Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory Test Released

THis is not a double post i was owned by the reply button. Anyone else running the linux version and it locks up on you? Haven't tried the latest nvidia drivers so that could be my problem.

so, here's my next question:

is there a dedicated server for this test? If there is, I'd put up a dedicated server in a heartbeat... heh...

Some notes...

There is no catch to it being free. The final version of Enemy Territory will also be free and stand alone. Completely free, no strings attached. There's no spyware, there's no collection of email addresses, we do not ask you to do us any "favors" and "get rid of a problem" for us in the future. The multiplayer was a labor of love for Splash Damage, id, and Activision, and it would just be a shame for all of that to go to waste. So you're getting a free game. No one believes us when we tell them this, and I can understand them. But it's true. :)

Second, people seem to be having problems identifying team mates. There are two ways you can do this:

- When you mouse over a team mate, you'll see their rank, name, and their health bar. You won't see anything when you mouse over an enemy.
- The Axis and Allies have very different uniforms. The Allies have American tan utilities, while the Axis are wearing black coats or uniforms with red armbands (on all of them, I think).

Quick tips:

- There's a player guide that came with ET -- check it out for some info.
- The voiceovers will often tell you what objective your team needs to accomplish at that moment.
- The basic idea of the map is this: the Allies have to get the tank through the tunnel doors, then to the base (where it'll destroy the depot doors), then around the side of the base where it'll destroy the corner of the depot (allowing a second route in), and then finally dynamite the fuel dump. The Axis have to prevent this, and they have some command posts they can build and MGs in their base to help defend.
- Engineers can plant land mines. They are very fun. :)
- Covert Ops' can find planted land mines from the other team - use your binocs to scan.

There's a lot more but maybe that will help people.

how is Activision planning on profitting from this venture, if the game is free?

Is there bot support?

I was in the beta, so here's a quick summary of my overall thoughts from it.

I didn't enjoy it as much as Battlefield, or even the original RtCW test. I could play MP_Beach all night and love it, but the map in the test was kind of boring even after the first go. It's more than that, though. It just doesn't seem like it's balanced to keep the various weapons fun anymore. Like, the flamethrower is totally USELESS in wide-open areas and the powerful weapons like the mortar and the MGs aren't worth it because you'll just get mowed down by the default thompsons that every class gets before you even know where your enemy is or can get out of his fire.

In RtCW you could do your own thing, or just hop on a server and figure out what you needed to do. I think ET's trying to be like Battlefield by making it a large map with objectives that you need to complete along the way and defensive areas that you need to capture. But at least in the first map, it's much too linear to accomodate different styles of play. Hopefully, most of these problems speak only of the style of map that was used in the test and it'll be a little more open ended when it's actually released.

There were a LOT of bugs and problems with features that I found and mailed Activision about. I'm not going to list all the problems, instead I'll talk about some of the things that it has going for it.

Teamplay is actually much more important in Enemy Territory than in RtCW, because, as noted above, players who try to go lone wolf (no pun intended) will get gunned down whenever an enemy gets the drop on them, which unfortunatly, is something that happens over and over in this map since it's strictly linear with one team defending. So, to work together better, you do best to follow the leader. The experience point system includes player "ranks" that show you who nearby is the strongest link in your team and it should be up to that strongest link to lead the rest of the team. Communication between teammates in ET is now an essential part of the game and team tactics are graded during the match. Having a strong leader and following his or her plan is the best way to do win and the best way to get the most out of ET.

Also, because ET is a bit more fastpaced than Battlefield in terms of the action, you have to expect your own battle tactics to change on the fly. Covert ops characters can loot enemy bodies and use their uniforms as a disguise to sneak through their front lines, but did you know that all players can loot dead bodies for their weapon, too? Hitting the action key while aiming at a dead ally or enemy's dropped weapon will swap it with yours, giving you a chance to steal a more powerful weapon even if your team is over it's limit, or to get rid of a weapon that isn't effective in the current combat situation.

Remember, this is only a test so don't be overly critical. If there's something you don't like or something that doesn't work, don't get pissed off and stop playing, send Activision an email with your opinion and maybe it'll make for a more enjoyable experience once the game and it's features have been finalized and released. See you all on the servers!

BlackCat9/Percy Kittenz

should be fun. but battlefield 1942 is better then rtcw.......

Why do companies release a test demo that they know has bugs?

Wouldn't it be better to release a test demo with NO known bugs, so the users can find the ones you couldn't?

I tried to install this on my server via Terminal Services, the installer required 16 bit color so I couldn't install. Anyway around this?

Operation Flashpoint'd main diff: you cannot jump 6 feet into the air in OpFlash

hurrah. Covert Ops.

