youd think EA would figure it out... with the problems that many people are having with the disks,you'd think that EA would see this and then fix the CD's so that a hair doesnt bring everything crashing down.duh.
That's a relatively presumptious conclusion. Out of all the complaints there are, it probably represents a mere fraction of the entire population's who's games actually DO work. Until Maxis/EA knows exactly what is wrong, they can't write a patch. It's like trying to treat a sick person when you don't know what's wrong with them.
So, like... are you saying that if I get a hair on my disk my computer will crash? Or are you saying that the CDs are hairy. Or that Maxis could somehow "fix" the CDs by osmosis or... OMG I'm so confused, I think my brain is going to come crashing down. *runs off crying*
Yes, an excellent analogy. And, like treating a sick person when you don't know what's wrong with them, EA/Maxis is going with the exact same approach: Ignore it, and hope it, or at least they, go away.
That too is a bit presumptious. There really isn't much of a way to determine what's wrong until they get a good idea what's causing the problem. That's why Maxis is currently in the process of collecting data to see what's exactly wrong.
A hair on your CD crashes your game... and this is EA's problem? Sounds more like an issue with your CD-ROM to me. Otherwise it's what, the pits and lands on the CD surface aren't deep enough?
No, I think you've misunderstood my tone. I'm not CRITICIZING EA/Maxis for taking this approach: I'm saying that this is a perfectly logical, reasonable, and completely understandable approach. When you have a guy claiming to be sick of symptoms that simply have never been seen or heard of before, you simply tell him to ignore it, and hope it goes away! 9 out of 10 times, this does, indeed, fix the problem. For instance, odds are good that many errors are caused by the copy protection scheme, which intentionally creates damaged CDs. This is simply unresolvable. Thinking realistically, it's too late for them to remove it, and certainly wouldn't be considered acceptable to the publisher. It's not gonna happen, so these problems are just best ignored.
