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Still haven't gotten to making fixes because of work but I don't want this open beta out anymore nor do I think there is much benefit to keeping it out so I've decided to close it. If you already have it, I'd like to request and would appreciate it if you keep it to yourself until the next releasethough if you want to be a prick and spread about the shitty beta, that's your choice.
There's no real progress to update you on, but rest assured I'll do my best to keep you updated when the time comes.
Just curious, would anyone be interested in a video stream or something where I just hack freely with random commentary on the background? I've noted a couple people doing similar things, kind of like a "behind the scenes" thing, so I was wondering if anyone would find it interesting. I'd pretty much just hack away while fixing bugs and comment on the things I'm doing and occasionally rage since I'll be clueless about certain aspects. The only issue I foresee is trying to avoid my real name from showing up since I don't want people google searching or stalking me.
I'll put up a poll to the right soon so drop a comment, vote, or best of all, both, and I'd appreciate it.
...No real news on the bug fixes btw, I'm being swarmed by things to do but I might be able to work a little tomorrow.
Just a quick thanks to everyone who's kindly reported stuff, including savestates, information, etc.--meaning, mostly everyone, since in general, you guys have done a great job and I really appreciate it. I know I was a little disappointed at first, but that's not to say that I take everyone's help for granted. You guys hardly complain or anything, and it's selfless, and I sincerely appreciate that.
That being said, I owe you guys some bug fixes, but things are just not going well for me right now. I could go on a rant about it, but I'm trying to grow up a little and not make this TLP blog into my personal venting blog, so I'm going to pass this time. Sorry, but... tl;dr "priorities"
...On a side note, if you have something to say to me directly, it's best to do so using comments because when I check on my phone I don't see the shoutbox so I'm less likely to respond to it (whereas I can and usually will respond to comments on my phone if I feel there's a good reason to). Just an FYI since I noticed some stuff about Leopold's supports or something (FYI he has a support rank with Zane which is only there for plot reasons until the Constellation where you can actually use it, though the Constellation stops support conversation text for plot reasons... and Alice might also have a support with a certain Constellation character)
So yeah, thanks for your support, patience, and understanding. Feel free to kindly let me know if there's anything I can do better. I'm not sure how people feel about the Google Docs system of doing things and how I do things in general, so just leave a comment if you have something to say, most of you know how laid back and silly I am by now. Just don't push the same subject over and over :P 95% of the time I don't simply dismiss critique even if it seems I do, I try to keep the fact that there are other ideas in my mind even if I don't agree... unless you convince me you're a troll or hopeless idiot, in which case I get a good laugh so it's not all bad XD
Expect a patch to fix most of the reported problems by Tuesday or Wednesday. Also, if your gameplay experience has been ruined by the glitches and whatnot, feel free to take a pause and either resume or restart once it's updated. (In fact, I kind of hope some people are holding back since each version of the beta needs to be tested to make sure bugs are in fact fixed etc.).
the open beta is now under way and I'm a bit disappointed in multiple regards.
Mainly, two things are bothering me: I'm highly disappointed with myself that things are as buggy as they are, though I sort of expected them to be given how little testing I had done recently (the Constellation WAS highly betatested and you would probably scream in agony if it had as many issues as it did), and second, I'm slightly disappointed with people not uploading savestates when reporting glitches.
To emphasize, without savestates, I cannot fix bugs and glitches (most of the time). Most of them are VERY hard to reproduce without spending a lot of time trying to do so. If you're going to report a bug or glitch, PLEASE upload a savestate--probably 90% or more of the time, I will need them. Text errors and the such don't need them as much, but they're still highly appreciated so that I can test them to see if it's been fixed and the such.
Anyhow, I keep having to type "[Savestate, please]" and similar such things and I was just hoping people could sort of take the initiative to start with. I'm not really angry or anything, and I see people are adding them right now, which I highly appreciate, I was just hoping I could get them to start with since I fear people may forget/neglect to upload them once I add the comment. =)
EDIT: Also, I forgot to mention, but savestates are preferred if they happen before the glitch happens, because I can't really test to see if it's fixed and/or reproduce the bug after it happens.
Thanks everyone for your help and cooperation as well as tolerance dealing with all the bugs/glitches. Hopefully you're having a little bit of fun as well, even if it's being slightly impeded.
There is no changelog: some changes were listed here.
Final notes, if you would--I tried to say as much as I could before, but there's just too much to say, especially since I have to take extra caution given that you are almost all new betatesters to TLP:
- There is an update patch for converting from v1.3 to v2.0 beta 1 as well as a patch for converting a clean FE7 ROM to v2.0 beta 1. Either one will suffice. As usual, XDelta only has the latter.
- As per betatesting custom, the main theme is "Burn It Down". Since this is almost everyone's first betatest (minus a few special people who might blush if they read this), you don't know this, but it is customary to have this as the main theme during work periods, as opposed to the game's actual main theme, The Resounding Vow (which has been updated, IIRC).
- Back-up your save game/ROM. If something breaks, I am not responsible: part of being a beta tester is being able to handle these things on your own.
-I am on a "no mercy" policy right now. If anyone flames me or causes
any sort of conflict due to unwillingness to cooperate, I will not try
to reason things out. I will in fact be a total immature jerk if I need to, meaning if people post stupid comments due to their inability or unwillingness to read, I may just leave them be or even delete them. This is due to some suggestions from my friends.
- The betatest was supposed to come out 2 days from now, on the 1st, so that I could use it as an April's Fool joke. That's why I made the post on the "release estimate" a while ago--to help set up the joke. However, I didn't expect to finish this quickly--and I'm not complaining, because I still have half my weekend left, and that's exciting for me.
- Some of the features in the Constellation might seem like they're from Awakening. I assure you that with the exception of the Angelic Wing (idea taken from "Limit Break"), they aren't (or at least I can't remember anything else that was inspired from FE13)--I hardly knew anything about Awakening prior to playing it on... January 17th, was it? And even then I didn't really know much until February 4th, when the full game came out. Just an FYI saying "this was a lot more original for a Fire Emblem game before FE13", since one of my betatesters jokingly said that Awakening stole ideas from TKP (though we know that can't be true).
I had a lot more on my mind in general but I can't remember it right now, so with that, play the game and do enjoy! The Constellation has some of the funnest maps in the game in my opinion, and the supports are only average but the boosts are great and if nothing else, they should flesh out some of the characters and give the game a little more depth.
I look forward to hearing your comments, suggestions, and most importantly, your bug/glitch reports!
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