updates could be put in a public beta branch a day before they are released so mod and server developers can fix broken weapons or items before it becomes a problem
#beta branch updates for a day
crimson crag
hasty adder
Having a beta branch does genuinely sound neat
crimson crag
Having a beta branch does genuinely sound neat
It won't really allow players to play the new update any faster as servers will still be running the main branch but server owners can preemptively fix bugs and broken stuff so when the update actually comes out it should be as simple as a server restart unlike what we had today where we had to wait a couple hours for servers to come back up and get fixed it would also give the classic devs a heads up if there are any game breaking bugs like server crash bugs so they can delay the update and fix that
formal mural
There's already a closed beta for this sort of thing which includes a lot of the verified server hosts. Thing is often it takes until some weird situation or hardware difference outside of playtest to notice something going wrong, we even had that after testing the original steam release build for ages.
And then there's stuff like today's mistake where it was literally just an accident on which build to push at the last minute, the beta had already been tested
I wouldn't be against getting more players and hosters into beta though
hasty adder
There's already a closed beta for this sort of thing which includes a lot of the...
I wonder how did no one notice the underscore chat bug
formal mural
I didn't cause I'm on Linux, can't tell you bout anyone else :p
Tho that's another thing with playtests right, the very fact it's an organised thing can lead to some missed areas
If you make a discord and talk through that you're less likely to use the game chat, so you can miss bugs.
Reminds me of the old 2.2 server crash with alt+f4 as medic after ubering or something, nobody was rage quitting the playtest so it didn't get caught lol
hasty adder
If you make a discord and talk through that you're less likely to use the game c...
I mean there must've been at least one person that wrote an under score in a chat message and saw it missing
formal mural
Yeah I mean I think it was quite a late occurring bug because the fonts were getting changed along with the UI
Funny though
hasty adder
I do wonder when's that actually getting fixed, as for now the github issue was marked as low priority
I guess I'll have to wait until 3.2.0 /jk
upbeat swallow
I mean there must've been at least one person that wrote an under score in a cha...
also disugising as engineer
hasty adder
also disugising as engineer
Wasn't this a bug introduced post launch?
upbeat swallow
it was there launch day
i cant believe it wasnt patched in the recent update ngl lol
lost flint
i cant believe it wasnt patched in the recent update ngl lol
Reset your keybinds
We already patched this bug but its sadly caused by some default settings at launch
lost flint
I wonder how did no one notice the underscore chat bug
Its one of those "we know but there's always something we need to knock out before it" situations
lost flint
It won't really allow players to play the new update any faster as servers will ...
Wait is there a server crash going around right now?
crimson crag
Wait is there a server crash going around right now?
No it was just an example sorry for the mild panic
lost flint
Thank fuck
upbeat swallow
Reset your keybinds
crimson crag
Thank fuck
It was an example of something that could happen and if the update was just a beta branch for a day you could delay it cuz otherwise you'd have to take back an update which I'm assuming is a lot harder
Or rapidly patch it which also sounds like a pain in the ass lol
lost flint
It was an example of something that could happen and if the update was just a be...
Oh yeah, that's why we already do it.
A rapid patch isnt actually difficult but it is disruptive.
crimson crag
Oh yeah, that's why we already do it.
A rapid patch isnt actually difficult bu...
Wait you already do the beta branch thing?
lost flint
We have a beta with dozens of players and most active server hosts. They get patches days in advance
crimson crag
We have a beta with dozens of players and most active server hosts. They get pat...
Huh didn't realize
Is it private or public
crimson crag
Sadly issues will just slip through the cracks, we can only catch so many
Well actually there is one crash bug now that I think about it but it wouldn't come up often
Basically if you use the mvm upgrade terminal and one of your weapon slots doesn't have a weapon in it then it immediately crashes
The strange part is the upgrade screen comes up correctly just before you crash
Happened to me on qnzs server during the update fiasco medic didn't have any primary weapon for a while not even the default syringe gun and well yeah
Though it wasn't a server crash It was just a game crash
Again sorry for the mild panic attack