How can such big bugs get through the playtesting?
The cursor issue was reported.
The black screen issue was reported.
The texture loading when alt tabbing was reported.
Couldnt load cached compiled shader was reported (by me personally)
The alien purr sounds were reported.
The consistency issues were not there when we tested them. (might be an issue with the build machine)
*shrug*
At least the reinforced tiers 1-4 get to request ammo and medpacks and vote now.. and everyone gets Quake 3 level of input delay (3 frames) now...?
Also looks like we're hotfixing a few of those issues right now anyways. Sigh.... friday releases..
If i hit Enter, the game goes from Fullscreen to Windowed and back or something weird. It just continous to switch around between modes.
Cannot even write messages anymore, exit via the console or anything having to do with the Enter button.
PS: It fixed itself, by restarting and switching to Fullscreen.
Anyway UWE..... i just hope this is a learning experience for you.
I doubt anyone exspects the impossible from you as the small (capable) team that you are aka doing mega content updates with core changes to the renderer, aswell as adding new modes etc.
Sometimes the secret lies in goin slow.
PPS: Know the story with Bhuddha and the thief who was running after him? When the thief catched up out of breath he asked: "How do you *gasp* walk so fast?"
"It is because you are still running and i already stopped."
@ellnic I too have the 32bit crash issue and was able to play about an hour before crashing unlike the previous 15 mins crash so at least there has been some success.
Changed the map and now everything is black. Unable to see anything except black shillouettes running around. Restarting the game does not fix it. UWE? What have you done? This is unplayable.
Changed the map and now everything is black. Unable to see anything except black shillouettes running around. Restarting the game does not fix it. UWE? What have you done? This is unplayable.
Don't alt-tab when the map is loading if you're in fullscreen mode. It's a known issue but it's difficult to fix.
No problems here, HUEHUEHUEHUEHUEHUUWEUWEUWEUWEUWE.
Either way, people would've complained if they didn't patch it today by saying some bs like "BUT WE COULD'VE TESTED IT OVER THE WEEKENNND" or "Now we have to wait until the weekend is finished to get this game fixed I HATE YOU GUISE"
Lose lose situation. Pet that paper-mache Gorge you guys got at the office, it's probably the only good tangible thing that'll come out of this community with no regrets.
I have the offset cursor problem. cant get to graphics settings within game. I've had this problem before with games and remember finding a quick fix but now I can't recall how.
What ever happened to beta patches anyway? Maybe if Reinforced had had a public beta(and no fixed release date) the worst of its bugs could have been avoided, which would have lessened the urgency that caused this follow-up patch to be released on a Friday.
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@zek
I guess not enough people participated or gave feedback to make it worthwhile.
I mean we have some 20-30 different machines to test on, but we still didn't experience half the rendering and linux issues that occurred for everyone else during that day 1 of early reinforced testing.
*shrug* Sample size is everything.
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edited September 2013
@hive queen mel
You are running a different version. Quit the game or steam and wait for the download.
It should look like this.. just a bit of gray wall, nothing that will impact gameplay negatively. There will be something in launch control as well. The mapper will have it fixed by next patch. If you see something else, feel free to PM me.
@zek
I guess not enough people participated or gave feedback to make it worthwhile.
I mean we have some 20-30 different machines to test on, but we still didn't experience half the rendering and linux issues that occurred for everyone else during that day 1 of early reinforced testing.
*shrug* Sample size is everything.
Well, surely there's something that can still be done better to avoid these situations. NS2 historically has had countless problems with high-risk builds. I feel like they're most often precipitated by PR-related decisions such as a fixed release date, big patches with many risky changes bundled in, eagerness to patch before the weekend because of premature promises, etc. Fact is that even one major bug slipping through completely cancels out any benefit from these sorts of things.
Now we can really see the hit reg issues. First 5 mins I was merking all the filthy peasants. I noticed full shotgun rounds doing 0 damage. Blood goes everywhere, shotgun down skulks throat. Test your game please. AND FIX IT.
