343 Industries reveals how it finds and learns about bugs in theHalo: The Master Chief Collectionbefore it is able to fix them. Fans found themselves complaining when anewHalo: The Master Chief Collectionupdate added several major issues, but this may reassure those who have concerns about 343’s bug-fixing process.
In a newHalo: The Master Chief Collectiondevelopment update, 343 Industries offered fans a huge amount of information about how a bug gets zapped. The first step is to find out about a bug and this comes through community contact, the officialHaloSupport channel, or through quality assurance testers.
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Social media sites such as Twitter, Discord, and Reddit are often where the community team will hear about a bug first, said the post, and the community team will then do research to find out how serious the bug is, and will attempt to push players to report it toHaloSupport. A quick look at social media shows how vocal andsupportive theHalocommunity can be,so it’s no surprise to hear that they are an important part of fixing the game.
Once a bug has been found, an investigation takes place and testers are given a new build of the game that has a fix. What may happen is that this bug fix may cause other bugs, which is what happened with aHalo: The Master Chief Collectionupdate this month. These bugs will also have to be filed by the testers. Once these bugs are fixed, release testing then begins where the build of the game is tested to see that no new critical bugs are being identified.
This sort of testing can take two weeks, said the post, because of the size of theHalo: The Master Chief Collection. 343 Industries onlyaddedHalo 2to theHalo: The Master Chief Collectionon PClast month, giving it more potential ways for a PC bug fix to go wrong. It can also take three days for the update to pass through certification and then another week for it to be made available to players.
The lengthy process that theHalo: The Master Chief Collectionhas to go through may be hugely disappointing for those who are waiting toplayHalo 3on PC.Halo 3enters PC testing this month, but if there are a lot of bugs in the game, it could be a long wait until it’s available to everyone.
However, it also shows fans why there are so manyissues withHalo: The Master Chief Collectionon PC. The development team has to go through a lot of information and different PC builds and this can create more bugs that the testing team started with.
Halo: The Master Chief Collectionis available on PC and Xbox One.
