Welcome to the Road Less Traveled
Published on March 4, 2010 By ScottTykoski In Elemental Dev Journals

As preorders are processed and new users begin downloading (and...gulp...playing) Elemental, I wanted to extend words of both welcome and warning to our fellow adventurers....

- You are possibly (or definatly, at the time of this post) downloading the 0.291 build from last Friday. You should be on the lookout for v0.295, which we will be announcing one we get one last bug squashed

- These are the last build of the Beta 1 cycle. This meens you'll be playing on the cloth map only, and the major features, while in, are still in a sate of infancy. Beta 2 will bring new content and a maturing of these mechanics.

- These build are prone to crash. We've chipped away at some of the memory leaks, but 100 turns in don't be suprise if your computer is begging for mercy on it's delicate silicone. Autosave is your friend

- You won't have fun. Anything emotions that girgle forth that even resemble enjoyment are either the anticipation of fun or straight up gas. And 9/10 times it'll be the latter.

The game, at this stage, is something most companies would desperatly keep under wraps. What we're hoping is that the player input we get at this point outweighs the lack of fun you'll have to wade through for the next few months.

Enjoy!    Feel free to post any comments, concerns, or questions...Brad, myself, and the rest of the team will be around!


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on Mar 04, 2010

vieuxchat

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Quoting vieuxchat, reply 5Check the "show pre-release versions" in the impulse options.
the "show pre release versions" is activated
You should see the beta download. Check your "Update" tab.
 

update tab cheked but nothing happens
Try in the impulse options > preferences > Reset Data

Quit impulse

Launch Impulse

Check the "show pre-release" in impulse options.

 

 

nothing happens again

i send a ticket to customer service

on Mar 04, 2010

I had a preOrder version visible on my games, and then it ... um ... dissapeared? I think I *might* have selected to hide the application.

Is the only way to unhide an application to re-register the game??

on Mar 04, 2010

I preordered also but has not received any email or can't see that the game show up on impuls even if I activated "show pre-release".

 

on Mar 04, 2010

Maybe they are uploading the 0.295 version, and when it will be finished you'll be able to see it.

on Mar 04, 2010

I'm waiting too, no email or game on Impulse, but I suspect things will be resolved in time. We are all just too keen to try the game, our patience is out the window.

on Mar 04, 2010

Whoa, I had to update Impulse multiple times (kinda weird, you update and then it immediately asks you to update again, but thats computers for ya), restarted Impulse and there it was!

 

Downloading now. I just have to get through todays work and then home for Friday night DVD's and Elemental. Fantastic!

 

on Mar 04, 2010

It won't show up in Impulse until you've been charged (at which point the email get's sent out).  Prorders are still processing, so it should just be a matter of time for anyone who's not seeing it.

Like viuexchat said, once you get that email, make sure "Show Pre-release Versions" is checked and you should be good!

on Mar 04, 2010

If I pre-ordered and then made an impulse account afterwards, do I have to do anything else, or will they just send the email to the email I gave them when I preordered? As in, do I have to sync it to an account in some way?

on Mar 04, 2010

That sounds very good

unfortunate when i load my save games... Elemental Beta 0.291 crashes. If you fix that issue... I can just save once every turn and be able to play the later elements of the game.

on Mar 04, 2010

The game shows up for me now. 8)

 

on Mar 04, 2010

Got the mail, then freaked out when it told be it failed to Register.

 

Oh, wait. It has the wrong email preset!

 

Dahuuuuur.

 

And still, even if my brain is hemmoraging by the end of tonight, it's Stardock.

 

I may not have fun, but I will be eminently satisfied.

 

Go Stardock, woooo.

on Mar 04, 2010

Welcome to the new people!!

 

Do not enjoy and keep a kleenex close by for when your eyes bleed.

on Mar 04, 2010

Kleenex? I use buckets!!!

on Mar 04, 2010

Works for me as well. I just got the email, so they are sending some out as we speak.

on Mar 04, 2010

Kleenex? I use buckets!!!

I use my godly powers of regeneration, and they're barely keeping things in check.

I don't know how you mortals are managing to stay alive.

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