FAS Testing Debrief (25 APRIL 2010)

The April 25th testing continuned testing the stability of FAS on the orange box engine, as well as enusring that the push and territorial control gameplay worked. Thankfully, most of the issues have been sorted out, however, there are still issues when a team reaches zero reinforcements and someone captures all the points. Futhermore, there are still some issues with the rag-doll physics. Lastly, some balance changes will be looked at such as increasing each team's reinforcements, as well as increasing the effectiveness of armor. The following are known issues that will be fixed for the next build:

• Increase M24 Scope Accuracy
• Decrease M82 No-Scope Accuracy
• Decrease M79 Damage
• Increase M67 Frag Damage
• Increase Desert Eagle Recoil
• Increase Reinforcement Threshold
• Increase Armor Effectiveness
• Recompile Ragdolls
• Decrease Sako 95 Damage
• Increase SR25 Movement Penalty
• Fix Game rules on Map Full Capture
• Fix grenade throw animation

FAS Testing Debrief (18 APRIL 2010)

DysPatch will now post Testing Debriefings in the Beta Testing Journal. Testing Debriefings summarize the last testing session as well as list bug fixes and changes that will be made for the next round of testing.

The 18 April 2010 testing tested the stability of the game on Orange Box, which is progressing but not as stable as previous builds, with issues such as PS and TC points crashing the server. However, many bugs have been identified and will be fixed for the next round of testing, including:

• Fix Armor Credit Cost
• Decrease Wind Volume in Snowstorm
• Optimize Snowstorm
• Re-add Ammobox reload sound
• Give More Magazines on Spawn
• Decrease time between magazine pick at ammoboxes
• Fix sprint speed, and movement speeds in general
• Stabilize TC and PS capture points
• Add weapon distance firing sounds
• Ragdoll recompile (To fix seizures upon death)
• M24 Animations

Beta Time

The FAS Alpha Tester's Journal has been renamed FAS Beta Tester's Journal. As PFS states, "this is more or less the first version that would/could be released."

Player testers now are working on making sure there are no "exploits, bugs, [or anything] that could detract from gameplay."

The forum still has moderated post: FAS team members have to view post before they can be posted. While this prevents leaks, it does not make it easier for testers to post game play experiences.

Do not expect more use out of this forum.