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Alpha-1 testing
While we will have specific spot tests for certain systems as we develop them post the Alpha one month, it should be expected and understood that after this Alpha one month there will be probably a significant amount of downtime where there won't be spot testing as we break apart a lot of systems, take what we learned from alpha one month and implement and iterate upon those learnings. So there's gonna be several months probably worth of significant downtime where there will not be access to spot testing, where we are going to go in and really rejigger a lot of systems[2] – Steven Sharif
Phase | Release | Estimated/Actual date |
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Alpha-1 | Alpha-1 early preview livestream.[3] | March 27, 2020.[4] |
Alpha-1 limited QA testing (NDA).[5][6] | May 28, 2020.[7][8] | |
Alpha-1 preview pre-test 1 (NDA).[9] | Dec 18 - Dec 21 2020.[9] | |
Alpha-1 preview pre-test 2 (NDA).[9] | Feb 19 - Feb 22 2021.[10][11] | |
Alpha-1 preview intermittent spot testing (NDA).[12][13] | Mar 19 - Jul 9 2021.[12][13] | |
Alpha-1 preview weekend (no NDA).[12] | July 9 - July 11 2021.[14][15][12] | |
Alpha-1 (no NDA).[12] | July 14 - August 15 2021.[16][17] |
The term "alpha" is a tricky one, and it typically has 2 meanings in gaming. The development meaning for alpha is a point in the process where we are ready to test the fundamental systems in their core form, without polish and without much of the content. Then, there is the external or "marketing" term for alpha. This is typically applied to Eastern-ported MMORPGs, when in fact that is a completed game being localized for a region, and not really indicative of a true development alpha. As you may know by now, game development has many stages - from the initial tech demos to the pre-production and pre-alpha states, then on to the alphas and betas and eventually launch.[9] – Steven Sharif
I want to make emphatically clear, our alphas and betas are true development alphas and betas, and some have said I am crazy to allow these phases to be seen without an NDA…maybe I am crazy? lol… But I am trusting the community of gamers out there to get a glimpse into the process, and understand the long road ahead for what will eventually be worth the wait. Given time and talent, amazing things can happen, so make sure you help us in communicating that we are in open development which means people get to see the bare bones before the meat. And look, I know people see our 4K footage and say, "This looks better than most released games!", but trust me when I say, you ain't seen nothin’ yet.[9] – Steven Sharif
Alpha-1 participation
Alpha-1 testing was available to the following participants:
- Anyone who won and claimed an Alpha-1 Key through a giveaway.[18]
- Adventurer pre-order pack and Intrepid pre-order pack owners.[18]
- Braver of worlds, Leader of men, Royalty, Hero of the people, and Avatar of the phoenix Kickstarter and summer campaign backers.[18]
- Official content creators.[18]
There were approximately 9,600 participants in Alpha-1 testing as of August, 2018.[19][20]
- As of May 31, 2021, just under 5k additional participants have been added since Alpha-1 sales resumed. Less refunds and unclaimed codes, leaves a total of slightly over 13k testers.[19]
- The weekend test of May 27, 2021 saw 5,300 unique logins over the 3 day period.[19]
There were roughly 9600 if I recall A1 participants prior to my closing the preorder packs in 2018. Since opening them up again there have been just under 5k additional participants added. And prolly around 300 refunds give or take. Of the roughly 14,000 a1 testers, there are still about 1k unredeemed ks codes which leaves a little over 13k testers? The weekend test saw 5300 unique logins over the 3-day period. And I think discord flags stand around 4k roughly?[19] – Steven Sharif
Alpha-1 servers =
Alpha-1 servers were provisioned in the following regions.[21]
Alpha-1 servers will support 1,500 concurrently connected users per server.[23][24][25]
Alpha-1 NDA
Los lanzamientos de las Alpha-1, Alpha-2, Beta-1, Beta-2 no tenían NDA (non-disclosure agreement).[26]
- El Alpha-1 testing anterior al lanzamiento completo de la Alpha-1si que tuvo NDA.[27][6]
Requisitos del sistema para la Alpha
Requisitos mínimos para la Alpha-2.[30]
- Especificaciones mínimas - 1080p
- Procesador: Intel i5 8400 | AMD Ryzen 5 2600
- Memoria: 12GB
- Tarjeta gráfica: NVIDIA GTX 1070 o equivalente.
