SimGuruKelly wrote:
I'm working on these issues as well as the Store fountains for the next update. Thanks for the information - it helps us to track down the issues.
Thank you for responding to this thread. I am very concerned that the patch has broken virtually all the pre-patch PC in the store, to one degree or another. I sincerely hope your store fix-it team is in communication with the EP fix-it team, concerning whatever is causing PC to malfunction.
From all the troubleshooting people have been doing since patch 163/ITF, we have seen some evidence that PC started breaking as far back as the 155 patch. For sure the 157 patch was causing issues for some people. But the 163 patch has magnified the issue, to the point that malfunctions now seem to be cumulative -- the more PC in the world, the faster some PC manifests as broken and causes unbearable lag. The reverse also seems to be true -- the fewer PC items in the world, the longer it takes for any broken PC to manifest the issue (to the point that a single PC item may not even manifest an issue, although the PC item is verified as broken by those who have looked into the code).
Also, prior to 163, the issues apparently stayed within one game. But since the 163 patch, the issues are going viral and infecting healthy games, just by using the main menu to switch between games.
It looks like some PC needs an individual fix, like the crystal tree and the toddler AS items. But other PC may be in trouble because the patch is breaking things that should never have been broken, under normal conditions. For sure, the viral issue must be fixed. We should be able to go to the main menu without passing problems from one game to the next.
I am eagerly awaiting the fix for these issues (both individual broken PC items and the broader problems with patch 163), and I'm glad you are on the job. (hugs) :)
