Empires 0.1 Public Beta 1.10.04 www.empiresmod.com READ ME 1st! =========================== Before playing Empires, it is important to note that THIS IS A BETA VERSION - NOT FINAL PRODUCT! We can't stress enough that what you are testing is only a test version, NOT A FINAL PRODUCT. The purpose of public beta testing is to get feedback from the community on their likes and dislikes, as well as reporting the bugs which are bound to appear in such an early version. To express your thoughts on Empires, or to submit a bug report, head to our forums at: http://www.bf42.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=57 In addition, we would like to address the fact that there have been some crash-to-desktop (CTD) issues with Empires. Because of the in- herent inflexablility of the Battlefield 1942 game, some of these issues are very hard to track down, and can be very difficult to resolve. Any support by the community to help us resolve these issues would be greatly appreciated. Lastly, if you are a mapper/audio/coder and would like to contribute to Empires mod development, please post a message to us on our forums. The Empires Team KNOWN BUGS: =========================== Empires is still in beta, and as such, still has several important bugs. To make it easier for you to avoid them, we've included a list of some of the largest bugs/problems, and their respective work-arounds: - Avoid building more than 2 or 3 refineries until you've gotten more than 100 resources. Doing so will cause your resources to be limited to 100. - If you find that, after you've been in the command tank, you can not repair anything with your wrench, spawn a new engineer kit from the factory menu of the command tank and switch kits. - Be sure that you don't build structures too close together. It's likely that this could cause lag on the server (from the clipping). - Be sure to never move the command tank onto a building, as this could also cause significant lag. - If you are trying to access the engineer build menu, but it does not show up, make sure that you aren't standing too close to a building and that you aren't pointing at the ground directly under your feet. - If you find that you can not see your cursor any more in the commander's seat, first rotate your camera around, then, if that does not work, exit and re-enter the command tank. - Do not attempt to exit the command tank from any position other than the driver's seat (position 1). Ejecting from other positions may deposit you far away on the map - possibly out of bounds. Please, keep in mind that this list is made to give you a better gameplay experience, and that these bugs WILL be fixed. A reminder to all server hosts: We advise that you keep your server small, no larger than 32 people. In addition, if you're having too many problems with crashing, playing on a local (user created) server might help. The Empires testers believe that non-dedicated servers tend to be much more stable, and people tend to crash less often. Also, do not try to run empires on maps that do not have an E icon in front of their names. Only the maps that have this icon are supported. EMPIRES HELP GUIDE: =========================== To get off to a quick-start in Empires, you can use the Empires Help Guide, located in the mods/empires/help_guide folder (the Empires mod installation directory) for all you need to get started. CHANGELOG: =========================== For a complete changelog, refer to the changelog.txt in the mods/empires directory.