Ask questions here for the upcoming Play Test in Irvine.

[bboi018]

Please ask questions here that you'd like to see answered for the Irvine, California Play test thats going to be held from Dec.10-12th. This is to give people, who are going, a list of questions people want answered. *Note that the questions posted are not guaranteed an answer*

[gorgoth]

Favorite maps, guns, characters, etc

Status of the 3 other maps

Release date?

Can you have a copy?

Feel free to steal a hard drive or two :D

[Pain]

Question 1:
Is the game still scheduled for an early 2008 release?

Question 2:
Now, we've heard that there will be more boss-infected coming to the game after its release. Will there also be more survivors?

[Nemesis_vs_Leon]

The Ultimate Question:

WHY DON'T I LIVE NEAR IRVINE, CALIFORNIA!?

more survivors?
we need thousands more players! mmofps l4d yay!

[gorgoth]

Lmao I've always wanted a MMOFPS
That and an RTS that you can select a specific soldier in case his squad isn't doing so hot and it becomes an FPS.

[Hauger]

Question 1:
Is the game still scheduled for an early 2008 release?

Question 2:
Now, we've heard that there will be more boss-infected coming to the game after its release. Will there also be more survivors?

Question 3: Demo release?

Question 4: Any chance of getting into the Beta?

[Asura]

Question 5: Can you guys pay my fly to there? you guys get money anyway when half of the world buys L4D >;D

[Eddy_of_the_dead]

Question 5: Can you guys pay my fly to there? you guys get money anyway when half of the world buys L4D >;D
nooooo dont do it ;P!!!

[asu]

Question #whatever: Will the retail version of L4D be released all across the globe at the same time or will there be shifting release dates?

[Puscifer]

1. Are they still on track for an early 2008 release?

2. Can they give us at 411 some more media of the cornfield campaign, and maybe the other ones too?

3. Do they plan on releaseing a beta before they release the completed game?

4. what will the recommended system requirments be (rough idea would be cool)


and thats it really;)

[Pain]

Will there be any cool L4D merchandise to buy in the Valve store later on? :)

[Jim_Riley]

Make a video.

Don't come back until you do :P

[Prometheus]

What is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

[Eddy_of_the_dead]

unladen swallow
a what?

[hooray for zombies]

african or european swallow?

I'm going to see Spamalot in 17 days! yeeeeeee!

[Gforcemember45]

why i shouldn't harm each and every one of you. But seriously, when is the damn open beta?

[Eddy_of_the_dead]

Gforcemember45
your 1 happy fella arnt ya?

[Gforcemember45]

actaully i am, i just get testy when waiting. Im not very patient.

[Shrubberyjsc]

ON TOPIC:

I have a question. In the version I played, when a player disconnected, their character simply stood still, and eventually disappeared.

I've heard that in the future they will be replaced by survivor AI, and if someone joins the survivors, that they will take control from the bot.

I would just like to know the plans for this feature. Will the bot take over immediately, or will there be a period of nobody controlling the character?

I should think that if the player disconnects by choice then the bot should take over immediately, but that if there is a connection problem, there would be some grace time.

[POTTENI]

Will the XBOX 360 version have split screen capabilaties?

[frogopus]

I should think that if the player disconnects by choice then the bot should take over immediately, but that if there is a connection problem, there would be some grace time.

They made it sound like the transition between AI and player would be seamless but I'd like to know if theres any new word on this as well.

[caboos]

Please ask questions here that you'd like to see answered for the Irvine, California Play test thats going to be held from Dec.10-12th. This is to give people, who are going, a list of questions people want answered. *Note that the questions posted are not guaranteed an answer*

i have a question.Are you going to answer any questions or not?

[bboi018]

Im going to make a list of questions that i think are worth asking. Though no guarentees on answering them because its their choice of answering it or not. Plus you also got to take into consideration on how long i can stay there. Less time = less questions and game time.

woot plus i JUST got an email from Chet, i got the directions and my parking is VALIDATED :D WOOT FOR PRIVATE PARKING!

Not to mention that its the Dev team's decision on whether im allowed to share the info :P. but hope for the best :D

[squerl]

Congrats bboi018, have fun :D

[Jim_Riley]

Some folks in the Steam forums that went (smash, volunteer moderator to be specific) were told to keep things on the down low.

I don't think then you'll have too much luck with getting information out :(

[Gforcemember45]

Bboi, get a small minature camera and record everything that you see there. Or a normal camera for when they say we can share info.

[Shrubberyjsc]

Yeah, I guess it's no new info for now, but I'm okay with that.

=T

[mookieflukie]

Here is my write up of my experience at the playtest on Monday:

So yesterday i went to [redacted] to play [redacted]'s new game [redacted].

I got to [redacted] this new [redacted]. I have to say it was TOTALLY FREAKING [redacted].

Dev's [redacted] and [redacted] were very nice and chet said i get a free t-shirt. YAY! Free!

[redacted],

Mook-

[tripp36]

you know in SSBB (wii) wen your playing wi fi if a person quits out the AI will take over i have no clue why other ppl have caught on to this i mean bots are awsome..(it sure make halo alot better)

[Esgar]

I'll hopefully see you there bboi. I'm going as well, woot! Only 2 1/2 hours to go.

[bboi018]

Haha, yea...

