Have you applied for the Starfury beta yet?

[Suicide Junkie]

Well the beta forums will be hosted around here, so you might want to follow up on your email and give your account name

[Fyron]

I think about half of the beta testers for SE4 lived outside of the US or Canada, so being in the UK is not really an issue.

[David E. Gervais]

Beta Testing 101...

1) The first step is running the install program and if any errors occur take note of them and post the problem in the beta forum.

2) Once you pass step one it's time to run the game. Again take notes of any errors, bugs, and glitches. Report any such events to the beta forum.

3) play the game trying as many options as you can. each time you notice errors, etc make a note and post them to the beta forums.

4) The real hard part... If the game is playing very well, and you are not experiencing any errors,.. stop playing and restart a new game, try more options. As a beta tester it's kind of your job to find errors. Be creative in your search, if the game 'wants' you to do one thing, try something else and see how it handles it.

5) whenever you encounter an error, give as much info as possible. Don't just say it crashes! say when and where it crashes and try to reproduce the error. Errors that can be reproduced at will are generally easier to fix. Sometimes you might be required to write down error Messages on a real notepad and then transcribe them after rebooting so that you can post the errors.

6) repeat,.. again,.. a few more times,.. once more,.. keep going,.. until Aaron and your fellow beta testers are having trouble finding errors.

7) enjoy the ride, remember to breath and feel the pride that will be generated throughout the beta test team. (the ultimate goal would be to swat all the bugs and have no need for future patches.)

..Advanced classes for beta testing are reserved for the boys in the trenches!

Cheers!

P.S. Aparently Aaron was pulling my leg when he said my system might not be fast enough! (thats the problem with e-mail, you can't see if the person has a silly smirk on his/her face whe you read it!

[ April 02, 2003, 23:57: Message edited by: David E. Gervais ]

[mottlee]

Originally posted by David E. Gervais:

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Originally posted by mottlee:
What sort of system req's, will it run on a 200mhz?

I doubt it very much, but perhaps if you have a killer graphics card with highly accelerated 3D. and a gig of RAM.

I have a 1.46Ghz Athlon XP, a GForce2 MX 400 and Only 256meg RAM. Aaron thinks I might just slide in at the minimum requirements. (RAM being the big worry!) I might be forced to boost my ram to 512meg or more.. aaaah the sacrifices I make for the good of gamming!

Cheers!

P.S. Before this comp I had a 233mhz. I only upgraded the motherboard and CPU. It cost about $425 cdn. A very worthwhile investment. Like getting a new comp for 33% of the cost!

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Well I think I'm OUT!

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by mottlee:
Well I think I'm OUT!

Motlee, I think you didn't read all of David's comments...

P.S. Aparently Aaron was pulling my leg when he said my system might not be fast enough! (thats the problem with e-mail, you can't see if the person has a silly smirk on his/her face whe you read it!

[mottlee]

Gee am I red in the face.....
I think I will go give it a shot
and hope it is not a huge D/L

OK....Where do I find it?

[ April 04, 2003, 12:17: Message edited by: mottlee ]

[Mephisto]

Originally posted by mottlee:
...and hope it is not a huge D/L

Usually Aaron sents you a CD with the beta.