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How to join "Bleeding Edge" nightly test verison

PostPosted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 5:09 pm
by Flux
I figured we could use more eyeballs on our latest internal changes as we work on them before going live with a patch. Instructions are as follows:

1. On Steam, right click Blade Symphony and go to properties
2. In the Betas tab, in the text box enter a password to unlock the beta. The password is winteriscoming
3. In the box above, switch from None to "Nightly" (not Nightly-Prod)
4. The game will now patch itself on Steam. Wait for it to finish.
5. Join the server marked as Nightly Dedicated. This is the only server that will work.

Some notes about Nightly testing
  • Expect lots of bugs and even crashes. Everything here is experimentation.
  • Join our IRC #punyhuman on gamesurge.irc.net to talk to us and other testers about Nightly build gameplay changes.
  • If you report bugs on https://getsatisfaction.com/bladesymphony please tag it with "nightly" so we know it's a bug on nightly not live.
  • Your stats should not be affected on Nightly as it has its own stats, and all swords should be unlocked (or you're given a bunch of notes I forget which).
I think this will be a good way for anyone who wants to participate in testing and previewing the latest changes before they get pushed out to every player.

Re: How to join "Bleeding Edge" nightly test verison

PostPosted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 10:14 pm
by SychoSquirrel
I was looking for how to do this. WOOO!

Re: How to join "Bleeding Edge" nightly test verison

PostPosted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 11:29 am
by Razegule
Hi. I've updated to nightly and my swords are locked and I don't have notes, is there anything i can do(beside gaining a lot of notes again) to test the other weapons?

Re: How to join "Bleeding Edge" nightly test verison

PostPosted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 7:00 pm
by jedimaster32
Will everything be unchanged (like notes, unlocked masks and swords, etc.) once you go back to normal, or does it change your game stats permanantly?

Re: How to join "Bleeding Edge" nightly test verison

PostPosted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 11:56 pm
by Flux
It won't change your stats, it just uses nightly stats.

You won't have notes but it won't matter because you can still use all the sword types.

Re: How to join "Bleeding Edge" nightly test verison

PostPosted: Mon May 13, 2013 9:27 pm
by nickup9
do we get to try out new swords/maps/chars/gameplay stuffs?

Re: How to join "Bleeding Edge" nightly test verison

PostPosted: Tue May 14, 2013 2:14 pm
by KindredPhantom
do we get to try out new swords/maps/chars/gameplay stuffs?
Yes, as they are added and before they are released.

Re: How to join "Bleeding Edge" nightly test verison

PostPosted: Fri May 17, 2013 9:54 am
by nickup9
If we want to change back to the official version, how do we do it?

Re: How to join "Bleeding Edge" nightly test verison

PostPosted: Fri May 17, 2013 1:03 pm
by KindredPhantom
If we want to change back to the official version, how do we do it?
By reversing step 2.

1. On Steam, right click Blade Symphony and go to properties
2. In the Betas tab, switch from Nightly to "None"

Re: How to join "Bleeding Edge" nightly test verison

PostPosted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 2:48 pm
by Raffle
Hi, are you guys still using this?

Re: How to join "Bleeding Edge" nightly test verison

PostPosted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 3:04 pm
by welaughindoors
yes, always.

Re: How to join "Bleeding Edge" nightly test verison

PostPosted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 1:33 pm
by KindredPhantom
There is always new stuff being added so it is worth checking out and leaving feedback on it.

Re: How to join "Bleeding Edge" nightly test verison

PostPosted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 4:36 am
by Raffle
I have switched to nightly a couple of times and can never find a server marked as nightly dedicated. When do you usually get on? :(

Re: How to join "Bleeding Edge" nightly test verison

PostPosted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 2:04 pm
by KindredPhantom
The nightly server will be the one that when you are running on nightly isn't showing "server uses different version".

Re: How to join "Bleeding Edge" nightly test verison

PostPosted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 6:42 am
by eBunny
For some reason when I go to Properties and open the BETAS tab the only option I get is 'None', no 'Nightly'. Is it supposed to be like this atm, or am I doing something wrong? ^^;

Re: How to join "Bleeding Edge" nightly test verison

PostPosted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 7:14 am
by Biohazard90
For some reason when I go to Properties and open the BETAS tab the only option I get is 'None', no 'Nightly'. Is it supposed to be like this atm, or am I doing something wrong? ^^;
The behavior was changed, you need to enter the password first before you can see the beta now.

Re: How to join "Bleeding Edge" nightly test verison

PostPosted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:50 pm
by Inathero
Is it possible to have the nightly version running in a separate directory to the main install?

Re: How to join "Bleeding Edge" nightly test verison

PostPosted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 7:17 am
by KindredPhantom
Is it possible to have the nightly version running in a separate directory to the main install?
No it is not.

Re: How to join "Bleeding Edge" nightly test verison

PostPosted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 10:54 pm
by Raisin Baby
I am super excited to continue doing this, I met Flux today :D It was really awesome.

Re: How to join "Bleeding Edge" nightly test verison

PostPosted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 11:31 pm
by Raisin Baby
I really want to help in this but it is rare when i find people on the server, and waiting on the server is really boring. I also can't just switch from server to server and wait for someone to join because i have to restart to do the testing. :\