R Soul on 23/9/2018 at 23:43
Hello.
CoSaS 2: Mission X is a complicated mission, and over time there have been people having trouble with it, despite the NewDark patch. In mid-July I decided to look in to it to see if anything could be done. The good news is that I was able to get hold of some files that made it possible to fix the problems. What I now require is for some people to test this to see if it works under normal gameplay conditions (I've done some testing of my own but people who make FMs can't be trusted to find their own flaws).
In other words, I require beta testers. Or gamma testers, since this a patch for an existing mission.
I'd be particularly interested to hear from people who've recently had problems with this, and especially playing it through NewDarkLoader.
downwinder on 24/9/2018 at 00:07
this is amazing news to hear,good luck as this mission series is legendary
i just replayed recently and had no issues
R Soul on 25/9/2018 at 18:39
Is that an offer to test this update?
downwinder on 26/9/2018 at 00:14
well i had no issues on my run through,i was just giving it a bump for others to see,and a good luck,as this mission is epic
R Soul on 28/9/2018 at 21:06
I know this is an old mission but I still have 0 beta testers. It may be that posting this on a late Sunday night UK time was wrong for every time zone, with people further east heading in to Monday and people in America being well in to Sunday afternoon or evening. Bumping this thread now might catch people at a better time.
If the size and complexity is putting people off, I'd be willing to make some temporary changes which would make the mission a lot easier. The only testing I'm interested in is the updated scripts, which mainly deal with the masks and messages from other characters, so it doesn't matter to me if it becomes too easy to deal with the AI during testing.
GUFF on 29/9/2018 at 02:00
It is an old mission but from what I remember it's probably still one of the best single missions that's been made.
I could test it since the last time I tried the mission on the latest version of NewDark it only partially worked with some bugs i.e. worst issue I ran into, I couldn't use the knockout drops or dagger that go with them.
Edit: Actually I installed 1.26 and the issue of needing to reboot the PC sometimes to get the mask to work as well as the knockout drops/dagger issue went away with the original mission in 1.26. In 1.25 these issues were extant.
The Black Cat on 29/9/2018 at 04:46
I'm willing to test it. I eventually got it to work (NewDark 1.25, no Tafferpatcher), though I haven't yet finished it. I did run into an issue where I returned Cloud's key to his dresser but the objective didn't tick.
R Soul on 29/9/2018 at 10:16
Thanks for your replies. A forum has been set up on the (
http://shalebridgecradle.co.uk/testing/index.php) Shalebridge Cradle site.
GUFF: I've added you to the testing group.
The Black Cat: Are you registered there? I did a search of the members list but did not find you. If not registered, I highly recommend it - it's the most convenient way to test things.
Baal on 29/9/2018 at 15:24
Since I wanted to play this again, I can as well give feedback. I'm going to register at Shalebridge.
Anarchic Fox on 1/4/2019 at 04:54
Thank you so much, R Soul! I would of course be willing to help test, if that is ongoing.
