2.25 Playtest Bonanza

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/emptesters/events

Right, so I just scheduled a ton of playtests for the next two weeks so we can get 2.25 tested and fixed. The general idea is PUGs on the weekend and specific bug finding during the week. Here's the total list.

Week 1
03/14/10 - 6pm GMT - PUG IV
03/16/10 - 1am GMT - Infantry Test I
03/16/10 - 10am GMT - Infantry Test II
03/19/10 - 1am GMT - Vehicle Test I
03/19/10 - 10am GMT - Vehicle Test II
03/20/10 - 6pm GMT - PUG V

Week 2
03/21/10 - 6pm GMT - PUG VI
03/23/10 - 1am GMT - Infantry Test III
03/23/10 - 10am GMT - Infantry Test IV
03/25/10 - 1am GMT - Vehicle Test III
03/25/10 - 10am GMT - Vehicle Test IV
03/25/10 - 6pm GMT - PUG VII

PLEASE TRY TO MAKE IT TO AS MANY AS YOU CAN! The more playtesting we do, the faster we can find and fix crashes/bugs, the quicker we get 2.25 out.

 

That's a lotta tests :eek:

 

There is a test in 3h from now. It's marked as "PUG IV", but Brutos requested that We find out which weapon causes the whole team to crash, so I think it's a priority to test all weapons in the game. The crash seems to occur when destroying buildings. It narrows guns considerably, but We can't be sure about it, so it may be that all infantry and vehicle weapons need to be tested to find it.

btw, could whoever is uploading dlls upload the pdbs at the same time? We know it's a pain, but it's needed anyway if the game crashes. And it does.

 

I'll try to make a work around for the weapon crash and I'll commit the DLLs (with PDB).

 

Also players vs player collisions needs to be tested with fakelag.

 

So.. You guys need a lot of people?

 

No, code is wrong and we need to work on the code mostly.

 

What is the test server's IP? It never seems to show up in my server list.

 

You need to name your empires folder "EmpiresTest" to see it.
And BTW tracer code got fixed.

 

Yeah that's what it's called, but in steam for some reason it's labelled as "Empires SVN", so I think that's why I can't find it, hence why I want the IP.

 

yeah i occasionally find i cant see it from the server browser as well so i just added it to my favorates and it shows up there fine. the ip is "64.237.43.197:27016"

 

Thanks Kamber

 

We could have a small test today.

 

20th or 21st would be better. Its hard to get a lot of people during the weekdays.

 

bugs to retest (and submit to mantis if they are still valid):
- DU doing no damage to vehicles
- bio ML not dealing damage over time

also recheck tracers to ensure they'r all valid (test with shotgun, rifles and various vehicle MGs, other players need to see tracers You fire).

 

All weapons fire the same tracer, except Vehicle Mgs.
VMGs are still broken AFAIK.

 

Some stuff got broke. From the test (rev 43):
1. Crash when trying to customize vehicles on emp_canyon
2. Mortar rocket isn't fired from perspective of someone viewing the gren
3. Still can trap friendlies with nades/mines
4. Tracers (mostly) work, but sometimes you can't see them (for infantry weapons)

Couldn't test the vehicle stuff from the customize crashbug. All of this has been entered into mantis.

 

medium be tank with fission is undriveable