Lys-something 20% weirder every time - how does he do it? - wrote:Well, my post was one from the point of view that demanding a new build is wrong and unfair to the developers, however, to be fair, it should be noted that the people who are refreshing the page constantly for new builds are simply doing so because of their passion for the project. It is just rude and unfair to you guys (the developers) when it comes across as "oh n0es, release a new build nao!"
Yes - let me be clear here: Those of you who download and play the game, and want the latest and greatest: You all rock. Seriously. We essentially are doing this for you. I don't even play all that much beyond trying out the new features for you to play. If you have an idea, let us know - if we shoot it down, no hard feelings. Try again with another idea. We honestly are working to make the best game that we can available to you for free. It simply becomes frustrating when it seems people are more talking about what they wish would happen or wish we would fix than offering real, substantive ideas on how to improve the game. You know, I wish the game would run perfectly too - but we're not there yet. Help us out! If you alpha or beta test, screw around with the settings. What makes it go faster? If you find something significant, let us know!
Alpha testers - if I add something that makes the game completely broken, let me know and I (or someone who keeps more appropriate hours) will fix it for you - but if you alpha test you should
expect that and not be stunned by it complaining about the game being broken. If you alpha test, you should know where your log file is and how to identify relevant details of it and post just that with a line or two explaining what you did. Many of you already do that, and it's greatly appreciated, but there remain some who don't - and if you can't figure this out, you probably shouldn't be alpha testing. Which is okay. It's not that big a deal. In the end, it is much harder for more than one of us to collaborate on the same project when we worry how much noise we'll get from this thread from people who are alpha testing that shouldn't. It slows us down. We really do appreciate you wanting to test this game as it is developed, but even games developed by professional studios go through awful, awful phases where hitting the wrong button at the wrong time can crash the system. If you want the latest game that is still probably working, just stick to the betas - but even then we do expect some things from you.
Beta testers - you downloaded software that was rather clearly marked beta. Era of perpetual beta or otherwise, around here this actually has meaning. It means things might break. If it doesn't work for you, you should feel at least somewhat obligated to check out the posts to see if your problem has been mentioned previously before telling us about it. We really do try to fix things as soon as possible, but if the beta doesn't work for you, there's a reasonable chance you will simply have to wait for the next beta. I know this is annoying, but what else can we do? Do you want us to release even more broken software that proceeds to work equally not-at-all on your machine? Probably not. If you'd rather not deal with this hassle either: wait for the releases. It's okay. We're cool with it, I promise. We'll still think you're cool, even.
Really, it's a bit unfortunate it has to come to a point where you get to see how we all respond to frustration, but hopefully you will stick with the project and be just as eager as we are in anticipation of upcoming features and versions. It's a lot. I promise.
...just, perhaps, proclaim your eagerness a tiny bit more quietly. Or maybe in some other room. We'll just stay right here and not peek.
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And to business:
Azoschke: At the moment, it is likely a slow computer problem, so you'll just have to deal with it... until we fix the rendering, which will make it faster (though I don't know just how much faster).
I assume this will be before the release, but it's not something I am working on so I can't say for sure. That version (as you have heard) uses a new version of OpenGL that makes our rendering method burdensome to the computer and obsolete.
As for the AV delay, try changing the delay display from "Friendly" to "Numeric" and see if you can't find a consistent average off amount. One of the feature requests is better delay calibration - that is among the things I've got my eye on if no one gets to it first, so ... it will be gotten to. Eventually.
) and no issues are fixed and co. ... I wish the days when tons of issues were fixed at a day, and it was fun to read the Fofix development thread, were back... Yeah i know, coders have life, they have to live, get money, eat. I understand, just thinking out loud.
) anyways, while the fps is steady, it drops a little from 3.100 final, which I understand is normal. However, my AV dealy seems to be way off and I can't for the life of me get it right. I have it on 200 ms and that makes it playable on guitar (although it still seems a tad bit off) but it's even worse on drums.