Official Squad Thread

neoboy · 12 Jul 2015 at 12:08

It's standalone now though so far better.

Daytrader · 12 Jul 2015 at 12:26

RyanF said:
Trying to get back into PRBF2 and looks like I've got to re-learn it all it was that long ago I last played, haha

Into the co-op servers I go

Your love it again.

Xcept1 · 14 Jul 2015 at 21:38

There's been live steams all day today. Unfortuntately I've been stuck at work

There's still a few playing!

http://www.twitch.tv/fairlight_excalibur
http://www.twitch.tv/anthony_kongphan
http://www.twitch.tv/rastabob1

silversurfer · 14 Jul 2015 at 21:41

Trying to get back into PRBF2 and looks like I've got to re-learn it all it was that long ago I last played

standard bf2 is very different, I'd kinda argue you have to unlearn a lot of the arcade style to play this kind of 'mod' of course its standalone now but im sure they are not aiming for arcade or jumping style fps action

Garfo · 14 Jul 2015 at 22:41

Xcept1 said:
There's been live steams all day today. Unfortuntately I've been stuck at work

There's still a few playing!

http://www.twitch.tv/fairlight_excalibur
http://www.twitch.tv/anthony_kongphan
http://www.twitch.tv/rastabob1

wheres ya self!!

Xcept1 · 14 Jul 2015 at 22:52

Work totally screwed up my plans of having a game tonight!

neoboy · 15 Jul 2015 at 14:53

Closed Pre Alpha is set to commence July 25th and 26th.

Please check your email late next week for your Alpha keys, registration link and download link.

Our current build still has a few bugs but is very very stable so we are ready to roll! Thanks for your continued patience.

Looking forward to shooting you many many times!

Just as I'm leaving on a holiday for over 2 weeks you buggers

Grumps82 · 15 Jul 2015 at 14:55

Hahaha ffs yeah me too. I leave on the 24th :-(

Xcept1 · 15 Jul 2015 at 20:37

I'll go on one of your holidays and you can stay and play?

RyanF · 15 Jul 2015 at 20:43

Any rough ETA for standard Closed Alpha access from the Squad Leader package? So hyped to play this; watching some of the streams yesterday and it looks awesome so far

Xcept1 · 15 Jul 2015 at 21:40

Closed Pre-Alpha starts next weekend and continues for 6-8 weeks then Closed Alpha should start. All is subject to change though.

mike.grayizzle · 15 Jul 2015 at 22:11

Will servers be up constantly during the pre alpha period or where there be timed slots?

Xcept1 · 16 Jul 2015 at 12:26

The biggest problem is that the servers get into a state where the level doesn't transition properly and a bunch of people crash and the game doesn't start.

That's why we have to poke them and keep them running. It's why we have to monitor them.

This isn't a simple bug. It's one of the main reasons why we pushed pre-alpha back a week. It's fine 80% of the time, but when it pops up, it's incredibly annoying and likes to only show up when there are a lot of people on.

We'll probably nail it down during pre-alpha (that's what it's for) and revisit the weekend thing.

As for why we aren't doing unofficial servers (yet): We don't have any code to prevent an out of date client from joining a server of a different build. You get bounced back to the main menu without even a hint of why you failed to connect... something that's awful and really annoying for outside people to see.

Due to the fact that we are going to be moving quickly during pre-alpha and likely releasing new builds to you guys every week... We really don't want the server list to grow stale with outdated builds.

Keep in mind, if we do revisit it, that's not a promise that we'll go 24/7. I'm simply sharing the game code reasons why we can't do 24/7 public pre-alpha.

There are a lot of issues involved and we want to both provide the best experience for you while still maintaining our development pace and keep on track for early access.

TLDR - Weekend only at first until a big bug gets squashed then maybe open it up more.

Xcept1 · 17 Jul 2015 at 14:12

Was anyone here mad enough to back at Ranger level?

neoboy · 17 Jul 2015 at 14:26

Nah, I already had too much rope.

neoboy · 19 Jul 2015 at 14:38

Xcept1 you been very quiet, spill some beans man

mike.grayizzle · 19 Jul 2015 at 20:23

He is too busy playing :mad:

neoboy · 19 Jul 2015 at 21:25

Time for some good ol' fashioned lynchin' me thinks, grab the shotguns!

Xcept1 · 19 Jul 2015 at 21:51

Hah yeah sorry lads been playing with the Ranger tier backers all weekend (that and Rocket League which is amazing fun)! I managed to get a few streams in on Twitch too - http://www.twitch.tv/melbo1195/profile/past_broadcasts

Josh · 19 Jul 2015 at 21:56

Closed pre-alpha not until 26th September...damn, back to BF4 I go for a while then.

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