NS2 Alpha patch is out

Posted by Bry on Yesterday, 07:11 AM
A few days ago we released the Natural Selection 2 alpha to the almost 16,000 players who pre-ordered the Special Edition. This is quite a rare event in the games industry. In fact we couldn't think of a single game that had a non-"friends and family" alpha, let alone one with such a large group.

Making the jump from 40 internal testers to 16,000 external ones generates an overwhelming amount of feedback and bug reports, not to mention customer support and other logistics. We've been busy triaging reports and fixing them as fast as we can and today we're releasing a patch with the first group of these. This patch is available on Steam and should automatically download. Here's the complete list of changes in the patch:

Technical

• Fixed bug where a client would continue to try and connect after the server reported that it was full or the client was using the wrong protocol
• Fixed bug where clients could only connect to servers on the default port
• Fixed bug where the port was removed when connecting via console command
• Fixed bug on multi-monitor systems that resulted in a graphics reset loop
• Fixed window border when switching from fullscreen to windowed
• Fixed bug where key events outside of the game's focus window would sometimes be processed by the game
• Fixed bug where the dedicated server could not be...
  
  
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New Server online

Posted by Bry on Jul 27 2010 09:42 AM
Perpetual and myself have just purchased a new server

91.192.210.24

feel free to ping your hearts out

Servers up

Posted by Bry on Jul 27 2010 06:51 AM
91.192.210.24:27015 (Public)

Please note, it takes about 2 minutes to connect this is normal. Bug with the ns2 join server authentication.
Netcode and Bullet reg IS VERY BAD. This is not lag on the server as such.

Currently seeing 40% cpu usage on a 16 player server. CPU still needs to be widely optimised.

NS2 Alpha Tonight

Posted by Bry on Jul 26 2010 09:02 PM
Important before playing: In order for you to play tonight, you'll need to redeem a Steam code that enables the Special Edition black armor and grants you access to the alpha. We will be e-mailing you these codes and instructions at approximately 6pm PDT (GMT-7).

You may be able to download NS2 before you get this e-mail, but you'll get an error message if you try to play before entering this code for the first time. You will only have to do this once and it's only for the alpha.


Hey everyone!

It's been an utterly insane couple of months of work here at Unknown Worlds and tonight many of you will get your first game of NS2!



Hive room battle

Two weeks ago, when we announced our pl...

NS2 Alpha date set!

Posted by Bry on Jul 14 2010 04:02 PM
As you all know, we strongly value our ties to you, the community. When we released NS v1.0 after 18 months (games were easier back then!), in some ways that really marked the beginning of the game's development, not the end of it. Over the course of five or so years and around 20 versions, the game changed remarkably. Some may argue it actually changed too much, but I believe the "spirit" of the game was always preserved. Maps, abilities and balance changed, but teamwork, depth and atmosphere remained. It's also much more gratifying to work on a game that people are playing, and many bugs and issues that would be hard to track down ourselves are revealed instantly under the communal magnifying glass of many thousands of players.


Human dominance

So releasing new versions and taking feedback is in our blood. Even though NS2 is a c...

Shotgun Reveal

Posted by Perpetual on Jun 19 2010 07:15 PM
The Vortex Tactical Shotgun
For this update we wanted to give you a further look into the Marine's arsenal, with the all important shotgun.





In keeping with the look and design of the rest of the NS2 marine weapons and equipment, the shotgun deploys out of its compact inactive st...

Steam Release

Posted by Bry on May 08 2010 09:11 AM
The Natural Selection 2 Engine Test and Spark tools are now available on Steam!

If pre-ordered NS2, you will receive a special code shortly (if you haven't already) with instructions for unlocking it and downloading it through Steam. If you don't want to wait, you can retrieve your key manually (http://www.unknownwo.../ns2/retrieve).

If you haven't yet pre-ordered (what ARE you waiting for?) you can still do so and activate NS2 on Steam now (http://www.naturalselection2.com/buy). You can play around with the tools, walk around a couple test levels and shoot some target dummies while you're waiting for the alpha.

We've also released an update today: we've activated the server browser, fixed restoring the graphics device when you alt-tab in and out of the game, shored up some visual differences between spot lights in the editor and the game, and added the preliminary documentation on the engine's scripting API.

Releasing on Steam is another big milestone for us, so we hope you're as excited about it as we are!

-The NS2 Team
P.S. If you've previously installed the Engine Test or Spark SDK, you'll probably want to uninstall it to save ...

Engine Released!

Posted by Bry on Apr 10 2010 10:46 AM
The test engine has now been released this is more for performance testing than anything else.

It has some basic maps and you get one gun to go around and shoot some cardboard cut outs.



Still though seems extremely impressive so far.

Download the Engine Test

Engine Test Tonight

Posted by Bry on Apr 09 2010 04:17 PM
The NS2 engine test is due out tonight, watch this space!

Major NS Update

Posted by Bry on Oct 31 2009 09:19 AM
This Halloween marks the 7 years since the first public release of Natural Selection. Wow - that's longer than the average marriage. This "marriage" has a lot more biting, clawing and struggling than most (or does it?).



As most of you know, we've been planning on r...