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Question - Post Submission Game breaking bug fixes

A topic by jRei created Aug 22, 2020 Views: 243 Replies: 3
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Submitted

Hello, I would like to ask, if it would be possible to fix game breaking bugs even after submission, or is it completely forbidden?

I developed my entry on Unity Linux Editor, and for some reason, the build doesn't seem to behave the same as in the editor. Unfortunately that will cause that a lot of people wont be able to finish fully the game since one of the main respawning mechanics is flawed ...

I think I would need to open up the project on windows and rebuild it there. Anyway, if it's not possible that's alright too, I was just wondering. 

Thanks!

Submitted

What I will definitely do is a play through video so that even people that wont be able to finish will get the idea. I will be back on Sunday with the update!

Submitted

Hey, sorry to hear your build is different from your editor. I had the same problem (luckily noticed before the deadline though). For me, I was using GameObject.FindObjectWithTag("xxx") and there were 2 of those, so it picked a different one in the build than in the editor. Good luck fixing your build!

Submitted

Yeah it's a bit shame. I began iterating over builds like 2 hours before deadline and it still wasn't enough, switching between windows/linux just takes too much time ... I guess Unity development from Linux is still not as far as I'd hoped ... And I can only fix these things on sunday, as I had to hop on train right after the submission and will come back tomorrow ...


Anyway it would be great if we could also get an answer from SideFX what is their sight on this, if it would be fine fixing these issues in order to make the experience pleasant as it should be. I.E. I managed to create a full story with linear progression so everything has to happen in certain moments, and one of these bugs will cause the player being completely stuck on one of the stages, where he would have to pretty much nail the entire game without mistakes in order to get to the end ... 

I understand that this is part of the game jam and it is one of the things that have to be managed, so if we cant fix it that's fine, I will make the walkthrough video with the story on sunday so that everyone can see the full game even if its difficult to get there on their own. 

And thanks for the reply!:)