Closed Beta Weekend #1 Details

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All kinds of awesome.

Servers are back up and should be good now.  CPU was limiting us.  Also patch on Steam already so make sure you grab that. – Eric 4/27/12 6:25pm EST

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Congrats to everyone who’s in this weekend!

Here’s some info about what this week’s build has (and does not have)!  We’re currently testing the build that’s on Steam right now to make sure it doesn’t burst into flames.  Keys will be sent in the coming hours.

Servers go up Friday April 27th 12pm and go back down on Sunday April 29th at 11:50pm.

Sorry, Mac builds are currently broken.  We had them working yesterday and they decided to die on us today.

How to Install

  1. Open up Steam
  2. Click on Game in the top menu
  3. Activate Product On Steam
  4. Copy and paste the key from the email
  5. Profit
Again, Mac builds are broken.  If you are on Mac and don’t have any other way to play, email me and I will place you into another weekend. eric at musegames.com
Trying to join a random game may fail, this is due to the fact that there are no matches currently happening.  So those of you trying to play a few hours after keys were released aren’t going to be able to unless you try with 3 other captains.  Force quit to get out of matchmakign screen.  Known bug 🙁

 

 

What’s In

  • Customization
    • 4 Ship (Squid, Goldfish, Galleon, Junker)
    • 8 guns (Rocket Launcher, Small Howitzer, Portable Flak, Carronade, Mortar, Flak Cannon, Gatling Gun), 2 of each one
  • 3 Playable classes (Engineer, Captain, Gunner)
    • Engineer Skills: Open Ended Wrench, Pipewrench, Extinguisher (no fire effect this round)
    • Captain Skills: Rubber Mallet, Spyglass, Lucky Phoenix Claw
    • Gunner Skills: Rubber Mallet, Gun Hammer, Ammo Crate
  • 1 Map: Battle on the Dunes (Team Deathmatch)
  • Chat
    • Ship Chat (just your own crew, user ‘/c’)
    • Region Chat (everyone in your match ‘/1’)
    • Whisper chat (‘/w name‘)
    • Reply after someone whipsers you (‘/r message‘)
  • Input Remapping
  • Matchmaking
    • Unranked
    • Invite-only Crew (if you want, appears to work)
      • Use steam overlay to invite your friends while in Roster screen
    • Public Crew (if you want)
    • AI Crew (can start match if your crew roster isn’t full)
  • Ship-to-ship and ship-to-obstacle collision damage (damage numbers may not be balanced)
  • Steam integrated voice chat

 

 

What’s Out

  • Fire status effect
  • Additional skills (only the basic set for now)
  • Engine customization
  • Captain macro-communication
  • Boarding (forever)
  • Multiple hull repair points (just one for now)
  • Some character aesthetic customization is not integrated (eye color, hair, etc)
  • Achievements
  • If you have more than 2 captains wanting to be in the same match, good luck 😛  Don’t have custom games yet.  You might be able to pull it off is you coordinate with the other captains to enter queue at the same time.

 

 

Other Notes

  • Ship names
    • small_warship = Goldfish
    • small_frieghtship (yes, with the mispelling) = Junker
    • medium_warship = Galleon
    • small_speedster = Squid
  • Ship customization
    • Sometimes a ship will stay on scene when you change it out, doesn’t clean up properly
    • Make sure you select and then customize your ship loadout with guns before starting a match as captain, otherwise you will have no guns lol
    • Ignore Throttle and Ascent properties when choosing your ship
  • Make sure you create a character and name it otherwise your chat name will be gibberish.
  • Canceling matchmaking doesn’t work, you need to force quit the game.  Sorry 🙁
  • If your Captain leaves the match, things like chat and voice chat will not work.  Other things will probably be terrible.  THE SHIP GOES DOWN WITH THE CAPTAIN!!!!!  This may get fixed if we push another build to Steam, mayhaps only broken on Friday and early Saturday.
  • Matches will start when a minimum of 4 ships are queued (2v2, ideally.  But team balance may be wonky).

 

 

Help

 

 

BUG/FEEDBACK SUBMISSION

FEEDBACK@MUSEGAMES.COM

We are compiling bugs here in a Google Doc Spreadsheet. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0As7KK0xlixIbdDNNUDRUc0taTXVFVmJRZTBKLTVHTVE&single=true&gid=0&output=html

Try to remember to put “Guns Bugs: ” at the beginning of the subject.

  • Date and time (including timezone for people outside EST) the incident occurred.  This will make it easier to locate relevant server logs.
  • Unity client logs.  Go to C:\ProgramFiles\Steam\steamapps\common\guns of icarus online\GunsOfIcarusOnline_Data, look for output_log.txt.  Replace “C:\Program Files\Steam” with the location of your steam install if it’s someplace funny.
  • Avatar name of the user in question.
  • Which gun/engine/ship/map etc the problem occured on or with.
  • Reproduction steps, as specific as you can.  If you can get to the point where the issue happens reliably when X,Y, and Z are done, you will be a great help in fixing it.

 

 

Basic Match Creation Steps

After successfully logging in through Steam, this is what you will see. Don't forget to create a character and customize your ship before doing anything.
Choose your class. Choosing Captain means you will create a match. Gunner or Engineer means you will join another match.
If you chose Captain, select the only map available (it's team deathmatch) then click "Select Map"
You will be using the ship you selected in the first screen. This screen doesn't do anything right now.
Here is where the important stuff happens. There are drop-downs for each of the 3 other slots on your ship for friends or AI. If no one joins the slot before you Enter Queue, they will be filled with AI players who are kind of janky.
If you're joining as an Engineer or Gunner, click on Random Match. Since we only have 1 map available, this is the fastest way to get into a game. To get Join As Friend functionality, you can join a friend through Steam Overlay. Nothing will show up but once the match starts it should put you onto your friend's ship.