Chaos Project

Chaos Project has entered beta stage. This means the full first 50% of the game and the rest of the story. The cities in the other 50% will have little to no NPCs except for the most necessary (inn, shop, savepoint) and it will not have the 4 secret dungeons. You will get the 4 secret dungeons later during the development as an upgrade. Here is the game topic:

http://forum.chaos-project.com/index.php?topic=31.0

You will be provided with enhanced debugging tools, save games and full information support about how and what to test.

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You will:

• get credited as beta tester


• get the "full" game before everybody else


• get the unencrypted game


• get to peek into the scripts editor and see the massive custom scripts of Chaos Project


• get to play the conclusive story before everybody else does

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Chaos Project Beta could be done in the next month, the signups for beta testing are now open. The current progress:

• Chaos Project Beta 1: 100%


• Chaos Project RC: 99%


• Chaos Project Full Game: 98%

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• Beta 1 can be considered 90% of the game, RC is considered 99% of the game.


• Beta 1 features the full story and completely finished planet Arthia. There are no secret dungeons, no NPCs in the cities on Kadro (except the critical ones) and no minigames and side-quests in the cities.


• Beta 2 features the additional secret dungeons, all minigames and all side quests.


• Full Game has all NPCs in the cities, is beta tested and has English AND German language settings.


• An English-only version might be released before the actual Full Game.

I guess I'll sign up, I was in on the last beta and I've got an unencrypted version already o.o

Hmm...what's the catch? A high expectation from the almighty Blizzard? Nah, I'm just kidding around, I understand why you want this after all, especially from the time frame. Sure, I'll apply. Let me just whip up an application.

Name: Starrodkirby86
RPG Making Skill:  Not too shabby, fair, nice.
Particular Skill:  Probably story, but I'm a balanced guy.
Credentials?: http://forum.chaos-project.com/index.php?topic=31.msg8850#msg8850 (http://forum.chaos-project.com/index.php?topic=31.msg8850#msg8850)
http://forum.chaos-project.com/index.php?topic=1014.msg23806#msg23806 (http://forum.chaos-project.com/index.php?topic=1014.msg23806#msg23806)
Give me a job relating to game-play, I'll be able to go for it. My strongest point would be able to finding writing related errors, as the English language is a specialty of mine. ^_^ More to come whenever...if you need any details/tests don't hesitate Blizzard.

count me in.

Sure I'll signup, just tell me what needs doin :D

I'll signup too. I'm great at finding bugs, XD

Can I sign up? I'm not good at finding script bugs but on event bugs I'm good with that. I'm also good with fixing event bugs with your permission of course. And another reason I want to sign up, nobody on any forum has ever needed me for something so this would be fun for me! Please sign me up!

I'll sign up too.  ^.^

If I'm lucky with finding bugs in your game as I am with Blizz-ABS... then... this should be fun ;)

sign me up. Im sure I can find a few bugs.

I note that you somehow forgot to put me on the list for some reason, so just to make sure... :P

I basically put everybody on the list who posted here asking to be added there. xD

The main testing will work that way that you simply have to play the game. All error messages will be automatically logged, you can add comments on them. There will be additional testing jobs like excessive minigame testing, puzzle testing, etc. Unlike the beta test for the Final Demo, you will not have to rate bosses and dungeons yourself. There will be a logger which will log how many EXP you gained, how many gold you gained, how long it took you, how often you entered a room, how long it took you to solve puzzles, how many battles you had, how many battles you fled, how long it took you to kill the boss, which attacks the boss used, which attacks you used, how much damage you have done, how many items and which items you have used, etc. You can add a comment at the end of it and that's it. :)

Haha! Finally! Sign me up and I'll try not to dissappoint you!

Name: Fantasist
RPG Maker Credentials: ~Intermediate RGSS knowledge, Basic event systems and basic-intermediate graphic skills

EDIT:

QuoteYou will be provided with enhanced debugging tools, save games and full information support about how and what to test.

QuoteThe main testing will work that way that you simply have to play the game. All error messages will be automatically logged, you can add comments on them. There will be additional testing jobs like excessive minigame testing, puzzle testing, etc. Unlike the beta test for the Final Demo, you will not have to rate bosses and dungeons yourself. There will be a logger which will log how many EXP you gained, how many gold you gained, how long it took you, how often you entered a room, how long it took you to solve puzzles, how many battles you had, how many battles you fled, how long it took you to kill the boss, which attacks the boss used, which attacks you used, how much damage you have done, how many items and which items you have used, etc. You can add a comment at the end of it and that's it.

Wow, that's a whole lot of information you're gathering!

There was a big disappointment during the beta testing of the Final Demo. Many people singed up but only two sent me a report in the end. -_- This is why I will make an autologger this time. You can only add a comment or two to a boss or a dungeon, that's all.

I WANT TO! I finally played them demo and it is amazing...

EDIT: so you mean, my game progress and everyting will be logged?

man, this sounds more challegning than i thought

by Blizz: Modify button, Lost. ;)

Yes. As good as anything that will help me evaluate the game's difficulty and playability will be logged. :) Testing a boss a couple of times myself is good, but having somebody else test it who doesn't know his weaknesses is invaluable information. xD

indeed. *sits and waits* I may have to employ the tactic I never used. grinding.

Grinding isn't hard, it's even better when you have something do while grinding. What you need is patientence though. By the way Blizzard, how is the log produced, and it's not sent to you directly obviously?  :huh: The whole log idea is really awesome too.

It will be saved all into one file. When you're done, just send me the file. If you don't send me the file, I will assume that it doesn't exist and not credit you as beta tester. :P

Have Lexima, will debug. ^^

Dev experience (as Blizz is already aware) - several years of developing and debugging various game mods (amongst the most developed - X2 The Threat - Firelance mod).

