Dodonpachi Daioujou Black Label Extra [JP X360] - Patch is out!

[brentsg]

How do you submit a patch to MS without realizing that it crashes the game?

[lmagus]

well i have finally lost faith

i have been waiting for this patch for over a year... i had hopes until this last announcement

if it breaks the game... sounds like it's hopeless

oh well, at least i don't mind too much the loading times and still play it a lot.. but i'd really like to practice stages

[EOJ]

It seems this patch was made with the programming equivalent of rubber bands and duct tape.

[njiska]

How do you submit a patch to MS without realizing that it crashes the game?

Easy, Microsoft will put it through the ringer. Akira/5PB probably only have a limited testing evnironment and a basic dev setup. MS has pretty much every combination of hardware and software at their disposal. It may very well have worked on Akira's test rigs, but not on certain combinations Microsoft has.

[moozooh]

Combinations of? what exactly? I was pretty sure the Xbox only had one set of hardware and very limited set of software.

[bcass]

The type of testing Microsoft undertake isn't the same type of testing that the developer would do in-house. Microsoft's testing centers around how the software functions within the dashboard, for example. They're more concerned with how your software effects the environment your code is running under.

[emphatic]

I saw this @ shmups and for those who no longer frequents that site I'd like to share it here:





Source http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=19021&start=2668

[njiska]

Ah, that is so full of win.

[EOJ]

Another update on the patch telling us to wait for another update:

http://www.cave-stg.com/?p=514

[Aliquantic]

Can we get EOJ an award for patience, stamina and creativity in tracking down all those "updates"? Mihara doesn't seem the sort to easily give up, though...

Does anyone have a list of what's the patch is supposed to improve by the way, aside from the obvious suspects? I've skimmed through the thread but I can't find anything specific Thanks EOJ! I'm not sure how I missed that when it's just two weeks old...

[EOJ]

Does anyone have a list of what's the patch is supposed to improve by the way, aside from the obvious suspects? I've skimmed through the thread but I can't find anything specific

http://www.cave-stg.com/?p=295

Just type "Daioujou patch" into the search box on the front page to get all the related stories.

[t3ns0r]

Blah...more delays.  And, here I thought the patch would have been released back in September. 

I picked up the game used in August...load time are terrible, but I've had a blast playing Black Label and X-mode.  Since I'm more of a casual player, I never noticed any bugs and I never played White Label so far.  At least Black Label plays well once you get into that mode.

[njiska]

Blah...more delays.  And, here I thought the patch would have been released back in September. 

That was your first mistake. Believing any subsequent posts of Mihara would be further mistakes numbered accordingly.

I'll say right now that I am so confident that we won't see the patch before the new year that i'll donate $100 to charity if we do.

[dorakyura]

I'll say right now that I am so confident that we won't see the patch before the new year that i'll donate $100 to charity if we do.

Charity? Hm, I guess EOJ could use the money to cover the costs of running the site :-)

BTW: Do you plan to have some kind of donate button, EOJ?

[moozooh]

I suppose affiliated Play-Asia links on the main site already serve as those, albeit indirectly. ;D

[EOJ]

Not sure about the donate button thing yet. I'm trying to just raise funds through adverts, stuff that doesn't actually cost members anything. We'll see how that goes.

[skykid]

Another update on the patch telling us to wait for another update:

http://www.cave-stg.com/?p=514

Srsly fuck these assholes, they can keep their damn patch. 

[njiska]

I'll say right now that I am so confident that we won't see the patch before the new year that i'll donate $100 to charity if we do.

Charity? Hm, I guess EOJ could use the money to cover the costs of running the site :-)

BTW: Do you plan to have some kind of donate button, EOJ?

That's alright, i doubt a single penny will leave my pocket. Though there's a new Mihara update so who knows.

[Aliquantic]

And MAME support for DOJBL (on par with Ketsui) came out before the patch after all... I wonder how long we'll have to wait for Mihara to comment about that 

[Third_strike]

Well about DOJBLMaMe I could note this:
hyper don't affect:
- GP meter speed.
- Rank after hyper mode finish

[Van_Artic]

Well about DOJBLMaMe I could note this:
hyper don't affect:
- GP meter speed.
- Rank after hyper mode finish

i second these issues, there are still these problems related to the rank getting stuck at the bottom, so the game is ridiculously easy

[Sapz]

Thirding this. The game felt really slow compared to usual, it threw me off quite a lot.

[Shalashaska]

Really? The game seems to be fine to me. All of my chains work as they do in the PS2 version; the GP meter is definitely slower when in hyper and rank is still elevated after the hyper finishes. People on shmups are saying the game feels too fast while people here are saying it's too slow.... 

[cstarflare]

Is there any chatter on 2ch about this? Would love to know if some 2-ALL or 1 bil+ players have played this and how they feel about the emulation accuracy.

[EOJ]

Patch update:

http://www.cave-stg.com/?p=739

[emphatic]

I'm really glad they keep pursuing this. Let's hope they've nailed it this time.

[EOJ]

FINALLY

http://www.cave-stg.com/?p=823

My guess is it will hit in the middle of next week, as that is when updates tend to become available on XB live.

[Monouchi]

*runs around in the livingroom and screams*

[drunkninja]

Holy crap.  So what, almost 2 years to release a patch? 

[Shalashaska]

Excellent news! Hooray!