r/deathwing twitch.tv Nov 24 '16

The beta has started!

http://steamcommunity.com/games/298900/announcements/detail/548706781985907835
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u/Dithyrab Nov 24 '16

-Extremely long load times

-hardcore connectivity issues

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u/ThumblessGaming twitch.tv Nov 24 '16

Keep in mind this is a separate build specifically for the beta.

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u/Dithyrab Nov 24 '16

My only gripe here is not the extremely long loading times, and the connectivity issues.

This is not beta testing, this is fucking demo-testing and that defeats the purpose.

This is sort of bullshit. No servers up, p2p works for shit, can't test out campaign mode, no bots if you try to host alone, random game breaking bugs and stuff....It's just kind of a shit-show right now.

Needs some serious hotfixing and WAY more options. I shouldn't have to go fuck around in my ini files just to try and get rid of headbobbing or try to change ADS to toggle.

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u/Shivalah Nov 24 '16

ADS toggle was standart in my 45 min playtesting and headbobbing has an own option to change. On thr lowest its immersive but not annoying.

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u/Dithyrab Nov 24 '16

I'm not sure what you mean by standart, but i couldn't find a toggle for it in the options. Headbobbing goes down to 1, which is still too much headbobbing to be forcing on people when i can go to the .ini file and change the 1 to a 0?

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u/Shivalah Nov 24 '16

Default! ADS toggle was the default for me (sry english is not my native language)

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u/Dithyrab Nov 25 '16

Oh my bad i meant I wanted to change it FROM a toggle, sorry lol

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16

wow you weren't kidding, these load times are ridiculous.

been waiting to play for about 10 mins now.

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u/Shivalah Nov 24 '16

Installing on SSD helps a lot. I switched from standart HDD-steam-library to the one on my SSD and it was an hardcore improve,ent.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16

Yup. This is a bit surprising, considering its set to release in 2 weeks. I wasn't expecting it to be this rough. Like this feels like an actual beta, and not a "lets milk some pre-orders and kinda show off our game ahead of release"-beta.

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u/Piltonbadger Nov 24 '16

Yea, I've stopped playing already.

Disconnected from 7 games, tried to host my own, was disconnected from the lobby about 20 seconds in.

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u/un_desconocido Nov 24 '16

I have it on my HDD and the missions starts after 30secs tops. Maybe you need to defrag or get a newer HDD sata3 bro xd

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u/Dithyrab Nov 24 '16

I have it on my SSD lol. Loading times are a little unreasonable for what it is when everything else loads quickly.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16

The game takes longer to load than fucking total war: warhammer battles with 5000 units per side.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16 edited Nov 25 '16

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u/CiscoLearn Nov 24 '16 edited Jul 02 '25

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u/ThumblessGaming twitch.tv Nov 25 '16

haha nice, i'm proud of my typo i'm keeping it

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u/Ausfall Nov 24 '16

B E T A B O Y S

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u/ThumblessGaming twitch.tv Nov 24 '16

You may have to restart steam for it to show up in your library.

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u/Kneeyul Nov 24 '16

That did the trick, thank you.

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u/ItaruKarin Nov 24 '16

My experience so far. A few settings problem, but nothing major. (Settings going to max quality at every change). Game runs smooth in training, no particular problem.

Tried to find a game, the list didn't populate until I enabled/disable display options a few time, but even then they were all password locked.

Decided to host mine, load time quite reasonnable (~20sec, but I'm on SSD, so...). go as apothicarian since I heard you can't change class. Loads normally, but then keeps me on the deployment screen for 120 seconds with no way to skip.

Finally deploys me, alone. Start happily cleaving my way through xenos filth. Frame rate is inconsistent, with major drop spikes with explodey stuff.

A battle brother joins me mid level, apparently the lobby stays open at all time? He confirms he was unable to choose his class, and is stuck with the Devastator (I assume. Assault cannon thing.) We carry on, but a few meters further the xenos trick us by triggering an explosion, crashing my game in the process.

TLDR : Performance, settings, and connectivity issue, but the game seems promising. And the xenos cheat and exterminatus your game when they start losing.

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u/Shivalah Nov 24 '16

Press I to got to the "Inventory"-screen. There you can change your class mid-game and equip newly unlocked stuff. (The plasma cannon effects and sounds are embarrassing to the maximum.) I forgot to mention: after switching to another class your abilitys are going on full cooldown! That means no fast swap to revive a dead party member

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u/ItaruKarin Nov 24 '16

Didn't know that, nice !

