MP mission testing

[sharkattack]

hi guys...
anyone interested in getting together  for a few hours per week  in order to play test
mp missions submitted to mission depot ....
Hopefully along side  ofpec mission reveiwer (make his task much easier)...

just a thought !   any one interested please reply

get enough volunteers  then we can aproach reviewer...
will benefit all mp mission makers in the long run ...

you know it makes sense   

[macguba]

This is a very good initiative and everybody is encouraged to support it.

If you make it happen there will be no trouble getting reviewers to join in.

[Cheetah]

As macguba wrote, a good initiative. I'll participate in the MP sessions when I have the time to do so.

The biggest problems will be finding enough people to play and a server to play on. Hopefully more of OFPEC's members are interested.

[Mr.Peanut]

You need as many people as possible from different timezones to make this work i.e. a large pool of volunteers.

My timezone is GMT-4 and I would be interested in making this work, but  the windows of time I have available are sporadic at best. I would like to help make this work. OFPEC needs an MP testing facility and all mission reviewers should participate in this.

A note on MP debugging. It is helpful to build in a few debugging aids, such as a radio triggers that set all player units setCaptive TRUE/FALSE and or in/vulnerable, teleports players to objectives if travel distances are large, kill all enemies to test map endings etc.

[bedges]

you might also want to contact dmakatra, who tried something along these lines a short while back, and ask him what pitfalls to avoid.

[sharkattack]

will do  bedges ..

think the biggest problem will be a dedicated server
i may have a chance of a loan of a test-server for a few hours per week
ill keep you all  informed ...

You need as many people as possible from different timezones to make this work i.e. a large pool of volunteers

not what i had in mind .. was thinking along the lines of half a dozen reliable players .... to get things started
then see how things progress ...

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loan of server is nt gonna work out...
host unhappy about making p word  public ....
 can anyone point me in right diretion on how to hire a dedi server
for the sole purpose of testing  ... no contract ... month by month ...  see how thigs progress

[JasonO]

You could speak to some clans and ask to hire their server for 1-2 hours?

I have borrowed [NL] Dutch Dynamite 2nd server for a league game, even though they wasn't playing they let us use it for a game.

[Cheetah]

Hmm, I think dmakatra had help from Jimboob with getting a server to play on. Think it was from clanshout, a website Jimboob 'works' for maybe? He might be able to help.

[Jimboob]

Clanshout has disappeared without the other people running it telling me, though I can still probably get a server sorted for this, with help my clan. And i'm sure some of the members there wouldnt mind helping out either.

[sharkattack]

ive asked  wildgoose  over at ses  if there would be a chance of cross hiring his test server  for a couple of hours per week
he s gonna ask the rest of the guys and let me know ... fingers crossed !!!

any  help in establishing a server  even if for only one session per week  would be excellent
with out a dedi server  were buggered !

[sharkattack]

 
great news  guys  ....

the guys at suicide euro squad  have kindly agreed to loan us there test server ...

we can  have  a 10 slot  2 hour session each week ...

many  thanx  to all the lads  at SES   ...   

Ill  update  when i have more  details
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ok ..  we need a team of ten (max) dedicated testers and we get this thing started ...

when  is  best  to arrange  1st session  ...  we gotta let  the guys at SES know ...

also  they have granted use of server as a sign of thanks for the years of service provided by ofpec
please be sure to say thanks ...http://www.suicidesquad.co.uk/index.php



   

[Artak]

A very kind gesture from SES and much appreciated. 


testing (and reviewing) has been extremely hard to set up from dawn of times and god knows it's been tried many many times. If you guys can pull this off it will make a stop to a long period of despair with MP missions. I'm a little pessimistic since it's been tried out so many times, but you have all my (and OFPEC's obviously) support you need.


I can offer my private server for exclusive 24/7 use for you guys on certain terms.
1. I don't have time to set up anythimg.
2. The one(s) administrating the server (setting up missions and addons) must be member(s) of OFPEC staff.

Other than that you're free to roam as much as you like. The server has currently both OFP and ArmA installed. OFP is set up to start easily with 'no-addons', 'vietnam addons', and 'FDF Mod'.

[sharkattack]

spoilt  for choice ...
wished id know before hand  and i wouldnt of swallowed   

[Artak]

The options don't have to rule out each other. You could for example set a specific time each week for playing that 2 hours on SES server, and if you fancy more, use my server for it. The more the merrier

[sharkattack]

sounds good to me mate ... 
so  who s up for the first session  and  what time and date do we want SES server ?
WEDNESDAYS  sound good ?