Beta branch VS multiplayer

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How are people handling this?

I bought the game and started a campaign on the regular branch, then realized there was a big beta branch I could hop in with tons of fixes. It let me continue my campaign in beta without issues.

Then I reverted to the default branch to play online, and did, and had a blast. So much so I decided to stick to this branch... Sadly, trying to start my campaign crashes the game (Makes sense, reverting from beta is probably causing issues).

Switching from default to beta takes me a good 30 minutes, I'd rather not have to do that everytime I want to go from single player to multiplayer.

I can't be the only one with this dillema? Is there a way around it? Is there a secret way on steam to install the two at the same time? Have people had any success playing online on the beta branch?

Thanks!

[Souliens]

So there is no multiplayer in beta branch?

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Looks like there is, technically... But I've never seen more than 10 people queued for it, and that's across 3 times zones and 3 game modes.

[Souliens]

Ok thanks, I thought about switching to beta, but now I will stay in normal. Because I am playing SP and MP 1:1 ratio :D thanks for the answer.

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I'm experimenting with having two versions installed at the same time. Will report in later :P

[Lord of Death]

having same issue was on beta then switched to native branch to play with friend. now i crash every time i try to load a saved game

[Erebor]

Looks like if you want to play multiplayer you have to downgrade from beta to stable branch everytime. A bit boring yep...
Actually i checked and my level/ratio in multiplayer is not the same regarding the version i'm using (beta or non beta)

[SUP3RM4N]

Beta branch is there for the sole purpose to test things that have had 0 testing before, as they stated when it came out. It's not there to be a serious play through or expectations of going flawlessly. I personally love the idea, instead of pushing updates, where it could break the game (and I mean really break it, not "reeeee") they decided to make this separate section for those of us with will to help them find bugs and flaws, before they make the beta branch become the big patch for the pushed version.

I hope that makes sense. If you are playing the game for enjoyment, then stay off the beta branch lol. If you want to the expectation that every click might be your last on your save, then get into beta, but it's for the good of the community!

Hope you continue enjoying the game though, regardless.

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Originally posted by SavGA Leo:

Beta branch is there for the sole purpose to test things that have had 0 testing before, as they stated when it came out. It's not there to be a serious play through or expectations of going flawlessly. I personally love the idea, instead of pushing updates, where it could break the game (and I mean really break it, not "reeeee") they decided to make this separate section for those of us with will to help them find bugs and flaws, before they make the beta branch become the big patch for the pushed version.

I hope that makes sense. If you are playing the game for enjoyment, then stay off the beta branch lol. If you want to the expectation that every click might be your last on your save, then get into beta, but it's for the good of the community!

Hope you continue enjoying the game though, regardless.

Actually, that would be the alpha branch, the beta branch did get some testing and is a lot safer, and is for people who want to play with the latest fixes. Obviously there's more risks, but its been very stable on my end and has fixed a lot of bugs.

The alpha branch is for people who want to test things right out of the gate at their own risks.

The default branch is for people who don't want to risk a fix breaking their save, or, more importantly, want to play with mods without conflict with the new changes made to beta. Its just a more stable version that won't be updated nearly as often during early access.

Originally posted by Lord of Death:

having same issue was on beta then switched to native branch to play with friend. now i crash every time i try to load a saved game

Just go back into Beta and your save will work fine :)

Originally posted by Er3bor:

Looks like if you want to play multiplayer you have to downgrade from beta to stable branch everytime. A bit boring yep...
Actually i checked and my level/ratio in multiplayer is not the same regarding the version i'm using (beta or non beta)

I actually managed to installed the Beta and the standard version at the same time. it takes twice the amount of space obviously, but switching between the two takes a minuter rather than 30+

anyone who wants to do the same and play single player on BETA and multiplayer on default branch, just follow these instructions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGoatqncRsI

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Originally posted by Vermin.dll:

Originally posted by SavGA Leo:

Beta branch is there for the sole purpose to test things that have had 0 testing before, as they stated when it came out. It's not there to be a serious play through or expectations of going flawlessly. I personally love the idea, instead of pushing updates, where it could break the game (and I mean really break it, not "reeeee") they decided to make this separate section for those of us with will to help them find bugs and flaws, before they make the beta branch become the big patch for the pushed version.

