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Namaste, New Beta Goers

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Namaste, New Beta Goers

Welcome to the Road Less Traveled

from Elemental Forums

As preorders are processed and new users begin downloading (and...gulp...playing) Elemental, I wanted to extend words of both welcome and warning to our fellow adventurers....

- You are possibly (or definatly, at the time of this post) downloading the 0.291 build from last Friday. You should be on the lookout for v0.295, which we will be announcing one we get one last bug squashed :)

- These are the last build of the Beta 1 cycle. This meens you'll be playing on the cloth map only, and the major features, while in, are still in a sate of infancy. Beta 2 will bring new content and a maturing of these mechanics.

- These build are prone to crash. We've chipped away at some of the memory leaks, but 100 turns in don't be suprise if your computer is begging for mercy on it's delicate silicone. Autosave is your friend :)

- You won't have fun. Anything emotions that girgle forth that even resemble enjoyment are either the anticipation of fun or straight up gas. And 9/10 times it'll be the latter.

The game, at this stage, is something most companies would desperatly keep under wraps. What we're hoping is that the player input we get at this point outweighs the lack of fun you'll have to wade through for the next few months.

Enjoy!  :)  Feel free to post any comments, concerns, or questions...Brad, myself, and the rest of the team will be around!

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Reply #26 from Elemental Forums Top

Got the mail, then freaked out when it told be it failed to Register.

 

Oh, wait. It has the wrong email preset!

 

Dahuuuuur.

 

And still, even if my brain is hemmoraging by the end of tonight, it's Stardock.

 

I may not have fun, but I will be eminently satisfied.

 

Go Stardock, woooo.

Reply #27 from Elemental Forums Top

Welcome to the new people!!

 

Do not enjoy and keep a kleenex close by for when your eyes bleed. :-)

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Reply #28 from Elemental Forums Top

Kleenex? I use buckets!!!:S

Reply #30 from Elemental Forums Top

Kleenex? I use buckets!!!
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I use my godly powers of regeneration, and they're barely keeping things in check.

I don't know how you mortals are managing to stay alive.

Reply #31 from Elemental Forums Top

More victims to throw in the fire YA! }:)

Reply #32 from Elemental Forums Top

Yay I'm in!

Fun or not, I'm excited to see this kind of development where the customers are so activily involved in shaping the game. I wish more developers would do this, and I really hope this works out for you guys.

Reply #33 from Elemental Forums Top

For anybody new to this, you get an email when you place the pre-order. You get another email (today) when it gets processed and charged. Once you get that email, Elemental should show up after an Impulse restart (and with show pre-release games enabled).

If it doesn't, you can use the serial number in the email to register it.

Reply #34 from Elemental Forums Top

I've got a slight problem.

My wallet was stolen last week, and I only just got my new card today, so I couldn't change the details (I honestly don't know who to contact, either). Am I going to have to wait until next Beta?

I've been excited about this game since its announcement, but I can wait if need be.

Just got an e-mail that told me the transaction failed.

Reply #35 from Elemental Forums Top

I can't do the beta.  Every time i get to the first page it tell me that it is unable to update my data files.  I tried everything, and I can't get through, I got through ONCE, and now it refuses to let me through.

Reply #36 from Elemental Forums Top

So I just played through my first game (I somehow completed 400+ turns).

 

Victory through conquest, and speed-turning. (Research all the good stuff and ignore the rest of the game, then go hunting. :P)

 

There were a couple grins, and a "Ha-ah!" when I won, so I'll be seeing a psychiatrist next week.

 

Even for a game without serious graphics, I am wholly impressed with the work so far. It ain't quite fun, but it's satisfying.

 

*Narrator speaks up*

 

Shortly after typing this ill-fated message, Orvidos' brain exploded through his ears. Finishing a game? Fool.

Reply #37 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Tridus, reply 33
For anybody new to this, you get an email when you place the pre-order. You get another email (today) when it gets processed and charged. Once you get that email, Elemental should show up after an Impulse restart (and with show pre-release games enabled).

If it doesn't, you can use the serial number in the email to register it.
End of Tridus's quote

 

Tried everything I can think of to get this thing to show up on Impulse.  Got Email about 6 hrs ago. have tried evey option people have posted here but nothing has worked.   When I put my serial number into add registrations it says it was successfully registered.  Yes, I have the show  pre-release thing checked.  I've uninstalled and reinstalled impulse.

 

[edit]

Okay I got it working, Guess I never tried everything. I had set  Prerelease in the Settings>impluseicontray but the settings were actually not changed, cause I checked preferences in  Impulse and it wasn't checked like I thought it would be.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reply #38 from Elemental Forums Top

Alright!  Looking foward to it!

