Patch before Christmas?

[PhilD]

Originally posted by Saxon:
Please excuse my ignorance, but what system is Solaris? I am sure Dominions is a big hit with Solaris Users, as it may be the only game in the world which runs on the system!

More seriously, I wonder what percentage of Dominions players use Solaris and if the patch is being held up so that it can be applicable to all systems? At the risk of offending those on the Solaris system, I would put forth the Window-centric argument that the majority of the paying customers should not have to wait for updates, if the delay is caused by the other systems. Could individual patches be put out for each operating system? Not only would this allow each segment of the population to get their patch as soon as it was done, but it would also reduce the size of the download for those of us with poor connections. Also, if Windows is the problem, the other systems do not have to wait for us!

In any case, I am not a programmer and it is Christmas, so the Illwinter folks may just be on a well deserved vacation. I just thought I would throw in my thoughts

It's not that simple: it's likely that MP games where even one single person is unable to get the patch, will have problems. And if someone is in several MP games, they might have to keep an unpatched game and several patched ones...

If one person in a thousand is using Solaris, but that person is playing MP, all their opponents will suffer if an incomplete patch is released.