Deft Aklin Posted April 2, 2003 Share Posted April 2, 2003 Well, today, Q finally announced the beginning of Beta 3. This third phase in testing should lead directly into the release of this great endeavor. Good luck to all. I hope everyone from these forums gets in. http://boards.station.sony.com/ubb/starwars/Forum3/HTML/115232.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asgenar Posted April 2, 2003 Share Posted April 2, 2003 I've been anxiously checking my e-mail . . . to no avail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Gaarni Posted April 2, 2003 Share Posted April 2, 2003 Yeah, well, keep on hoping, man. No point in stoping now. But even if you don't get in, you'll always be able to play the game once it comes out. Gotta see the positive in things. Oh, and: Welcome to the SWGalaxies.Net Forums!!! I'm Jan Gaarni, XO of the Official Welcomming Committee and Moderator of this place. Be sure to check out the Read This First thread at the top of this forum, as it contains some guidelines on how to behave, if you haven't all ready. Most here are friendly and the aggression level is far from what you will find in the Official SWG Boards, so I'm sure you will like it here. Please feel free to stay as long as you want. And have some chocolate covered gnorts. Complementary Juztyn. Also be sure to check out the SWGalaxies.Net site which is connected to these forums. We hope you enjoy your stay here on the SWGalaxies.Net Forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swphreak Posted April 2, 2003 Share Posted April 2, 2003 *checks email* nope, not their yet. [sigh] I wanna help out in Beta. I especially wanna test how the continuity goes after I'm finished testing what they want me to test. *checks email again* darn..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Gaarni Posted April 3, 2003 Share Posted April 3, 2003 ROFL I, in particulary, like this bugfix: /afk - fix ping-pong effect when 2 people are AFK and one messages the other to tell them they're back, and then that gets the other guy saying that they are still afk, then you say you're afk back to him, and then he says . . .you get the picture. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swphreak Posted April 3, 2003 Share Posted April 3, 2003 I still don't get the whole point of "ping * pong." I've seen it on IRC when I used to have it. What's the point of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setsuko Posted April 3, 2003 Share Posted April 3, 2003 When you "ping" something, your computer sends a short message to the other computer (most often a server), telling that computer to send a short message back. When the "pong" comes back, you'll know how fast your connection to the server is (or, if it doesn't come back, you know that you can't reach it!). Using ping is very convenient when you are building or maintaining networks, and something goes wrong. Then it is easy to ping the different parts of the network to find out where the error is. Much easier than crawling around, following the wires! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldpainless Posted April 3, 2003 Share Posted April 3, 2003 Sweet lady of blessed Beta Selection dont fail me now... How long would it take though for the cd to reach holland. Wait did i put my real address on my application... /rushes to the official website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deft Aklin Posted April 3, 2003 Author Share Posted April 3, 2003 In addition to Set's explanation, you should know that a lower number is better. I think 100-150 is about average. Less than 100 is great and more than 200 usually you will start to experience lag and other bad stuff, like freezing. At least for games that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swphreak Posted April 3, 2003 Share Posted April 3, 2003 so, if I were to type ping on SWG or some other game, I'd get a "pong" back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deft Aklin Posted April 3, 2003 Author Share Posted April 3, 2003 No. Now I think I get it. You are talking about the ping pong afk thing in Q's announcement? He was refering to personal messages. If you and a buddy were both set afk with a message and one of you returned, the message you send to your buddy would return his afk message to you. Then you would return an afk message to him and he woul return....You get the idea. /set afk Text to buddy: I'm back Return mess: I'm afk. Auto reply:I'm afk Return mess: I'm afk. Auto reply: I'm afk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setsuko Posted April 3, 2003 Share Posted April 3, 2003 If you want to ping something (I'm guessing you're using Windows if you don't know how to ping ), click the start menu, then "Run". This will produce a nice little window. Type cmd. This will make a command prompt magically appear. Type "ping insert ip or URL here", and Bob's your uncle. The command prompt should thereby look like this: C:\>ping http://www.bbc.co.uk Pinging from 212.58.224.115: bytes=32 time=70ms TTL=240 Pinging from 212.58.224.115: bytes=32 time=70ms TTL=240 Pinging from 212.58.224.115: bytes=32 time=70ms TTL=240 Pinging from 212.58.224.115: bytes=32 time=70ms TTL=240 Ping statistics for 212.58.224.115: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 <0% loss>, Approcimate round trip times in milli-seonds: Minimum = 51ms, Maximum = 80ms, Average = 67ms This doesn't work if the computer you are trying to ping has a firewall that doesn't let you ping it (to avoid getting 'flood pinged'). This, however, is hard to do while you are gaming, of course. Many