duplex
03-09-2009, 08:18 AM
Closed Beta Report
Part 3
Closed Beta week 3 has just started and things are getting really interesting now. Many critical issues have been improved during the last week. The most important topics are the new mining & production system, improvements to the objectives, a new version of the weapon rework and most importantly client performance enhancements.
http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_001_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_001.jpg) http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_002_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_002.jpg)http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_003_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_003.jpg)
Mining & Production
One of the biggest problems earlier in CB was the lengthy and expensive process of producing items. Not only was it too expensive to produce items that are consumed quickly (ammunition, medikits, biocells, armor etc.), it was also a very time consuming process and slowed down the economy.
The changes include an improved production yield and the new mining and production slots. You can now run up to 2 mining and 2 production processes at the same time while being on the colony. That's up to 4 processes running at the same time, which gives a lot more flexibility and fun to producing items.
http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_004_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_004.jpg) http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_005_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_005.jpg)http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_006_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_006.jpg)
Objectives
A lot of objectives were not making much sense before. Players were getting enemy kill objectives on worlds that had no priority in the factions' defined goals. This has been fixed and "kill" objectives are now only generated if they fit toa faction goal. We also added a few more faction goals, such as law enforcement goals for the Dominion factions, "causing trouble" or "economic strikes" for other factions.
Performance Tests
We also did performance stress tests last weekend. Tests on Saturday showed a few significant client performance issues caused by physics calculation. Those have been improved significantly after another patch on Sunday, followed by a big fight event at the Titan Station "Horseshoe" area.
http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_007_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_007.jpg) http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_008_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_008.jpg)http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_009_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_009.jpg)
Although things are progressing nicely, there are many other topics that need work. The new hacking system is currently being implemented and will be introduced soon. Also coming soon are the new booster items, an interesting new system allowing the use of up to 3 body enhancing items at the same time, coming with all sorts of interesting combinations.
-duplex
You can discuss this update here: http://forum.fomportal.com/showthread.php?t=4890
Part 3
Closed Beta week 3 has just started and things are getting really interesting now. Many critical issues have been improved during the last week. The most important topics are the new mining & production system, improvements to the objectives, a new version of the weapon rework and most importantly client performance enhancements.
http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_001_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_001.jpg) http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_002_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_002.jpg)http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_003_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_003.jpg)
Mining & Production
One of the biggest problems earlier in CB was the lengthy and expensive process of producing items. Not only was it too expensive to produce items that are consumed quickly (ammunition, medikits, biocells, armor etc.), it was also a very time consuming process and slowed down the economy.
The changes include an improved production yield and the new mining and production slots. You can now run up to 2 mining and 2 production processes at the same time while being on the colony. That's up to 4 processes running at the same time, which gives a lot more flexibility and fun to producing items.
http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_004_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_004.jpg) http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_005_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_005.jpg)http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_006_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_006.jpg)
Objectives
A lot of objectives were not making much sense before. Players were getting enemy kill objectives on worlds that had no priority in the factions' defined goals. This has been fixed and "kill" objectives are now only generated if they fit toa faction goal. We also added a few more faction goals, such as law enforcement goals for the Dominion factions, "causing trouble" or "economic strikes" for other factions.
Performance Tests
We also did performance stress tests last weekend. Tests on Saturday showed a few significant client performance issues caused by physics calculation. Those have been improved significantly after another patch on Sunday, followed by a big fight event at the Titan Station "Horseshoe" area.
http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_007_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_007.jpg) http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_008_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_008.jpg)http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_009_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb2_009.jpg)
Although things are progressing nicely, there are many other topics that need work. The new hacking system is currently being implemented and will be introduced soon. Also coming soon are the new booster items, an interesting new system allowing the use of up to 3 body enhancing items at the same time, coming with all sorts of interesting combinations.
-duplex
You can discuss this update here: http://forum.fomportal.com/showthread.php?t=4890