Reply #39 from Elemental Forums Top

Warning: The Elemental BETA will cause permanent psychological damage.  You have been warned. :)

Reply #40 from Elemental Forums Top

Tried everything I can think of to get this thing to show up on Impulse.  Got Email about 6 hrs ago. have tried evey option people have posted here but nothing has worked.   When I put my serial number into add registrations it says it was successfully registered.  Yes, I have the show  pre-release thing checked.  I've uninstalled and reinstalled impulse.
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Drop a note to support. They'll fix you up.

Reply #41 from Elemental Forums Top

So this authorization on the credit card will be the final one and be the actual charge? I thought the charge did not go through until teh game ships or do I rember things wrongly from Sins?

Reply #42 from Elemental Forums Top

I thought the charge did not go through until teh game ships or do I rember things wrongly from Sins?
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Only if you miss the beta boat. You get charged when you get "something" for your money, be it a beta or the final.

Reply #43 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Nosrick, reply 34
I've got a slight problem.

My wallet was stolen last week, and I only just got my new card today, so I couldn't change the details (I honestly don't know who to contact, either). Am I going to have to wait until next Beta?

I've been excited about this game since its announcement, but I can wait if need be.

Just got an e-mail that told me the transaction failed.
End of Nosrick's quote

Had a similar problem i just re ordered it through the link that the e-mail sent me. in the conformation e-mail should be a serial code, register that and make sure you have show pre release versions checked marked in impulse under preferences and restart... it should show up.

Good Luck

 

Reply #44 from Elemental Forums Top

My order was denied (prob by my bank since the money was reservered for to long) , did a new order and got the game instantly

Reply #45 from Elemental Forums Top

NamaWHAT?!

Sorry, couldn't resist. People watching LOST will know where this comes from. :grin:

 

But on-topic:

As much as I can't wait for the official release, I would never download pre-release Versions and beta-test them.

First-off I don't have the time and secondly I did that with another game, and it pretty much ruined the overall experience of the game when it was finally released.

But that's just me. So don't  mind me. ;)

Reply #46 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Nosrick, reply 34
I've got a slight problem.

My wallet was stolen last week, and I only just got my new card today, so I couldn't change the details (I honestly don't know who to contact, either). Am I going to have to wait until next Beta?

I've been excited about this game since its announcement, but I can wait if need be.

Just got an e-mail that told me the transaction failed.
End of Nosrick's quote

support@stardock.com can deal with that. :)

Reply #47 from Elemental Forums Top

Everyone here is crazy, the beta is not fun at all. I know you're probably thinking that Boogie is over exaggerating, and that his :)  smiles mean that he is joking, but I will say it again, he is not. The beta is not fun, and will not hold your interest. it should only be for those who have incredible patience and wish to maybe one day go into game design. If this is not you? Then forget it, I promise you, you will not enjoy this experience.... :puke:

Reply #48 from Elemental Forums Top

1. select "register serial". it will only auto register serials that have been pruchased from within impulse after the game is available for download (from my past experience). If you preorder you need to manually input the serial (which you got with the email). you can also do look up serials first.

2. check "show prerelease versions"

3. select check for updates.

this should allow you to download.

Reply #49 from Elemental Forums Top

I hate to break it to RisingLegend, but I'm enjoying testing Elemental in it's current state.

 

To be fair, I've always enjoyed the early phases of testing though - when a game's mechanics are threadbare and the stability of it is questionable at best.  It's a lot of fun - and very educational - to keep up with a game's progression from an early build to a retail release.  That's just me, though.  Furthermore, as someone who has worked with Indie games for awhile, my eyes are nowhere near bleeding.  In fact, this game is already goregous by comparisson to some of the games I've worked with.

 

All in all, excitng stuff!  I'm looking forward to seeing this progress, and participating in the phases left before release.

 

My favorite moment thus far:  This morning I loaded up the game with a custom made sovereign.  I added all the enemies possible to the map and started it up.  All of the sound - and apparently the controls - were working properly, but my entire screen was beige.  I realized I was still able to DO things.  I could tell by the sound effects that I was clicking on what I wanted, even though I couldn't see it.  Good fun.  I'm still trying to recreate this to see if I can figure out if it was a fluke or a bug (and have thus far been unsuccessful at recreating it), but it was amusing.

Reply #50 from Elemental Forums Top

Okay ... I don't mind most of the psychological damaging pieces of the Beta ... however a way to scroll quickly across the map would be nice. For some reason the only way I can scroll is at the very edge of the screen, and only at a snails pace. It drives me crazy, and I have to use the "airplane effect" to speed up my cursor by doing nothing but make the map smaller. Please give an update with a faster scroller!!! :(

Other than that ... im having quite alot of fun actually, trying to figure out what is broken and what is not. Somehow building my second city cost 10 essence though ... odd. Therefore, Ive never had enough essence for spells, they are always used on my Cities xD. 3 cities the first time and 3 cities the second time.

So yea, haven't tried Questing or Magic yet ,... looking forward to testing it tho.