Ubisoft have been working on a patch for Far Cry Instincts Predator on the Xbox 360, and last Friday they announced its upcoming release.
Updates are a complicated business. The issues that sometimes occur when games are released for online play can be complex to reproduce and solve. Then the testing and approval process needs to begin, and changes may have to be made. No one wants to release an update that doesn't solve all of the issues players are having - and, with this in mind, the wait for a Far Cry Instincts Predator update has been longer than usual. But the process is now complete, and the update will be released through Xbox Live at the start of next week!
Here is a summary of some of the issues it addresses:
- Controls will be more responsive than before (in all game modes)
- Faster and smoother thumb stick response (in network games)
- Reduced the analog thumb stick dead zone from 35% to 24%
- Fixed Rich Presence (Xbox Live status)
- Support for more than 64 save games (including user maps) – the limit is now as many saves as will fit on your storage device
- Fixed voice chat lag with high number of players
- Can change game type in game lobby
- Fixed occasional issue where no weapon appears in hand
- Fixed occasional issue where players are disconnected from lobby and game session
- Fixed occasional problems when joining from friends list
Always good to see game makers following up on game issues so long after the initial release.