Sorry everyone D: I cant seem to find a camera.... but hey, hopefully Esgar will bring one...or something. Plus I'll tell you all how it goes if everything goes well.

[Armored_Zombie_Cow]

oh wow its a night playtest?

[mookieflukie]

i think its at 6:30pm pacific. so evening yes.

btw, was anybody else who went yesterday from this forum. I was the guy in the leather jacket named gabe.

[bboi018]

Today, I'm gonna be the guy wearing a gray sweater with gelled hair, asian :D. i wish i was white T-T i want to be taller than 5'5. Damn these genes!!

Whoevers going today, ill be the guy named Vincent

[Esgar]

I'll be easy to spot. I have the "It's just a flesh wound!" T-shirt on :P.

[Shrubberyjsc]

"It's just a flesh wound!" T-shirt

I need. I NEED!

[darksora2323]

you know in SSBB (wii) wen your playing wi fi if a person quits out the AI will take over i have no clue why other ppl have caught on to this i mean bots are awsome..(it sure make halo alot better)
hell yea

[bboi018]

Ok, so same as the other guy in the other thread. Gotta keep it hush hush. So i wasnt able to ask any questions because if they told me, later on they might change some stuff, and then theyd have to answer to the public... so sorry :P i got no answers to the questions everyone posted.

but mannnn...there were quite a few oh-shyt moments i must say....it was awesome. what a great night.

ps. i didnt see the "its just a flesh wound" guy. I was the asian in the gray sweater talking alot :P

[Big_Bubbaloola]

Bboi018,

I'm sure your a very nice guy, with perfect teeth, nice breath and love your parents.....

but (in the style of Yosemite Sam)......

Ahhhhhhhhhhh hate you!

;)

I asked in the other thread, but did they give any idea of release date, even to within a couple of months?

[hool10]

I don't think it's coming out Q1. More ike Q2 (Q3 perhaps). They still arn't hyping this game up, putting out official movies, etc. That means they are still in heavy development and is'nt nearly in beta yet.

[Dead Fish]

I don't think it's coming out Q1. More ike Q2 (Q3 perhaps). They still arn't hyping this game up, putting out official movies, etc. That means they are still in heavy development and is'nt nearly in beta yet.

You make me sad. :(

[Jim_Riley]

I don't think it's coming out Q1. More ike Q2 (Q3 perhaps). They still arn't hyping this game up, putting out official movies, etc. That means they are still in heavy development and is'nt nearly in beta yet.



Bah, I disagree. It's been in development well into late 2006. It's really not THAT big and it's certainly not "next-gen" so to speak. Q1 2008 sounds very plausible.

I'm not just some crazy fan-boy though :P I'm as positive as I was when I kept assuming a summer, 2007 release date was for real xD

[Eddy_of_the_dead]

Q1 2008 sounds very plausible.
must!! or ill burn mike booths house down!

[Puscifer]

must!! or ill burn mike booths house down!

and poo through chets letter box :O

[Eddy_of_the_dead]

and poo through chets letter box :
before or after the burning down thing?

[The One]

They cant push it back any farther, they arent that stupid. So many people would just not care about the game and forget about it, and I'll go to prison for holding mike booth hostage for the god forsaken game. FUCK YOU MIKE! RELEASE IT!

[frogopus]

Until they give an official word its not really pushing it back :P

[Puscifer]

Until they give an official word its not really pushing it back :P

yup but if they are pushing it back they better let us know before xmas!

[gorgoth]

I hate the fact that it probably will be Q2 as they have no media thats really official and no purposeful hype. Also, the fact that the like maybe 50 solid people on this forum are really the only people waiting for it, and with a game as great as this, there should be more if were supposedly like 2 months away. Also, I know you guys aren't supposed to release details of the test (FUCKFUCKDAMNSHITHELLFUCK!!!!) but could you tell us how polished it was, like did it feel done? You can answer that w/o giving details so Mike Booth doesn't come and kill me.

[Puscifer]

the fact that the like maybe 50 solid people on this forum are really the only people waiting for it, and with a game as great as this, there should be more if were supposedly like 2 months away.

i remember watching a video with mike talking about the game, and he said atm all they're aiming for is a 2008 release, not early 08 just 08 :(

[Dead Fish]

i remember watching a video with mike talking about the game, and he said atm all they're aiming for is a 2008 release, not early 08 just 08 :(

Yeah, but why should they announce the game at the end of 2006, aiming at a late summer release and then delay the game for - another whole year - ?? That's kinda much, but I don't know of course.

[Puscifer]

Yeah, but why should they announce the game at the end of 2006, aiming at a late summer release and then delay the game for - another whole year - ??

Because a lot of ppl are exited about it and they want it to be the best it can be:)

at this point i can't be arsed, they will release it when they release it at the end of the day:)

[hool10]

Well I have no idea what happened at the newest playtest but I'm probably right on my assumptions. They need to polish the infected gameplay which is a critical element. The end result will be as fun as TF2. They still need to build the new maps and also test those out as well. They need to squash bugs, create the SDK, custom sounds. They are experimenting with new guns and infected. It's still a lot of work. Q2 or Q3. *Also they have to get the promotional stuff ready and make contracts with game sites to display the ads. They have to work out retail box art, pricing, packages, etc.