BA 2 - Eastern Front Development Forum

[LandMarine47]

I go sleep every day hoping BA 2 gets a little closer to the App Store

[Durcham]

Is there hotseat game option?

[pipfromslitherine]

Is there hotseat game option?

Yes, as in BA1 you can play hotseat via the MP system.

Cheers

Pip

[Durcham]

Is there hotseat game option?

Yes, as in BA1 you can play hotseat via the MP system.

Cheers

Pip

Happy happy joy joy! I'am buying the game right now

Thanks

[Durcham]

How can I play hotseat?
I just started modding textures by the way

Seems to be great option for steel panthers. Thank you for great game.

[bruce1944]

How does a guy get on the beta list?

[MartyWard]

Is there hotseat game option?

Yes, as in BA1 you can play hotseat via the MP system.

Cheers

Pip

How do you do that? Do you accept your own challenge?

[Richcat]

From Manual Additions - http://www.slitherine.co.uk/forum/viewt ... f70f117560

In MyDocuments>MyGames>BBCBA>User.txt / Add the following

ALLOWMPHOTSEAT 1

How to

Start game
click multiplayer
click my challenges tab
click new challenge at bottom
Select battle, side, type password, click check mark
back to my challenges screen, click accept challenge tab
click the battle that you created (nameofbattle yourname side)
click the accept challenge at the bottom and the check mark popup
type password and click check mark
click my games tab
you should see the new game listed and go from there

[MartyWard]

Thanks.

[pipfromslitherine]

How does a guy get on the beta list?

Not sure what you mean - the EAP can be purchased just like any other product from its product page.

Cheers

Pip

[glenghiscan]

From a grease monkey used to working with spanners what is beta testing ? And I will tell you what a flux capacitator is lol

[protectivedaddy]

Can't believe no one answered this what with all the 'beta' testers on here.


A simple breakdown:

Alpha tester is first line tester - they get to play the first 'draft' thus highlighting good points/bad points of games and checking for bugs and graphical glitches etc. they tend to be I.t. Types and try to use varied hardware types.

Beta testing is the next stage - playing the games in second stage - pre-release - quite a few games are released now almost in beta stage - hence patch after patch getting released after the games release - in the older days the testing would take place over several months from game start to conclusion due to the lack of ability to adjust anything after release - where as these days it just gets thrown out there once they have something marketable and then the idea is 'we'll fix the problems as they arrive'...........bone the rise of pc gaming for this though next gen console gaming and the race to grab the pennies has made the problem a lot worse.

Most games - as you notice with BA still have bugs - this is mainly to do with the add-ons or multiplayer facility of the games- I'm not an I.t. Guy but most problems seem to be some sort of server compatibility problem...............

In short developers have become lazy, they get the paying customer to do a lot of the work for them, but having said that everyone who plays games dreams of alpha or beta testing new releases as it gives 2 things - you get to play the game before anyone else and 2 you get beneficial 'perks' from the developers.

If you ever want to become a beta tester - the forum board for particular games - such as this one are the best place to start as the developers all follow their own forum boards as this is where they get future ideas from and have the opportunity to take a reactive course as soon as problems arise - get into the modding side - making your own maps etc.

[enric]

Suggestion for BA2-MP

[*] Keeping the last view for each player

As playing chess, each player use to see the table board from his position.
Now, BA load the turn and shows the map at his default position and zoom, the replay starts and you see the opponent turn from a view you're not used to view creating a little confusion.

[pipfromslitherine]

Suggestion for BA2-MP

[*] Keeping the last view for each player

As playing chess, each player use to see the table board from his position.
Now, BA load the turn and shows the map at his default position and zoom, the replay starts and you see the opponent turn from a view you're not used to view creating a little confusion.

I'll add it to the wishlist!

Cheers

Pip

[gortwillsaveus]

Pip: Is this the forum to voice opinions on the game as a BA2 beta-tester? I had some comments, but wanted to make sure they're in the right place.

[gortwillsaveus]

Can't believe no one answered this what with all the 'beta' testers on here.

In short developers have become lazy, they get the paying customer to do a lot of the work for them,

Careful my friend,.....you just ticked off a lot of developers with these words. I know that wasn't you intent,..but developers do get a lot of grief.
Actually, developers are supposed to write the test plans before writing even one line of code.
Then, write the code and perform a quick unit test to make sure it does what it's supposed to do based on their change.

However, they're not supposed to run regression tests, sanity checks, system tests,.....these are all the QA Engineer's job.
Yes,..it is true that a lot of companies try to cheap and cut costs but combining Developers and QA into one role,...but that usually ends in disaster.

The whole Alpha and Beta testing is not to shove off all testing onto the customer,.....it is, as you say, to get code onto many varied systems that a single company can't replicate.

[LandMarine47]

Slitherine isn't one of those company's. If I could name one of the back, my first choice is ea (Betafield 4)

[pipfromslitherine]

Pip: Is this the forum to voice opinions on the game as a BA2 beta-tester? I had some comments, but wanted to make sure they're in the right place.

Best to post in the BA2 forums, as they will get the appropriate eyes

viewforum.php?f=221

Look forward to your feedback!

Cheers

Pip

[dobrodukh]

Hi. Tell me where you can download the latest version of Battle Academy 2 (Early Access)?

[pipfromslitherine]

Hi. Tell me where you can download the latest version of Battle Academy 2 (Early Access)?

Assuming you have purchased the EAP it will inform you via the launcher whether you need to update to the latest version and take you automagically to the download page

Cheers

Pip