Starscape mod enters public beta!

[Shadowstar]

The term public beta means that the testing is no longer limited to the "internal" team, though it's not like I'm developing this mod out of some software company...

For most of the mod's development, we've been testing it within the existing player base, a small group already familiar with the previous incarnations of Starscape and participating in current games. Now that it's going into public beta, anyone can sign up for it, hence the announcement here; a "public" announcement...

Obviously people still have to sign up before they can download it. This is a PBEM mod after all... If I just made it a public download, I'd likely end up with a ton more testers than I could ever possibly use. Part of good testing is for the developer(s) to be able to maintain some level of control and observation over the testing process. Of course, with the way alot of development Groups go about running things these days, It's no surprise every single game released these days needs to be patched constantly for 3-4 months after "final" release before its reasonably bug-free...

Ok I should stop now before I start ranting...