New beta needs testing

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TheRock
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Ryujin wrote:QUOTE (Ryujin @ Jun 28 2018, 09:44 PM) So I just tried Beta... no one else was online, but everything seemed to work, with one exception.
The quick reference was way oversized and didn't fit on the screen... and worse was that I was not able to exit out of the quick reference screen.
Thanks!

So pretty much the same as the non-beta. I'm reluctant to spend time on fixing non-standard potato resolutions, but I guess I'll put it on my list since it's a bit more prominent now.
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Rock wrote:QUOTE (Rock @ Jun 28 2018, 03:41 PM) Thanks!

So pretty much the same as the non-beta. I'm reluctant to spend time on fixing non-standard potato resolutions, but I guess I'll put it on my list since it's a bit more prominent now.
Do you need my info?
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Ryujin wrote:QUOTE (Ryujin @ Jun 28 2018, 11:16 PM) Do you need my info?
Specifically for the "quick reference"/F1/help popup no. It's in there for a few months already, but I'll see what I can do.
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Ryu mentioned on discord that he is crashing on the beta. While it was my plan to release it right now, I'll wait until we can look into that first.

"full" patch notes:

QUOTE Changes since the previous update which was on 30-4-2018:

**User interface**
- Movies play on first run by default, will not play for older installs (Rock)
- Configuration screen reworked in a big way (Rock)
- Added, removed, renamed and changed many configuration options (Rock)
- Added modding section to configuration, displaying currently installed mods (Rock)
- Fixed bug introduced in january that was making it impossible to change server name and password (Rock)
- Partially fixed being unable to close the helppane after opening it in a low resolution. Bottom left is now cut off instead. (Rock)
- (New ui, still disabled by default) Likely fixed connecting to passworded server (Rock)
- (New ui, still disabled by default) Fixed popup inside popup (Rock)

**Graphics**
- Changed how the window is resized, causing less state changes (Rock)
- Fixed saved resolution not being used (Rock)

**Input**:
- Fixed one case of the stuck keys bug. Pressing a thrust key, deactivating the window somehow, the key state now resets to being unpressed. (Rock)

**Training**:
- Fixed mission 2 text (LANS)
- Fixed delay in mission 2 related to afterburner (LANS)

**Other**
- Callsign filtering is more strict, only allowing alphanumeric and _ (Rock)
- Removed several unused startup options (Rock)
- Moved window creation earlier, before game initialization (Rock)
- Some work on separating game engine and artwork loading (Rock)
- Moved movies to earlier in the initialization process, they should play earlier now (Rock)
- Added more logging to a lot of places (Rock)[/quote]
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Rock wrote:QUOTE (Rock @ Jun 29 2018, 03:15 AM) Specifically for the "quick reference"/F1/help popup no. It's in there for a few months already, but I'll see what I can do.
Once i discovered it was F1 to open/close it, it did open and close. (was trying escape)
But the part of the quick reference showing F1 for the quick reference is hidden.
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Took a while but this version is back under the steam beta "next-release". See the first post in this topic on how to enable it.

Changes since two months ago. For a more detailed view see https://github.com/FreeAllegiance/Alleg ... xt-release.

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- DirectX version upgrade to have access to a "frame latency" configuration. This improves input latency, especially with vsync on. This however removes XP compatibility.
- Some additional code checks around alt-tabbing back into the game. The DX upgrade should also affect the crashing issues we have been having here, hopefully in a positive way.
- Fixed faulty doubleclick detection on my wireless mouse.
- Fixed an issue with the reading of the configuration that caused a performance loss on every frame.
- Fixed a problem with the startup causing the window to go fullscreen while it should still be running the intro movies or the loading icon.
- Did some more work on separating the engine from the game. The debug text that would be shown with alt-f has a different font now.
Full notes.

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Changes since the previous update which was on 30-4-2018:

**User interface**
- Movies play on first run by default, will not play for older installs (Rock)
- Configuration screen reworked in a big way (Rock)
- Added, removed, renamed and changed many configuration options (Rock)
- Added modding section to configuration, displaying currently installed mods. Work in progress. (Rock)
- Fixed bug introduced in january that was making it impossible to change server name and password (Rock)
- Quick reference screen aligns top right instead of bottom left, making sure the close buttons are visible on low resolutions (Rock)
- Added loading screen to startup, graphic by BunnyWabbit (Rock)
- (New ui, still disabled by default) Likely fixed connecting to passworded server (Rock)
- (New ui, still disabled by default) Fixed popup inside popup (Rock)

**Graphics**
- Upgraded from DirectX9 to DirectX9Ex. Dropping support for windows XP. (Rock)
- Set frame latency to 1 (instead of 3) for fullscreen mode. (Rock)
- VSync on by default (Rock)
- Changed how the window is resized, causing less state changes (Rock)
- Fixed saved resolution not being used (Rock)

**Input**:
- Default keymap changed (LANS)
- Fixed one case of the stuck keys bug. Pressing a thrust key, deactivating the window somehow, the key state now resets to being unpressed. (Rock)
- Added raw mouse input as a mouse input option (Rock)
- Fixed double mouse click not always registering properly (Rock)

**Training**:
- Fixed mission 2 text (LANS)
- Fixed delay in mission 2 related to afterburner (LANS)

**Other**
- Callsign filtering is more strict, only allowing alphanumeric and _, and limiting length (Rock)
- Removed several unused startup options (Rock)
- Moved window creation earlier, before game initialization (Rock)
- Some work on separating the engine and artwork loading (Rock)
- Moved movies to earlier in the initialization process, they should play earlier now (Rock)
- Added more logging to a lot of places (Rock)
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Great work Rock!! :notworthy:
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QUOTE - Fixed one case of the stuck keys bug. Pressing a thrust key, deactivating the window somehow, the key state now resets to being unpressed.[/quote]
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Post by TheRock »

I want to push this again.

While the earlier deploy can be called disastrous, there have been no major issues since. Ofcourse, this partially has to do with so few people giving feedback.

What are people's thoughts on the state of the beta?
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