Enemy Territory Quake Wars - beta
polycounter lvl 18
For all impatients :
Enemy Territory Quake Wars - beta is coming
http://community.enemyterritory.com/index.php?q=node/59
http://www.fileplanet.com/
Enemy Territory Quake Wars - beta is coming
http://community.enemyterritory.com/index.php?q=node/59
http://www.fileplanet.com/
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I'd really like to play this game, but I don't have the time to sit around my computer waiting for it to tell me a time to come back and wait for. This guarantees you will have a lot of middle schoolers and high schoolers that are on summer break with nothing better to do.
Not sure how many have gone so far, they were made available to FilePlanet subscribers on Wednesday, and I believe that the freely available keys (of which there are at least 30,000) will start being released in batches beginning on Friday.
I usually hop on one of the UK servers most nights, so if anyone wants a game and has the beta, add "MoP" to your friends list in the server browser.
Cheers!
Sonic whats the problem, they give the keys out 8pm :P
Sorry couldn't resist
2GB RAM, GeForce 7900 512MB, Core Duo 2.4GHZ.
Anyone know what I should upgrade first?
I was playing on a 2GB RAM, GeForce 7900GS 256MB, Athlon 64 Dual Core 3800+, and it runs smoothly on "Medium" graphics settings.
Even managed to get it going (on "Low" graphics mind you) on a P4 3ghz with 1GB RAM and a Radeon 9800 Pro.
Are you asking because the signup page has told you your hardware is insufficient? I've heard reports that people using Opera or browsers other than IE or Firefox are having trouble getting past that page.
Also you could try lying about your specs, since I'm 99% sure that the specs you listed there will run the Beta.
that game have some tough graphics-
thanks Tully, Mop, Peppi, Sa7an etc.
Also you could try lying about your specs, since I'm 99% sure that the specs you listed there will run the Beta.
[/ QUOTE ]lying about your specs will only work if you haven't entered your real specs before, if you did it will keep saying it's insufficient to play the game. this can be easily fixed by deleting your cookies and entereing the highest specs possible though.
1gb RAM, Athlon 64 3200+m, Geforce 6800 GT 256mb
Too slow? Probably...
Oh well, I'll just wait for the actual game.
-caseyjones
Edit: I should have gone to the first link on the first post instead of just charging straight to FilePlanet. Only up to day 2 of key distro. My day may yet come :P
Its only about 5 bucks US for a subscription. If you don't want to have to fight the unwashed masses for a key on Saturday, it might be worth the cash.
And graphics look bit dated but it runs really well so thats cool, even tho it pisses me off kinda cause the old screens were so much better and i hate lie based hyping.
-caseyjones
Tanks and mechs are impossible to control, they just wont drive/walk straight and get stuck in stuff. Its really annoying and i cant figure out if like the mechs legs turn independantly from the upper part or not cause after i try to strafe it starts to walk in random directions when i want to go forward.
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Yeah this is something that a lot of people have mentioned in the beta feedback forums, it's actually been fixed already (and better anti-lag netcode is being worked on too) so everything should be smoother and easier to control when it gets patched up to the latest version (not sure when that will happen unfortunately).
But that's why it's a beta!
Also IMHO Sewer (the beta map) is one of the less visually interesting maps (although it is super fun to play once you're used to the speed and teamwork), we have a ton of much cooler looking maps which we didn't want to spoil the surprise with
Maybe some polycounter can send me P.M. with key
-caseyjones
Im rather liking the game now that I'm starting to get the hang of it. It feels pretty unrefined and chaotic but its good fun and runs pretty smooth for the most part.
MoP, Tully, a special request. Go up to your weapons coder and jab him with your pen until he makes the grenade throwing better. He could copy the timing, power and trajectory straight out of the original Enemy Territory and it'd be great. Get the grenades right and you've got one sure fire sale here, even if nothing else works. Its a Prussian thing.
and i LOVE the icarus jet pack!
Fileplanet is also going a bit slowly right now because of all the people trying to sign up...
If you fancy your chances, check out the news story here:
http://community.enemyterritory.com/index.php?q=node/64
finaly I think I will wait for a version def. when will be out.
Here in France the date out is 15.July 07 ,
but I doubt it, cause the "beta".
What You think ?
My only real big crit is that the weapon model/textures would have been better, but they are solid none the less.
If anyone wants to play just add Striff to their buddy list. I'm usually playing in west coast servers.
I'll probably play in Australian servers mainly but will hop in some US or UK servers if I had a polycounter to play with or against.
-caseyjones
I found this guide here http://www.fpsadmin.com/download/details.php?file=113 that gives more info on classes etc, worth a quick read as the game is not as simple as BF2.
http://4newbies.planetwolfenstein.gamespy.com/ETQW/
Don't be afraid of reading it just because it says "4newbies", there's actually a lot of good stuff in there
Lupus: Aye, it does take a while to get used to the pace of it all, and figure out what class you enjoy and perform best as, but once you get used to it and play on a server full of others who are good at their classes, even a disorganised public game can be a lot of fun
I also checked my persistent stats, the violator beacon I threw about 4 times and hit many more, had a ratio of about 7200 lol.
PS. Dark Matter cannon ftw
I usually play Covert Ops/Infiltrator. What's your username, Lupus? Mind if I add you as a friend in the game?
Also, here's a pretty good and fairly high-quality gameplay video from a guy on the community site (needs DivX Web player installed):
http://stage6.divx.com/user/Sureshotte/video/1341004/ET:QW-Beta---Assault-Running-(full-match)
Strogg team don't do a great job of defending during that game though...
Enjoy!
I can only play late at night though as I get bad pings (for everything) when I try to play during the day/evening. I'm not sure if switching to a different provider would help.
That was really fun.
EDIT: Ok, that's the 5th time now, it's not the comp that's crashing but the game itself, unfortunately it crashes in such a way that I can't get back to my desktop
I've noticed this thing logs crashes and the words ati appear a lot... Fucking woop >:/
ERROR: SymGetLineFromAddr64, GetLastError: 487 (Address: 692C441F)
692C441F (atioglxx): (filename not available): atiPPHSN
I'd like to play this game sometime
Username is "RazorBladder" if any y'all wanna add.
Hmmm, a Polycount quake wars beta server Kub?
In the meantime, I heard that ATI's "VPU Recover" settings can make your game crash in an unrecoverable way (how ironic) - someone on the Community Forums said that turning the VPU Recover option off meant that they could get back to the desktop instead of having to hard reboot.
I haven't tried it myself, so do that at your own risk.
Haha Jackablade
so, get me some cash and a key and we are all set. ;]
Also had a really weird problem where I was driving a vehicle during warmup, then when it switched to the actual game, the game seemed to think I was still pressing keys from before. Without touching the keyboard my character would be crouched and moving forward, to run I had to hold spacebar, to stand still I had to hold backwards. Dying didn't fix it either (also didn't want to recognise spacebar to spawn in the next wave).
Odd, but has only happened to me once.
PS. Something I'd really like to see is a concentrated effort by a few (3 or 4) oppressors/field ops all calling in artillery at pretty much the same time (with the first of their turrets) and watching the bombardment tear up a large area
But yeah, it's just BF in a diff package. Looks phenominal, but I stopped playing in about 15 mins. Games where skilled pilots have to wait for idiots to crash and respawn the vehicles annoys me. Use tribes buy system -_-
But yeah, it's just BF in a diff package. Looks phenominal, but I stopped playing in about 15 mins. Games where skilled pilots have to wait for idiots to crash and respawn the vehicles annoys me. Use tribes buy system -_-
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Here's an idea. : ) Don't wait and do something else.