New v01.01.00 Public Beta Available

[Q-Ball]

How do we access this BETA version? It is not accessible from MY PAGE on the Matrix Site (see below). Where is it?

[MarkShot]

It looks like you are not logged in or did not register your game.

[Q-Ball]

I think the problem is that Slitherine will not allow me to Register the game; "Sorry you already redeemed this serial".

I was a tester so didn't buy the game, maybe that's the problem

[821Bobo]

I got discount after release, "bought and registered" new serial. You should have gotten as well.

[Rosencrantus]

A few things I noticed when playing with this beta.

You are now able to assign construction units to FBD units which isn't mentioned in the changelog.
Do AOGs have any effect on garrison values? Like for example if I keep JG 27 on the map, does the air value in Western Europe or wherever it was supposed to go is lower than it would have been otherwise? In addition does assigning air groups to the proper AOG grant any combat benefits? i.e all JG 27 air groups to JG 27.

[Joel Billings]

ORIGINAL: Rosencrantus

A few things I noticed when playing with this beta.

You are now able to assign construction units to FBD units which isn't mentioned in the changelog.

That's a bug that has been logged. You should not be able to attach any new units to FBD/NKPS units.

Do AOGs have any effect on garrison values? Like for example if I keep JG 27 on the map, does the air value in Western Europe or wherever it was supposed to go is lower than it would have been otherwise?

Yes, if you look on the status tab on the TB box on the map, you'll see you can expand info re the Ground Value in the TB. By clicking on the triangle to expand the info, you'll see that fighters do contributed to the value (there is a max that they can contribute, which IIRC is the number in parenthesis).

In addition does assigning air groups to the proper AOG grant any combat benefits? i.e all JG 27 air groups to JG 27.

No.

Answers in red above.

[Beethoven1]

Any approximate guess as to when this may be released as a non-beta version? It seems like it has some good fixes, and I'd like to start a new MP game using them. If so and if my opponent wants to wait until it is no longer a beta, will it be a long wait?

[Joel Billings]

It could be a bit of a wait. We're trying to get another public beta out next week with fixes for the bugs that came up in 1.01.00. That version will add the in-game scaling preference percentage, which will need at least a little public beta time before it becomes official. So likely a minimum of several weeks, and that assumes things go well. 1.01.00 does have some good fixes, but it has a couple of new bugs that got added. Most can be worked around, but they need to be fixed. We've already fixed some in a 1.01.01 we've had in internal testing, but there are a few others that have come up since then.

[Soviet_Union]

I crash anytime I click on Leningrad's coastal guns. Anyone else getting this?

[56ajax]

ORIGINAL: Soviet_Union

I crash anytime I click on Leningrad's coastal guns. Anyone else getting this?

If you mean the Leningrad Coastal Artillery Division, then no.

[erikbengtsson]

ORIGINAL: Joel Billings

It could be a bit of a wait. We're trying to get another public beta out next week with fixes for the bugs that came up in 1.01.00.

Any news on this?

[Joel Billings]

The files for 1.01.02 have gone to Matrix and we're just waiting for the installer to be updated. It will probably go out by early next week as a public beta unless there's a big backlog in production. It's possible that 1.01.02 would become an official version some time in August, but that really depends on whether any newly created critical bugs are discovered and require a fix. If I was playing just against the AI, I'd be playing the latest public beta. I realize it's more difficult when playing against other people since you have to use the same version.

[erikbengtsson]

Great news, thank you!