Hello Everyone,
V2 - We've moved the game to the Beta branch, and turned the live public build off. Here's how you can participate / play in Beta:
1.) Steam > Settings > Account: Opt for Beta's.
2.) Right-Click on ABD: A Beautiful Day.
3.) Properties.
4.) Beta Tab (2nd from the right)
5.) On the scroll bar, select "Beta".
6.) Click Ok.
7.) That should initiate a download process, and you'll be able to go right in.
8.) To revert to the default / public branch, repeat steps 2-6 and on step 5, move it from Beta to default.
We will be monitoring the data we recieve while Jack is taking a break, and address issues sometime Friday. If you run into major issues, head over to the Bug Forum and make a note about it.
*Note*
There are some really wonky issues going on with the camera, characters, and controls... This is like... Completely unplayable. LOL! At least with this build we'll be able to see if the server issues are solved, this stuff was made pretty darn fast so theres some definite issues. Nothing that can't be fixed rather quickly, though.
V1.5 - We're having problems with both the Steamworks settings, and Jack needs some time to recover from this long haul so we'll be back at it Friday/Saturday the 11th to the 12th. Right now hes pushing an update up, so it might work a little later, I just wanted to address that well ahead of anything else.
The really good news here, and the biggest thing to take away from this is that we had multiple users in the game and it didn't crash! So it works!!! We just have to get over the hurdle of the Steam SDK and we're golden.
I've also posted another Dev VideoBlog at the very bottom.
V1 -
What to expect: Our main priority right now is stabilizing the server and the client, so with the update quite a few features will be reduced, so fair warning while we do some extensive testing on client/server data. The server issues are a primary problem right now, once we hash those out we'll be in the clear. What does all that mean?
What you can do:
-100 Concurrent Players/Users Max.
-Walk Around.
-Explore.
-Chat.
What is disabled:
-Day/Night Cycle.
-Rivers(?)
-Lakes(?)
-Hunger/Thirst/Damage.
-Combat.
-Trading.
-Crafting.
-Building.
-Etc.
For the next few days we will be collecting data from players to see if there are any resonnating issues with the server/client, but from what we've seen this shouldn't cause any problems at all anymore. Think of this as a glimpse at the guts of the game versus a really gorgeous playfield. Over the next few weeks we will be rapidly adding features and mechanics that were previously available, so if you're not the (Tester) type this will feel a bit unfriendly. I imagine our environment system will get plugged in on the weekend with a few other items, it seems like we're really on a roll now. So whew, what a huge relief.
I want to thank everyone here for your patience, this has been BRUTAL! I couldn't be MORE impressed with the Steam community!
**NOTE** - We will not have active admins monitoring the server/chat/client, so if the following users log in (or anyone else for that matter) and start spewing racist/prejudice/harassing banter please let us know. The chat logs will show it all anyway, but I wanted to give you guys/gals a heads up of the crazy people we've encountered the last week or two:
-Doire
-Ron
-Lidytheman
-Razguul
-aTGames
Thank you again, and I look forward to seeing you all ingame! From this point on I'll be both ingame and in the chat group to answer questions, concerns, or anything else that might pop up; up to and including live tech support. Don't worry everyone, itll get a LOT prettier very soon, this is mostly a mass test.
-Robert Bonner
Creative Producer - ABD
G.A.M. Entertainment, LLC.
www.GagAMaggotEnt.com
PS: For those of you who want a full run down and have about 20min to spare, I've done a video blog explaining everything that has happened over the last few weeks and more. You can find it:
V1: VideoBlog (20min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-LAFyxdmrU
V1.5: VideoBlog (10min)
https://youtu.be/vMavmmf_7IQ