So, we did some beta testing last night, since I wanted to test (online) some of the bug fixes I bragged about in the latest news entry. The following lines contain the relevant parts of the conversation I had with Moose_Head:
<< Server >> i'm back New client, id 2, for a total of 2. << Sonic-Boobs! >> groovy Removing client, id 2, leaving 1. << Sonic-Boobs! >> eh?
I was running the game in windowed mode. When doing this, sometimes the game window looses focus, and because of this the HUD manager can't be initialised. At least that's what the error message says. That made me abort the game, and try to join again.
New client, id 2, for a total of 2. << Sonic-Boobs! >> hello again << Herr_Alien >> kill me
This has nothing to do with the alien incubated victims, saying "Kill me".
<< Herr_Alien >> so, friendly fire off works ok << Sonic-Boobs! >> seems so
At this point I was happy this bug was fixed, since it was pointed out by Vemarkis quite early, in the second beta.
<< Sonic-Boobs! >> no score? << Herr_Alien >> you're blue. << Herr_Alien >> you need to touvh the blue base << Herr_Alien >> the blue flag << Herr_Alien >> in the red base << Sonic-Boobs! >> Good idea
Note to self: make the game rules available in more places: the web site, the readme, perhaps also a game manual. But make them available in as many places as possible, to avoid these kind of situations, where you got the yellof flag and, instead of touching your own flag (in the enemy base), you hop arround in your own base, near the enemy flag.
<< Sonic-Boobs! >> aww man, lol I had no sniper ammo
I swapped teams to red, and waited for him to try to score in the red base. While respawning I was curious if his flag status got reset:
<< Herr_Alien >> do you still have the flag icon on? << Sonic-Boobs! >> yup << Herr_Alien >> good << Sonic-Boobs! >> you fixed it? << Herr_Alien >> I hope so. << Sonic-Boobs! >> heh, what was wrong? << Herr_Alien >> I needed online testing to actually verify this << Herr_Alien >> a message was sent to all clients, signaling the respawn << Sonic-Boobs! >> ahh << Herr_Alien >> and I always interpreted it as my character being respawned << Sonic-Boobs! >> :O << Herr_Alien >> now I also check the client ID << Sonic-Boobs! >> cool << Herr_Alien >> it's a long story ...
A similar flag status issue happened when the netgun would target and net the flag carrier. And yes, I wanted to test that too:
<< Herr_Alien >> i need you to get netted in the sentries << Herr_Alien >> to see if the flag status remains << Herr_Alien >> .... where are you going?
He was basically chasing me arround, somewhere in the no-mans-land. The sentries were already set up in the red base, so I was quite intrigued, what was he doing?
<< Sonic-Boobs! >> Where are YOU going :) << Herr_Alien >> i'm just following you << Sonic-Boobs! >> I though you were going to deploy net sentries << Herr_Alien >> i did that << Sonic-Boobs! >> i didnt know
So, we headed full speed to the red base. I had 2 sentries deployed there, so Moose_Head ended up on his side pretty soon:
<< Herr_Alien >> how's the flag status? << Sonic-Boobs! >> gone << Herr_Alien >> damn ,,, << Sonic-Boobs! >> just kidding! << Sonic-Boobs! >> :D << Herr_Alien >> ...? << Sonic-Boobs! >> I was joking New client, id 3, for a total of 3. << Sonic-Boobs! >> Its there Removing client, id 3, leaving 2. << Sonic-Boobs! >> :D << Herr_Alien >> i was going to kill you so that I could take the flag and try it
I was also going to kill him only for joking about the flag status ... He's a funny guy. Funny like "Ha ha ha :)", not funny - weird ...
<< Sonic-Boobs! >> haha << Sonic-Boobs! >> going to menu .. brb << Sonic-Boobs! >> back
By the time he got back, I swapped for a blue predator engineer and placed a couple of netgun sentries in his base. I was really curious about the flag status, so I changed back to a red runner, grabbed the flag and entered his base:
<< Herr_Alien >> yes! the flag is there! << Sonic-Boobs! >> I know :) << Herr_Alien >> now I can die happy :)) << Sonic-Boobs! >> hehehe
Moose is a good friend of mine, so he was more than happy to shove a copper slug at speeds exceeding 10km/s in the skull of my alien runner. I guess that's why he felt ok to laugh ...
Object class: Trigger, dims (10240.00, 16.00, 10240.00) Loaded world: worlds\multi\1flagctf\facing_fortresses Running world << Herr_Alien >> you got hurt while falligh through them << Peek-a-Boobs! >> Peek-a-Boobs! << Peek-a-Boobs! >> no slugs! :( << Herr_Alien >> "I have many bullets to spare!" << Peek-a-Boobs! >> I dont
The Pyro (the character Moose decided to play) doesn't have slugs for his shotgun. He can pick some up, if a human engineer decides to drop ammo, but no one was around. Meanwhile, I (as a heavy) was carrying a 600 bullets minigun.
<< Herr_Alien >> funny ... the > Respwan< button doesn't work
He killed me, and managed to find a bug in the process.
<< Peek-a-Boobs! >> Ras mentioned something about that << Herr_Alien >> but I'm shown as dead << Herr_Alien >> weird << Peek-a-Boobs! >> when I played him << Peek-a-Boobs! >> youre dead! << Peek-a-Boobs! >> ZOMBIE!!!!! << Herr_Alien >> yeajh << Peek-a-Boobs! >> Team 0 << Peek-a-Boobs! >> :P << Peek-a-Boobs! >> kill me << Peek-a-Boobs! >> oh shit
It's really not a major issue, since besides displaying on the F1 and TAB, everything else seemed to work ok:
<< Peek-a-Boobs! >> when I aim you show as being on the red team << Herr_Alien >> i am red team << Herr_Alien >> hmmm << Peek-a-Boobs! >> press tab and you are grey ... << Peek-a-Boobs! >> can you hurt me << Peek-a-Boobs! >> yup << Peek-a-Boobs! >> :) << Herr_Alien >> so we are different teams ... << Herr_Alien >> what do you know ... << Peek-a-Boobs! >> eh << Herr_Alien >> i scored << Peek-a-Boobs! >> I saw << Peek-a-Boobs! >> yeee ha! << Peek-a-Boobs! >> I was too nice << Peek-a-Boobs! >> :P << Herr_Alien >> still zombie ... ... << Herr_Alien >> sentries don't shoot me ... << Herr_Alien >> hmm ...
Translation: the sentries for my team don't shoot me, so basically their targetting mechanism works ok, even with me being a zombie.
... << Herr_Alien >> better? << Peek-a-Boobs! >> cheers
He was charging the two sentries, and he got hit. Meanwhile, I changed to blue medic, to see if the red sentries would target me. They did, but before having them shoot me, I managed to drop a health pack for Moose, hee needed it.
<< Peek-a-Boobs! >> now you are blue << Herr_Alien >> so, everything works but the F1/TAB << Herr_Alien >> flag respawned, 2 minutes are over
It's fun, testing with your friends. And speaking of the beta campaign, it seems that all our beta tester positions are filled. And it feels good :)
