Beta Release Schedule

[TechSY730]

Do you guys have a release schedule for betas you try to meet (like one every Tuesday and Friday, or every 3 business days, or something), or is it pretty much whenever you feel like he current version is more or less playable?

[keith.lamothe]

It isn't released, it escapes.



Yea, it's basically when we feel like

1) There's enough-quantity or important-enough new stuff to warrant a release and:
2) It's stable (non-crashing, non-broken) to our knowledge.

This generally works out to every 1-3 days (Saturdays/Sundays often included).

[TechSY730]

And of course game breaking bugs (like saving not working) are fixed within an hour or two or something.

[keith.lamothe]

If Chris is on his computer, then generally that's true.

[Spikey00]

I don't recall any occasion where saving hasn't worked, or any sort of major issue with the game that renders the game literally unplayable.

[keith.lamothe]

I recall one prerelease that broke the save/load process, and there have been several that have had 75%-of-the-user-base-would-hit-this crash bugs.  They get fixed real quick though

[TechSY730]

Yea, it was before the stable release of the Unity version. Its such a huge and funny oversight I'll never let you guys forget about it. 

[Wingflier]

Who needs saves? Real men play 120 planet campaigns in one sitting hahahahaha

That wasn't a bug, that was a feature ;p

[TechSY730]

That's nothing.

Real men can play against two lvl 10 AIs, both either technologists or the core, both with 300% handicap, 2x waves turned on, and the player has -300% handicap, no cheats, and still win in less than 6 hours. All without saves of course.

[ShadowOTE]

Dont forget double schitzo cross planet waves, all minor factions at hardest difficulty, and maximum AI defenses!