Hello all,
Since the AvP2 multiplayer demo debuted this last Friday we've been
*extremely* pleased to see that so many people have been downloading and
playing it. Thanks for that! There's also been a whole lot of feedback
in forums, chat rooms and elsewhere and we want to thank you all for
taking the time to lay out your thoughts as well as just playing! We've
seen some really decent constructive criticism which I, for one,
appreciate. It's nice to get a pat on the back (who doesn't like a pat
on the back?) but it's *more* useful to see where players are having
difficulties and what's causing problems so that we can try and act on
those things.
Once we released the demo, as more and more servers started to come
online, we spotted an intermittent problem with the in-game server list
which I know many of you have experienced - the demo will sometimes exit
to the desktop while trying to refresh the server list. As soon as it
was discovered, the boffins at Monolith got to work fixing this issue!
As some of you may know (if you read Jason Hall's recent postings),
after seeing what else users were saying, they also took the opportunity
to make some other tweaks and changes to smooth out the overall
experience of finding, joining and playing a game that we think you will
definitely enjoy.
These changes have been incorporated into a new version (1.0.9.2) of the
demo which we're offering in two formats:
1) a full replacement for the existing demo (64MB) for those who
*haven't* downloaded it yet, and...
2) a much smaller (4.25MB) updater for those who are already running the
current (1.0.9.1) version.
I'd like to encourage you all to update to this new version so that you
can benefit from these additions and so we can all get on and play the
latest and greatest version.
Here's the actual list of changes from the update itself:
- Fixed the crash bug on the Join screen.
- Added a "[D]" to the end of server names that are dedicated...
- Added player rename functionality mid-game (i.e. ' Spanky')
- Added PageUp and PageDown support to the server list.
- Added mouse wheel support to the server list.
- Added double click join support to the server list.
- Fixed a couple of bugs that could cause long waiting times on the
server list menu.
- Made it so you can hit Escape to cancel a server list refresh.
Oh, something to keep in mind as well is that this is only a demo and,
as such, consists of *just a subset* of what the full game has to offer!
For example, there's only one representative of each species in the demo
(or four out of SIXTEEN playable characters) and you will see that, in
AvP2, this means a whole lot more than just sixteen different skins!
Also, there are only limited weapons available as well (there are still
another FIVE Marine weapons and FOUR Predator weapons to get). There are
many things for you to explore and play with in the full version not
present in the demo. So, to those who may think that the game leans too
heavily in favor of one species, I'd ask you to reserve your judgement a
little until you get access to the fully-featured final release.
That's it for now. Thanks for playing and letting us know what you
think. Keep up the good work! Now, go get that update and LET'S ROCK!!!
BTW, that full version will be out very, very soon!!
=dave=
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