Engine Test upgrades to alpha?

I2av3nI2av3n Join Date: 2010-05-03 Member: 71611Members
in NS2 General Discussion
umm... i dont know if this topic is up or not, i couldnt find it, sorry if it is, but just to confirm, the engine test we downloaded on steam upgrades to the alpha when it comes out, then upgrades to full game when alpha is over?
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  • ThaTha Join Date: 2009-06-05 Member: 67694Members
    i would hope so or that would be deadly to my monthly cap(aussie woo!)
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  • LoeyLoey Join Date: 2009-10-31 Member: 69187Members
    what isp?
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  • ThaTha Join Date: 2009-06-05 Member: 67694Members
    edited May 2010
    My ISP is bigpond atm, want to move to TPG but meh, cant get adsl 2 in this area, so bascailly if i have to download the engine>alpha>beta>open beta(?dont know if there is one)> release then thats gonna take up atleast 10-12 gigs ofa 25 gb monthly cap which i share with 2 bandwidth hungry brothers

    so basically, please make it so that the alpha will use the files off engine test, etc, similar to how source did it with dling hl2 saves time dling cs next time.
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  • SypherZSypherZ Join Date: 2003-09-07 Member: 20639Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1771053:date=May 13 2010, 11:09 AM:name=Tha)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Tha @ May 13 2010, 11:09 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1771053"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->My ISP is bigpond atm, want to move to TPG but meh, cant get adsl 2 in this area, so bascailly if i have to download the engine>alpha>beta>open beta(?dont know if there is one)> release then thats gonna take up atleast 10-12 gigs ofa 25 gb monthly cap which i share with 2 bandwidth hungry brothers

    so basically, please make it so that the alpha will use the files off engine test, etc, similar to how source did it with dling hl2 saves time dling cs next time.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->


    WOW! 25gb is so little :/ Do you have bandwith quotas all over where you live? Anyway, i think that is really cheap of an ISP to put on bandwith qoutas... What happens if you exceed it?
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  • ThaTha Join Date: 2009-06-05 Member: 67694Members
    the thing is, in australia 90% of us have a bandwidth quota, apparently some crap about it being expensive to set up here or something, so basically most isps put a limit on, depending on the isp, bigpond, which im with only has 25 gbs upgradable to 50-100, but that gets pretty costly, so after 25 gigabytes we get capped slowing our speed down dramatically, to dial up speed... yeap.. pretty damn horrible trust me
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  • LoeyLoey Join Date: 2009-10-31 Member: 69187Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1771053:date=May 13 2010, 07:09 PM:name=Tha)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Tha @ May 13 2010, 07:09 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1771053"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->My ISP is bigpond atm, want to move to TPG but meh, cant get adsl 2 in this area, so bascailly if i have to download the engine>alpha>beta>open beta(?dont know if there is one)> release then thats gonna take up atleast 10-12 gigs ofa 25 gb monthly cap which i share with 2 bandwidth hungry brothers

    so basically, please make it so that the alpha will use the files off engine test, etc, similar to how source did it with dling hl2 saves time dling cs next time.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    set your download server to nsw (telstra) and so long as it connects to the gamearena server it wont count towards your cap. use a program like tcpview to see what server steam connects to and you can cancel any non gamearena servers.

    ive got 10gb bigpond wireless because its too much hassle to get adsl where i am
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  • I2av3nI2av3n Join Date: 2010-05-03 Member: 71611Members
    edited May 2010
    omfg talk bout the question , not about how crap someone's internet is >_<


    will the engine test get updated to the full game?
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  • xposed-xposed- Join Date: 2007-09-23 Member: 62412Members, Constellation
    There is no reason to use Bigpond as your ISP. They're insanely overpriced with no justification. Go with an ISP that offers you a lot more benefits. For example, I'm with Amnet and I get the benefits below:

