Nope, still says coming 2014 and I backed on KS.
Patch Notes Update Gamma Released
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Nope, still says coming 2014 and I backed on KS.
At the moment all you can do is clear your save (save and exit to the main menu, then go to Options | Clear Save). Once you've done that you can start over with a different start position.
In the final game we might get three "save slots" per account, which would allow for multiple simultaneous play styles, but this was only discussed and never promised. Whether it makes it into the release version is anyone's guess.
All of Michael Brook's comments on a possible Gamma wipe:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=63841
So i finally got gamma up and running and it felt very intimidating. I wasn't lost in a sea of nothing but it did take me a little while to find an area I could get a feel for and do a bit of trading. I'm loving the cobra mk3 as my starter ship.
The good.
the computer AI is very mixed, some are a cake walk, others... seriously hard work.
interdiction, hits a nice level. not too many of them and I can avoid most but every so often one gets me.
Bad bits.
cartography keeps eating my credits when selling.
the game seems more laggy than before.
controller issues, I have to fiddle about every time I load up to get my gamepad working.
The good.
the computer AI is very mixed, some are a cake walk, others... seriously hard work.
interdiction, hits a nice level. not too many of them and I can avoid most but every so often one gets me.
Bad bits.
cartography keeps eating my credits when selling.
the game seems more laggy than before.
controller issues, I have to fiddle about every time I load up to get my gamepad working.
I think new folk could do with a little bit of a pointer towards what to do to get going.
I also have the Cartography issue and 0 gamepad compatability, a profile named for Xbox360 controller or others might help?
That's the blessing of an online stored gamesave. It's a database, and storage space cost money. If they add or change things in that DB it means to reset the tables, as a conversion needs to be coded and execution of the conversin cost ressources aka money in the end.
Just hope it is the last time and we won't get another wipe when plametary landings get introduced or extravehicular actions...
I thought everybody was happy with always online MMO and doesn't need a local stored gamesave for offline play?
I think new folk could do with a little bit of a pointer towards what to do to get going.
I also have the Cartography issue and 0 gamepad compatability, a profile named for Xbox360 controller or others might help?
it should say gamepad, or gamepad with yaw etc.
i wasn't geting it at all with my 3rd party 360 pad but once I plugged in official 360 pad it came up and then I could use the 3rd party one. which is handy as the official one is temperamental.
for getting started there are some great youtube videos.
As for the reset, I'm not worried, I always assumed there would be a final reset at launch as that makes the most sense.
Tried that, and logged in, but says "Purchase" and doesn't allow me to download the game files. It would help if the communication around this was clear as it looks like some kickstarter backers without alpha/beta has access and others don't...
Sigh, more terrible communication... Don't they realize how ambiguous it reads?
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=62454&page=14&p=1058931#post1058931
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=13218&p=1059719#post1059719
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=13218
Oh and now suddenly it's just GBP42 and above who get gamma, not "Backers whose reward level includes a copy of the game"
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=62454&page=14&p=1058931#post1058931
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=13218&p=1059719#post1059719
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=13218
Oh and now suddenly it's just GBP42 and above who get gamma, not "Backers whose reward level includes a copy of the game"
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I wish if there will be wipe after Gamma, at minimum explored (and because of that settled) systems are left as in Gamma.
It just would feel weird whole systems and areas with stations and orbitals would disappear, with all their data.
Not like space is gonna run out of systems to explore, anyway.
If wipe is technically unavoidable, then naturally.
PS. Made it to Earth in my explorer Cobra, all it took were 3 fuel scoops!
It just would feel weird whole systems and areas with stations and orbitals would disappear, with all their data.
Not like space is gonna run out of systems to explore, anyway.
If wipe is technically unavoidable, then naturally.
PS. Made it to Earth in my explorer Cobra, all it took were 3 fuel scoops!
When you buy into a "BETA" program you are part of the DEVELOPMENT process. This process is NOT the final released game. Surely everyone who moans about resets must realize this? No? Perhaps not.... but they should! We have been play TESTING the product, not getting privileged early use of the game or something esoteric like that. By play-testing, we have been providing FD with vital telemetry of FAULTS and code/networking problems so they can be fixed ready for launch of the final version i.e. v1.0 (when there will be no more resets). As someone elsewhere pointed out: When the servers have to be reset, ALL data including player stats etc are also reset.
I say FD and all the Dev Team are doing a fine, and probably VERY difficult job! MANY THANKS and keep up the good work, it's been a blast so far!
I've GBP50 on my total backed amount, but still only Purchase option is available on the Launcher.
Wyzak: Same here, but someone pointed me to this link to the installer - it worked, let me log in and I'm now playing (I backed it at £30 IIRC)
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Tried that, and it doesn't work. Just like Nathaniel Crowe says, after all the effort of installing it and logging in, it just has a "Purchase" button.
Bug and Feature request: Right side panel -> Statistics
1. Credits spent on ships aren't counted, still 0 despite buying 2 ships already
2. Missing a section/line for quests and especially quest rewards accumulated in statistics. Could probably be more lines, one per quest type. The reason is that i traded most of the time and did trade quests but the statistics say that only like 350kcr were earned by trade, my total assets of 700k aren't explained by that. And thinking about it i came to the conclusion that it must be mission rewards then accounting for the rest (aside of a few cr for exploration but that is already in the statistics). So adding statistics for missions would be really great.
1. Credits spent on ships aren't counted, still 0 despite buying 2 ships already
2. Missing a section/line for quests and especially quest rewards accumulated in statistics. Could probably be more lines, one per quest type. The reason is that i traded most of the time and did trade quests but the statistics say that only like 350kcr were earned by trade, my total assets of 700k aren't explained by that. And thinking about it i came to the conclusion that it must be mission rewards then accounting for the rest (aside of a few cr for exploration but that is already in the statistics). So adding statistics for missions would be really great.
This is awesome, only slight downer (if that is even a downer) being at the launch event meant not being able to play this weekend! lol
Point being, this isn't the beta anymore, this is the gamma that was announced to be the head-start, "bonus" phase for alpha and beta testers to get out of their crappy starting Sidewinders before the full release players arrive.
A wipe reduces the Gamma to Beta 4, and takes away the promised headstart phase.
Does it now become clear why people react somewhat annoyed?
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