Yeah, Stealth found a few nasty bugs which happened due to changes in the system but no full update in the events. >:3

Would bugs be included in the log so we don't need to comment them in the log itself? It would seriously make Beta Testing way easier. By that, a bug of it can be minor (Like a passability error) to something large (A huge AI failure or an inaccessible area thanks to the failure).

No, there will be no error log out of good reason. It's hard to log all the data related to the bug and decipher it while it's much easier for a human being to tell me "it happened when I killed an Ember Giant with the Unity Force Halo of the Sun". Also, there's no way I could log graphical glitches or other bugs that don't cause crashes.

I'd like to test if thats all right :p

I'd love to get to see the rest of the story and I'd rather enjoy being useful for once.

idk you can ignore me if you feel like it xD cause I know I'm not quite the helpful little elf compared to linky and 'Qua

No, Dio, just your playing and logging through the auto-logger will already be a big help for me. :)

Well then I'll be glad to play 3 hours a day. God knows I'm not gonna waste that time doing summer reading *cough cough*(maybe i will do SOME reading) Thanks for the opportunity. I'm sexcited cause I adore CP -- Final Demo and this is some more story.

you said we would get a sneak preview into the scripts...does that mean we will be able to use them?

EDIT: NVM, when i read unencrypted version, I got the idea.

*Blizzard points to modify button*

Yes, you will have all the scripts that Chaos Project uses. Of course you won't be able to use any because they are deeply merged into Chaos Project and they don't work outside of it. ;)

EDIT: I added some more information in the first post. Watch the percents increase over the next weeks. >:3

Well then, one just have to unmerge them  :evil:

Can I beta as well? <_< >_>

Of course you can. *adds Z to the list* ^_^

QuoteCan I beta as well? <_< >_>

As I gather, Zeriab catches bugs which are very elusive, right?
*powers up Zeriab for his awesomeness... again <3*

Who knows... :3
Though that reminds me.
Blizz, are you using more than one thread?
If so then I am afraid I will withdraw from the beta.
I hate testing in multi-threaded enviroments ;_;

btw sexy *rubs blizz's back* don't forget to change my name on the list to Chaze007 :]

If you don;t have enough already, I'd like to beta test, as you know, I'm still learning more about RMXP (11 Messages, so sorry!!) and I think testing would do me some good.

i wouldn't mind signing up, Chaos Project would have to be my favorite game on PC which i don't run on EPSXE

Update, the progress has been edited. I have completely finished chapter 6 and have only a few maps sets left to do. I only need to test the battle against Rivy once more.

Quote from: Zeriab on August 25, 2008, 06:06:00 am
Who knows... :3
Though that reminds me.
Blizz, are you using more than one thread?
If so then I am afraid I will withdraw from the beta.
I hate testing in multi-threaded enviroments ;_;

Of course not. :P I hate testing them, too. xD

Quote from: Blulightning on August 25, 2008, 10:16:20 pm
If you don;t have enough already, I'd like to beta test, as you know, I'm still learning more about RMXP (11 Messages, so sorry!!) and I think testing would do me some good.

Sure. It will improve your knowledge a lot. *adds Blulightning*

Quote from: Memor-X on August 26, 2008, 12:31:52 am
i wouldn't mind signing up, Chaos Project would have to be my favorite game on PC which i don't run on EPSXE

*adds Memor-X*

*runs away to test the battle with Rivy once more* ;_;

I didn't think so, but I just wanted to be sure  :^_^':

First Beta is now 88% done. >:3

Heya!  :hi:
Are you still taking testers? I'm interested! I played the demo...and what bit i've played I was very impressed with! I wanna help too!

Sure thing. The more testers, the better. :D I'll add you to the list.

Ok, I believe I finished the demo. Very good game...

I'm not sure how good I am at discovering glitches, which I'm happy to say hasn't happened yet, but if you value basic info like you said that report log thing tells you, then I'll definitely send it in. I really wanna help out, but I think the glitch part is something somebody else will have to do...............heh.................... :^_^':

Seriously, i'm sorry about it, but i'll do all that i'm able. Just ask, and i'll see what i CAN do. :)

It's easy. If you find a bug or notice some unusual behavior of enemies/actors during battle, just send me a PM and that's it. It's really not difficult.

No problem. That's more than easy. So far, I haven't seen anything odd. To my best knowledge, there isn't anything wrong with the bosses. Then again, i've only played through it once. I'll go through it again, if that helps. :D

Just a question, what's the best way to send the report/log thing? How do I do that to begin with? I know my way around computers well, i just need a point in the direction, that's all. :)

When you get a crash, just type down the error message and send me the message telling me what you were doing when it happened.

Quote from: ExampleI got an error message:

"Could not find file Graphics/Battlers/reaper48"

It happened when Sydon activated the ability "Devas Dragon" and was about to transform into Devas when the game crashed. The crash happened exactly when his sprite was invisible and before it was changed to the dragon's sprite.

I encountered this problem today and this is how I would have reported the bug if the developer was somebody else and not me. xD

And yeah, each playing through will be logged and I will be able to review the data from your playings. I will be able to make a statistic and make a judgement about how hard/easy the game is and adjust it. But you don't have to worry about that. All you have to do is playing, I will add a couple of logger scripts that will do the job. When you have finished the game, you simply have to send me the resulting file that will be named GameXXXXXX.dat where XXXXXX is the ID of the game you run. Each time you start a new game, a random ID between 000000 and 999999 will be assigned to your game so I know that I'm not evaluating some data twice. I'll give you all more details when I send you the beta.

