PlayStation Add-ons Manager

I don’t want it released now with whatever the issue is. It’s bad enough having a limited number of routes to play at any one time without having those scuppered too by a bug. DTG are often accused and found guilty of breaking things with updates but this is one update that can’t be allowed to break things. Rather than being finally being able to play all their content it could result in PS5 players finally not being able to play any of their content. Nobody wants that.

 

I think, this is a bit farfetched. This didn't even happen on the TSW2-version of the manager.

 

The most annoying thing about the add on manager now isn't even the wait, its the way DTG have communicated to us. Every month since release of TSW 3 it's been coming soon or not too far off, while to me at least putting the blame on Sony for the problem which for TSW 2 I would agree. However, with TSW 3 the blame is with DTG for releasing it without it ready or without a month or two of release.

And if Matt is slightly more end-of-tether how does he think people who have spend £100s on content on the game but can't use most of it. And I think people have waited long enough now.

 

That didn’t have whatever this bug is. Not farfetched at all. The manager is a core level system and it needs to be bug free on release. It’s not like the bug will be a horn getting stuck or an AI train without headlights on, this is fundamental to the whole game loading the content, so it needs to work flawlessly. It currently doesn’t so it needs more tweaks prior to release.

 

Unless you want it released with major bugs which means there's going to be even bigger uproar that it released with major issues compared to minor ones

 

Let’s hope that when we finally get it , there are no major bugs, that would be adding insult to Tetris injury. I’m not too confident that won’t happen . I’ve lost so much faith with DTG in the past year , I’m sad to say. Especially since the “we won’t release anything until we have sorted outstanding issues but hang on , we were lying here is TSW3 “ debacle and it if Matt is at the end of his tether , how the heck does he think WE feel ?

 

I'm dreading the release of it on PC. Everything works perfectly fine as it is. I don't want this complex content manager disabling random layers (or worse, as pointed out above) and decreasing my enjoyment of the game. I am not expecting a bug-free release; this is not a sleight against DTG, it's just the nature of software development, especially for something on the scale of this kind of core change. I don't need it and I don't want it.

Cheers

 

Sorry for sounding so negative, but this to me is not just a game, I’m not that well and I find it relaxes me , more than anything else

 

This is a major concern for me, too. I don't know if my worry is justified and I certainly want PS5 players to have the same problem free experience I have.
But, no, I don't need or want a download manager, thank you.

 

As a PC user, I'm sharing the same concerns.
PC users don't suffer with the issues of the limitations that console users are suffering with downloaded content.
I feel that us PC users should have the options of installing and not installing, Turning it on or turning it off. We don't need a fix for something that isn't broken, which the download manager will no doubt probably cause us issues?

 

The point behind my statement was more about how your post came across as if you have had enough of updating us on the issue (which you probably are) when people like myself have spend a lot of money on the game (I had everything apart from the American freight routes on both Xbox and playstation as I jump between consoles) can't play all their content on playstation without having to delete and download.

Also can I ask why the three 'core' routes of TSW 3 were made as separate to the core game unlike TSW 2?

This just added to the problem because Kassel alone is nearly 10gb.

I'm not having a go or anything just want to be able to fully enjoy a game that I love.

 

Thanks for the update Matt. Much appreciated

 

Ok, I "admit defeat" on this one. Just didn't sense such issues on my TSW2-version after the release of the manager.

But how is it possible that 99,9% of the XBox-issues also affect the PS5? Shouldn't this be two different systems (Question of a complete programming-noob)?

 

Yes, that helps. Thank you!

 

As a PS5 user waiting for this so I can actually play what I have paid for without having to delete and load DLC I would still agree with you as the point is it was only ever a PS5 issue and didn’t affect other platforms and they have complicated things by involving other platforms.

 

Does anyone know if Sony ever gave an explanation as to why they have this limit in the first place?

If I’m being completely honest, my frustration is entirely with them. You don’t bury something that important in a big document without highlighting somewhere for visibility. And it sounds like a pointless limit, and it sounds like Sony didn’t really care that it was causing issues for customers. Would love to know the why but Sony doesn’t even care to respond.

This situation, factored in with the fact that everything else I play is cross platform anyway, has made me 100% certain that I’ll be switching to PC in due time. (Plus I’m itching for a proper flight sim)

Rebuying dlc is going to be a bit painful but some of this stuff goes on heavy discount on steam anyway, so there’s that.

 

Someone explained the reason behind it on the forum not sure which one it was now. But basically it's to do with the way the playstation loads data from the drive.

 

The PS5 DLC issue has a been a major factor in my loss of enjoyment in the game. It’s frustrating. However, when the fix is released I’d rather it work as flawlessly as reasonably possible with as many known bugs squished than it mess anything else up. I can be deeply critical of DTG, but I think they’re doing 110% the right thing here. Thanks for the commentary Matt, it’s much appreciated.

 

I don't know why Sony made the decision to impose this limit, but I don't think it's a big deal in general if out of thousands of games available it only affects TSW.

It's possible that it went unnoticed that a game would take up as much dlc space as this one, because it's not the most normal thing to do.

 

The thread with a technical explanation is possibly this one:

https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/addons-manager.60822/#post-556047

Very interesting! And while we are at it: It would be nice to know why only TSW on PS5 seems to be affected? At least we don´t hear from other PS5 games about similar troubles and/or limitations.

 

Think TSW is the only one which has a high level of DLC without loading it into the core game. Call of Duty and WWE both have a lot of DLC and big DLC at that but is all loaded into the core game so so doesn't hit the limit as the download is just a unlock key which is like 10mb, with TSW all the DLC is like near 200gb if not over.

 

Ah OK, if this is a fact then I´d think it wasn´t exactly a wise decision to split up the former TSW2 core routes (SPG, SKA, BKL) into three separate addon routes for TSW3, no?! Or am I missing something here?

 

This.

And it is by far the most expensive game. Right now TSW 3 with all its dlc costs almost 2000 $.

But hey, when some of us demand a higher quality release or that they fix the problems, someone will always come to justify them by saying that they are a very small and modest studio that because they develop niche games they hardly make any money.

 

That’s the only way you can sell different bundles.

 

Thanks for sharing. It’s annoying that this state of the art, next gen console would implement a limitation that the other platforms don’t have.
It’s just the icing on a big cake of frustrations I have with PS5 in general.