Removes several resolution options, including 1920x1080 (This was broken in the original version, then fixed in an update - now unfixed with this latest update)
Da hell.
Removes several resolution options, including 1920x1080 (This was broken in the original version, then fixed in an update - now unfixed with this latest update)
K-DST
"Running Down A Dream"
"Woman To Woman"
Radio X
"Killing in the Name of"
"Hellraiser"
Someone will have a rollback solution soon enough.
Letting mine update. I always wanted good controler support. I don't mind the music thing.
Explain something to me, is this something the developers actually agree to when writing the original contract? Because at the time SA was released, digital distribution wasn't even a thing (at least for these games). Or was this something added in when the Steam version came along that none of us happened to notice? I know I clearly didn't.
Huh? When this came to Steam, I assume language pertaining to this is buried somewhere in the TOS right? Because it would have to be to legally remove it at any random future time.It is actually due to the fact that shit that didn't exist back when the basics of copyright law became precedent that we're in many of the situations today. People look at digital distribution and try to apply shit that made sense before computers existed to it.
Pop music is especially notorious for this. In games most of the time it's publishers bending over than it is the labels, because otherwise it'd be "fuck you, no, don't put our music in your game".
Rockstar's hands are very likely tied, here.
Huh? When this came to Steam, I assume language pertaining to this is buried somewhere in the TOS right? Because it would have to be to legally remove it at any random future time.
You and me both, brotherI actually have the disc version pre hot coffee patch.
sucks they did this though, I guess U can just put the mp3's in the custom station...
Huh? When this came to Steam, I assume language pertaining to this is buried somewhere in the TOS right? Because it would have to be to legally remove it at any random future time.
I actually have the disc version pre hot coffee patch.
sucks they did this though, I guess U can just put the mp3's in the custom station...
You and me both, brother
I'm going to bequeath it to my kids when I'm gone
Yeah I'm really not too terribly concerned about this specific situation as I didn't even have it reinstalled yet, it just introduces a whole knew concern that I never really thought about with regards to digital purchases. I know we are only buying a license to play said game and as you said, they can patch it whenever they want. You just never think a time will come when they start stripping stuff out. Scary.It doesn't really have anything to do with the TOS. The contract in question is between Rockstar and the various music labels, not between Rockstar and consumers. I highly doubt there's anything in the TOS that says Rockstar can't modify or remove code after the fact--after all, that's how patches work. You might be able to argue something in court if Rockstar removed significant functionality from the game such that it no longer resembled the thing you agreed to buy, but (and I am not a lawyer) the bar seems to be set pretty high. For example, there was a class action lawsuit brought against Sony for removing the PS3's ability to run Linux-based operating systems. That case was dismissed because while the judge said it might be crappy on Sony's part, it wasn't in any way illegal. That seems like a more substantial case than taking Rockstar to court for removing a few music tracks from the digital version of San Andreas.
Plus there may be an argument that Rockstar's legal obligations to the music licensors trump any implied obligations to consumers, and that no TOS would force Rockstar to re-license that music in perpetuity. But seriously, I'm really not a lawyer and am totally speculating based on tales from my ass.
Just booted up the game and tried to load one of my saves. Crashed. Tried to start a new game. Crashed.
Rockstar took my perfectly good installation that I had patched, modded, and tweaked to include non-stretched widescreen 1920x1080 with re-enabled character lighting and replaced it with broken dreams and reset control bindings. Shift to jump? Spacebar to run? Terrible. Steer/fly with mouse? You must be joking.
Sure, I can probably wipe everything and reinstall and it'll probably work, but it was already working fine before the patch and I had more music too.
Thanks Rockstar.
That's terrible and it's taking away content from a game I fully paid for and own.
One of the downsides to digital distribution. :S
I was just at Skywalker Ranch 3 weeks ago and was in this exact room. Where all the shit was hitting the fan...