Info on ETQW Public Beta

Quakewars Community Site wrote:Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars Public Beta First Details
Submitted by badman on Sat, 2007-06-16 15:15.

At long last, we are delighted to confirm the impending Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars Public Beta. The ETQW Closed Beta has been going extremely well and yielding excellent results. We want to give more people the opportunity to give us feedback on the game so we’re going to open a Public Beta with 60,000 slots available. This way we’ll be able to test many more combinations of hardware, RAM, CPU, graphics card, drivers etc. than we’ve been able to ourselves, and also get a better idea of how the game plays for the general gaming public.

The Public Beta build will consist of a single map named “Sewer”, which is part of ETQW’s Pacific Campaign. Set in Japan, the map revolves around a Strogg base hidden in, well, a sewer. It’s an interesting mix of outdoor and indoor, vehicle and infantry combat, deployables and counter-deployables and good old-fashioned FPS combat.

If you’d like to help us finish ETQW, we’d really appreciate your participation. If you want to just play a game for free you may find it a frustrating experience. This Public Beta is not the Demo - it’s not the finished game, but an opportunity to get feedback from a large group of people while testing stability and performance on a wider range of hardware combinations. The Public Beta will also collect some information on your hardware configuration, so you shouldn’t apply unless you’re comfortable with that.

When the Public Beta opens, participants will be sent their unique license code that is required for play. As we don’t have the infrastructure necessary to download tens of thousands of clients, we’ve asked FilePlanet to help us distribute these license codes along with the beta clients.

A fixed number of beta slots are being set aside for Fileplanet subscribers, so if you already have a FilePlanet subscription, you’re in the front of the queue. The rest of the slots will then go to those with free FilePlanet accounts. To be clear: You don’t have to pay anyone anything to participate in the ETQW Public Beta. It’s up to you if you want to pay FilePlanet for use of the improved download services they provide.

We will reveal more details on the Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars Public Beta, including the official start date, in the near future. Hope to see you all online very soon!

Atomm wrote:
Oooh, I like that pic....

Yea, I'm hanging on to my account at fileplanet as long as I can, but I may have to cancel soon.

At the least, I would like to see a little of it.....

ETQW wrote:ETQW Public Beta Distribution Details and Start Date!
Submitted by badman on Mon, 2007-06-18 18:36.

With the Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars Public Beta approaching, we have a few more bits of information about how the whole thing is organized, how you will be able to get your key, and, most importantly, when key distribution will actually start.

First off, I know there's some concern that most of the 60,000 Public Beta slots will go to FilePlanet subscribers - this is not the case. In fact, the keys are split right down the middle, with half going to subscribers and the other half to people with free FilePlanet accounts.

Now, the ETQW Public Beta client will not work without a valid beta key. With that in mind, your next question is undoubtedly "How the *bleep* do I get a key?" Aside from the fact that this is a family-friendly blog and I won't have that kind of language around here, it's pretty straightforward: There will be a special Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars Public Beta mini-site going up on FilePlanet that will be available throughout the key distribution phase. When you log into this site with your FilePlanet account and keys are available at that time, you'll get your key along with a download link for the beta client.

Let's move on to the actual distribution phase of the beta. As you're reading this, the beta is being released to a very limited number of select FilePlanet subscribers - we're calling this the sneak peek phase. Essentially, we're using this to test the delivery process and to see if there are any last minute showstopper issues. If you are a FilePlanet subscriber, you may get the chance to partake in this.

If the sneak peek goes well and no catastrophic issues crop up, we will move on to the actual key distribution phase. This is going to last several days and on each day we will make available a number of beta slots through the aforementioned ETQW sub-site on FilePlanet. During the first three days of this process, keys will be available to FilePlanet subscribers only. This will be followed by two days of keys for anyone with a free FilePlanet account.

The best part, and I've been waiting five paragraphs to say this, is that Day 1 of key distribution is currently scheduled for the middle of this week. That's right, the first batch of keys for the Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars Public Beta will go out in just a few days! FilePlanet's ETQW sub-site will be going up that same day.

Now why are we spreading these out over several days instead of throwing all 60,000 keys out at once? Simple: We want to make sure that as many people as possible get the chance to obtain a key and we feel that scheduling a predetermined number of keys to go out each day is the best way to do this. We're also going to be gradually ramping up the number of available keys with each passing day, so as time goes on, more keys are passed out per day. This allows us to steadily increase the load on our back-end infrastructure, making sure we can effectively test that.

Of course, a multiplayer beta is useless if there are no servers to play on. Towards that end, we've been working closely with a select number of Game Server Providers to get servers for the Public Beta up in North America, Europe, and Australia. We will continue to work with GSPs around the world to make sure Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars servers can be found in every major territory when the game ships.

One last thing: We will definitely keep you updated throughout the various phases of the Public Beta roll-out, so be sure to check the site regularly to find out the latest. If you have an RSS reader, you can grab our feed right here to stay up to date on all things ETQW.

• You have unlimited sprint
• You are not supposed to be able to fire while sprinting although some people say that they can.
• It is much faster than BF2
• Go back to BF2 noob
• There are jetpacks in the game and you can ski down hillsides with them or fly.
• If you don't like strafing your a noob/If you use strafing you are a loser. (Strafing is rapidly moving left and right to try and avoid being hit while at the same time trying to hit your opponent.)
• some of the vehicles are difficult to drive. "All or nothing" steering was mentioned.
• Battlefield sux
• Bunnyhopping seems to be in full effect at the moment.

