This alpha test is intended to
- Get a number of people with different graphics card configurations to test the upgraded graphics engine so we can identify incompatibilities.
- Please post your Operating system, graphics card, and graphics card driver here if you CAN or CANNOT run the alpha.
- Allow those currently 'crippled' by nVidia's drivers to play
- Please realize this is an alpha and there are 'issues', do not flood us with minor complaints/issues
- Download it from here: http://fazdev.alleg.net/FAZ/Allegiance_DX9_alpha.zip
Launch Allegiance as you did before (through ASGS).
DO NOT launch it from ASGS in beta mode, that is for the beta, this is different.
The Esc menu should report
FAZ R4-32B Build # 08.04.08 for the regular client
FAZ R4-32B Build # 08.04.15 for the alpha client
You may need to download a DX9 dll (it will complain about a missing dll). Place this in your regular allegiance folder (same folder as Allegiance.exe): http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?d3dx9_30
A NEW device settings box will appear. It will remember your settings but you need to set them fairly quickly otherwise ASGS will time you out (saying Allegiance failed to start in the alloted time).
For now
- Stick to under 512x512 textures sizes
- Enable vertical sync
- Leave "Use texture pack file" unchecked
- Keep antialiasing under 8x
- Run it full screen
- The launch door animation does not work. Just click in the black area where the door would be to launch
- Antialiasing of 8x crashes the client (you are welcome to give it a try and if it does not crash your client let us know)
- Some graphics, like mines, have black boxes around them
- Highlighted items (like the box around a selected ship) is fairly faint
- When podded (and rarely/sometimes in a regular ship) you may see the gauges replicated (like an old projector out of alignment). This should clear on docking and relaunch)
- The edge of the F4 loadout panel is jagged
- The team event message colors are off/wrong. The team chat color is also a bit off.
- Explosions are very pixelated
- Sometimes (as in not always) the flashing windows taskbar network 'status' lights show through
- Some Intel integrated graphics chipsets won't run the client at all (this MAY be fixable so don't assume if it does not work now it won't work at all down the road)
- The alpha uses the graphics mode you select under resolution at the start and not what is set from inside allegiance.
Great job!
