Beta 0.1status report

Accepting a friend request fails

Accept and Decline on a friend request used to fail with “AoSPlay did not answer”. Fixed on the AoSPlay service on 28 September: it works in the current download, no update needed.

Workaround: If a request sent before the fix still looks stuck, both players can press Add Friend on each other.

Friends list stuck on RECONNECTING or lobby “not found”

Very busy lobbies could freeze the friends list, and a slow connection could remove a lobby owner from their own lobby. The AoSPlay side is fixed (live since 28 September); the client-side reconnect improvements ship with the next client build.

Steam Join Game and Invite to Game do nothing

In the current download, Join Game from the Steam friends list can fail to open or connect the game. Fixed in the next client build.

Workaround: Join through the in-game server browser or the AoSPlay Friends screen instead.

“Sign in through Steam” button missing

The button can be missing even when the game was started from Steam. The next client build retries on its own.

Workaround: If you have ever run the no-Steam version of the original game, restart Steam once — it can leave Steam's registration pointing at a closed process.

Other players briefly freeze in big fights

On a lossy connection a single lost packet can hold back other players' movement for a moment. Fixing it needs a network change the original game cannot read.

Small corrections on packet loss

When a key press or release is lost you may see a tiny position correction a few times per minute, and there is a small forward nudge once per jetpack burn.

Lag compensation not yet proven on real ping

Shots are checked against where targets were on your screen, but this has only been tested locally so far. Tell us if hits feel wrong on higher ping.

Zombie bots cannot reach walled-in survivors

Survivor bots build a refuge, but zombie bots cannot climb in yet, and bots never open a parachute.

Full servers say “server out of date”

Beta 0.1 servers use the wrong message when they are full. It says “server full” after the next update.

Workaround: Pick another server or try again in a minute.

Respawns take 5 seconds, not 10

Kept on purpose for the faster BattleSpades pace; retail used 10 seconds.

Music plays during rounds

Retail rounds were silent apart from the last-man and ending music. The in-round track is kept on request; server owners can turn it off.

Flares do not glow in the RETAIL graphics tier

Flare blocks light their surroundings in the enhanced tiers only for now.

Workaround: Switch to a higher graphics tier if you need flare lighting.

Machine-gun deploy has no progress display

Deploying a mounted machine gun is instant in the new client and shows no DEPLOYING message or muzzle flash while mounted.

Map Creator quick save and preview camera missing

F10 quick save and the map-preview screenshot tool from the original Map Creator are not in the new client yet.

A few labels still in English

For example the “JOIN” prefix on the team button. Report any others you spot.

New visuals and audio still being play-tested

Muzzle flash, tracers, the death camera, reverb and gunshot levels are built and tested, but still need live side-by-side checks with retail.

Anti-cheat only logs most checks

Impossible packets kick, but shot, aim and movement checks only log until they are reviewed against real players.

512 MB hosts should use lighter map rotations

A long test showed a one-time memory step; a 6-hour run is still owed before calling 512 MB machines safe with every map.