Almost the time :D

[KageToraUK]

Originally Posted by Korsakov829

But what if they are? I've seen material taken from Red Tide put into mods, like the T-38.

It has been said by the devs that models from Red Tide are OK - there is a 'Red Tide Units' mod available at the DMS Forum. Just the missions (and, presumably, the maps with them) are not distributable. I'm not sure what the penalty would be for distributing the maps and missions from Red Tide (if there even is an enforceable penalty), but I would assume the same criteria would apply here to the Open Beta of Assault Squad.

[Korsakov829]

Well, you could be fined. Or exiled to Africa, or Siberia, or Turkmenistan or somewhere where there is nothing.

[Mack the Knife]

thanks to all but i still don't get it. you've got the popularity of the previous games yet it takes 10000 people before you decide if it's worth it to "open" it for yet (wait for it) further testing... the game not being polished is why you do beta testing but you guys have been freaking beta testing with 9+ thousand people for months and months yet the game's "not finished yet"? i apologize for being the curmudgeon here and, of course, i don't fully understand what it takes to produce a game but making 10000 people pay to test it for months and months and still not having a production product sounds, let's just say, weird to me...

Nike-it, could you please clarify something for me?

'download the free game client'

that means multiplayer doesn't it? i thought there was a SP component to this game. that won't be available in open beta?

[Aeon]

Originally Posted by Mack the Knife

thanks to all but i still don't get it.

I can't see your problem, to be honest. You (probably) don't know how many ppl are currently beta-testing this game in the closed phase and for how long. Acctually it's pretty awesome that the devs will ensure a open-beta phase, as this will minimize any chance of bugs being shipped with the retail version of the game. The only thing I'm wondering right now is, when (open) beta testing will actually start?

[Nikitns]

Yeah, it's pretty unprofessional of Digitalmindsoft not having the beta ready-for-release when the member count hit 9k. Sure, it may have been a Saturday evening, but tough luck. They said it would be released once the member-count reached 10k.

Anyway; it is going to be released in Wednesday.

[Korsakov829]

Well thats DMS.

[CzaD]

Two days wait is still acceptable.

But the excitement is huge. One guy wrote in the comments that he's not going to school coz of open beta release. That made me laugh. DMS will break his heart if they don't release it tomorrow.

[MasacruAlex]

Ok activated it on steam :

[Crni vuk]

well sadly I think not much you can do about it except asking nicely the people to not use it anymore? Particularly mods have a lot of freedom in that part as long they dont make any money with their content. For the good and bad.