I should be done with some more testing tonight so the progress will be 89%. :)

just wondering Blizzard, will you be sending us a PM with the download link or an e-mail with the program attached to it

The former. The information will be posted here. I will edit the first post for that.

EDIT: OMG, Beta 1 is 90% done! :D

Beta is almost done?! OMFG I am so syked I think I'm gonna go eat ice cream till it opens xD

alright, I'm working faster than I thought on my CSS, so I'll sign up for this since I have the time :)

Well, technically I need at least 20 more days of pretty hard work. =/

Quote from: Blizzard on September 03, 2008, 08:04:16 pm
Well, technically I need at least 20 more days of pretty hard work. =/

still.

GB2W!

No, it's great. That I can get the first beta done in such a short time is great. The problem is that college starts on monday which means less time for the game. =/

In any case the game's now 81% done and the first beta 91%. <3

EDIT: Ok, I have good news and bad news. The good news are that the beta is almost done by 92% and that it should take around 2 weeks to get done. The bad news is that I have to delay this because of personal issues (need to find a new flat >_> and a job). I HOPE that it will not take longer than 6 weeks. Stay tuned.

I'll wait as long as it takes. The screens show the sweet improvements which I look forward too!

 :'(

Take your time Blizzy and be well

oh oh count me in please

Alright.

Sorry to hear about your house and job, Blizz. I hope everything gets fixed soon, and good luck!

It already got. I found a new flat close to the college. Now I have 2 hours more each day. I also got a job. I get payed honararry. That means I get pay as much as I work, it's perfect for me, especially because of my "working hours".

EDIT: Now it's at 83%. Chaos Project has now more than 660 maps, BTW. :naughty:

Quote from: Blizzard on October 22, 2008, 03:09:35 pm
It already got. I found a new flat close to the college. Now I have 2 hours more each day. I also got a job. I get payed honararry. That means I get pay as much as I work, it's perfect for me, especially because of my "working hours".

EDIT: Now it's at 83%. Chaos Project has now more than 660 maps, BTW. :naughty:

If its not too late...Count me in!I have little scripting knowledge but I might be able to help with them!And I can fix events you made mistakes on.

Reporting is enough, you don't have to fix anything. :) I'll add you to the list.

If you still need beta testers, I'd like to sign up.

Sure. I'm just not sure when it will be done. I'm trying my best to get it done as fast (and good) as I can.

EDIT: 84% now, more than 700 maps. >:3

hurry up LOL

I'm trying, I'm trying. ._.;;;
Didn't you notice that it went up to 85% already? xD

lol, take your time! The better it is the better I will like it!

Quote from: Lost_Hopehurry up LOL

Quote from: Lost_Hopelol, take your time! The better it is the better I will like it!

Um.... xD

Hey wuzzap not Necroposting what ever that is wanderin if i could be a beta tester ;)

Alright, people. I did somewhat of the work left in the last few days. But it was none of the developing work, it was everything else which is still good. True, it's still 85%, but just the ~50 maps of Hyperion will be 3%. I already started with the alpha testing and I killed several bugs in eventing. Those were mainly small glitches and not really working parts of the message-system-faceset-arbiter-animation... thing. Yeah. Anyway, I will probably pause the alpha test for now and finish the mapping, eventing of the cutscenes and the game play testing of chapter 9 and 10. You will encounter a small unorthodox solution for a miniquest where you need to find somebody for now. Since I will not add NPCs on Kadro yet, that quest will be skipped in Beta 1 and you will instantly get that item, because it's critical for the main quest. In any case, don't worry, everything will be fine. You will be briefed accordingly and you will get all the information you need to beta test the game. Expect Beta 1 in around 2 weeks.

Beta 2 will be out around one month later. It should feature the missing parts of the game which includes the secret dungeon with 4 puzzles and 4 special bosses with 4 special rewards and Hellvoid, a Guardian of Chaos and the hardest boss in the game and the conclusion of the quest to get to him. It should also feature all NPCs in the cities of Kadro as well as all minigames there. In other words, the only difference between Beta 2 and the full game is that the full game will have the small bugs fixed that might appear in Beta 2 and that the full game will be available in English and German. Remember, you don't have to test the game as Beta 1 and Beta 2. You can test either one of them or both or any combination with multiple testing. It's up to you. And the best part is that as normal beta tester you just have to play the game and send me your beta statistics file when you are finished. As I said, there will be extra jobs like thorough map testing which will basically be either playing through the game with the passability test active or walking through every possible map with the passability test active.

I'm still thinking of an English-only version before the full game since translation takes time and that would allow the english RM community to play my game before the German community. xD I'm probably going to release the English-only version after all.

In any case stay tuned. CP Beta 1 should be out in 2-3 weeks if everything goes as planned. And it should if there are not some major complications which shouldn't be. Just be a little bit more patient. :naughty:

HOLY DONUTS!

Oh Jebus, I'm so excited I can barely contain myself! I'm ready for Beta 1, but I'm hoping it doesn't interfere with my Midterms, in which case I'd have to have priorities fall onto them. Still, in any case, this sounds like it sould be amazingly good and I, for one, cannot wait until the final version comes out.

Aw no German translation? :V I was hoping to only play it in German so I could feel completely and utterly disturbed by my lack of understanding.

There will be a German translation, but the version featruing the fully translated game will be out a bit later.

EDIT: Some of you might have noticed the extra thing in my signature. It tells you what there is still left to be done until Beta 1 is done.

