Call of Lag 2 PATCH ANNOUNCED!!

scoopex · 24 Feb 2006 at 22:22

Dear Call of Duty Community:

As you recall, we announced plans that we were working on our second Title Update for Call of Duty 2, improving the Xbox Live multiplayer functionality. We’re happy to report that this update is currently in the final stages of testing and all is going well. In fact, we will be releasing it soon, so stay tuned. To give you a better understanding of what we have been working on, the second COD2 Title Update will have the following enhancements:

1. Player Lag has been addressed

Plus, we have added the following functionality:

2. Private Game Lobbies / Reserved Slots

3. Enabled the Live Host to set custom game options

4. Map Preferences setting

5. Post Game Lobbies (all players at end of match will return to their game lobby)

6. Enemy Player Name Notification

7. Ability for the Host to kick a player

8. In game Lobby - Game Type, Map and Host Notifications

Again, thank you for your support…and stay tuned for future updates!

- Infinity Ward

HERE

L33 · 24 Feb 2006 at 22:24

About time!!

Chads · 24 Feb 2006 at 22:26

And so it starts, the patching of console games. I can hear the EA head office screaming for joy as they can now officially release unfinished games with subsequent "title updates".

scoopex · 24 Feb 2006 at 22:29

This is why i like xbox 360 and xbox live they listened to the users and they seem to have addressed all the issues and faults for the game.

scoopex · 24 Feb 2006 at 22:29

Chads said:
And so it starts, the patching of console games. I can hear the EA head office screaming for joy as they can now officially release unfinished games with subsequent "title updates".

PC games are no different.

Kainz · 24 Feb 2006 at 22:33

Too late imo. Rather play GRAW.

Buzza · 24 Feb 2006 at 22:58

scoopex said:
PC games are no different.

point is, Console games shouldnt need patching. Especially since you can pay almost twice as much for a game on a console.

These features should have been there in the first place.

Can you join a game once its started BTW?

Chads · 24 Feb 2006 at 23:02

scoopex said:
PC games are no different.

Exactly, and look at the awful state of many rushed PC games; Released only to have a patch that actually renders the game playable days later.

PuncH · 25 Feb 2006 at 00:04

Chads said:
And so it starts, the patching of console games. I can hear the EA head office screaming for joy as they can now officially release unfinished games with subsequent "title updates".

I do share you're concern that 360 developers could get lazy, but let's just cross our fingers they don't. developers have been able to patch xbox games for years and it doesn't seem to have done much harm so far.

The Mad One · 25 Feb 2006 at 23:00

Chads said:
And so it starts, the patching of console games. I can hear the EA head office screaming for joy as they can now officially release unfinished games with subsequent "title updates".

You obviously new to the xbox then, this has been happening since xbox live orginally started with the xbox 1. It's nothing new.

mark.souness · 25 Feb 2006 at 23:13

When is the patch coming out, thats my most important question.

da_mic_1530 · 25 Feb 2006 at 23:28

i think its important to bear in mind that cod 2 was designed very much the same on console and PC, i played at quite a high level on the PC and now im on the xbox, i can now see why some problems on the PC version exist

its to easy to hit people on the PC version, we thought it was poor hitboxes, but on the console version its so its easier with the controller , its just been ported across.

Hence some problems with the game are shared

+ id much rather have the ability to patch than no patch at all.

P.s mark souness you better not b any relation to a certain graeme sourness!!!

Sweetloaf · 25 Feb 2006 at 23:55

Console games should not be plagued by the same problems as PC games, It isn't as though developers don't know the hardware configuration of the end user?

With the games market being more aggressive than ever before publishers are going to rush release a lot of titles.

On the flip side, as long as patches are released in a timely manner, it shouldn't matter too much!

Chads · 26 Feb 2006 at 00:03

The Mad One said:
You obviously new to the xbox then, this has been happening since xbox live orginally started with the xbox 1. It's nothing new.

I may have missed some over the years, but this is the first time i've seen an Xbox console game that's needed a "fixer patch" to sort out something broken. Of course, they have also taken the opportunity to add some new features, so it's not so obvious they are just finishing an incomplete game.

NokkonWud · 26 Feb 2006 at 02:20

Chads said:
I may have missed some over the years, but this is the first time i've seen an Xbox console game that's needed a "fixer patch" to sort out something broken. Of course, they have also taken the opportunity to add some new features, so it's not so obvious they are just finishing an incomplete game.

I was thinking the same thing. I've seen added content often, but never a correction to game system files to sort an error.

AdWright · 26 Feb 2006 at 12:03

Halo 2 has had patches to prevent cheating, has it not?

TriedandTested · 26 Feb 2006 at 20:10

Er, it's not like we're playing bomberman on the SNES..things are a little bit more complicated these days. Thing are far more difficult to program and problems are likely to be missed...thankfully we can have fixes.

turtle3 · 26 Feb 2006 at 22:59

Didnt want to start a new thread, so thought id post in here:

Ive been keeping an eye out for COD2 in the games shops/supermarkets around town when Im out with the missus in the hope I can convince her to buy it for me. Thing is, its as scarce as the 360 around here, all the games shops supermarkets toy r us etc have all current 360 games but no COD2, whats the score with that then, even looked on the flee bay site and there was only a couple on there also :confused:

looks like im gonna have to order online and pay for it myself

,lol

PuncH · 26 Feb 2006 at 23:41

turtle3 said:
Didnt want to start a new thread, so thought id post in here:

Ive been keeping an eye out for COD2 in the games shops/supermarkets around town when Im out with the missus in the hope I can convince her to buy it for me. Thing is, its as scarce as the 360 around here, all the games shops supermarkets toy r us etc have all current 360 games but no COD2, whats the score with that then, even looked on the flee bay site and there was only a couple on there also looks like im gonna have to order online and pay for it myself ,lol

It's just THAT good mate, that everyone is buying it and that no-one wants to get rid of it!

Vandle · 27 Feb 2006 at 17:53

AdWright said:
Halo 2 has had patches to prevent cheating, has it not?

Yep , the xbox Rainbow 6 series had numerous patches to fix cheating and wall glitches and the like.
Also had an anti action replay fix as well as fixes for bugs.