online games, though (especially FPS's, since it's mostly in FPS's that it matters), you'll be able to see the players ping's. As D_S said, the lower the better. Someone having a ping of 999 is a good sign that the player has lost it connection. Why is it better to have a low ping? Because it is a measure of how many microseconds a reply packet takes to get to you. Having somewhere around 100 or less is nice in fast paced games, while in MMORPG's 1/10th of a second more or less is not a life or death matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taos Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 So now that this beta has been announced and people are going to be playing in it.......how long do they last? Once this beta is done with the game is coming out - is that correct? How long did the first two beta's last? *so much to learn * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackrabbit Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 The length of Betas is never a set time limit. This beta is mostly for testing performance. They're going to cram as many people into the game as possible, and see how the game handles it. If something really bad happens, though, they might have to start all over again (worse case scenario). If all goes as planned, it shouldn't last more than a month. All usually never goes as planned though... The first beta started in November or December (I'm bad at remembering dates). So, if you figure they've been through two so far...well, you can do the math. Yes, this is the last one, and I don't think it will be any longer than a month and a half (late May/early June). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setsuko Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Well, according to the developers (if they are not coldblooded liars!), the reason for the extended beta periods has not only been a matter of technological tinkering, it has been a realization that there is a need for more content. The Beta will propably continue until the release day (or one day before it, something like that). Why? Because they'll be working on bugs and tweaks nonstop, and the extra testing time earned from the day the game goes gold to the day you can get it over the shelf is very valuable, that's why you can expect to download some megs of updates when you finally install the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rashala Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Kewl. All I can say is Good luck to everyone out there who signed up to try and become a beta testers and let's GaME ON!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swphreak Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 I'm still freakin out. I heard a SWG newsletter just went out and I'm signed up for it but I haven't gotten it. if I can't even get that, how in the heck am I supposed to get the Beta email? I've re-entered my email address and the authorization code I got 2 times now, and made sure I clicked "Recieve Newlestter." Do I still have a chance of geting into Beta even tho I haven't gotten a newletter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Gaarni Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 No. Now I think I get it. You are talking about the ping pong afk thing in Q's announcement? And weenie #2 has it. Sorry, Set. Phreak, there was something about that not long ago. I can't remember exactly what you had to do, cause it didn't really concern me. I was getting the monthly news letter anyway. I'll try finding it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setsuko Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Originally posted by Jan Gaarni And weenie #2 has it. Sorry, Set. Hey, I saw an opportunity to educate our audience, and so I did. You can take the teacher out of school, but you can't take the school out of the teacher! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swphreak Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 You were a school teacher?? And thanks Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Gaarni Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Kindergarden teacher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setsuko Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 And if I'm able to teach four-year-olds to draw sailing boats with crayons, I'd be damned if I can't teach you how to ping a server! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swphreak Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 hmm... I pinged a website. Is that how hackers get IP addresses for websites and stuff? Looks suspicious..... I wouldn't know as I'm not one And you teach 4 year olds? That takes a lot of patience.... my 4 year old cousin is a handful all by himself!! Will I get a smiley if I ping a server Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joesdomain Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 I heard about Beta 3 testing starting. I hope they don't take forever doing this. Hopefully, they will fix everything that is wrong with it fast and start selling them. Then they can start on their space expansion pack. I may not buy this because of a 56K modem. Pretty slow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setsuko Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 I like the beta test. I like a long beta test. That way, other people are subjected to the game while it is bug-riddled and not so fun to play, while I'm there to reap the final results! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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