EDIT: It will be done in a few days. >:3 If I am lucky, I can finish the entire mapping today and even all the Hyperion cutscenes. I had to do some graphicswise stuff and musicwise stuff in the last few days which took their time. Well, at least now Coga, Earayl and Seraphine have their battle themes and the "Final Decision" as well. CP Beta could be done by the end of the next week. Yes, CP Beta might be done in less than 10 days. Stay tuned. >:3

EDIT: I did ~30 maps and one boss scene. >:3 I should be able to do somehing more tonight. Probably the last couple of maps and the last scene.

hey I gonna have to withdraw due to my band and other obligations

Maybe you'll find some time when Beta 2 is out. I'll leave you on the list. You don't have to download and play in the end after all.

Yea can i still sign up?

Sure thing. I'll add you to the list. Sadly I won't be able to finish the beta this week. Something turned out and messed up half of my plans. :/ Since I have exams the next two weeks, it could be done during that time, but it doesn't have to. It's still possible that Beta 2 gets released in the middle of February, though. :)

That sounds great :)

Can I sign up also?

Sure. *add Landith to the list*

Can I still sign up as a beta tester?

Sure. Signups are actually open until a few days before the full game is released since you will probably need roughly 20 hours to play the game through without side quests, extra minigames and secret dungeons.

That's okay I don't mind Side-Quests and other bonuses, after all it's just a Beta test :)

I shall test as well - I have a friend who is a bug magnet too, so I'll have him help me XD.

Sign mah up!

I added you to the list. I hope that I can get it done during the next week.

I know I'm pretty late, but I'd like to help you with this! :haha:
May I please still sign up? :D

Anyways, the auto logger thing sounds awesome... I want one... <3

Sure thing. The beta should be out in the next few days and I expect at least half of the people who signed up not to respond. xD

I'm still here

Neat!!! <3 :P

Awww...... :( - I just started school again today and I can't say my internet's going too well with the download ^^; - but I promise I will try my best to get my feedback to you asap.

That's just the Final Demo what you are downloading, not the full game beta. xD

:haha: Lol D:
Is the beta the one which will be out in a few days? 'Cos my internet will be much faster then. *hopes*

Yup, that's beta.

Perfect! In a few days, I will get my big rush of free time (finals will be over. I get finals at weird times, since I do collage via distance learning). I'll definitely be able to still do the beta, I'm looking forward to it.

Blizzard should release it on Saturday, when everyone has no school. <3

Due to the California High School Exit Exam occurring on Tuesday and Wednesday, I can arrive to school later without getting punished...So that's a perfect opportunity to rock out on Jason there.

But if it's going for later...I'll understand...

It could be still next saturday.

*double posts*

LMAO!

(http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/3465/cpbetacg0.th.png) (http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/3465/cpbetacg0.png)

I like the new Lilith!

Who doesn't...? :naughty:

jeez wasn't lillith T&A enough before? :V

hey I quit the band and became their manager so I may be able to still do the beta

Ooooo I really like the graphics! :D
I still reckon Jason looks pretty cool. ^-^ But yeah, Lilith looks good. :P

i like the new lilith because the old one looked as if you had gotten some image and invert it colors

Sign me up for this!! Oh, I hope I'm not too late >_< But my bug finding skills are crap D:

You're just in time. CP Beta should be out by the end of this week.

Hyyyyesss~! :D

Quote from: Blizzard on February 09, 2009, 07:29:40 am
You're just in time. CP Beta should be out by the end of this week.

When have we heard that one before?  :P

Just kidding, looking forward to testing the hell out of it. ;)

I know, I know. But take a good look in the spoiler in my sig. :O Yes, only 1 cutscene to overwork, 3 game ending scenes and the rest of the alpha test including some stuff from the todo list. I'm not going to do the entire list, it's huge. Probably more than 100 different things. At least many of them are very simple to make. i.e. a Ring that increases the max HP by 20%. I can make one like that, find an appropriate icon and hide it somewhere in the game (or add it in a shop) within a few minutes.

I'll probably do the cutscenes today and go through some things in the todo list.

^-^ Take your time, we want it to be good. :xD:

... and hey um... if something funny happens in the Final Demo, do we need to report it? :???:

Can't wait for the beta! :w00t: Need to get on some serious proofreading steroids! :o

@Reno: If you pick up a bug in the Final Demo, you might as well mention it. I think that Blizzard has probably already fixed whatever it is, but it doesn't hurt to say what the issue is. If your computer exploded due to a RAM issue (like some sort of awesomeness overload), then definitely mention it (unless it was because of an awesomeness overload. Explosions of that nature are expected with this game.)

@Blizz: Just out of curiosity, but what is this final cutscene you need to overwork? Also, did you happen to remember to redo the school? SO EXCITED!!! ARGH! I'M GOING TO EXPLODE IN A FEW MINUTES! :w00t:

Quote from: Reno-s--Joker on February 10, 2009, 04:28:29 am
... and hey um... if something funny happens in the Final Demo, do we need to report it? :???:

Sure. I probably fixed it already, but it could also be that I haven't. As shdw said, it can't hurt.

Quote from: shdwlink1993 on February 10, 2009, 05:49:31 am
Can't wait for the beta! :w00t: Need to get on some serious proofreading steroids! :o

I know. ;)

Quote from: shdwlink1993 on February 10, 2009, 05:49:31 am
@Blizz: Just out of curiosity, but what is this final cutscene you need to overwork? 

Quote from: shdwlink1993 on February 10, 2009, 05:49:31 am
Also, did you happen to remember to redo the school?

Already done. :P I need to add a few random girls in the hallway, though. Yes, girls. xD It's not much, but definitely better than before. It shows that Jason had a life. xD It's still quite short though. I don't want to annoy the player with the intro for too long.

