We’re now ready for a HUGE play session TOMORROW (Saturday) at 19.00 UTC.
So to all who have received an alpha key – Go to our new “live server” to access and play Heroes & Generals TOMORROW (Saturday) at 19.00 UTC:
PLEASE NOTE! That login is disabled outside the play session timeslots (read more below).
Our goal for the play session tomorrow is to reach 1000 concurrent users. Things might get a bit chaotic with that amount of players on our current system, but we really need to stress the servers to the max.
Some of the bugs we’ve encountered are fixed, and some aren’t. It all depends on the nature of the bugs. Some are easy to fix, and some might take weeks for us to fix – but that’s just the nature of game developing and in particular of the Alpha-stage.
And if you experience crashes, login problems, and general chaos – then please note, that it’s all a natural part of testing a game and a natural part of the duty as an Alpha-tester to experience these things.
Don’t worry – in time we will fix all bugs and make the game more solid, prettier, more fun, better sounding, etc. – However we need your help throughout the development process to make Heroes & Generals the game you want to play!
We hope that as many as possible will log in tomorrow (Saturday) at 19.00 UTC and play the game.
Play Session Timeslots
The next couple of weeks you can only play the game at certain play session timeslots and the game can’t be played outside these timeslots. If you try to log in at other times you will see a count-down to the next play session.
We have a play session TOMORROW (Saturday the 28th of January) and the timeslot for the play session is:
Saturday the 28th of January 19.00 – 21.00 UTC
The play session TOMORROW is a server-stress test, and we’re going to invite a HUGE amount of players, so everything will probably be a bit chaotic and the servers might crash at some point, but we still need your help!!!
So please don’t despair if your experience tomorrow is less than optimal! If you can’t log in or if everything crashes, you can always try again at the next play sessions.
We haven’t set a date yet for the play session to follow the one tomorrow, as we have to analyze the data from the session before we know if we can proceed. However, we expect to have new play sessions next week, but we’ll keep you updated on the results of this and of upcoming play sessions!
The test
We need to stress-test the servers and the game in general, so basically we need you to log in on our new “live server“, join one or more missions and just play the game at our play sessions.
We would love to get feedback on any issues or bugs regarding the performance you experience and in particular issues related to login, chat, joining missions and download/launch of the missions. And please remember to send us crash-logs!
Please note that the strategy part of the game is currently inactive – i.e. you can see the campaign map, but you can’t interact with it – we expect it to be activated soon.
What’s new?
In the latest build we have added a whole lot of new things, tweaked some old stuff and there is also a new map you can try. Here is a list of some of the new stuff:
- A new Tank Factory map
- A brand new Sherman tank is added to the Allied forces
- The Messerschmitt, the Kübelwagen and other vehicles has updated textures
- Both sides now have bicycles (yes – bicycles!) :-D
- A new vehicle is introduced to both sides: the Halftrack
- New weapon poses
- New Quick Launch menu
- New character animations; enter/exit vehicles, reload anims and more…
But I don’t have an Alpha-key and really want to play!!!
Don’t worry – we need many players for the play session TOMORROW (Saturday) and we’ll send thousands of new Alpha-keys tomorrow!
ok, that playsessin was VERY chaotic ^^ but anyways, this game is fun.
i think you guys reached OVER 9000 players!
I spent half an hour with downloading (slow internet). The game is fun, but I lost connection every 10 minutes.
ATLAAAST I GOT THE KEY MUAHAHAHAHHAHAHA