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Locki Confirms Second Beta

by Nellie • 2 Jul 2007, 20:48 • News
In an irc question and answer session, SplashDamage Lead Game Designer Paul "Locki" Wedgwood dropped a bomb shell tonight. He just confirmed that a second beta client will be available that will not only include certain bug fixes which can't be solved with a simple patch to the current beta, but will also include a new map!

QuoteAfter the Programmers have completed their testing of new things like the anti-lag code in updates (along with Bots), we'll be releasing a brand new build called Beta 2. This 'Beta 2' will feature a new map.

At the moment we think that Valley will be the best choice, as it features additional vehicles (such as the Anansi Hovercopter, and the MCP objective). To give you a sense of how much performance has improved, I've been playing Valley today against bots on a 7-series NVIDIA in 1600 x 900 with all graphics settings maxed out. It looked amazing and I got really good frame-rates.

We don't have a timeline to announce yet for beta 2


Valley will replace the current map Sewers.
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pumu 2 Jul 2007, 21:56
very nice

cant wait for the higher fps :)
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rahula 2 Jul 2007, 21:59
"replace"? meaning in the second we can only play the one map again? why not keep both for variety? :X
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hannes-` 2 Jul 2007, 22:00
Wils|work answers: It means we've gotten enough feedback on Sewer and don't want to make you all sick of it before release :)
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pumu 4 Jul 2007, 11:53
piller[NL]: "hey sD need more tanks + cyclops plz @ sewer"
sD: "OKILI DOKILI"


:<
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hannes-` 4 Jul 2007, 11:58
just kidding :)
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eXoz 2 Jul 2007, 22:09
you can download the 2nd beta and use the same key? or will it be again, fighting for a Beta 2 key
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rahula 2 Jul 2007, 22:11
prolly continue with registered accounts rather than license keys
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eXoz 2 Jul 2007, 22:14
exoz-off asked: will you need to have a new key for beta2?
adman answers: your existing beta is all you'll need

so :D
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ReZoN_ 2 Jul 2007, 22:20
i need link to download ET:QW :(
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M1R53 2 Jul 2007, 22:39
arni.name link, but I'm too lazy to find it atm.
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cuttyP 2 Jul 2007, 22:26
There is also a Linux version coming, but it will be a point release after the initial release
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sh1tty 2 Jul 2007, 22:27
Sounds good. ;)
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defOK 2 Jul 2007, 22:54
Yeah, more vehicles finally!
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aCoZz 2 Jul 2007, 22:55
<3 vehicles

add MORE MORE and even MORE! <3
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zerender 2 Jul 2007, 23:17
without the mech...
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florian 2 Jul 2007, 23:01
sounds good :)
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Bulld0g 3 Jul 2007, 00:20
cool the sewers stink!
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foonr 3 Jul 2007, 02:33
BOMB SHELL
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Nellie 3 Jul 2007, 07:40
scchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh *BOOOMB*
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swine 3 Jul 2007, 09:38
so valley will replace sewer.
anyone knows if the beta cups switch aswell? :D
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dohfOs 3 Jul 2007, 12:01
noone knows when beta 2 will arrive so kinda hard to predict ;<

pity they don't do a map rotation instead but then again, it's just a beta and i suppose i shouldn't be complaining.
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LeFiZip 3 Jul 2007, 15:54
i'm really looking forward to this map. it was shown in the first intro on enemyterritory.com and i want to see the water interactive :>
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biggz 3 Jul 2007, 18:54
will there be more beta key releases?
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fusen 5 Jul 2007, 01:07
no, the current beta testers will be asked to download the new beta2 build
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vj7o 4 Jul 2007, 01:43
too big !
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