Quote from: shdwlink1993 on February 10, 2009, 05:49:31 am
SO EXCITED!!! ARGH! I'M GOING TO EXPLODE IN A FEW MINUTES! :w00t:

Lol, you already have 80% of the game. xD

And I'm willing to bet that you saved the best 20% for last. :haha:

Quote from: Blizzard on February 10, 2009, 07:55:15 am
Already done. :P I need to add a few random girls in the hallway, though. Yes, girls. xD It's not much, but definitely better than before. It shows that Jason had a life. xD It's still quite short though. I don't want to annoy the player with the intro for too long.

O_o! Jason had a life before CP? I never would have guessed!

Question. What about playing the game just regularly? I mean, what if you experience not really any bug at all...? The only real bug you may experience would be...perhaps one or two spelling errors? What if that comes up? Though that's not exactly what a Beta Tester would be here...You do have a high amount of Quantity after all. Can't wait. Go.

Hence my auto-logger. It will log your game progress. i.e.

How long did your battles take?
What actions were used?
What did the enemies do?
How often did your party members die?
How long did that boss take?
What items were used?
What did you buy/sell in shops?
How much time did you spend on the puzzles and riddles?
How much time did you spend in cities?

All of that I will know after analyzing the logging file that the beta testers will send me. No logging file, no mentioning in the credits, it's that simple. :P The logging file will help me balance the game much better. I don't expect many bugs as the worst bugs I encountered during alpha testing so far were problems in the arbiter and the face graphics within the message system which I already know of. All I need to do is go through the game, find them all and fix them.

All right, sounds fun. Pre-game greatness.

By the way, can't you just edit the log and make it look like you're a great player? :V:

I kid, I kid, there's probably some crazy thing with that auto-logger you thought of.

I think you won't be able to decompile it. :P But it's not like I can stop you from doing it. xD
I'll also log debug accesses. I will advise the testers only to use it in an emergency like a bugged quest or a boss that killed them already a couple of times.

Wait, can we create multiple log files?  Or would we just do multiple game files in the same log file?  Example, the first time, I play through leveling up as little as possible to get through the game.  Then, I go back the second time and grind the hell out of the game (possibly using the debug menu to speed up the process).

So basically, what I'm getting is that you want at least one "normal" playthrough that will be as close to player experience as possible, and then other stuff where we go back and actually test for bugs in depth.  Sounds good!

One log file per new game started. Obviously you can have more. Of course, a game played with debug will give you less EXP as you don't get the up-to-20% bonus from battles when you deliver much damage and don't take so much.

Quote@Reno: If you pick up a bug in the Final Demo, you might as well mention it. I think that Blizzard has probably already fixed whatever it is, but it doesn't hurt to say what the issue is. If your computer exploded due to a RAM issue (like some sort of awesomeness overload), then definitely mention it (unless it was because of an awesomeness overload. Explosions of that nature are expected with this game.)

Thanks shdw! ^-^ I just realised there is a topic for the final demo, so I'll post it there. :) <3

AHHH!!!! I KANT WAIT!!!!!!!!!! lol

Ok, due to my laziness to fix a few things that are actually not necessary for Beta 1, I have decided only to finish the alpha testing and do only the most critical things from the to-do list. Looks like this time I could be able to keep my promise and release the beta "this week". :D

HAIL HERR BLIZZARD
HAIL PROJEKT CHAOS

Quote from: The ShoutboxCP BETA IS OUT! No, it's not. ._.

>.<
You got my hopes up...

man i hope you get done soon. I've been f***in bored!

Quote from: Reno-s--Joker on February 13, 2009, 02:01:17 am

Quote from: The ShoutboxCP BETA IS OUT! No, it's not. ._.

>.<
You got my hopes up...

Same here... I nearly dropped my laptop when I saw that but then I copied the small font into the shoutbox and almost cried... :V:

I just had to tease you guys a bit. ;) Don't worry, the Beta should be out tomorrow evening or monday morning.

You did the same thing with saying Lexima has been canceled.

Why believe the CP Beta is out at that time, especially when there's small text to the right of it? :P That's usually a dead sign of a psych.

When I finally release it tomorrow / the day after tomorrow, it would be hilarious if I posted it in totally small letters.

... I'll totally do that. xD

just how big is the download going to be, need a heads up for how long i'm going to have to wait for the dwonload

I don't have to worry about size. I have road runner high speed. Shit downloads fast no matter what it is. Looking forward to this Blizz...

I don't care how big, or how hard your new BETA v. is. I will play it until I beat it!!

Beta will be around 100 MB.

I only need to implement the logger and fix the most critical problems. I'll leave the other bug/glitches in there. They aren't anything serious and I can always send updates on the Beta. I will postpone the Beta to tomorrow afternoon. I need to get up early tomorrow and go to work so I can work today anymore on it. I'll be working until around 3pm. When I'm ready with the beta, it should still be afternoon in the US while it should be evening here. I apologize for the inconvenience, but let's face it: If I released the Beta in the morning many people here wouldn't go to school/work that day. :P

In other words: CP Beta is being released tomorrow afternoon/evening. 100%.

Aww... I don't even have school tomorrow so I will be so bored too.
Oh well, I can't wait Blizz :)
It is going to be so cool...  8)

Quote from: Blizzard on February 15, 2009, 06:53:16 pmLet's face it: If I released the Beta in the morning many people here wouldn't go to school/work that day. :P

You're a dick!!! LMFAO!!!

i won't have school this time tomorrow cause no classes run past this time because of Oriantation Day for the uni, the only thing i'll do then is go to the free BBQ that they have so free food, plus since Beta is 100 MB, it'll only take me maybe 20 minute or less and cost me about $3 - $4 of my internet balance at the uni, and here i though i would downloading a 600 MB file........ man i need to get better at RPG Maker XP, already Black Core Demo is 150+ MB and it's only about 1/12 of the entire game

No school for a week, fired from work cuz it closed down. I'm free... sadly..

