Utopia Developers’ Update 23rd September
This weeks update from Brian - comments here as usual please.
Hi All,
Brian here this week. The big news this week is that Alpha testing has moved to Beta testing. This means we’ve opened up the test server so that anyone can sign up to take part. Visit utopia-game.com to get started.
Please remember that this is still a test server. Generally we suspend testing a few times a day for 10 mins or so to deploy new code to the server. The game is currently ticking every 15 minutes (this is four times faster than WoL and Gen tick). We also may restart ages at any time, so don’t get too attached to your province.
If you find a bug click on the “Report Bug” link in the top-right corner of the screen. The bug reporting page contains a list of outstanding serious bugs. You can check the list to see if your bug has already been reported. When reporting a bug, please provide us with plenty of information so we can understand the problem and get the bug fixed as quickly as possible.
So where does this leave us in relation to the next age of Genesis? While we’re still fixing bugs, our focus is increasingly turning to performance. We need to to prepare for the increase in load that will come when we’re running Genesis. It’s easier for us to find performance bottlenecks when we have more people testing. So sign up, build, explore, train, attack someone, make friends, make enemies… anything - If you’re on the server you’re helping.
We’ll be monitoring performance, making changes and adjusting settings over the next few days. If we can, we’ll announce an end-date for Genesis before next week’s blog.
Thanks,
Brian