After reading that i was able to play without crashing.

Was that after downloading the guys 'fix'?

hmmm i havnt had any crash problems in quite a while

Game crashes after a couple of mins for me, seems to reflect what's discussed on the Oovee forum topic.

Makes me wonder how fubar things must be between Oovee and Pavel for him to actually sabotage his work in such a drastic manner. Very bad sign imo.

this game is dying

First off, my opinion. You know, from a point of professionalism, if this was meant to intentional, Pavel just assured that his game development career is OVER. I can tell you, in the industry I'm going into, if I do something like that, not only would I be fired on the spot, I'd also be sued and basically blacklisted by every company that does stuff in the field (they may compete fiercely, but they still talk to each other, and even work togeather on other projects...)

This game would be really alive, if Pavel took his head out of his rear end every so often and listened to the fans, and if Oovee understood that a transparent company that didn't behave in shady ways would likely not cause problems.

Instead, we have a game which has a lot of potential, but for some reason, has a harder time moving forward than a ZiL-130 hauling a trailer and trying to drive over a tree branch in wheel well thick mud!

From a official standpoint, I'm starting to wonder if Spintires is truely dead from the douchebaggery that has been seen by both sides of that battle... On the other hand, I'm sure it'll be alive and well thanks to the modder community, and to well intentioned people like the gentleman who had hacked the exe to figure out why the wierd behavior all of a sudden. After all, think of how many games essentially there are that haven't been touched by the publisher or developer in years, but are alive and well thanks to a 3rd party, who not only finds interseting ways to fix gamebreaking problems, but continues to add content to the game in all sorts of ways!

I tried localhosts fix and it works... for now that is.

If oovee won't fix the issue they should do a refund, because this is no accident.

Originally posted by Leonov:

Instead, we have a game which has a lot of potential, but for some reason, has a harder time moving forward than a ZiL-130 hauling a trailer and trying to drive over a tree branch in wheel well thick mud!

With no chains and diff lock off as well it seems...!

my game just started to crash after 2-3 minutes in.. reinstalled, no good

There is a group on Russian social network VK. That group calls itself 'SpinTires official group. Developer's team'. They post news from time to time, in Russian. On the day before the 23Feb timebomb, which bombs up certain workshop items (not the game's original content) appeared a post with screenshots and text. It was said about new features that Pavel has already coded, they are shown on those screenshots (new mud particles and water waves physics). In the end of the post there was a short message: 'unofficial "news" from Oovee: we do nothing for the development of the game =)' I think that message CAN be a hint for incoming problems. If so, the author of the VK Spintires page could be Pavel himself. Well, I have not met any details on the web pages yet, but IMO it is better for us if Pavel will regain the right to code further improvements. That is how I understand the situation at the moment. So I'm not anxious to blame him... yet. Just using 4 out of 6 certified mods, have no crashes at all and holding fingers crossed for the new wave's physics and other improvements. And don't forget: it was Pavel who won the Intel's Level-Up in two nominations back in 2009, so don't fight the talent https://software.intel.com/sites/campaigns/levelup2015/hall-of-glory/

I'm not sure whether something happened in the game and this wasn't meant to happen, or if this really is a time bomb. If it's a time bomb sort of thing like people are saying, then...I don't even know what to say. Who would even do this? This game is a good game, and it still is.

You know, you can refund games on Steam. Any game. As long as you've played it for less than 2 hours and you've had the game for less than 2 weeks, you can refund it. If this game won't ever function again, then I couldn't refund it since I've played it about 22 hours since I got it around New Years.

To refund a game, follow these instructions: support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=6695-QIKM-7966

Originally posted by kev4ev:

In the end of the post there was a short message: 'unofficial "news" from Oovee: we do nothing for the development of the game =)' I think that message CAN be a hint for incoming problems./

Oh. Holy mother of thirsty Russian trucks. I'll guess you've translated that?

This is not how a game should be. It should be playable without it crashing every time.

Originally posted by blueshift1980:

I'm not sure whether something happened in the game and this wasn't meant to happen, or if this really is a time bomb. If it's a time bomb sort of thing like people are saying, then...I don't even know what to say. Who would even do this? This game is a good game, and it still is.

You know, you can refund games on Steam. Any game. As long as you've played it for less than 2 hours and you've had the game for less than 2 weeks, you can refund it. If this game won't ever function again, then I couldn't refund it since I've played it about 22 hours since I got it around New Years.

To refund a game, follow these instructions: support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=6695-QIKM-7966

Originally posted by kev4ev:

In the end of the post there was a short message: 'unofficial "news" from Oovee: we do nothing for the development of the game =)' I think that message CAN be a hint for incoming problems./

Oh. Holy mother of thirsty Russian trucks. I'll guess you've translated that?

This is not how a game should be. It should be playable without it crashing every time.

It's illegal to tamper with a game dissasemble code etc. Regardless of that we need STEAM to get a grip of this either suspend the workshop mods and/or stop the game updates coming through that is illegaly breaking the game. Pavel or whomever is facing a serious lawsuit as this breaking consumer law worldwide because the game (software) has to work 'as intended to' at point of sale. This is being tampered with, therefore STEAM has to withdraw sales until such time it is -if ever- selleable again.

I suggest everyone drops a ticket on STEAM inc this thread and posts from the guy who found the 'Time bombs'.

My request for a refund has been declined...

Originally posted by Magnizzle:

My request for a refund has been declined...

well to get a refund you need to have the game for less than 2 weeks and you have to play it less than 2 hours. So for example if you've had the game for a month or you've played 10 hours, then you can't get a refund.

Originally posted by Magnizzle:

My request for a refund has been declined...

Forget refund money, and use it as leverage to contact ECC ( European customer comitee) and send them a case. Im quite sure OOvee and Valve will start singing different song when they are visited by few ppl for scamming and selling unusable product.