Yeah I have tomorrow off, but I'm using it to cram 300 pages of ocean science into me.

I don't have school tomorrow. Isn't tomorrow Presidents Day, a federal holiday, in the states?

That's a lot of pages! I guess I could use tomorrow to work on my demo... Instead of playing the best game ever to be made in RMXP...

Oh well, I would rather be working on mine then playing that anyways...  :roll:

@shdw: Yupp, that's why I'm off. :)

i'll help too can i join the beta testing thing and the game is sweet i played version 1.6.2 all the way and it was COOL :D  :D

Wow...I <3'd lilith's loli-esque body, but this new one is O.O

... Could someone make it into a torrent?
I get a lot of troubles with files around that size with normal DLs. :(

which program are you using bittorrent,utorrent?

:D uTorrent. <3
Why?

just wondering i like bittorrent better :haha:

Regardless, I HAVE TO GO TO WORK, lol! As I said, I'll be at work until the afternoon so I will finish the beta when I get home today.

@Memor-X: There are a few threads around here that can help you. :) Just try the RM discussion boards. Fantasist's topic might be even stickied.

Quote from: Reno-s--Joker on February 15, 2009, 10:50:07 pm
... Could someone make it into a torrent?
I get a lot of troubles with files around that size with normal DLs. :(

That's a good idea. I'll do that. (I use uTorrent.)

That's because UTorrent is the best!!

@Blizz:
I'm not so sure that I will be considered a BETA tester for you,(as you probably have enough) but I will definitely leave constructive feedback for you, no doubt.

If you play through the game and send me the log file after you beat it, you're a beta tester and you'll get credited as such. xD

...Log??
My Save data??

You'll read about it in the beta thread, don't worry. :P It's not your save data I will be logging, it's your game progress / game flow data.

im bored sighn me up give me somthing to do lol

Lol, alright.

You sent me a PM, and edited my user title, but you forgot to add me to the beta testers list on the 1st page :^_^': At any rate...

I will begin testing now.

Wait, can i still test it? :huh:

he said beta testing will last a few months, so I assume so...

I added you to the usergroup, Valcos. Please read all instructions I put up in the Beta sections before you start testing. #_#

*starts testing without reading any instructions other than where to download*

>_>

yes i'll do that log thing to beta test this COOL game

Alright, I'll add you to the beta testers. Just be sure to read the instructions in the extra section first. :)

unlike Z... <_< >_>

I just doubled my gameplay time tonight XD!!
Along with that, I doubled my screenshots!!

I will post them all tomorrow as I am VERY tired after 3.5hrs of playing CP 0.o

Um, where do I get the information about what Im suppose to do  :shy:

There's a new section for it, right between the RM section and the General section.

Name: Pokol DaErran
RPG Making Skill:  Below Starrodk's.
Particular Skill:  Humor.
Credentials?: I would put the Golden Mango beta here, but it's not quite done. DX
Having me beta test your game won't really help it in any tangible way, but I can provide an insane outlook on your game's awesomeness.
And insanity is almost as tasty as cake.

Pokol, Blizz has already made the entire thing.  This was just to sign up for testing, not development...

Quote from: winkio on February 22, 2009, 01:54:04 pm
Pokol, Blizz has already made the entire thing.  This was just to sign up for testing, not development...

Yeah, I know.  But I can point out...
NON-INSANE SEGMENTS!
:V
If it sounded too much like development, I suppose I should change it.

Much better now :)  Although... well, nevermind.  I'll just let Blizz speak for himself...

You're now officially a beta tester, Pokol. Read the instructions I gave in a few topics, download the game and start playing and enjoying it. :)

yo blizz, if you want i'll help test it.

Ooooooooooh! I wanna sign up! I'm really intrested in the game. I saw the video and thought it awesome! Maybe I can find bugs in the game, too.

Haha, good luck.

Whee, thanks!
Time to get cracking.

Ok, I added you two to the list. There's an extra section between the RPG Maker section and the General section. Be sure to read all the information regarding the beta testing first, it's not that much.

okay, thanks. i'll start reading it now then

Not sure if you still need beta testers.. but if you need, I love to test the beta to the limit.  8)

Everybody is welcome to join the beta testing. During the beta testing of the Final Demo more than 10 people signed up, but only 2 actually submitted their final report. :/

that's crap... my believe if you sign up for something like this you should at least summit some stuff up.

I even think that the testing went for two months. -_-

ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME!
I WANNA BE A BETA TESTER! I LIKE MANY RPGS AND BLAA BLAA. BOTTOM LINE, I´M SINGNING UP FOR BETA.

o.o; Calm down. A simple "I'd like to beta test." would have sufficed. xD

Don't forget to read all the instructions first before you start beta testing and before you report bugs.

well i'm kind of late *Cough*really late*Cough* anyway can i sign up!  :^_^': well yeah.....^.^

Is it still possible for me to sign up Blizzard?

Of course. :)

IZ GONNA TRY IT ON WIN7

AND MAYBE WINE

It should work on Wine. If you have troubles (AHAHAHAHAHAHA, as if YOU would have troubles with Unix and Wine), Dio posted a topic about how to get it work. I just realized it wasn't stickied so I stickied it as well. http://forum.chaos-project.com/index.php?topic=1731.0

As if YOU would have troubles with OGRE and C++.