    Uploads not counted
    100% extra peering allowance
    Offpeak ALL WEEKEND
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  • ThaTha Join Date: 2009-06-05 Member: 67694Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1771540:date=May 18 2010, 05:44 PM:name=I2av3n)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (I2av3n @ May 18 2010, 05:44 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1771540"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->omfg talk bout the question , not about how crap someone's internet is >_<


    will the engine test get updated to the full game?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    i just stated that it would be a good thing for my cap if they updated engine test to alpha to beta to release.... thats got alot to do with the topic of engine test upgrade to alpha.
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  • ZekZek Join Date: 2002-11-10 Member: 7962Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--quoteo(post=1771047:date=May 13 2010, 02:00 AM:name=I2av3n)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (I2av3n @ May 13 2010, 02:00 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1771047"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->umm... i dont know if this topic is up or not, i couldnt find it, sorry if it is, but just to confirm, the engine test we downloaded on steam upgrades to the alpha when it comes out, then upgrades to full game when alpha is over?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Probably not, given that the alpha is SE-only and the engine test is for all pre-orders IIRC.
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  • sherpasherpa stopcommandermode Join Date: 2006-11-04 Member: 58338Members
    I really wouldn't worry about the alpha, beta and first final version being released in the same month.
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  • ctdctd Join Date: 2009-06-01 Member: 67611Members
    Obviously none of us can confirm if they will re-use data from the test. I know when I downloaded the L4D2 demo I had to re-download everything when it came to getting the full version. Maybe I could have transferred the demo files over to the full version folder?

    AUS BB talk
    use this program if you are in AUS and download off steam (its awesomely easy to use) <a href="http://members.iinet.net.au/~chapman.j/" target="_blank">http://members.iinet.net.au/~chapman.j/</a> - though still no guarantee the content will be on your server (thx valve).

    Also unfortunately some people are stuck with Telstra due to where they live. Luckily most of us have options :) Oh and yes AUS broadband is fairly ######e but it is getting better. Many ISP's now offer unlimited or at least 100+ gig plans. Plus the big ISP's all have Steam servers for quota free content.
    /topic
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  • LoeyLoey Join Date: 2009-10-31 Member: 69187Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1771543:date=May 18 2010, 07:21 PM:name=xposed-)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (xposed- @ May 18 2010, 07:21 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1771543"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->There is no reason to use Bigpond as your ISP. They're insanely overpriced with no justification. Go with an ISP that offers you a lot more benefits. For example, I'm with Amnet and I get the benefits below:

    Uploads not counted
    100% extra peering allowance
    Offpeak ALL WEEKEND<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    it was between vodafone wireless and bigpond wireless. vodafone has extremely poor coverage so i was stuck with overpriced bigpond
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  • MaxMax Technical Director, Unknown Worlds Entertainment Join Date: 2002-03-15 Member: 318Super Administrators, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, Constellation, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts, Future Perfect Developer
    Yes, the Steam build will update to the alpha. I can't guarantee there won't be a lot of changed/added files though!
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  • BiglinesBiglines Join Date: 2003-12-07 Member: 24094Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1771605:date=May 19 2010, 12:16 AM:name=Max)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Max @ May 19 2010, 12:16 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1771605"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Yes, the Steam build will update to the alpha. I can't guarantee there won't be a lot of changed/added files though!<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    so engine test will be over, non-special edition people will not be able to continue with the software?
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  • I2av3nI2av3n Join Date: 2010-05-03 Member: 71611Members
    thank you, and btw i know you stated that stuff about your internet, just it got alot off topic lol, but ty, i was just wondering haha
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  • Dank McShwaggerDank McShwagger Join Date: 2009-06-10 Member: 67784Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1771574:date=May 18 2010, 12:39 PM:name=sherpa)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (sherpa @ May 18 2010, 12:39 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1771574"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I really wouldn't worry about the alpha, beta and first final version being released in the same month.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    LOL... this
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  • Racer1Racer1 Join Date: 2002-11-22 Member: 9615Members
    \me stirs up hornet's nest.
    What of those who just bought the standard version. Will it still upgrade test to alpha?
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  • WarLoverWarLover Join Date: 2009-11-05 Member: 69276Members
    I think everyone will get the files to the alpha, BUT Special edition buyers will receive a DLC type code which will let them play online.
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