experimental-info

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Hello Miners and Bug Hunters

WELCOME TO EXPERIMENTAL S06

Experimental is the Deep Rock Galactic "public testing ground/kind of early access for upcoming content" branch on Steam, where we, together with you, try to iron out the last kinks and shoot the last bugs before releasing it to live.

HOW TO ACCESS THE EXPERIMENTAL BRANCH

Right click on DRG in your Steam Library >
Click “Properties..” >
Select “Betas”>
Click the drop-down menu under "Beta Participation">
Select “experimental - Latest dev build - enter at own risk”

Then wait for the game to update (Restart Steam and/or Verify Game Files to be 100%). And welcome to ~Experimental~!

Note: If you have mods installed you should launch the game in "safemode" or uninstall the mods before starting the Experimental build or risk crashing until the mods are updated.

The first time you start the Experimental build a new save file will be made for you to play on (a copy of your normal save), so your normal branch save will be safe - and whatever you do on Experimental stays on Experimental.

A "cheat terminal" is located next to the entrance to the Med Bay - Feel free to use it for testing purposes.

To return to the regular branch you just go back into the Beta menu and select "None" from the dropdown - And then let the game update.

✨ Remember to keep all discussions/content about the experimental builds here on Discord contained to the experimental channels. ✨

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**EXPERIMENTAL DISCORD CHANNELS **
(Channel links will be shown as locked if you have not obtained the Experimental S06 role)

Use experimental-discussions (⁠ ⁠experimental-discussions) for general chat/discussion about the experimental build + experimental content.

Found a bug? Make a post in report-bug-experimental (⁠report-bug-experimental )

Do you have feedback or suggestions? It should go in feedback-experimental (⁠feedback-experimental )

Screenshots / Videos go in experimental-branch-gallery (⁠experimental-branch-gallery )

And changelist-only-for-experimental-branch(⁠changelist-only-for-experimenta…) is where you see what is in the build - and what we fix during the experimental period.

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⚠️ INFO ON REPORTING EXPERIMENTAL BUGS ⚠️
(after all Experimental is for testing/fixing - so please report the bugs!)

If the game CRASHES: add your discord tag and a short description of what happened before the crash to the "Comment field" in the crash reporter before sending it!
Then make a post reporting the crash - adding your tag to the report makes it easier for us to find the report/ ask follow up questions > makes it so we find and fix the bug faster.

BEFORE POSTING A BUGREPORT

➡️ USE THE SEARCH FUNCTION TO SEE IF THE BUG HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED! ⬅️
If it is already reported - reply to the post with any extra info you might have on the bug and/or react to it with

MAKING A NEW BUGREPORT POST

Title: Short description of the bug

Describe the bug:

What did you do to make the bug happen? ~Ex: Step 1: Drink Leaflover beer. Step 2: Crash~

Add Video of the bug in action. ~Windows Game Bar - “Record that” feature and GeForce Experience - “Instant Replay” are great for videos of bugs that sneak up on you!~

Screenshot of the full ESC menu from the mission. ~This is extra important for any bugs regarding cave generation and weird spawns - as we need the info from the ESC menu to recreate the mission~

WRITE IF YOU HAVE MODS INSTALLED! ~This saves us time hunting fake bugs that might have been caused by mods and helps us debug mod support. ~

Specs for your setup. ~Mostly relevant for crashes / visual glitches/bugs/ framerate issues~

Tags: Remember to add relevant tags to your post.

In general: The more info we have - The easier it is for us to locate the bug - The faster we can fix it!

So if you have thoughts/ Bugs to share from the Experimental build: **React with 🐻 on this post to get Experimental S06 role which grants access to all the Experimental Discord Channels **

Thanks for helping us hunt down bugs and make the game even better! - We really appreciate it! ❤️

With Love,
The Ghost Ship Crew