Sarge wrote:
reading through the reports of people beta testing has made me realize why I usually avoid those community discussion boards completely. I swear it's all the same 14 year old kids from PlanetBattlefield at the Quake site 😢

So far the items that I've gleaned from these threads are:

• If you don't like strafing your a noob/If you use strafing you are a loser. (Strafing is rapidly moving left and right to try and avoid being hit while at the same time trying to hit your opponent.)

Sarge wrote:
Strafing was explained to be basically "a dance" of moving back and forth shooting at your opponent. Apparently if you wiggle fast enough (think hitting ADADADADADADAADDADADAAD as fast as you can) you make yourself a harder target and if your aim is good enough, you can take people out while doing this. Some people call it skill, others call it exploiting, and others say the skill is being able to headshot the f*ckers that are doing it.

sounds a bit like the Quake Wars equivalent to dolphin diving to me, or the standing to kneeling move that some players do in BF2.

lexx wrote:
I still think we should just get an unranked server of anything to mess around with for the summer. You guys are waiting on a pipedream here. Hell once they do get it released in Sep/Oct maybe it will be worth the hype..

This is getting as bad as waiting for DukeNukenForever to come out 🤣

Badman wrote:Hey everyone,

As you know, the Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars Public Beta Sneak Peek phase is currently in full swing and FilePlanet has been giving out beta keys to new subscribers.

We know there are many FilePlanet subscribers on this forum eagerly anticipating the start of the ETQW Public Beta, so with the subscriber phase right around the corner, FilePlanet has released a limited number of keys that are available right now as part of the sneak peek phase. This will allow the subscribers among you to get in on the action before the rush later in the week.

If you currently have a FilePlanet or Founder's Club subscription and want to participate in the beta, head to the following URL:

http://www.fileplanet.com/betas/qw_s..._subs_key.aspx

Please keep in mind that the available keys are limited in number and we expect them to go quickly. These additional sneak peak slots also don't count against the 60,000 slot limit, so the full number of slots will still be available during when we're doing the full roll-out.

I'll update this post once the available slots have been filled.

Atomm wrote:
ACK! FIX URL PLEASE!
Went direct to Fileplanet. DL now.

Sarge wrote:
I can (and am) running it on my system. Graphics are set to low, but it's running.

AMD 2400+
2GB DDR RAM
ATI 9600 Pro 256mb AGP

Atomm wrote:
HEH! Cool! Does that mean we might see you in teamspeak again?

ts.gamersradio.com:8822

BTW, be very careful about touching the video settings. Not only did it mess up my OS settings, but it fubared BF2's on top of that. I had to uninstall and reinstall the drivers to get everything back to normal.

lexx wrote:
Hmmm. my last post here disapeared.

Anyways, I reinstalled it, tried setting everything to low quality and tried diff refresh rates on my monitor but QW still locks up everthing as soon as I try to join a server, empty or populatated.

After about 5-6 hard reboots I give up.

Atomm wrote:
Lexx,

I did some searching. Here are possible solutions:

Update Video Drivers to the latest version.

Typing the password incorrectly, then correcting it can cause authentication issues when trying to connect to a server. Seems the only solution to this is time.

Try connecting again. If it hangs, hit ~ and see what the message is. Also, I believe you can run it in windowed mode with a special command to see the debug output. I am still looking for this info.

One other thing you might try is to turn ZoneAlarm off temporarily and see if you can connect. If so, then you may need to add additional ports.

Hope that helps!

And I am with Doc on this.... Get a Dell Dude!

Atomm wrote:
Lexx, are you running the beta in vista?

Atomm wrote:
I guess you didn't get the part where I was joking....? 😛

lexx wrote:
Wadda ya mean ya jes er' kiddin'?!? I just order a pkarbell to pwn wit!

lexx wrote:
Snatch!.... back on track here 😉

I tried QW again today finally. Carefully typed in the password.. it works! I got on an empty server and it worked but I kept getting jerked or held in place, like packets had to clear. Kinda reminds me of speed hack freezing in UT prior to the first couple of patches.

With the lowest settings however it looks interesting. I loved the QII sound effects. It really sets the mood for an alien battle. I like this about it. The rest of it kinda reminds me of BF, movements, weapons, etc, and I suppose that isn't all bad.

This is how 2142 should have looked like imho. At least all the controls remapped, hehehe.

Lets hope the demo plays better tho. I was by myself with a 52ping and the movement was really laggy, but it was good enough to get a look at the game.
How long will this beta work. Perhaps the team can try QW for FNF?

Sarge wrote:
An update for the QW Beta client is out. Fixes include browser improvements, server memory leak fix, bots, and improvements to player and latency prediction.

http://community.enemyterritory.com/?q=node/72

DocJon wrote:
That link says a new release is coming soon.

So far, when I've played it, I've missed things from BF2, and not enjoyed much new that it offers. . .it's a BETA tho, and maybe that will change. Also, maybe I need to play it more to understand it.

Sarge wrote:
Whoops. The news post on the release is in the link below. The one that I linked to was just an overview of the expected changes in the client. My bad!

http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums...read.php?t=4197

I think you actually get the update via the client itself.

DocJon wrote:
Thanx Sarge, yeah, looks like you just have to run the game.

Silent Cold wrote:
but my uber eleet skills are well off base for any extreme fun.