1) It's your connection
or
2) It's the server your on, most likely a high playercount server which can no longer maintain the ticrate
hitreg wasn't a problem last patch, and it sure as heck isn't a problem this one.. also don't always blame the reg, maybe take this time to think that you may just need to improve
Now we can really see the hit reg issues. First 5 mins I was merking all the filthy peasants. I noticed full shotgun rounds doing 0 damage. Blood goes everywhere, shotgun down skulks throat. Test your game please. AND FIX IT.
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The black screen issue was reported.
The texture loading when alt tabbing was reported.
Couldnt load cached compiled shader was reported (by me personally)
The alien purr sounds were reported.
The consistency issues were not there when we tested them. (might be an issue with the build machine)
*shrug*
At least the reinforced tiers 1-4 get to request ammo and medpacks and vote now.. and everyone gets Quake 3 level of input delay (3 frames) now...?
Also looks like we're hotfixing a few of those issues right now anyways. Sigh.... friday releases..
GOTTA GET THE PATCH OUT FOR THE WEEK-END[/rebeccablack]
This is why we don't usually do patches on Friday. EVERYTHING goes wrong.
Once the server switch to biodome all client will lose connection due to following:
"Your game files do not match the server's. Try verifying your game cache in Steam, or maybe an update just came out"
Cannot even write messages anymore, exit via the console or anything having to do with the Enter button.
PS: It fixed itself, by restarting and switching to Fullscreen.
Anyway UWE..... i just hope this is a learning experience for you.
I doubt anyone exspects the impossible from you as the small (capable) team that you are aka doing mega content updates with core changes to the renderer, aswell as adding new modes etc.
Sometimes the secret lies in goin slow.
PPS: Know the story with Bhuddha and the thief who was running after him? When the thief catched up out of breath he asked: "How do you *gasp* walk so fast?"
"It is because you are still running and i already stopped."
Maybe they thought Friday releases were not for realz, or they drunk b/c it the weekend lol.
To be perfectly honest, it's caused more problems. Lower fps, crashing, crashing of other programs.
^ NINJA'D!
Either way, people would've complained if they didn't patch it today by saying some bs like "BUT WE COULD'VE TESTED IT OVER THE WEEKENNND" or "Now we have to wait until the weekend is finished to get this game fixed I HATE YOU GUISE"
Lose lose situation. Pet that paper-mache Gorge you guys got at the office, it's probably the only good tangible thing that'll come out of this community with no regrets.
EDIT: Fixed! thank u
I guess not enough people participated or gave feedback to make it worthwhile.
I mean we have some 20-30 different machines to test on, but we still didn't experience half the rendering and linux issues that occurred for everyone else during that day 1 of early reinforced testing.
*shrug* Sample size is everything.
You are running a different version. Quit the game or steam and wait for the download.
It should look like this.. just a bit of gray wall, nothing that will impact gameplay negatively. There will be something in launch control as well. The mapper will have it fixed by next patch. If you see something else, feel free to PM me.
Well, surely there's something that can still be done better to avoid these situations. NS2 historically has had countless problems with high-risk builds. I feel like they're most often precipitated by PR-related decisions such as a fixed release date, big patches with many risky changes bundled in, eagerness to patch before the weekend because of premature promises, etc. Fact is that even one major bug slipping through completely cancels out any benefit from these sorts of things.
That would explain the screams... I CANT BEACON! MY CURSOR ISNT WORKING! IT WONT CLICK! OH GOD!
Game Crash every time I try to see server list = Not Fixed
1) It's your connection
or
2) It's the server your on, most likely a high playercount server which can no longer maintain the ticrate
hitreg wasn't a problem last patch, and it sure as heck isn't a problem this one.. also don't always blame the reg, maybe take this time to think that you may just need to improve
It's good to hear they finally nerfed shotguns.