Chris Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 So Build V18 marks the semi-official beginning of beta on the project. As I stated in the V18 thread, this doesn't mean that the game is finished, but rather that it is possible to play the game from end-to-end and we don't have any more integral features left to code. Instead, our focus has shifted to improving the usability, stability, and tweaking the design to make the game as fun as possible. The community has been of great help in development so far, but it can be of even more help during beta. Previously a lot of "bugs" or complaints people have raised were due to features that we hadn't finished implementing, but the only major missing part of the game at the moment is the updated user interface. Everything else is now fair game to suggest improvements on. I will be creating a special beta sub-forum with threads for: Geoscape Balance discussion Ground Combat Balance discussion Missing animations (where a unit is invisible, displays the wrong animation or appears unarmed when it is definitely shooting at you) Missing text strings (displayed as ####) Missing sounds These will be created fresh with each build, with the old ones put in a sub-forum. This is to ensure that we don't miss things because everyone thinks it is a "known issue" and stops reporting it. A UI issues thread will follow once we've put the new UI in place. Feel free to post general things in that forum. There are absolutely no restrictions on spoilers in that forum, so feel free to post whatever you like in there about advanced aliens or technology and my answers will not have any filters on them. I will probably post a work list soon of features we want to implement in the beta. The biggest one will be the new UI, which we may start to import in V19 as we've now completed 3 of the screens and are working on the fourth...but right now the current UI lets you play the game fine, so it's not holding back the balancing at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raziel1981 Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Hallelujah! I been waiting for this for a longggg time (although others in the forum obviously waited MUCH longer then myself) great news Chris ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aleksi Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 And off we go... !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giovanni Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 (edited) THIS IS.. BETAAAAA (candidate)! Edited April 3, 2013 by Giovanni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GizmoGomez Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 All you devs are awesome in my book, just saying. You all get cool sunglasses smileys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svidangel Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Desura Beta let me download it soon!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avid Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Let's rock with the beta! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 *fingers crossed* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russonc Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Soon?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathra Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 One question I've had is, when will be combat shields make an appearance? It was one of my favourite features on the design brief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magus66 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 How long does it take for Desura to approve the release? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 4, 2013 Author Share Posted April 4, 2013 It's approved now. See the V18 Released thread in the Announcements forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RavenX Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Woot!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GizmoGomez Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Raven, that approval was from the 4th of April. The current (v18.4) beta hasn't been approved yet. Sorry to burst your bubble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windex Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 (edited) Are you still considering adding a different geomap sea with an ocean blue back ground and will that come in the next few updates or be the last touch? Edited June 4, 2013 by windex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GizmoGomez Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 The new UI will be in place for v19. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windex Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I'm not referring to the UI. (User Interface) Icons and buttons info, stat, screens. Just the background the sea in the geoscape. Such as ocean colored Blue or Blue/green as apposed to the way it is now, no ocean just back. It was discussed in an old thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Yes Windex, the preview's here. It's a part of the UI update which is why GG mentioned it as such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windex Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 ok, that's nice to see. I was wondering if they were ever going to do it because it seemed a lot of people in that post thought it would be better to leave it black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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