Dussander on 28/5/2008 at 00:57
Hoi,
I made a thread about this in the fan missions forum, and someone recommended that I also post this annoucement here.
As a thief fan with no dromed and limited art skills, it's difficult for me to give anything back to authors who spend a lot of time creating missions for the public to enjoy. I do try to help out with beta testing whenever I have the time and I get there before the queue.
As epithumia's Thiefmissions.com is sadly on long-term hiatus, the site's mission tester (
http://www.thiefmissions.com/forum/) forum is also no longer in use. I recently tested a beta and set up a little forum so we can discuss things easily. I got thinking of the availability of such as service, and I decided to set a proper forum using a spare forum I had used but no longer.
Therefore, I present a forum dedicated to mission testing:
(
http://shalebridgecradle.co.uk/testing/index.php)
If you're a fan mission author with a mission currently in beta, or upcoming, give me a bell, and I'll set up your own forum for testing & discussions that you will be able to manage by yourself or with support. :thumb:
I hope authors find this an ideal solution particularly with a group of testers.
Yandros on 28/5/2008 at 03:25
I think this is a wonderful service to provide to the FM author community. I urge all authors who currently handle testing via email or other limited methods to try this out, you'll never go back! It makes the whole process much, much easier.
\o/
I registered even though I have my own forums to test my missions with...
Arod Nine on 28/5/2008 at 07:37
Rather than requesting someone test my fan mission, is there somewhere I can volunteer to be a tester for someone? When I finally get enough of a mastery of DromEd I'll be building fan missions of my own and will require testers, so it won't hurt to build up some credit first so to speak.
A. IX
nightshifter on 28/5/2008 at 10:22
great:thumb: :thumb:
It will take some time before I get to beta-stage but I will surely be knocking at your door. :cool:
Dussander on 28/5/2008 at 10:53
Quote Posted by Arod Nine
Rather than requesting someone test my fan mission, is there somewhere I can volunteer to be a tester for someone? When I finally get enough of a mastery of DromEd I'll be building fan missions of my own and will require testers, so it won't hurt to build up some credit first so to speak.
A. IX
I had inspiration last night. I made a usergroup in which registered users can freely join and part. Mission authors can view it to see if there are people available to test their missions.
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http://shalebridgecradle.co.uk/testing/memberlist.php?mode=group&g=119)
(People can join usergroups using the user control panel)
qolelis on 28/5/2008 at 19:31
Great idea!
A bit prematurely perhaps, but I've registered.
Undead Gamer on 30/5/2008 at 10:51
I've just registered on the forum tonight and made myself available for testing missions :cool:
Arod Nine on 30/5/2008 at 10:57
I've tried to register but the confirmation email hasn't arrived.
Dussander on 30/5/2008 at 15:24
The email system went a bit potty, so you're account was manually activated
pavlovscat on 31/5/2008 at 16:23
Thanks, Dussander! Nice forum. I'm registered & have joined the Available for Testing group. I think this will be an excellent tool for putting beta testers & FM authors together as well as providing a special forum for beta testers. I also like that you've given a place to list which FMs have been previously tested by each user so authors have a better idea of each tester's type of experience.
Dussander, I wonder if you might want to add a place for testers to put their computer specs. That would make it easier for authors to get a better variety of testing equipment.