Why haven’t they fixed that infamous typo yet?

[Mblaze]

After all, it is literally a few minutes of work. Just update that one .ini config file. Really Gearbox?

[DessIntress]

Because they give a f... about it. They make their money with Borderlands. Apart from the Borderlands fans, their reputation is completely f...ed anyway and sales on consoles have been stopped. I usually avoid writing f... in the forum, but nothing else suits this company.

Anyway, they already got the money, so what the heck.

[-=EDF=- Kouta Seto]

*thinks about how old this game is by now" Why should they? Also what typo? A typo in english? Dont care then move on. Same with bugs... sad to inform you that the game still runs fine by me, dont even need to test (basicaly i played this last when it was already abandoned)

[Crypto Gamer]

It took Fallout 3(Bethesda) more than a decade to fix 1 line so it works much better on multi threaded GPUs without randomly hanging up.

It likely got fixed when Microsoft bought them.

Even if it does not make any money they could have 1 person look at any old game and test out those typo fixes and give better quality of life to the customer as sign of good will maybe that will cause people to more likely buy your stuff.

Some games Like RE5 were broken for like a decade for many ppl cause Windows live service went offline.

For some you had to use unofficial patches to make the game working.

So most billion+net worth companies do not give a flying F about the consumer.
They already have your money.

In case of Colonial marines games runs fine but there are 1 or 2 letters with typo in the game AI code that causes the aliens to become much dumper so they more likely just charge at you.

So with AI fix that takes 1 min to set up game is much better.(and slightly harder).


But afaik some CEO likely used money meant for Colonial marines to Develop Borderlands 2 and he got away with it.
There were lots of lawsuits back then as this game was ultra hyped......

Now I just look at Homeword 3.
(where my "negative"feedback from Demo got me permna banned)

Not sure where Gearbox will be going with their games......

[DessIntress]

Originally posted by -=EDF=- Kouta Seto:

*thinks about how old this game is by now" Why should they? Also what typo? A typo in english? Dont care then move on. Same with bugs... sad to inform you that the game still runs fine by me, dont even need to test (basicaly i played this last when it was already abandoned)

You should search for it. (It even appeared in the regular media here in germany, because it's sooo stupid!)
If it's not fixed by yourself or via mod, your version isn't running fine - Unless you really wanted a super easy game where you are overpowered because of a bug. It would be totally different because the xenos do almost nothing without this typo fix because its function doesn't exist.

[Narancsugynok]

"All I want to say is that they don't really care about us!"

[AlphaZeroX96]

Because they'd rather make jokes about the typo than actually fix their game.

[68ST0X20]

According to Pitchford the typo is a misunderstanding/hoax.
The config entry isn't used in the game's code at all. Correcting the typo has no effect.
People report that it fixes AI due to a placebo effect.

[Mblaze]

Originally posted by 68ST0X20:

According to Pitchford the typo is a misunderstanding/hoax.
The config entry isn't used in the game's code at all. Correcting the typo has no effect.
People report that it fixes AI due to a placebo effect.

I ran the test all by myself and it really made aliens act more jumpy and dodgey. if it was indeed just a coincidence and a placebo effect then it must have been very unfortunate.

[68ST0X20]

I personally don't know. I vaguely remember testing out the typo fix AFTER reading Pitchford's tweet and feeling that he was correct.

I don't think he'd outright lie about it; but I imagine he hasn't personally tested or verified this and is relying on what his team has told him. And that's the same team that let the bug slip through QA and into release.

[Mblaze]

Originally posted by 68ST0X20:

I personally don't know. I vaguely remember testing out the typo fix AFTER reading Pitchford's tweet and feeling that he was correct.

I don't think he'd outright lie about it; but I imagine he hasn't personally tested or verified this and is relying on what his team has told him. And that's the same team that let the bug slip through QA and into release.

On the other hand I tested this with the TemplarGFX fix installed. I guess it could've been the mod that altered Xenos AI not that typo correction

[68ST0X20]

I did take a nosey around the TemplarGFX discord and there were a couple of suggestions that the typo does nothing:
* the typo was only fixed in the 6th release of the overhaul mod
* there's a message from (I think) the maintainer mentioning that config value with the typo only really matters when adjusted along with 3 other config values

Then again there's also many messages in the discord from folks who apply the typo fix, with no obvious guidance not to bother.

I guess there's no alternative than to re-install the game and test it again myself....

[Mblaze]

Originally posted by 68ST0X20:

I guess there's no alternative than to re-install the game and test it again myself....

I was about to return to this game again and definitely I'll follow the same. Thanks for replying.

[68ST0X20]

I did a bit of testing. After trying one checkpoint multiple times, I felt that xenos were maybe a bit more likely to pounce attack with the typo fixed but with the typo in place they were more likely to run at you upright. That is totally within the bounds of "placebo" though.

I made a thread here:

https://bsky.app/profile/jstocks.online/post/3lk7py6zp522d

[El Syd]

Did you notice what's in your topic title?

[Mblaze]

Originally posted by El Syd:

Did you notice what's in your topic title?

Oops, thanks for noticing.

Originally posted by 68ST0X20:

I made a thread here:

https://bsky.app/profile/jstocks.online/post/3lk7py6zp522d

Very comprehensive. Not sure if this settles the matter but still the most empiric analysis I've seen so far. Many thanks!