Howdy folks,
The v3.0.0 open beta for the upcoming content update, from here on known as "Barony - Blessed Addition", is now live!
Onto how to download:
Head over to your Steam Library, right click on Barony, and click "properties".
The properties window will open up, click on the "BETAS" tab and select "beta-3.0.0-blessed-addition" from the drop-down list. Steam will queue the update for download.
(Note that if you are reading this fresh off the press, you may need to restart Steam for the beta branch to appear)
Make sure to backup your saves and scores.dat! Nature of betas, here be dragons.
Also note that if you go back to the main branch, scores and savegames are not backwards compatible, so back them up or else they will be deleted!
To backup your saves and scores, open up your Steam Library, right click on Barony and click "properties".
In the "LOCAL FILES" tab, click on "BROWSE LOCAL FILES…"
Your file manager will open up in Barony's Steam directory.
Windows and Linux users: Copy the "scores.dat", "savegame.dat", and "savegame2.dat" files (if you have them) into a separate directory.
Mac users: Once the file manager opens up, you'll have to right click on "Barony" and select "Show Package Contents". Then navigate to "Contents/Resources/" and copy the "scores.data", "savegame.dat", and "savegame2.dat" files (if you have them) into a separate directory.
After trying out the beta, we would love to hear your feedback about your experience! We have included a clickable link to a beta survey in the top right of the Barony main menu screen, this will open up in your Steam overlay. You can also access the survey form at any time from here:
Survey link
Thanks for all the support and patience from our community, enjoy the beta!
- Ciprian & Ben