FAZ Beta R5 Known Issues

badpazzword · Post by **badpazzword** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 3:22 pm

Allegiance R5 beta (with ASGS clean install) launches on Intel Mobile GFX adaptors.

Well... it does look like an excellent 4D game

Adam4 · Post by **Adam4** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:14 pm

Pruned the topic to keep issues separate from troubleshooting

Deathrender · Post by **Deathrender** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:38 pm

Beta R5 issue: Screen background has glitchy reflection like looking through a crystal.
Here are a few screenies:

EDIT: A quick dxdiag of my system
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_gdr.090302-1506)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Inspiron 1525
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A16
Processor: Intel® Core2 Duo CPU T5800 @ 2.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz
Memory: 3062MB RAM
Page File: 1650MB used, 4700MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 6.00.6001.18000 32bit Unicode

Adam4 · Post by **Adam4** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:55 pm

Please include relevant information such as GFX card.

Makida · Post by **Makida** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:13 pm

A few issues came up when testing alliances today; I dunno if they're already known or not, but I don't see them mentioned in this thread, so:

- Bases can still be damaged/killed by the AB weaponry of allied teams, even when allied ships, drones, etc., are not harmed by friendly fire. (TTs and HTTs can't capture allied bases, though: EMP will bring the shields down, but docking will just re-launch the transport as with any other allied ship. We didn't test NG, that might be interesting. >_<)
- While you can dock at allied bases, autopilot will not guide you to the green door automatically.
- Docking at an allied base is not the same as docking at a carrier; it repairs, but does not resupply.
- Miners will automatically try to dock at allied bases, unsuccessfully: They will go to the green door and sit there.
- While allied bombers/htts/etc. do not cause a "station at risk" warning, allied TP probes do.
- Carriers, drones, etc. get "at risk" warnings when allied ships enter a sector.

TurkeyXIII wrote:QUOTE (TurkeyXIII @ Jun 24 2009, 12:53 PM) It's more a matter of... you get warnings when you can see allied drones in danger. Not a huge bug, but kind of pointless since you can't rip to their carriers and their miners can't dock at your bases.

- Game does not end when only one alliance remains: it has to be drawn manually (I seem to remember this being mentioned before, but not in this thread, so, here it is.) This is the case even when all the tech bases of the other alliance have been destroyed/captured.
- Miners from allied teams will mine the same He rocks, instead of picking an unoccupied rock.

Sorry if any of these are already known! If I got anything wrong, hopefully someone else from the game will come by and correct me.

bigrou · Post by **bigrou** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:36 pm

Just for reference since that's what we were testing and the thread is a bit forgotten : http://www.freeallegiance.org/forums/index...st&p=291960
Also a minor glitch, when a allied base is discovered (since the scan vision isn't shared) the red notification is talking about an "enemy base".

<edit: another even more minor glitch -> in the lobby when for example you are playing with 3 teams and the two first are already allied, when you click on the third one the label is saying "Ally with team 1, 2" but if you do so the game become a ffa again.>

TurkeyXIII · Post by **TurkeyXIII** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:53 pm

girlyboy wrote:QUOTE (girlyboy @ Jun 25 2009, 02:13 AM) - Carriers, drones, etc. get "at risk" warnings when allied ships enter a sector.

It's more a matter of... you get warnings when you can see allied drones in danger. Not a huge bug, but kind of pointless since you can't rip to their carriers and their miners can't dock at your bases.

Adam4 · Post by **Adam4** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:57 pm

The current FAZ build is from November. Many of these issues will be fixed when an updated EXE is pushed out.

Imago · Post by **Imago** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 5:14 pm

This is the issue that is fixed, at least with my build. hopefully we'll get some updates out sooner than later.

Dogbones · Post by **Dogbones** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 5:19 pm

I hope to have an updated executable (based on all the work Imago has recently done) ready for download by the end of the weekend, if not sooner.

Since Imago built off the version that is on the beta server now and that version was never well tested, testing this version still has value.

Dog