Separating the testers from the Testers news - Heroes & Generals WWII

By Reto.Splixxen, Lead Tester
Often when people get access to a game in alpha or beta, their main purpose is to snoop around and figure out if the game is something they want to spend time on, once it’s released.

But then there are some, who logs on to actually test. Most of them might not even know it, but the impact they have on the game is more than they imagine. Every post written on the board, every crash log sent and every bug report made, is getting looked into.

Can small things have a big impact?

Sure! It can be small feedback like “You should be able to shoot the small speakers with the German propaganda, to make them stop!”. Which won’t have a major impact on the game play, but it will give the game that ‘little extra’.

“Argh crash! Send crash log?”

Yes! Send them, gimme gimme!
You might think that the crash reports don’t matter much, but nothing could be further from the truth. Like ripples in the water, a single crash log might prevent tons of other people from crashing later on. Best thing is also to add in the crash report, what you were doing at the time of the crash (in-game that is… “Eating cookies and talking to my dad on the phone” is nice to know, but wont help us ).

“Found a bug/exploit/’this is not working’/issue, but what do I do with it?”

I’m glad you ask!
Go to: Heroesandgenerals.com
If it’s your first time there, you’ll need to create an account (Trust me, it’s painless). From there simply fill out the blanks and (Please please please!) add screenhots and/or DX Diag file.

“What do I get out of it?”

Properly nothing. Except you might later on be able to brag about, you’re the reason why so and so is in the game and in the process getting to kill the dev’s. But in the end, combined with the others testing the game, you will have helped us shape Heroes & Generals into the game you want to play.

Sign up for an Alpha-key here!

(Heroes & Generals blog link)