*** CLOSED BETA UPDATES & DISCUSSION/BUG REPORTS ***

Where should we report bugs as we find them? In this thread or should we make new ones?

 

Getting a 228 invalid phase and general error 100 at the end of turn occasionally. Causes my allocation to revert to the previous turn. BTW, great game, reminds me of panzer general and xcom, two of my very favorites!!

 

Downloading as I write. Unfortunately I am now at work, so won't be able to play until I get 'home' again. Don't have a headset, but willing to get a fairly cheap one this week. What chat system are you using?

-the chat system is by typing (which is broken right now), its not voice chat -Vesuvius

 

OK, first, it works on Linux via PlayOnLinux, it seems i don't have trouble. A real native Linux would be much better, but i can wait. http://forums.spacewars.com/threads/linux.52/

I took Genari, selected a spawn point at random, and tried to understand the info on screen.
Then, i did one skirmish, it was a little confusing, but i manage to die, so it means it played, haha...
Eventually i went to the big map, and i didn't understand anything.
I just moved around, jump a few times, but nothing happened, i don't know what to do, at all.

Very first comments :
- In Shipyard, the station in the background makes it hard to actually have a good view on the ship's systems. - There is a ship viewerbutton to see/rotate ship in all directions
- The loading screens seem to be low res ? - Should be high res, I get 2.5k on my monitor
- Would be nice to pan the view with middle mouse button. -In freeflight/combat mode right mouse button does that,
- I don't know where are supposed to be the 1000 credits to test stuff ? Ingame i have 0. -I manually add them myself, when I'm online and looking up new player accounts in the admin
- No XP for loosing ? -Actually the game is nerfed in that you automatically get 350xp credits for losing your starter ship, which won't be the norm in the full game.
- Not sure what to in the upgrade screen -I'll be trying to teach you guys the basics/commands/tactics online once the chat system is working again -vesuvius

 

Alright, i think i got the main gameplay's systems. The missions, with pirates hunting mostly, how to engage, scan, move, position, allocate, shield, weapon...

So, i won several fights, but still got no XP at all, so not sure what should i do about it.
Same for credits. -XP against AI missions is greatly reduced right now (but you do get some) but the real XP comes from fighting other real life players.

Can we talk about the game elsewhere ? On other forum, blog, etc ? Is there any kind of NDA i didn't see ? -There is an NDA, you clicked yes to it when you installed the game, but it might not have been obvious.
Can i write about the game, without posting screenshots ? Can i make video ? Can i drink some tea ? -You can't write or post about the game until the media release (they will be getting access sometime next month) around early March. - Vesuvius

 

I don't even know how to move to different hexes in skirmish can fire but not move.

Edit: Can move fine in free mode but can't move around in battle mode

 

You can move only in the combat round. In the allocation round you can only decide the distribution of your energy. If you can not move via mouse in combat, try using wasd first.
Yes, there is ALLOCATION ROUND - where you allocate your power and strategize
and COMBAT ROUND - where you can't change your system's power but move & fire
I noticed some really curious phenomenon, which only occurred in non-battle sectors as of now: Sometimes my ship just jumps ahead while moving and moves somewhere totally different. Like it was just skipping some hexes. More then once I just teleported through a station I wanted to dock at.
Also, in combat I had the problem that I sometimes wasn't able to decharge my weapons, when I had charged them the round before. I kept clicking that charge bar, but nothing happened.
And: Is it correct, that I can only leave a battlefield if my engines aren't damaged?

Btw: It's awesome!

Some of what you mention above are bugs:
- Ship skipping bug where you're in safe freeflight mode, usually when someone else is in the sector and is moving at the same time
- Weapons sometimes (especially marine pods) will remain charged on subsequent rounds and you need to click on the keyboard shortcut for it (keyboard nums 1-9) to 'uncharge'
- Experience gained may not show right away, but seems to appear if you quit and restart.

 

Thanks i've figured it out now the lack of a tutorial makes it a little difficult to understand.

 

When you allocate all your points, it sucks your movement, and you may only be able to attack or use somedevice, so be sure to check this if you intend to move.

 

In hex H-8, every time I win, the leave map button freezes. giving me a general error 100. Thanks Vesuvius and keep up the good work. To all players having trouble, at the big map click on an area it will show if there are any friendlies or hostiles(except pirate missions).

-That's definitely a new bug -- something to do with killing hive ships then. By the way, you've amassed more XP than another player so far haha -Vesuvius

 

i cant seem to login atm, game keeps hanging then crashing.


currently trying to get online using 64bit windows 10 laptop, nvidia 970, 16g ram.

edit: im online now, thinking it was bad internet speed i had for abit tbh.

 

Thanks for that Vesuvius. I am most definitely going to record some video of the beta, and the full release, but it will certainly remain for my eyes only until you give us clearance.

Tyros, good call adding in information on operating system, etc. But your amount of RAM makes me think of the time Bill Gates said 16K was enough for anybody!

 

is battle royale playable, keep getting ERROR 100 since i started beta. also alittle slow loading times on that page and ship selection also.

- Battle Royale is disabled for now, but skirmish mode is available. -Vesuvius
* Sometime soon Battle Royale will be made available, and I will invite players to it for FFA combat & training against me & others.

 

I like the agile flyer and defense frigate so far. Great game!

 

Well, it appears that I'm much too sober to figure out how to play a game without a tutorial, so I'll rectify that and see if I can figure out what I'm actually doing in this.

-Building a tutorial as we speak

 

@Vesuvius_SWIE

I just noticed you edited many posts to add your comments in blue. It's a weird way to answer, but i guess it's effective to answer everyone's questions. Now i noticed it, thanks for all your inputs !

-More efficient this way, and less posts to overfill a page