BETA TESTERS

**dimitrios the samian** · 07-06-2016, 13:07

Awesome Mac .... Samos is/was Ionian back in the Ancient days .
cheers

**macsen rufus** · 07-06-2016, 13:09

Exactly

I thought your local knowledge would help

**dimitrios the samian** · 07-06-2016, 13:15

**Leith** · 07-06-2016, 14:52

Good news, Macsen! Count me in! (Please choose an interesting faction for me to try)

**macsen rufus** · 07-08-2016, 18:55

Stand by your emails in about 5-6 hours

**Leith** · 07-08-2016, 19:32

That's good to hear, Mac! However I will be in bed then

Anyway I won't be able to do much before tomorrow's evening. That said, I am quite pleased I will spend a whole evening tomorrow playing Eastern Empires

**macsen rufus** · 07-08-2016, 22:59

The original plan was for me to finish this off over the weekend, then decided it was time to draw a line and get it out so the beta-team had some weekend left to get started

I know the custom battles aren't fully squared up yet - it's just a tedious job I haven't got round to yet...

The file is currently uploading. When it's done, you'll all receive an invite from wetransfer.com to downlaod it. My mobile internet connection is a bit slow tonight, so can't be sure when it'll be ready.

THINGS TO LOOK FOR:

Please start with the factions listed above, this allows for fastest 'discovery' of the map between everyone
I know I said dead bodies were fixed, but it turns out not to be 100% - please make a note of any units you spot not leaving bodies behind (I'm close to finding them all, but more eyes will help narrow down to where it's breaking down)
ALEX is included, fully playable, but is not complete by a long way - I'm actively working on that - feel free to play it, but it's not beta-test material yet.
Please keep an eye on neighbouring factions - especially note whether Greek factions are building the AGORA and how soon into the game - if you can afford to send out agents to check, so much the better
If you should suffer any CTDs, please let me know the circumstances (though I've only had the sort of CTDs I get when playing Vanilla - eg if the game's been running for quite a few hours or I get an audio problem....)
Make sure you set the 'non-critical messages' flag when you begin, as I just realised it doesn't have all the coloured info-pics (because I always turn off non-critical messages and never see them myself, and forget they even exist....)
Above all, have fun

EDIT: Successfully uploaded, check your inbox