Constellation Beta Still Available For New Members
danwatt
Join Date: 2003-09-10 Member: 20720Members, Constellation
Join Date: 2003-09-10 Member: 20720Members, Constellation
I have not joined constellation [yet], since I have been rather busy with school until this week and thus would have been too tempted to waste all time playing the 3.0 beta (fun, but would hurt grade), had I joined earlier. Now I want to join, pitch in to the devs for a job well done, and I am just curious if Flayra is still giving out the beta to new constellation members, this close to the supposed release time? (I do realize, according to some recent threads, that it might be a week or more since there are still some bugs)
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Flayra is a busy man
If your extra nice or popular he gets to you faster. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
Yes constie is still open for playtesting.
If the Beta is released by the time you get access, its no big deal because you Donated for the right reasons and not for greed, cause your a good person! <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
Come join the Evil... I mean nice Contie ranks!
Please sign over your soul here
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and initial here
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just wonid and steam id?
and to play ns on steam i just copy and paste my steam folder ot the steam folder right? (never tried hate steam)
Flayra is a busy man
If your extra nice or popular he gets to you faster. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Or how much you donate <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
Flayra is a busy man
If your extra nice or popular he gets to you faster. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Or how much you donate <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
it x-mas time so it probably going to take a while anyways
and to play ns on steam i just copy and paste my steam folder ot the steam folder right? (never tried hate steam) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
All you need to do is install Half Life on steam, then download and run the 3.0 installer. There are plenty of threads in the constie forum that contain instructions <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
Do you get a PM to give you CM details etc?
Such a cool program.... donate money to a game you love, get some good stuff in return.... instead of paying $50 for a horrible game that you probably will play through for a couple days and never touch again.
Uh hold on, I'll get the answer to you as soon as possible.
*Steps to the back of the room in a corner by another man in the same getup*
<i>Should we tell him?
Well...
I'm not sure either..
How about we wait until we decide?
Ok sounds good.</i>
*Steps back into center of the room*
Of course son, of course. You'll get it...
Lately its been 2-3 weeks after your money clears. However if load decreases it can be a matter of hours I've heard. I'm donating after xmas. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
i know i get the icon, but as for bets will i have to redonate, or will i get all the betas after i donate?
Someone will probably answer, but I am fairly sure its a download, not a CD. Send in your steamID, download (mabye its a steam cache?), and then there is some central server that limits access to the game via ID.
just how many hundreds did you send? ;P
i know i get the icon, but as for bets will i have to redonate, or will i get all the betas after i donate? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Constie Beta testing is for 3.0 only at the moment. There is no guarantee that we will get to test any future versions, but I am not going to hold my breath.
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->one more thing, how would i get this beta, would i dl it, or would i have to wait for a cd to arrive, to make sure noone can dl the file by mistake, or what? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You get an email from flayra with a w3b address, username and password, and you dl it from there.
You do get something. You get a nice warm feeling that you've helped progress NS further and that you're actually doing something generous and selfless.
Guys, please try to remember, while the current incentive to sign up to constellation is getting to test 3.0, that's not what you're paying for. You're not paying for anything, it's a donation. Hell, i put money in charity collection boxes and such, i don't ask for anything in return, while charity is the wrong word to use, it's the exact same principal. Don't worry if you do / do not get to test future versions, each donation is helping the game from going under.
*EDIT: Just for clarification, i'm not trying to dissuade anyone from donating at all, any reason to make you donate is a good reason, just don't be disappointed if you don't get to test in the future.
and i donate to help the devs <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> but id love to test the beta <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> i donated much earlier if it was only for the beta <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->