jcsnider Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Beta 5 Release Plans November 12th, 2018   We are finally wrapping up Beta 5! Sorry it has taken so long to get this out... there's been a lot going on.. and we want to make sure we do this right. The good news is that B5 is going to be awesome, there's a ton of cool new features, dozens of quality of life improvements, an entire new database engine, and major general improvements to our code base.  With any update this large you should all expect to find a LOT of bugs that will need to be worked out. We did rewrite the entire database engine this update, and we haven't had an opportunity to stress it out yet, so we're hoping you all can help us from this point on   Our ultimate goal with this release plan is to avoid a situation where you all go several weeks developing your games, and then we realize there is a big problem which would cause some or all of you all to lose your work.  With all that said, our current plan is to release Beta 5 in three stages:    Stage 1 (Game Testing) - Out Now! Awhile back @Kibbelz designed a small game that I could use for testing and to demo our game engine. I've finally worked out all the bugs and upgraded this demo game to Beta 5. So during our first stage of release we're asking all of you to download the Intersect Demo Game and play it for a bit.  Game Preview:  Things to test for: - Anything that would crash your client or our server. - All interactions with other players (trading, partying up, chatting, pvp, etc) - Logging in and out a lot, and making sure the server succeeds in saving your location, items, etc - New hotkeys, logout functions, targeting moving targets, and everything else lol  Where to report bugs/issues: Bug Tracker  Download Link: Click Here!    Stage 2 (Closed, Full Engine Testing) - Concluded! I want 3-4 people to give the full Beta 5 a try in a closed test over the next 2-3 days. Let's find the major bugs and patch them up, and then the community can come together to help us work out the rest. Looking for people who can dedicate several hours a day 3-4 each day over the next 2-3 days. Are you interested? Let me know by filling out the form below, so I can pick the best group of testers for this task. Intersect Beta 5, Stage 1.5 Candidacy Form     Stage 3 (Full Release) - Out Now! See here for the official release thread!    Thanks for bearing with us all this time! Intersect is going to be much better off moving forward due to all these changes  Aon Reo, AccurateNoodle, StalysRex and 9 others 6 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StalysRex Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Awesome, great work guys. I know it is hard to balance life and this, love the constant updates though! I will admit, I have been holding off on doing anything with intersect until a decent build is released, banking on B5 being the one. Doug 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcsnider Posted November 13, 2018 Author Share Posted November 13, 2018 The game is very hard.. I highly recommend that you grab a friend when venturing into the forest, cave, or graveyard in the demo game! Also.. fair warning, the tombstone is dangerous! faller-magie and Doug 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Amazing work @jcsniderMan that's amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OniSensei Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 shroom quest doesnt update when killing them qq... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcsnider Posted November 13, 2018 Author Share Posted November 13, 2018 4 minutes ago, defaultx said: shroom quest doesnt update when killing them qq... Thanks for the report! You likely just found a bug with the migration tool. Will fix the quest and look into that more closely tomorrow  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jjvm_ Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Â this happens to me when I want to open the test game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcsnider Posted November 13, 2018 Author Share Posted November 13, 2018 I’d go to the link. It will tell you everything and give you all your options. Does B4 work on that pc @Jjvm_? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jjvm_ Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Â If all versions of B4 work perfectly, when it comes to opening the test game first, another error appears, but it was because I did not have net framework, I installed version 4.7.1 and from there I started a common error what to do see in the image Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaq Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Hey guys, just found this thing literally 2min ago and want to make an epic mmo. No idea what i'm doing to use this program - how do I start crafting my dream game? Stuck on a screen that is trying to connect to a server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcadams Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 49 minutes ago, Zaq said: Hey guys, just found this thing literally 2min ago and want to make an epic mmo. No idea what i'm doing to use this program - how do I start crafting my dream game? Stuck on a screen that is trying to connect to a server. This is an early stage release for Intersect Beta 5 — it's a game made using Intersect, but not the engine itself. If you want to make your own game, you're gonna want to download the current version 4.9.1 here: https://www.ascensiongamedev.com/files/ jcsnider 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcsnider Posted November 13, 2018 Author Share Posted November 13, 2018 @Jjvm_: Can you try running Game1? (http://www.ascensiongamedev.com/resources/filehost/356966ca6693d640e6725d8840354abc.zip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ainz Ooal Gown Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Awesome stuff guys! I will jump on tonight after work to test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kibbelz Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Worth noting that cliff autotiles apear broken and ill be having a look when I get home from work alongside other bugs reported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eins Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 I don't know if its any priority, but i tested the demo game on Linux (Ubuntu 18.04) with mono. Â The launcher starts but the text is kind of funky. Seems to work tho. Â When it finishes and tries to start the game it just crashes. #:~/Downloads/Demo Game$ mono Demo\ Game.exe Gtk-Message: 13:40:18.777: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" Unhandled Exception: System.BadImageFormatException: Could not resolve field token 0x0400042d File name: 'Intersect Client' Â If i try to run the client.exe in the data dir it gives the same unhandled exception (last 2 lines of the shell output above). Â An internet search seems to point to BadImageFormatException being an issue with the target platform (32/64bit)... However, as far as i can see, both 4.9.1 and this beta 5 client are compiled for 32bit, to that should't be an issue. Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcsnider Posted November 13, 2018 Author Share Posted November 13, 2018 Lol the launcher should have never worked at all, but it’s cool that it did. And I sorta expected the client to crash on Mac and Linux for the moment. The only thing on the roadmap for me to do is test and resolve cross platform issues. No worries, that won’t take long  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcsnider Posted November 13, 2018 Author Share Posted November 13, 2018 You all have done a great job so far finding bugs. The server has crashed a few times but we have great crash logs and probably 8-10 bugs so far to fix on my list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jjvm_ Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 @jcsnider when executing  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoxious Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 @jcsnider Great release, I would have a question. Do you advise me to start programming my game in version 4.9.1 and then convert it to 5.0.0 or wait for 5.0.0? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcsnider Posted November 13, 2018 Author Share Posted November 13, 2018 Start in 4.9.1, we will have a migration tool that takes care of everything for you, no need to wait. Hoxious 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jjvm_ Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 @jcsnider Why it does not open demo game b5Â but yes b4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcsnider Posted November 13, 2018 Author Share Posted November 13, 2018 I don't know. At some point I'll reach out @Jjvm_Â and setup a time where I can possibly remote into your pc and look into it. Seems to be working for everyone else though which is even weirder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jjvm_ Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 If it is very rare, everything goes excellent with the B4 but with the B5, is not it? good to wait, thank very much @jcsnider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dxxknight Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 I got this error when opening the napsack. Â Â I think I found another bug every time I craft the "good boots" it seems the server crashes. Then When I login after server crashes my character is locked in place until I logout which gives me another error. Â A small bug in the game with the fire sword it isn't 2 handed. faller-magie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcsnider Posted November 13, 2018 Author Share Posted November 13, 2018 Thanks everyone for the reports. Will hopefully have a full system update out sometime tomorrow  Zerinho, Rayslay and faller-magie 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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