- DirectX: Versión 12
- Red: Broadband Internet connection
- Almacenamiento: 100GB SSD Storage
- Windows 10/11
- Especificaciones recomendadas - 1440p
- Procesador: Intel i7 8700 | AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- Memoria: 16GB
- Tarjeta gráfica: NVIDIA RTX 3070 o equivalente.
- DirectX: Versión 12
- Red: Broadband Internet connection
- Almacenamiento: 100GB SSD Storage
- Windows 10/11
- Please note that these requirements will change throughout our testing phases.[30]
Alpha island
Las pruebas de la Alfa-1 tuvieron lugar en una zona al noroeste del mapa del mundo.[36] Esta zona tiene muchas islas y un área continental.[37]
- La zona de inicio del Alfa-1 estaba localizada en las ruinas de un portal divino Pyrian.[38]
- Había 12 (sub)zonas diferentes en el lugar de pruebas de la Alfa-1.[35]
- El mapa de la Alfa-1 era de aproximadamente 70 km2 de área jugable.[39]
- Anteriormente se había calculado que tenía un tamaño aproximado de 100 km2.[35][37] Esto suponía un 17% del tamaño total del mundo.[40]
- Las estimaciones anteriores oscilaban entre el 20 y el 25% del mapa.[35][24][41]
- Atravesar la zona a lo ancho (10 km) en una montura costaba alrededor de 30 minutos.[42]
- La Alpha island (también llamada Alpha-0 island)fue la primera zona de pruebas de mundo abierto para los participantes de la Alfa-1.[43]
- Había aproximadamente 4 biomas en la Alfa-1: Las llanuras anegadas (Flood plains), El desierto (Desert), Las montañas nevadas (Snowy mountains) y El bosque (Forest).[44][45]
- Habrá puntos de teletransporte temporales en las primeras pruebas hasta que se introduzcan barcos más adelante en las pruebas Alfa.[46]
Ver además
Referencias
- ↑ Transmisión en vivo, 2021-05-28 (1:36:43).
- ↑ Transmisión en vivo, 2021-07-30 (20:30).
- ↑ March 2020 newsletter.
- ↑ Vídeo, 2020-03-23 (0:01).
- ↑
- ↑ 6.0 6.1
- ↑
- ↑ Creative Director's Letter, 2020-04-1.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Blog: Creative Director's Letter, October 16 2020
- ↑ Transmisión en vivo, 2021-02-26 (14:58).
- ↑ Blog: Creative Director's Letter, January 2021.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 Alpha One Schedule Update, May 10 2021.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 An Update on Alpha One Schedule, March 12 2021
- ↑
- ↑ Ashes of Creation Twitter - Alpha-1 Preview Weekend Begins
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 Ashes of Creation Store: May cosmetics.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3
- ↑ Transmisión en vivo, 2018-08-17 (24:07).
- ↑ 21.00 21.01 21.02 21.03 21.04 21.05 21.06 21.07 21.08 21.09 21.10 21.11 Alpha-1 screenshot.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 22.6 Alpha-1 screenshot.
- ↑
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 Entrevista, 2020-07-19 (1:21:49).
- ↑
- ↑ Transmisión en vivo, 2018-01-18 (49:26).
- ↑ Transmisión en vivo, 2020-05-29 (31:37).
- ↑
- ↑ Transmisión en vivo, 2021-03-26 (12:34).
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 What are the minimum and recommend computer specifications for Alpha Two?
- ↑ Alpha-1 screenshot.
- ↑
- ↑ Guide to Alpha One.
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 Transmisión en vivo, 2020-11-30 (12:09).
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 35.3 35.4 Transmisión en vivo, 2020-11-30 (22:43).
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 Transmisión en vivo, 2020-11-30 (9:51).
- ↑ 37.0 37.1
- ↑ Transmisión en vivo, 2021-03-26 (16:05).
- ↑ Entrevista, 2022-01-14 (3:50).
- ↑
- ↑ Pódcast, 2021-04-11 (53:01).
- ↑ Transmisión en vivo, 2020-11-30 (25:45).
- ↑
- ↑ Transmisión en vivo, 2021-01-29 (26:38).
- ↑ Transmisión en vivo, 2017-10-16 (12:08).
- ↑ Transmisión en vivo, 2020-11-30 (24:51).