Greetings Librarians,
The last hours have seen countless waves of reckless Terminators purge Genestealers in the Space Hulk Olethros!
The Emperor is proud to announce that over 1 million Genestealers have already been purified since the Beta launched!
We're delighted to see that so many of you dived into the Beta and posted feedback on the official forum. The main goal of this Beta is to collect player feedback and the amounts of reports we already received is going to be very helpful when ironing out Space Hulk: Deathwing before release.
We're aware that some of you are experiencing major technical issues - we are working around the clock to fix them. The vast majority of the issues you are encountering are known and listed in our Known Issues post.
As a reminder, the version of Space Hulk: Deathwing that you have access to is still in development, and not in a finalized state.
Here is a short guide to help you slash your way through the horde of Genestealers!
Server Lobby
- When opening the server browser, there will be a delay before all servers are displayed. Please be patient, they'll appear after a short delay!
- The server lobby display isn't finalised right now. Use the "Quickmatch" button to find a game automatically.
- When you hit the "Join" button, you currently don't get any visual feedback, but the button works - you may just have to wait a little while.
- You can also join the game of a friend directly through Steam. Friend List > Right click on your friend > Join Game.
Game Lobby
- You can invite your Steam friends by clicking on the "+".
- You may have noticed on the right-hand side of the lobby screen, a UI element in which you can only select Chapter 2 (as this is the only chapter available in the beta). This currently doesn't really have much of a functional use, but in the full game the host will be able to build a playlist of multiple chapters to play through in one session.
- When building your squad, we'd recommend carefully considering your team's composition of classes. In particular, you'll probably have a very hard time without an Apothecary (who can heal up your squad). If you want to survive the Space Hulk, bring an Apothecary!
In-Game
- Press (i) to change your class and/or weapon (if you unlocked new weapons).
- Press (y) to chat with your squad.
- When your whole squad dies, the screen displayed is a Placeholder. In the final release, it will be where players vote for the next map, but the Beta only features 1 map, hence the issue. If you wait 1 minute, the host will automatically reload the map and then the guests will reload too.