See how random that sounds? 0_o

Yes, I do. xD I hope you enjoy the game. :) Just be sure to read the shitload of info I posted in the (usually secret, but you can see them now) sections.

blizz u can remove me from the beta testers list probably wont be playing to the end i don't like games with demons & such in them sorry

Alright.

Oh yeah, forgot to tell you Blizz... but I cant test it right now. My computer that is use for rmxp and stuff is currently trapped. So this one i cant do it on. :^_^':

Blizz I can't playtest. Remove me from the list D: I actually haven't even dled it yet. Sorry Blizz.

I'm testing it in diagnostic mode. It's still not smooth but it's better than before. I'm at the point where I've got to explore the marsh to the east.

ah dang. My curiosity got the better of me. I was hoping to wait till the full full no-beta version of the game was out then play it, but I can't wait any more.

is it too late to sign up for beta testing Blizz?

Anyway I can sign up and not get a purple name? :O?

Why would you ever not want a purple name? :V:

Seriously Purple's da bomb (blue's cooler)

Who wuoldnt wnat a purple name? I know I would want one!

PS OFF TOPIC:
<.< >.> -_- why are you staring at me

RoseSkye > RoseSkye

All I'm sayin'.

It's not purple all the way, it's only in the online list. :P You can't access the hidden beta tester section if you're not in the beta tester usergroup which will turn your name purple. So no. But if you can get somebody to keep you updated with download links of newer versions, I can remove you from the usergroup so your username isn't purple.
I'll add you both to the list.

FYI, nobody so far has submitted their log file. And no one of them will be credited either.

Quote from: Blizzard on April 05, 2009, 07:25:21 am
FYI, nobody so far has submitted their log file. And no one of them will be credited either.

Give me one school holidays and then you can say/do whatever you want to me. ;____;
... pretty please?

I expected that some people would play through the game within a month. :/ There are loads of people who signed up, yet nobody has submitted their log file yet. It's frustrating as you can imagine.

I understand. It sucks being serious when no-one else is as serious as you. :D

Trust me, I look forward to submitting my log file. Although expect some weird fail numbers to appear. o__O;;

It doesn't log game overs. xD

What, really...? :shifty:

Not even the number of times gameovered? o.O

Nope. The log file is only updated the moment you save. If you die, then the log since your last save is also lost. Adding game over logging would have complicated the analysis of the log file even more which I wanted to avoid.

Ooh, that makes a lot of sense now. Well, if that's the case, I love the log file system even more. :shifty:

I could release it as special script, but since some people have different things that they would need to log, it's too much of a custom script.

Laptop still busted, CP lagging on my pathetic comp. I checked other RMXP games and it's the comp. They don't run smoothly. But then again, CP is especially slower. I'm playing 1-2 bosses a day.

i would like to give it a try :) :haha:i might learn something buy watching the masters at work :)

Quote from: Fantasist on April 05, 2009, 10:05:20 am
Laptop still busted, CP lagging on my pathetic comp. I checked other RMXP games and it's the comp. They don't run smoothly. But then again, CP is especially slower. I'm playing 1-2 bosses a day.

That would be Blizz's font effects, which slow the game down to a crawl if RMXP doesn't like your comp. He needs to add an option to disable effects like that IMO, and things such as the scrolling message window. But that's just my opinion.

Also, it might be your sound card. RGSS is Nazi over sound cards :/

Quote from: WcW on May 19, 2009, 05:42:24 pm
That would be Blizz's font effects, which slow the game down to a crawl if RMXP doesn't like your comp. He needs to add an option to disable effects like that IMO

What special effects? Shadow behind the text? Don't make me laugh. And why is nobody else having that problem? And why is FTS having that problem while being on the map where absolutely no text is being displayed? -_-

I mentioned "Audio" too.

When I played CP in VBox/Win7, the text effects/window effects/audio killed the FPS (~20 on almost everything). It wasn't the only factor, but there was a significant drop when a window came up.

Believe it or not, but I got 41 FPS today on CP. Yes, 41. Too bad I wasn't fast enough to screenshot it. It would've been awesome.

Technically seen absolutely everything uses CPU. Some things more, others less. But audio isn't really an issue. If I can get in a widely event-populated map like Luvia market over 30 FPS by using Blizz-ABSEAL 3 playing an .ogg file, I'd pretty much say something else is the issue. And I don't have the best PC either.

EDIT:

Sign me UP!

Sign me out, please. My computer lost a bunch of things because of a virus, so I have no Chaos Project Beta, nor RPG Maker XP.

cant you just redownload it? Maybe wipe your hd but save the needed stuff on a flash drive

He obviously doesn't want to test it.

can you sign me up blizzard?

There you go. Read the instructions before you start playing/testing.

Quote from: Blizzard on June 02, 2009, 12:52:48 pm
He obviously doesn't want to test it.

I wish I can, really. The game won't work on my computor because of a font script (That I have to remove with rmxp, which I don't have anymore). And I can't redownload it because my mom doesn't want any more games on her computor.

No problem, I was just joking. xD
If it was only the font problem, you could have simply remove the font installer from CP and installed the fonts manually.

blizz you might want to take me off the testing, iv became really busy and havent gotten that far in it.

The testing will go on for at least another 2 months. :P

Good, that means I have time to start over. The comp I was using crashed, and I lost my log and saves D: I didn't think I had enough time. I guess I do. Expect a log from me soon Blizz!

I'll sign up ^_^

There you go.

Quote from: Blizzard on July 10, 2009, 03:27:46 am
There you go.