I hope that makes sense. If you are playing the game for enjoyment, then stay off the beta branch lol. If you want to the expectation that every click might be your last on your save, then get into beta, but it's for the good of the community!

Hope you continue enjoying the game though, regardless.

Actually, that would be the alpha branch, the beta branch did get some testing and is a lot safer, and is for people who want to play with the latest fixes. Obviously there's more risks, but its been very stable on my end and has fixed a lot of bugs.

The alpha branch is for people who want to test things right out of the gate at their own risks.

The default branch is for people who don't want to risk a fix breaking their save, or, more importantly, want to play with mods without conflict with the new changes made to beta. Its just a more stable version that won't be updated nearly as often during early access.

There are only 2 options. You have public and you have beta. If you do not believe me open the patch notes. It's exactly how it's been labeled since they started it.

Also, when they released the BETA branch, they said exactly what I did. I'm nothing special, I don't make it up lol. I read what they type, which is 100% what I said.

The misinformation is what has caused myself and others to thread hop bc people got into beta bc they wanted shiny things but didn't read what the devs put out with it. It is not tested. It's for us to test before they push it to public, which they want to be the stable branch (for a EA game lol).

It's cool, no harm no foul. Just need to keep it straight before more people reeeeeeee bc they believe beta should be good lol.

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BTW OP, can you let us know if you are having same issues now with the new patch?

From how it reads they should be one in the same, also seems the saves are backwards compatible.

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Originally posted by SavGA Leo:

Originally posted by Vermin.dll:

Actually, that would be the alpha branch, the beta branch did get some testing and is a lot safer, and is for people who want to play with the latest fixes. Obviously there's more risks, but its been very stable on my end and has fixed a lot of bugs.

The alpha branch is for people who want to test things right out of the gate at their own risks.

The default branch is for people who don't want to risk a fix breaking their save, or, more importantly, want to play with mods without conflict with the new changes made to beta. Its just a more stable version that won't be updated nearly as often during early access.

There are only 2 options. You have public and you have beta. If you do not believe me open the patch notes. It's exactly how it's been labeled since they started it.

Also, when they released the BETA branch, they said exactly what I did. I'm nothing special, I don't make it up lol. I read what they type, which is 100% what I said.

The misinformation is what has caused myself and others to thread hop bc people got into beta bc they wanted shiny things but didn't read what the devs put out with it. It is not tested. It's for us to test before they push it to public, which they want to be the stable branch (for a EA game lol).

It's cool, no harm no foul. Just need to keep it straight before more people reeeeeeee bc they believe beta should be good lol.

The alpha branch is a thing that isn't out yet. I also read btw, not need to get condescending.

Here's a copy past from the patch notes just for you: "The beta branch will include content that has gone through our internal testing and will be exposed to public testers for at least one week.

The alpha branch will include content that is untested. It is intended for players, modders and explorers that wish to be as close to development as possible - even at the cost of stability. Our goal is to update it daily with our latest development branch."

Keywords, beta has been through internal testing, alpha hasn't.

honestly I'm not even sure why you came here to complain about misinformation? This is a thread about wanting to play singleplayer in the BETA branch, and wanting to play multiplayer in the MAIN branch.

No one is complaining about having problems with the beta. It's normal that I can't play with my beta save in to main branch, I've made it pretty clear I was aware AND OK with that. This thread was asking players for a work around for people like me who WANT to play in the beta branch for their campaign AND want to play multiplayer (Which has to be done in the main branch).

Coming here to say "Just play on main branch" is no help at all, and telling us we are misinformed when clearly we aren't is just rude.

The work around I have found and have explained is to install two copies of the same game, one in beta and one on main branch. Obviously this isn't an issue right now as the beta has been merge with the main branch, but is still useful since a new beta will start soon.

Its cool though. No harm no fool.