current beta
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- geofflambert
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current beta
I'm trying to figure out what the current beta is. What is it and is everyone happy with it? I'm on 1108r9 now, and the reason I ask is I'm about to start a new campaign against wyrmm and as this could last a year or more, I want to be as up to date as reasonable. If there is a better beta version, where is it and should I load the latest official patch first?
RE: current beta
I've got a real active PBM on 1123g, but we plan to upgrade to 1123n (which is the latest) next turn or so. Love the Betas!
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RE: current beta
I find that playing with the Betas is like drinking a well matured wine.
The basics are the same as the original but the improvements have made it a much smoother and pleasurable experience.
The latest is always here
Cheers,
Reg.
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Uh oh, Firefox has a spell checker!! What excuse can I use now!!!
Reg.
(One day I will learn to spell - or check before posting....)
Uh oh, Firefox has a spell checker!! What excuse can I use now!!!
RE: current beta
I always recommend to use betas.
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RE: current beta
ORIGINAL: geofflambert
Thanks, I'll use it if wyrmm is agreeable.
Real Gorns and wyrmm's use the latest beta...
You will not be disappointed. Each Beta release is like Christmas In July.
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- 1EyedJacks
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RE: current beta
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I always recommend to use betas.
Bananas are natural beta blockers.
http://www.ehow.com/list_6459910_foods-natural-beta-blockers_.html
TTFN,
Mike
Mike
RE: current beta
ORIGINAL: 1EyedJacks
ORIGINAL: Sardaukar
I always recommend to use betas.
Bananas are natural beta blockers.
http://www.ehow.com/list_6459910_foods-natural-beta-blockers_.html
Beta blockers are prescribed to treat heart problems, anxiety such as "performance anxiety" or stage fright, and high blood pressure.
That is WitP-AE all right! [:D]
"To meaningless French Idealism, Liberty, Fraternity and Equality...we answer with German Realism, Infantry, Cavalry and Artillery" -Prince von Bülov, 1870-
RE: current beta
ORIGINAL: Sardaukar
I always recommend to use betas.
And then there's people like my opponent, who refuse to use betas. No matter what I try. Really frustrating... [:@]
It cannot be good because it's beta!
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RE: current beta
ORIGINAL: Puhis
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I always recommend to use betas.
And then there's people like my opponent, who refuse to use betas. No matter what I try. Really frustrating... [:@]
It cannot be good because it's beta!
I always wonder what exactly folks in the AE world think happens between beta and official. Do they picture Matrix/Slitherine, a really small company, having rooms of QA scientists in lab coats? Do they think M/S runs the patch through several hundred full PBEM games looking for conflicts? Do they imagine a full-scale internal beta test team wringing the thing out for several months, with formal bug control protocols, password-protected encrypted servers feeding into senior-management go-no go meetings?
M-S takes Michaels' patch, maybe looks in the Tech thread to see if anybody here says it blows up, they slap on a serial number checking module, and they put it on the site. There's probably emails with Michael, etc., but this has to be the gist. They don't have the in-house resources an EA does to really test a patch, and for a 5-YO game? Really?
If you're not playing the betas because they aren't official you're just stealing from yourself.
The Moose
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RE: current beta
ORIGINAL: Sardaukar
ORIGINAL: 1EyedJacks
ORIGINAL: Sardaukar
I always recommend to use betas.
Bananas are natural beta blockers.
http://www.ehow.com/list_6459910_foods-natural-beta-blockers_.html
Beta blockers are prescribed to treat heart problems, anxiety such as "performance anxiety" or stage fright, and high blood pressure.
That is WitP-AE all right! [:D]
I was thinking similar thoughts. [:D]
TTFN,
Mike
Mike
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RE: current beta
ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58
ORIGINAL: Puhis
ORIGINAL: Sardaukar
I always recommend to use betas.
And then there's people like my opponent, who refuse to use betas. No matter what I try. Really frustrating... [:@]
It cannot be good because it's beta!
