BETA woes

A thread to rant about crashes, etc

from Elemental Forums

Disclaimer: not a bug report, just letting off steam if crashes and the like are getting the better of you ;)

 

So twice now I have played a game somewhat beyond the first stages, and both times it just hang :(

Had a couple of villages, a few units, major gold losses but overall things were going fine, until one village gained a level and I couldn't click the OK button in the message and nothing responded anymore, not even alt-tab. I ended up closing Elemental through the task manager. Grrr.

I have faith this will be fixed before long though :D

 

Are you ready to throw your keyboard because the Frog was right that the beta isn't fun? Post it here ;)

elemental
9,512 views 12 replies
Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Well, at this point, Beta 1 is fun for me. It's the discovery of what is there, and how things work, and how far I can push things. If that isn't the sort of fun you have, and you need a "almost completely fleshed out" game, then you might want to come back in a few release cycles and check back.

BTW, is there a wiki site for use early sloggers to go to post our "how this works" or read other's tips on such?

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

I was expecting this. Frankly, your lucky. I can't even get the game to run. But, I submitted my bug report and am waiting for the issues to be fixed.

WindowBlinds - Free yourself of the default settings, customize your desktop.
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Well part of the point of a Beta is to find crash bugs and fix them, you can't really expect the game to be totally stable at this point. It's crashed a few times on me to, but it's still fun to a degree even thought it's basic I love the pewter minatures look.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

I have had a few hang ups myself, same issue for one time. Another time I was just walking around and the building completed menu poped up, and froze my game. The Third time, I can't remember, I just know that it hanged on me somewhere.

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

It's not really getting me steamed I mean it's a very early beta, at this time I expected lots of crash bugs on different rigs so I'm not put of by this at all.

It will be a while before it's stable and anywhere near feature complete.

 

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

I like what I've seen by now... I was able to conquer something like 5 or 6 cities, buils 3 or 4 and then crash to Desktop two times. But having some fun between crashes, it's the goal ;) I'm still learning the mechanism of the game. I'm a programmer so I'll try to found more programming related bugs...

Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top

Yeah, be happy it runs.  I'm out until the next build because I have to use the familytree work around just to get past the intro screen and then its a weird version of the game where your units stick to enemy borders.

But it looks like it has potential!

 

Ren

Reply #8 from Elemental Forums Top

I  feel your pain.   But thats what this Beta is for.   Helps catch those nasty hangs and memory issues before its too complex to figure out whats causing them.    

Reply #9 from Elemental Forums Top

Cheer up, I've been through much worse in terms of betas.

Take Mortal Online for example. It was so bad I had to contact VISA to get a refund on my CC. The company refused to refund me for a pre-order they hadn't delivered.

I've learned my lesson. I'll never pre-order a game again. I'll probably buy Elemental when it comes out, though! :D  

Reply #10 from Elemental Forums Top

Well I do trust Stardock to deliver a good product, they have a reputation to uphold :)

Plus I'm glad that I preordered, I was charged only 35 euros :omg:

Reply #11 from Elemental Forums Top

Its running pretty well for me; I haven't run into any crashes or stuttering.  I have had some odd transparency issues with screens over text and some unit selection difficulty, but nothing crazy.

Reply #12 from Elemental Forums Top

I went into Beta expecting not to enjoy the mechanics of the game--- rather, I was expecting to have fun watching the game itself evolve and grow.  That being said, almost everything works properly for me, and I haven't experienced any crashes ;-)  Any bugs I have found have pretty much already been reported.