[quote]Could we have this thread stickied, please? It seems like a really good idea to have a central clearinghouse for all bug reports.[/quote] I'll be putting together the official one starting Monday.
Toggle "show prerelease versions" in the impulse menu.
If you set windowed mode with your desktop resolution, the borders will be hidden and it will look like full screen. WAI.
[quote]I imagine this couldn't take more than a few minutes[/quote] Would that this were true :p
The developers are busy developing, as you might expect. There is a basic known issues sticky up already, and I'll be putting together a more detailed list as you describe starting Monday, same as I've made and maintained in the past for Demigod and Sins. Don't worry too much about duplicate bugs, just see that your reports are useful, readable, detailed, and in the right place, as per the stickies. There's also a new sticky up just now covering exactly what we're looking for in this
A number of people have expressed some questions about what we're looking for in feedback right now. For this first early beta release, our primary focus is on technical issues. That is to say: - Does it run? - Does it crash? - Does it hang? - Does it run poorly? - Does it look all messed up? - Does some basic function (ex: save/load, map generation, movement) not work right? These are the main questions we need your answers to right now. 
Most gameplay stuff is NOT implemented. At present, our main concern is simply whether it runs correctly or not (or not at all). So crashes, performance, graphic corruption, etc., those are the things we're looking for. Unless you encounter some gameplay issues that are very obviously implemented but broken (one example so far would be autocombat initiating only for the first unit in a stack, then you can go right past the rest), don't worry too much over them.
It's not uncommon for your resolution to be reset when reinstalling video drivers. Just set it back once the the post-install-startup stuff has all run itself.
There's no NDA, so help yourself. Just be aware of what you're committing to and make sure that you're willing to keep it up.
Forwarded this info to Cari, good find.
To reiterate and clarify, Please DO NOT use the bug tracker for posting questions, suggestions, requests, or complaints about stuff that is not yet implemented. That is not its purpose. Please post suggestions here on the forums only. If you're looking to discuss or give general feedback, that goes in the forums as well. If you do have something that belongs in the bug tracker (genuine bugs/failures), make certain to give it an appropriate and descriptive title (a one
Make sure you have show prerelease set on in the menu.
Before posting a problem report, please take note of the following requirements and common issues: Internet access is required. In order to keep everyone on the same page and allow the developers to update the data without needing to stage an entirely new build, the beta requires internet connectivity in order to download data files at runtime. Ensure that you are connected and that the game is allowed through any firewall apps you have; apparent start
Minor addition: the folders where memory dumps are written may be hidden. If you can't find them, go to Control Panel -> Folder Options -> View and set yourself to view hidden files and folders.
Welcome to the Elemental Beta! If you've beta tested with us before, welcome back. If not, or if you've beta tested other games, please keep in mind that our definition of "beta" is different from others. At this early stage, things are going to be rough and it won't be fun, but with your help and input the game will come together before your very eyes! So you've found a problem. First things first: what kind of
Barring the reboot you can copy the fonts from the font folder to Windows\Fonts to install them manually.
The game will require a DirectX9.0c card. It may work on 9.0a/b cards too, which the FireGL is, (we're not using Shader 3 AFAIK) but we won't be guaranteeing it.
The game will require a DirectX9.0c card (and the 6200 is, though slow), so finding the bottom tolerable point in that range will be helpful. It may work on 9.0a/b cards too (we're not using Shader 3 AFAIK) but we won't be guaranteeing it.
Beta forum . I've moved this there. If the game is at least trying to start, your debug.err will be helpful moreso than the dxdiag report.
The game is still USD$49.95. If you're seeing otherwise it's likely just the localized currency display in Impulse as Murteas said. The game should now be charging through directly, so paypal should be available to use.
If it's just for gaming and mainly for the kids, don't bother with dual screens. If you will be using the machine for any kind of major work involving multiple apps at once or multitasking though, it can be incredibly helpful to have multiple monitors.
You must be online to start the beta. It downloads the data files from the server to make sure everyone is using the same stuff, and we can update it without needing to put a new build on Impulse (if any actual code changes though that would take a new build--this is just the data). As well, update those video drivers, people! Especially the one with the 2005 drivers--the game is really struggling there as you can see in your debug, and I'm surprised it works at all.</p
We will not be supporting running the game under emulation.
SDC has been discontinued for some time due to techical limitations preventing or making new additions extremely difficult. You will need to use Impulse instead.
That's primarily for submitting bugs that need attachments. I'll update this thread or make a new one tomorrow covering that in more detail (crash dumps). But as long as it is cateorized correctly, go for it. Though at this point, if it's a suggestion and not an actual bug, those would be better off here even though there's a suggestion category there.