I always wonder what exactly folks in the AE world think happens between beta and official. Do they picture Matrix/Slitherine, a really small company, having rooms of QA scientists in lab coats? Do they think M/S runs the patch through several hundred full PBEM games looking for conflicts? Do they imagine a full-scale internal beta test team wringing the thing out for several months, with formal bug control protocols, password-protected encrypted servers feeding into senior-management go-no go meetings?
M-S takes Michaels' patch, maybe looks in the Tech thread to see if anybody here says it blows up, they slap on a serial number checking module, and they put it on the site. There's probably emails with Michael, etc., but this has to be the gist. They don't have the in-house resources an EA does to really test a patch, and for a 5-YO game? Really?
If you're not playing the betas because they aren't official you're just stealing from yourself.
Yup - I can hardly wait for the next upgrade... [:D]
TTFN,
Mike
Mike
RE: current beta
They're hard at work now...
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- geofflambert
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RE: current beta
I downloaded the 1123n beta for "patch 7". Is patch 7 the latest official and do I need it before installing 1123n?
As I said before, I've been using beta 1108r9.
As I said before, I've been using beta 1108r9.
RE: current beta
1108r9 is the same code as the 'latest official'. The difference is that the 'latest official' is a full packaging to make it a "comprehensive" patch, meaning that it brings everything up to date since the original release of the game (both code and data such as scenarios).ORIGINAL: geofflambert
I downloaded the 1123n beta for "patch 7". Is patch 7 the latest official and do I need it before installing 1123n?
As I said before, I've been using beta 1108r9.
Someone could buy the game, install it (which will be a very old version), then install the latest comprehensive patch and be up to date except for the Betas. You then add the latest Beta (or the Beta of your choice, or no Beta at all.
So for your backup (you keep backups, right?) you need the original download, the latest comprehensive patch, the Beta that you are using, and any scenarios, utilities, etc. that you have acquired.
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RE: current beta
Adding: Of course the Beta runs from that Beta2 folder, and the official patch runs from the regular main folder.
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- geofflambert
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RE: current beta
I have three versions now, the original (the entire folder), my update to the 1108r9 with DBB-C data and map extensions, and I copied that one to make my 1123n version. Where do I find the 1108r9 comprehensive patch? I'm pretty sure I only have the beta.
RE: current beta
It is in the Member Downloads area. You need to use the same password from when you bought and downloaded the game to get it.
They don't call it 1108r9. When it was released, Michael told us it was the exact same code so that we did not need to load it unless we wanted to. Of course if you do a reload or anything then it is easier to use a comprehensive too.
They don't call it 1108r9. When it was released, Michael told us it was the exact same code so that we did not need to load it unless we wanted to. Of course if you do a reload or anything then it is easier to use a comprehensive too.
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- geofflambert
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RE: current beta
I'm just a gorn, I can't remember passwords I made up yesterday, let alone years ago.[:(] Apparently I don't need it so I'll just install the 1123n as is.
You may ask how I remember my forum password. I just wrote it on my forehead with a sharpie, but backwards so that I can look at myself in the mirror to remember it, but nobody else can make it out. [;)]
You may ask how I remember my forum password. I just wrote it on my forehead with a sharpie, but backwards so that I can look at myself in the mirror to remember it, but nobody else can make it out. [;)]
RE: current beta
Even if you don't need the latest comprehensive now, you will need it some time in the future. Murphy's Law indicates that when you most need it you will not be able to get it.
So, recommend you spend a few minutes going to the member downloads thingy and tell them you forgot your password so they can email you a new one. Or do they have to burn it on a gold recording disc for launch on the next interstellar probe? Whatever!
So, recommend you spend a few minutes going to the member downloads thingy and tell them you forgot your password so they can email you a new one. Or do they have to burn it on a gold recording disc for launch on the next interstellar probe? Whatever!
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