Space Empires 5 Beta - Page 2

Aiken · #1 December 5th, 2004, 02:07 AM

Nice. But this picture on the screen has no spherical distortion, which was typical for such monitors.
But if it's true ... I still have a functional zx-80 machine somewhere so I'm ready to join the team

Randallw · #2 December 5th, 2004, 03:55 AM

You must be suicidal, because if I get my hands on you i'll snap your neck for that

. But seriously, when can we expect the Beta to start?. Not for a few months I imagine.

Suicide Junkie · #3 December 5th, 2004, 02:19 PM

Quote:

aiken said:
Nice. But this picture on the screen has no spherical distortion, which was typical for such monitors.
But if it's true ... I still have a functional zx-80 machine somewhere so I'm ready to join the team

On my first attempt, I tried scaling the width down to 320, and then cropped the vertical to 200. That generated plenty of distortion.
Since the original pics are fullscreen-shaped, the way to go is to just force 320x200 without worrying about the proportions. Looks distorted in transit, works out fine in the end.

atari_eric · #4 December 6th, 2004, 04:25 PM

Okay, how does one get into the beta?

Fyron · #5 December 6th, 2004, 04:39 PM

One does not, as there is no beta yet.

Once Malfador announces the opening of beta testing applications, you would send whatever information they ask for via email, and they decide who the want to invite into the beta testing.

Suicide Junkie · #6 December 6th, 2004, 04:52 PM

I would guess that the following criteria would enter into it:
- people known personally by Aaron.
- people with a history of quality testing
- people who stand out in the community for problem solving
- people who own fringe hardware. (so as to get a healthy mix of hardware over all the testers)
- winners of the Race to SE5 tournament
- people with modding experience
- people with modeling experience
- multilingual people
- etc

Timstone · #7 December 6th, 2004, 05:09 PM

Don't forget the brownnoses...

David E. Gervais · #8 December 6th, 2004, 05:43 PM

Also of interest when selecting beta testers,.. people with modding experience. Ship Modeleing experience (to test adding new user made ships to the game via modding) and speaking more than one language to help iron out (or help) with text translations.

One important factor, is having lots of time to thoroughly test the game. (again and again, and again)

nuf said, Cheers!