matty566

might be a stupid idea.

in the future for a patch could you not put some one in the game
example .the game someone called -steve harris-aged 21
then for the patch put steve back in but aged 22 and so on....

i know you have the version numbers but many like me have been confused by what is going on....

just stick some one in a russian team or a free agent..

thanx for the new patch update 2

NepentheZ

I genuinely have no idea what you are talking about.

throughbeingcool

Was someone up all night waiting for the patch?

carlos1879

He means instead of a version number eg 8.0.1 where we have had 3 versions of 8.0.1 that the version should be displayed as a player as in the players age would be the version which is how I interpret that I dont think it would be too usefull because you would have to find a unique name and keep it unique or some regen would confuse someone

throughbeingcool

Oh, but why not name the newest patch 8.0.1c?

Jam Man

Having a version number visible when the game loads is surely a far better way than having a player in the database

matty566

what no think about it

version 1--steve clark you search for him and check his age and every new patch they make him a year older so you know the download worked

playmaker

It would be absolutely useless to the people continuing saved games.

It would be absolutely useless to the people who get confused about where to download, how to apply the patch, or what version they have installed. How are they going to to know to look for this player?

It would be absolutely useless for the developers. The database and the code are seperate entities. One can change without the other changing. Identifying the version of the database does not identify the version of the code and could actually lead to mistakes.

It would be absolutely usless for network games to make sure they have the same version. "How old is Steve Clark in your game?" "What?" "How old is Steve Clark?" "Oh, him. Don't know. I deleted him, cos he wasn't real."

It would be useless for everyone else. "Now, was he 22 or 23 on the last version? Damn, I can't remember."

So to sum up, it would be absolutely useless. And it would cause more confusion than ever. Sorry.

matty566

wow see i was just thinking of simple games ,

after the absolute mauling from the guy above im gona go hang myself.to spare my family anymore stupid ideas...good nite all

steve clarke forever

T-Bag

What is there to be confused about

I downloaded a beta patch, then I downloaded the final patch. When I installed it was the key to telling me I had the new patch installed :thup: