLEASE!!!!!!

Yeah, I made a club, but it seems that they don't really work, because I've noticed that no one else has made any at all.

So I'm thinking that they're not working correctly. And let's hope with the patch they stop the cheating that is going on. Off topic I know, but has anyone noticed some of the times posted on some of the user created challenges?? Like one challenge I tried was a quarter mile drag race, and the time was like 2.5 seconds, and with an Audi TT Quatro

!!! There's no way in hell that an Audi TT is faster than a Saleen S7 or a Chrysler MC12!! And one Ford only race I tried, the fastest time was made by someone on a M4 motorcycle!! Crazy ****!!!!

Harryballsak · 04-13-2007, 12:44 PM

No mention of a "stutter" fix...that's so typical...

iLLestOne · 04-13-2007, 12:45 PM

May!?! It's april......

I was hopeing it was being patched this week or something, not a month away....

Ominous Gamer · 04-13-2007, 12:45 PM

I wonder if they plan to fix the force feedback that is causing so many issues....

Harryballsak · 04-13-2007, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Harryballsak

No mention of a "stutter" fix...that's so typical...

See above.

Wildleeroy269 · 04-13-2007, 12:49 PM

Well fixing the stuttering might be under the category of "Performance optimization"

And then there's other much smaller bugs such as when driving the Mercedes CLS 55 AMG (I think that's the right model). If you switch to the first person bumper camera view the speedometer acts as the tach and tach as the speedometer. I'm sure that fix would take 2 seconds for the coders to solve.

Kalibre76 · 04-13-2007, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wildleeroy269

And then there's other much smaller bugs such as when driving the Mercedes CLS 55 AMG (I think that's the right model). If you switch to the first person bumper camera view the speedometer acts as the tach and tach as the speedometer. I'm sure that fix would take 2 seconds for the coders to solve.

Hey, my Trans Am does something weird with the tach too when i switch from cokcpit to bumper view. The rev limit thing is different.

Ermm...

A patch, woohoo!

Edit: I think it was the trans am anyway.

Kumagoro · 04-13-2007, 04:06 PM

I also hope they will fix the digital dashboards... i mean we have the GPS working in the Nissan 350z, why isn't the chrono working in the Mustang GTR or the dash on Kawasaki bikes...

And the "reverse reflection" bug should be fixed too

Vetteman24 · 04-13-2007, 11:45 PM

Why is a patch needed? I have no issues at all . . .

Deacon_Vlad · 04-13-2007, 11:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vetteman24

Why is a patch needed? I have no issues at all . . .

You must be on the wrong board, because everyone has SOME sort of trouble with TDU. Period. Are you sure it's Test Drive Unlimited your playing?

DV

Harryballsak · 04-14-2007, 01:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vetteman24

Why is a patch needed? I have no issues at all . . .

No problems at all?

I wonder if he is a "plant" by ATARI or Eden....

LinkX39 · 04-14-2007, 01:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Harryballsak

No problems at all?

I wonder if he is a "plant" by ATARI or Eden....

I'm sure if he were they would have given him a higher post count

iLLestOne · 04-14-2007, 02:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LinkX39

I'm sure if he were they would have given him a higher post count

You are giving them too much credit...you've played TDU before, right!? lol

GRIM2594 · 04-14-2007, 02:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by baker011

Atari confirm that Eden are currently working on a patch for the PC version of Test Drive Unlimited which will be available in May. With the patch Eden are working to address the following issues:

Quote:

Originally Posted by baker011

Corrupted saved games (previously corrupted save games will not be restored)
Game freezing / crashes
Performance optimization
In-game exploits

The patch will undergo thorough testing at Eden and Atari prior to release to ensure the quality. Further information will be available in due course. Thank you for playing Test Drive Unlimited.

So this means there wont ever be a fix that allows people to race with there friends? Great... I want a refund now... "sigh"...

origamo · 04-14-2007, 03:20 AM

The patch for gameplay is good...and the patch for uninstallation would be good!
The uninstallation process of TDU erases also "boot.ini" file (in Windows XP), the protected system file.
This important problem was reported in beta test version...why does the problem remain in production version?
This problem should be erased in the following patch!

TheKing0dysseus · 04-14-2007, 03:57 AM

I like the idea of adding new cars in the patch and not ones you have to pay for....It'd be nice if they added the ability to customize your car more, other than just painting it. You know kinda like, dare I say NFS: Carbon. At least that game runs smooth as silk during gameplay.....

Kumagoro · 04-14-2007, 06:37 AM

No! That would ruin the beauty of these cars!

Fargo · 04-14-2007, 10:22 AM

Great news!

Maybe we can get the servers to come back up sometime soon too.

Appulluk · 04-14-2007, 03:28 PM

The only thing I need is ability to map functions to more than 1 controller so I don't have to swap reassign controls from wheel to joystick when I want to race a motorcycle!

04-13-2007, 08:03 AM	#1
baker011 OMG FLAT ERIC Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: England Posts: 3,868	Test Drive Unlimited PC Patch Atari confirm that Eden are currently working on a patch for the PC version of Test Drive Unlimited which will be available in May. With the patch Eden are working to address the following issues: Corrupted saved games (previously corrupted save games will not be restored) Game freezing / crashes Performance optimization In-game exploits The patch will undergo thorough testing at Eden and Atari prior to release to ensure the quality. Further information will be available in due course. Thank you for playing Test Drive Unlimited. __________________ "Because we like complaining, and any excuse will do!" - Master[\/]][[\][), January 2007

04-13-2007, 08:18 AM	#2
Willef Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: York Posts: 280	Dont forget to also do something to Optimize it for 8800 cards too So are you like working on the stutter problem aswell? Oh yea dont forget to work on getting in game features like clubs to work aswell. __________________ E6600 @ 3.4Ghz 1.5V - Ballistix 5300 2GB/Geil Ultra 6400 2GB - 850Mhz 4-4-4-12 - Gigabyte 8800GT 700/1800/1000 - Gigabyte P35C DS3R - Antec P182 - Corsair HX520W.

