Does anyone knows if they’re going to add or when it will be next weekly event? At the moment that trophy is unachievable.. i’m scared with the last F123 release they’ll no longer support this game 😕
@CKandBear11 wrote:
@EA_Atic @EA_Groguet Asking again, please can you confirm if these are coming back or if they are gone permanently.
This was reactivated several times in the past. I am afraid that if it doesn't activate anymore is not going to come back.
-Groguet
@Ronin80sixI’ve not once said the answer you got was acceptable. Far from it.
I mentioned their/our knowledge of gaming. Simply because the post I was replying to. Asked if they were aware of the lengths trophy hunters go through.
@TagcosworthIt's an even easier fix than coding, it doesn't require any coding whatsoever.
I keep typing wall of text but I'll try be brief and explain.
Databases are similar to say an excel spreadsheet, rows and columns basically make up a table. There will be many tables and at various points throughout the code the game will access those tables. Say the driver roster would be one, liveries another etc. One of those tables will be events. Now tables can also be linked together in what you call a 'left outer join'.
So, lets say the main table for the game is called "formulaOne", Most if not all of its columns will be left outer joins to the other databases...the main database is the link to all the smaller ones basically. A column within the main table will be called something like 'connecteventsformulaOne"(this is the events one)...that column will then link to the actual events table 'eventsformulaOne' (see, left outer join).
Within the game code it will be given a variable. Variables are used as really a short form of doing a search or call upon something within a database. Instead of writing full blown statements every time you give it a variable, this stops obviously bloated code but also very long and very specific searches. Also, if you ever need to change the entire search you'd have to find every place you wrote that statement instead of just changing the big daddy variable itself. Anyway in this case it would be something along the lines of: $events(so this is its variable name you give it) = eventsformulaOne.
From there it will then use IF/ELSE statements. So, 100% guaranteed within the events table there will be a set of rows and columns. Each row would be each real life event (like an excel row) and each column will be a specific aspect of that event. If you were to see that table now you would likely see every event that has happened up until this point. Its columns would be something like NAME LOCATION STARTTIME ENDTIME etc.
So becasue within the "eventsformulaOne" table one of those columns will be a STARTDATE and one will be an EXPIRYDATE. The code will have something along the lines of (If $event.startTime = true POST event...to start the event and.... IF [todays date] IS GREATER THAN $event.endTime = NULL)....this is how the event activates or turns on at its start time automatically, the button becoming active in the game. Now the real important part about why this is both easy and frustrating is that the EXPIRYDATE column will be set to the end of the last event. This could, theoretically be changed in seconds....without touching and having to push code updates and builds. You change the field like you do in a spreadsheet and execute the script. The last event would literally just turn back on because the time is still in the future. So, remember I said above the game code itself uses variables to connect and call upon the tables? well that doesn't require changing because it's still connecting to those...its the data(as in fields) within those that can change. It is literally change one field within one database and the last event is straight back. Very very simple fix.
The cleanest way to fix this is obviously to patch the requirements of the trophy but like i said above that requires branch pushes and another build release, this is likely why they cant be "bothered", its cost in-effective to their internal roadmaps (farming consumers).
Hopefully trying to explain how a simple database change above can fix it all in seconds I've explained it a bit and also explained why I want to know the "why" not the who,what,where or how. Sorry if it sounds boring I'm just trying to explain how very simple it is in text form.
Agree with everythig said so far, this isnt acceptable by any strech of the imagination and no actual explanation has been provided.
I want to see where it is ok in the terms and conditions that it is acceptable to just turn off a feature of the game so soon and make it so 100% completion can never be achieved? In additon I think we should be taking this further to the gaming press as it is simply unacceptable to treat consumers like this, especially as we have pointed out many times now that this game is still being actively sold on all store fronts and being used to entice people in to EA play subscriptions.
If the game is not actively going to be fixed then thats fine but it now needs to be removed from sale because a broken and incomplete product / service is currently being provided.
Surely this needs calling out in a press article because I am sure this is not the only game with this issue, while I am sure a lot of players don't actually care because they are not out to obtain all of the trophies / achievements I dont think it is it fair that an achievement / trophy is not being considereed an important aspect of the game here. I would argue it is seeing as it is not possible for EA to even put a game on the Sony Playstation store in the first place unless it has them in place and complies with this requirement!
Therefore they should be maintainted and achieveable as long as the game is being actively sold on that store front! And i am willing to bet that this could be argued legally, but almost certainly ethically as EA are not doing themselves any favours here.
They for one have already lost a customer as I have cancelled my subscription and will not be making any further purchases of any new F1 games in the future despite me being an avid F1 fan and a gamer.
Sound familiar? That was probably codemaster's fault too....lol
This is completely left field but has anyone tried changing the clock on their console to a time a event was active?
I don't have f1 22 but am currently redownloading f1 21 updates to see
@Ronin80six @WaynosDaBoss @SEGAtendo1989 @Lucky_Melotje @ScarDuck14
I liked the way you explained how the events are scheduled , very easy to place an F123 ad with a broken game without even worrying about keeping active an event of a game that is being sold at full price on psn , congratulations to those who we are trying without giving up on a game that is already dead with 1 year of release!!
@Ronin80six @SEGAtendo1989 @WaynosDaBoss
Could it be that they are seeing our feedback? search at the time of formula 1 2019, they ran out of events and insisting so much they kept events until this year, I even read a topic from a player warning of a weekly event in monaco, that is, codmasters had communication with the players!
