*World War 2 Online v1.31 available*

[Devlish]

Version 1.31, a standalone OFFLINE ONLY test client, is available for download.

Tried to get this last night but the servers were being hammered. Now before you think 'oooh free game', think again. If youve never experienced WWIIOL before, youre likely to be disappointed with the basicness of it, the slightly stiff controls and being in a totally empty world. As a game (its a pay-per-month) it only really shines when youve got lots of players all doing a combined arms assault. So dont expect this OFFLINE ONLY client to be anything more than a couple of minutes of distraction if youre looking for fun, but it might be a whole new world for those of us who have played this game previously and are looking forward to ragdoll physics etc.

READ THIS before you waste your time downloading - you might also want to note that only premium subscribers have access to the forums, so you cant even see if the issues you identify (presuming you do the 20 minutes of tests) have been identified previously.

If it looks like something's not working or doesn't seem right, it probably isn't. At this stage of 1.31 development we are down to a hundred or so bugs, some minor while others are more noticable. One of our goals is to identify new bugs that haven't been caught by our production staff or the team of closed Beta testers. During your time with this Beta client, you may see a few odd things and some features that look pretty broken (floating grass and sunken buildings for example). These types of issues are common when debugging a major update and fixes for many of these are already underway. In order to avoid reporting bugs or issues that we are already working on, premium subscribers can refer to the KNOWN ISSUES thread in the GAME BUG REPORTS forum. While you might panic and think these bugs mean 1.31 is months away, we expect the great majority will be fixed in the very next Beta build. For now, please stick to the testing plan, review the KNOWN ISSUES thread and report anything new for us to tackle.

 

[throdgrain]

I dont think I'll bother actually

 

[Devlish]

Yeah does sound kind of forbidding eh? I would rather that though than having people come back saying the usual 'this game sucks'. If you want a fun xp wait for the final candidate, this is strictly fir people curious about the client.