Need more servers!

http://www.shackspace.com/~slimjim@shackmail.com/servers.jpg

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That jpg is ~122KB. The png was ~500. The gif was ~200 and looked like outdated, dithered 8 bit ass.

We need "tweak options" for the png format.

I use this: http://www.irfanview.com/

http://www.shackspace.com/~slimjim@shackmail.com/options.png

Compression level 9 makes the png screenshot ~490 KB. Level 0 makes it 2.25 megs!

jesus i love shit that hard locks my computer =\

Well, that was pointless.

Downloaded and jumped on Ashkies, playable for a good 10 seconds, then it turned to poo poo.Everyone lagged out solid till I got tired of waiting and quit. Other servers do the same. GG

the upcoming free, stand-alone Wolfenstein game that does not require Return to Castle Wolfenstein

So what's the catch? I can't imagine they're making a full game out of the kindness of their hearts.

That netcode is terrible.

Not ready for a public test.

Windows Mirror:

http://mirrors.voyager.net/games/wolfenstein/Wolf_ET_Test.exe

How do I see my FPS again?

Welp, can't say that I enjoy it too much. If I'm going for that kind of gameplay I'm going for BF1942...if not it's Ravenshield. I still think it kicks ass that they are making it free though.

RtCW MP wasn't my style in the beginning, and my hopes of this re-enlightening me didn't do it.
-bad lag
-can't tell who is who (team wise)
-cluttered menus
-whats up with the medic sounds?
-just feels...off somehow.. to me

oh well. You guys who love it, enjoy!

Are there any new weapons in this or are they all the same.

Some serious reworking of the voices needs to be done.
They're pathetic. One sounds like Cleetus the slack jawed
Yokel.

Just saved the installer to one hard drive, and installed it onto another one. Talk about a "smooth operation". Read only on one hard drive, write only on the other...

Now: Would the operation be faster if both hard drives were on the same IDE channel, or seperate?

It was ok by me. I had a lot of jittering players on ashkie's but it was just jitters, no real lag. I also couldn't figure out what the different levels were, it's not in the player guide...

Seemed pretty fun overall, though FPSes never hold my attention more than a few days.

good fucking game.

Here's my story. Connected to the server. Saw someone in the distance. Couldn't tell which team that person was on. I proceeded to die. Exited the server. Uninstalled.

The best part was downloading it, tweaking it, and giving it the "once over". Playing it online? Meh! Too much "work" and "effort". You'd have to pay me atleast minimum wage by the hour for me to spend my time/effort/energy "playing" this. These games used to somehow be "fun". Now they are just "work". I don't have the desire/will/energy/motivation anymore.

I got an ET server up

hard.core.com pw cowbell

Not sure how well its configured as I never config'd one before. Have fun.

this test lvl better not be as slow and laggy as the first RTCW test/demo level

that was fucking horrible

always 250-350 ping on my cm regardless of what damn server i was on

totally turned me off this game

There is a Shack server up with a password... Bueller.... Bueller.

So wait... does this not require RTCW or do I need something else to play it?? I don't understand!

ughh. that really crapped out in a hurry

Haha, love the grimacing face when you hold the trigger down. A throwback to the original Wolf.

Seems to be pretty cool, especially for free. Only server I could play on was lagged to hell and back though.

Meh. It's not bad at all though, and for free it's damm nice. Played real jump for me even when I lowered settings, but since this is a test I'll hold off and saying it runs poorly. My biggest complain is I have NO idea if they guy I'm shooting at is on my team or the other one...reality fans will love this. The tank thing was fun.

hey! what an awesome birthday present!

Just played a bunch and I really enjoy it. A lot better than RTCW I must say.

Highpoints for me:
-The moving tank that you can fire with as an objective. It's hella fun to shoot it with the panzerfaust ;).
-Overall awesome objectives
-The mortar is well implemented and is gonna be a lot of fun if you have someone FOing for you
-XP system is really, really cool
-Maintains a lot of the fun that the old RTCW had

well is pretty cool...although its a tad hard to tell enemies from friendlies....also the model animations are ass, and i want the text chat in a better place

in case you dunno what to do on allies, you use engineers to build a bridge, then the tank blows shit up, on the way you take another spawn and build turrents..finally the tank blows the hell out of the front door and side of the enemy base where an engineer goes in and blows up the gates and finally the big fuel pump

Read this while your downloading since it's long...

http://games.activision.com/games/wolfenstein/enemyterritory/ettest_playerguide.html

how do i enable punkbuster? it seems i can't join a server until i do.

Download mirror at:

alt.binaries.games.wolfenstein

!!

That is the best download system. Worldwide mirrors and every ISP has a copy on their servers.

More companies should take advantage of the power of Usenet. I hope HL2/DOOM3/DNF demo's are posted on Usenet by the publishers/game companies as the initial download site.