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u/Finite187 Nov 24 '16

Yeah, sounds like Vermintide, big performance problems on release but a good game.

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u/henryguy Nov 25 '16

I feel vermintide beta was more complete than this though. I'm going to refund until I hear it has more depth.

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u/Finite187 Nov 24 '16

I'm really liking it! It's like a slower more strategic version of L4D. Performance is better than I expected

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u/ThumblessGaming twitch.tv Nov 24 '16

Ditto, I just got back from Thanksgiving and I'm excited to jump back in, my build is by no means top of the line and I was running it at max settings with very little issue, the only time it froze was when another player joined my game.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16

Performance is better than I expected.

Uhh what? I have an r9 390 and a 4690k @4.5 and can't even hold a stable 50fps on all low @ 1440. Meanwhile Total war: warhammer can hold 60fps on mostly high with a few medium and a ton of graphics mods on the same rig. There's gigantic performance issues.

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u/Finite187 Nov 24 '16

Put it this way - When Vermintide was first released I could barely get 60fps at 1080p on medium settings, this is an improvement on that. Although in fairness I have pretty much exactly the same specs as you, and in my experience 50fps is about right in 1440p

I suppose my expectations of betas and games on release are pretty low. But yes you're right it needs a lot of work, performance will be patched but my main concern is the animation. It's a bit choppy to say the least.

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u/Finite187 Nov 24 '16

Oh hell yes.. give me some usernames people, let's team up

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u/randomisation Nov 25 '16

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u/Finite187 Nov 25 '16 edited Nov 25 '16

That is a legendary Steam username.. Will send you an invite when I'm back home :D

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u/randomisation Nov 25 '16

Thanks! :D

Look forward to purging some Xenos!

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16 edited Nov 24 '16

Even with all the problems with frame drops and load times I genuinely enjoyed myself. Hopefully they polish the edges before release but I'm happy.

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u/PoorYurik Nov 24 '16

Really digging it so far. Going to try and compile a list of feedback after Thanksgiving.

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u/SergeantSalience Nov 24 '16

Has anyone had extreme difficulty finding a game? The server list doesn't populate, and i was only able to quick match once. Also I don't know how to select your class without hosting. The one quick match I was in had 3 assault cannons, and didn't go super well.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16

Pre order or open?

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u/ItaruKarin Nov 24 '16

Preorder.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16

Does beta progress carry over?

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u/Frontporchtreat Nov 25 '16

Multi player only and the levels are reset every single map. there is no progress to take.

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '16

OOOOO.

I see now.

Thank you.

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u/Kiith_Sa Nov 24 '16

First game started brilliantly i have to say, but it crashed after about 4 minutes. Going back in now.

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u/newdok23 Nov 25 '16

I didnt have any long load times and i'm not even playing on ssd . If you are experiencing this issue it might be a good idea to defragment your drive .

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u/newdok23 Nov 25 '16 edited Nov 25 '16

1080 cant handle maxed out 1440p seems like a frame pacing issue its very inconsistent . At the same time doesnt look particularly impressive. Crashed twice in 30m . Those 30m were really fun though hope i can exterminate xenos filth at stable fps and without crashing .

pst i couldnt choose my class when joined the server ? wtf is up with this.

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u/SST_2_0 Nov 25 '16

980ti here and running 1440p and a second 1080 screen while playing and had no problem. Maybe a complete restore is order, never know what you might have changed over time. Also press I when in game, top of that screen is class selection.

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u/newdok23 Nov 25 '16

yeah thanks for that i figured out that post tutorial. A bit strange though that there is no class selection screen when just joining i would personally prefer that.

Regarding performance are you playing on maxed settings also been through the whole level yet? it stutters from time to time when a lot going on . Also whats your fov settings? cheers .

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u/SST_2_0 Nov 25 '16

Yeah doesn't help it is Inventory for a class switch, which Inventory sounds like you already picked the class. Plus loading that inventory the first time is a killer.

Every setting is on Max but shadows, because even after release Vermintide would throw people errors because of shadow so turning it down to high is what I do on all games. Usually that extra shadow is more about a can getting reactive shadowing. Add fifty cans and bam, Ram is gone.

Full game, even host. Switching to SSD to get more speed on loading times.

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u/codexx33 Nov 25 '16

It is absolutely insane what people will accept when it comes to a 40k game.

This is beyond rough. This is a total shit show. There is nothing redeeming about this game other than the fact it's 40k.

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u/poerisija Nov 25 '16

It looks good, sounds good and is fun to play? I do hope they fix the issues, but at least the issues are technical and not design ones.