[Suggestion] For the ones willing to experiment: Beta and Nightly installation mode
AendaeronBluescale
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Hello,
what about a voluntary Beta and nightly version mode?
This means three installation modes:
* Release (As of now) - will be handled like now, only complete and stable patches will be applied.
* Beta (In-between of Release and Nightly) - Patches (not single file changes) will be applied in a finished, yet untested state. Players may provide feedback whether new bugs arise through that upcoming patch.
* Nightly - Single file changes, with all their consequences, will be applied each game start. Most unstable version.
Version numbers to ward multiplayer compatibility:
* Release: As of now
* Beta: Version number should be suffixed with a B (denoting Beta).
* Nightly: The MD5 sum of the complete installation (excluding override) should be used as a version number.
Advantages:
* Thicker web to filter and dispose of bugs from by more (voluntary) testers.
* Bugs can be found faster, thus also fixed faster
* New patches will be more cleaner by community testing.
Disadvantages:
* Bigger community split into three or more version states due to different installation modes, highly negligible though, because BG:EE/BG2:EE is intended to be a single-player game anyway.
what about a voluntary Beta and nightly version mode?
This means three installation modes:
* Release (As of now) - will be handled like now, only complete and stable patches will be applied.
* Beta (In-between of Release and Nightly) - Patches (not single file changes) will be applied in a finished, yet untested state. Players may provide feedback whether new bugs arise through that upcoming patch.
* Nightly - Single file changes, with all their consequences, will be applied each game start. Most unstable version.
Version numbers to ward multiplayer compatibility:
* Release: As of now
* Beta: Version number should be suffixed with a B (denoting Beta).
* Nightly: The MD5 sum of the complete installation (excluding override) should be used as a version number.
Advantages:
* Thicker web to filter and dispose of bugs from by more (voluntary) testers.
* Bugs can be found faster, thus also fixed faster
* New patches will be more cleaner by community testing.
Disadvantages:
* Bigger community split into three or more version states due to different installation modes, highly negligible though, because BG:EE/BG2:EE is intended to be a single-player game anyway.
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