^_^

I would like to be a beta tester... Im sure theres probably too many now, but if given the opportunity, Id be delighted to help test this project.

Just to be sure, did you get my log file Blizz?

Yes, Ryex.

@Xuroth: And 80% of the beta testers aren't testing.

I can only test 3 days of the week, due to my work schedule, but im up for nearly 72 hours straight those days. I could make some headway. May I please be signed up?

i'll be glad to if I can still beta test

I'm not saying that you have to dedicate your entire life to testing the game. xD
It would be nice if it can be done within 2 weeks. That makes about one and a half hours per day which I don't think is really a problem to come up with. Sadly some most people haven't done a thing for 3 months. :/
I'll add you two to the list.

Ohh well, I guess I'll give it a shot. Sign me up for it.

Please sign me up, too. I have nearly nothing to do and I think I could learn alot of this^^

There you go, guys. Make me proud. :P

I cant believe I have to start all over again for the 6th time >_> lol

starting on it now

Why? Do you keep deleting your save files? xD

It's a bit hard sometimes... I think it should automatically save after the intro. And perhaps a few more savepoints?
But that's probably not what I should pay attention to.^^

I pretty much use a specific system. For medium and short dungeons there is one savepoint at the end. If there is a boss, the savepoint is right before the boss. For larger dungeons USUALLY there are two savepoints. One is just like for the smaller dungeons, another one is at another specific point.

Reeva Cave: small, before the boss
Forest of Illusions: rather small, before the boss
Giada Castle (including Echo Cave): rather large, one at the entrance of the castle, the other before the boss
Great Marsh: medium, before the boss
Lorence Cave: very small (2 maps), no savepoint
Lorence Castle: medium, one before boss, another at optional boss (I wouldn't have set this one up if there was no optional boss)
Krato Mine: medium, no savepoint because you can return to Vendetta
Krato Mountains: medium, before the boss
Ghost Ship: very small (4 maps), no save point
Adel Tower: medium, outside of the tower, before the boss
Katana Desert: small, in the center at the oasis
Ice Temple (including Silent Forest and Ice Cavern): large, after Silent Forest, during 4-switch puzzle in the center, before the boss
Tower of Memories: small-medium (will be medium or medium-large later), before the boss
Cravgon: medium-large, at the entry / before the boss, you can always return to the savepoint, it's 3 maps from the center map where you walk around often
Molasta Pass: medium, before the boss
Termina Sewers: medium, at entry / before the boss
Ember Volcano: large, before the boss (I agree, another savepoint here might not be such a bad idea)
Andras Temple: large, before the boss (maybe another savepoint on top might not be such a bad idea here as well)
Mandora Dungeons: medium, no battles, still at entry
Mountains of Slumber: medium, before the boss
Crios (Island + Depths): large, one at transition between Island and Depths and before the boss
Genesis Dome: large, one at the top where a nasty puzzle is (halfway) and one before the boss
Unitopia Underground 1: small-medium, at the beginning
Luvia Underground: medium, no save point as I didn't want players to get stuck while being too weak
Thirsty Dunes: medium, one right before a nasty/dangerous puzzle and one before the boss
Unitopia Underground 2: medium, one at the beginning and one before the boss
Hyperion: gigantic, 5 save points scattered throughout the entire ship, one at each deck covering all bosses and two in between

I should probably add another one in Ember Volcano and in Andras Temple.
And maybe I'll add one when you start the game. But it would be kinda awkward because I'll maybe have to restructure some maps (again). :/ I'll think about it.

Quote from: Blizzard on July 27, 2009, 03:31:48 am
Why? Do you keep deleting your save files? xD

I actually beat it the first time starting it over the 4th time. Thats when I erased it not having any idea when to turn in the log.
The first 3 times I started ended up in a hard drive format. The 5th time ended up in a hard drive format as well.

I'm going to make backups now. I'll play CP off my flash drive

Lol! I hope nothing bad happens this time. It might help if you don't play it for a month, but instead finish the game in, let's say, 3 or 4 days. xD

EDIT: Beta 2 is now done 96%. The most work that needs to be done includes the secret dungeons (and their puzzles) and sidequests and minigames on Kadro. If you guys are lucky, I can get it done within the next month. I doubt it, but it's possible.

EDIT: Small change. Instead of Beta 2 it's RC and it's now 98% of the full game (Beta 2 was originally supposed to be 95%). This fact does not mean that the release will be postponed. It rather means that I realized that "Beta 2" was just a tested Beta 1 with the few additions and polishments that need to be tested to be sure everything is working fine. :P
I am very confident that RC will be released before Christmas and there is a slight chance that it will be released during November. RC testing will be 1 month only. That means that Chaos Project is coming closer to an actual release date of the full game.

Alright, I have just removed a bunch of people from the beta tester list. Why? They weren't doing anything. If YOU are among those people and want to resume testing, you have to ask for a sign up again.
RC will be released very soon (probably before Christmas) and I'd like a few people to check if everything is alright with the game. The only people who are still beta testers are those who already fulfilled their part (or quite a bit of work beyond beta testing without fulfilling the beta tester tasks) and are going to be credited.

For the RC, I'll be playing from the beginning (rather than use my savefile that's right before Nemesis XD).

Actually I require people to play from the beginning. xD And you'll the actual RC. That means fully encrypted, ready for release. I'll also need somebody for map testing because nobody did it during Beta.

Err, I know its been a while in regards to beta and whatnot, surely the game must be almost done by now?

If its not, I'd be glad to give my 'testing' efforts and crappy criticism in your favor, Mister Blizzard.

Just tell me what you need me to do, and I'll see it done :D


--JeR

The game's already released...

*locks* -_-