04-13-2007, 09:57 AM	#4
RocketPunch Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 730	Oh! NICE! __________________ My TDU MTV [JP] Version TDU Club: GRN2RZMO

04-13-2007, 11:59 AM	#8
Willef Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: York Posts: 280	No Gaurantee it will run flawlessly on 8 series, only time will tell... The only way this will run flawlessly on 8 Series will be with a combination of Patch from Atari and better Nvidia drivers. __________________ E6600 @ 3.4Ghz 1.5V - Ballistix 5300 2GB/Geil Ultra 6400 2GB - 850Mhz 4-4-4-12 - Gigabyte 8800GT 700/1800/1000 - Gigabyte P35C DS3R - Antec P182 - Corsair HX520W.

04-13-2007, 12:27 PM	#10
LinkX39 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Southern Illinois, US Posts: 459	If they were smart they'd do what EA does with BF2142 (others might do it as well, it's just BF2142 is like the only other online PC game I play) and do a little closed beta test with the patch among the community as well as the in house testing. I am quite sure that the game works well enough as is on Atari's PCs, but it obviously doesn't on every consumer's PC. Not sure how feasible that is with the way the servers are set up though. They could at least do an offline beta however. __________________ LinkX391 (in game) TDU setup - EVGA nForce 680i SE SLI, Intel Core2Duo e8400 (3.0 ghz OCed to 3.5 ghz), 2GB Corsair XMS2 SLI-Ready PC6400 DDR2 RAM, EVGA e-GeForce 9800 GTX+, Gateway FPD2485W 24" Widescreen @ 1920x1200, Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum w/ 7.1 speakers

04-13-2007, 08:22 AM	#3
DevenK Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Africa Posts: 10	Gr8 news! Hopefully it will fix most of the issues so more people can enjoy this awesome game like so many of us already are. Any news on DLC?

04-13-2007, 10:02 AM	#5
Ominous Gamer The World Forgotten Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The World Forgotten Posts: 13,223	Not a single mention of DLC. So the first relase date is set in May, so we should expect it to come out around Thanksgiving? Just trying to follow the same timeline the 360 users have been feed. Should we expect the same "thorough testing" that we saw with the digital download release? That shipped with 2 back to back game breaking bugs...

04-13-2007, 10:10 AM	#6
Buktheng Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 9	Patch it with some new cars would ya for making so many people have trouble playing this game. It'll make it up for the pain and suffering!

04-13-2007, 11:41 AM	#7
Kumagoro British cars lover Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 153	Sweet mother of all games! Magnificent news! At last! No more whining (possibly), less cheats! And it will run flawlessly on GeForce 8-series! It's worth waiting, i'm so frickin happy! (although still it wasn't nice to release an unfinished game...) Have a cookie Atari and Eden! Can we get some info about DLC now?

04-13-2007, 12:03 PM	#9
MCO_Crim Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Big Island of Hawaii Posts: 204	omg I dont see any mention of Clubs being fixed??? FIX IT PLEASE!!!!!!

04-13-2007, 12:44 PM	#13
Harryballsak Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 80	No mention of a "stutter" fix...that's so typical...

04-13-2007, 12:45 PM	#14
iLLestOne Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 285	May!?! It's april...... I was hopeing it was being patched this week or something, not a month away....

04-13-2007, 12:49 PM	#17
Wildleeroy269 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 10	Well fixing the stuttering might be under the category of "Performance optimization" And then there's other much smaller bugs such as when driving the Mercedes CLS 55 AMG (I think that's the right model). If you switch to the first person bumper camera view the speedometer acts as the tach and tach as the speedometer. I'm sure that fix would take 2 seconds for the coders to solve.

04-13-2007, 04:06 PM	#19
Kumagoro British cars lover Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 153	I also hope they will fix the digital dashboards... i mean we have the GPS working in the Nissan 350z, why isn't the chrono working in the Mustang GTR or the dash on Kawasaki bikes... And the "reverse reflection" bug should be fixed too

04-13-2007, 11:45 PM	#20
Vetteman24 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 6	Why is a patch needed? I have no issues at all . . . __________________ x2 3800 2GB Crucial BFG NVidia 7800GToc SB Audigy 4

04-14-2007, 03:20 AM	#26
origamo Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1	Boot.ini Killer The patch for gameplay is good...and the patch for uninstallation would be good! The uninstallation process of TDU erases also "boot.ini" file (in Windows XP), the protected system file. This important problem was reported in beta test version...why does the problem remain in production version? This problem should be erased in the following patch!

04-14-2007, 03:57 AM	#27
TheKing0dysseus Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 32	I like the idea of adding new cars in the patch and not ones you have to pay for....It'd be nice if they added the ability to customize your car more, other than just painting it. You know kinda like, dare I say NFS: Carbon. At least that game runs smooth as silk during gameplay.....

04-14-2007, 06:37 AM	#28
Kumagoro British cars lover Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 153	No! That would ruin the beauty of these cars!

04-14-2007, 10:22 AM	#29
Fargo pwnd Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: In your girlfriends closet Posts: 161	Great news! Maybe we can get the servers to come back up sometime soon too.

04-14-2007, 03:28 PM	#30
Appulluk Asshat Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 88	The only thing I need is ability to map functions to more than 1 controller so I don't have to swap reassign controls from wheel to joystick when I want to race a motorcycle! __________________ My sites: phaitaccompli.com / SEDATE+YOURSELF / Music MySpace / Game reviews / Falcon 101: Falcon 4.0 Training

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