Closed Beta Date: January 15th 2012

The SBEmu Team is proud to announce that we'll be starting Closed Beta Invites for a January 15th start date for SBEmu Closed Beta! This is after months of hard work, perseverance, and ultimately patience by not only the SBEmu Team, but the community. It is absolutely remarkable how we've grown as a community since the announcement of the Shadowbane Emulator project in June! Over this month we'll be looking over and sending out Closed Beta invites to those whom applied for the Test Team, as well as continuously accept new applications for Closed Beta! We will be sending out Closed Beta invites starting January 1st.

You can find the Closed Beta and Test Team application here on the Recruitment forums: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2537

Copy and complete the application and post your Closed Beta/Test Team Application. Please specify whether you would like to apply for Closed Beta, the Test Team or both.

Post Completed Applications here: viewforum.php?f=138


Closed Beta will contain all features which will be implemented in full and we will just be identifying outlying bugs and stress testing the server. From fighting over Bounty Hunter runes, mine fights, to yes, even banes, Closed Beta will have it all!

Open Beta which will be announced at a later date, will be opened to the community when no more major bugs and even most minor bugs can be identified.

Test Team Additions:
The Test Team will also be adding 4 more members in order to further help us identify and organize bugs as our developers work to introduce more content and fix more and more bugs. Additionally these testers will help the Beta Testers with identifying and recording the bugs that they find as well. With the holidays and increasing pressure of real life, these testers will be imperative in helping the developers correctly and efficiently identify and fix bugs. If you need an application for the Test Team, you can find it at the same forum where you apply for Closed Beta, as stated above. 


Weekly Update Portion
Adron has made excellent progress this week, in regards to figuring out the training costs for focus skills. Also, testing has been largely done on attacking while chants are going, aka "Mask Casting". Melee combat during flight, as well as different tiers of flight. Additionally, more complex formulas such as defense, attack speed formulas (against debuffs), and attack rating. The test team has also completely gone through 90% of the discipline runes, as well as stat runes and many different types of armor, jewelry and weapons. Though these are not being made from forges, almost everything is working correctly. 


Note from the Community Manager
Our site has grown by leaps and bounds since last week, when we announced that the community would be able to log in and create chars! Everyday familiar faces are returning to our midst, as we grow ever closer to the game we cherished for the past decade. Our Twitter and Facebook pages are also booming with activity everyday, as more and more updates are added every week to this much awaited project. As always, if anyone has any questions, problems, suggestions, etc feel free to PM me. As I remind you everytime I address the community, I am your advocate to the people whom will bring you to the SBEmu Project. I'm here for you, so feel free to utilize me. Look forward to seeing all of you on my kill list.

Discussion Thread:
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2539

You can now log in to the Login Server! You can log in by changing the following in your ArcaneIP file located in the "Config" folder of your Shadowbane client. (ArcaneIP.cfg)

Arcane IP Address:

SERVER= SB-LS.ShadowbaneEmulator.com
PORT= 6000

The file should read exactly what is stated above. Make characters to your heart's desire.

Developer Updates
Papah and Rich have been busy all week bringing various changes to ToL placement, collision detection and city building. Updates can be seen here from SBEmu Developer Papah.

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2481

and

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2483

Design Team Updates
As many of you have already noticed, the SVN feed is now live via our homepage! As well as the SVN feed, our Project/Design Lead Daymar has added the Announcements RSS feed to the main page. Take a look at our revamped homepage here:
http://www.shadowbaneemulator.com

You can also subscribe to the Announcement RSS feed at these two addresses.

w/ post content: feed.php?f=5
w/o post content: feed.php?mode=topics

Test Team Updates
Our Test Team is going to begin looking at new applications for Junior Testers beginning this week, so make sure to apply if you wish to be considered for this round of testers. Please PM Silk for an application to the Testing Team. If you have already applied there is no need to re-apply, your application will be considered each time a group of testers is needed! Please be advised that testers are selected on a need basis.


Community Manager Update
It's been exciting seeing a lot of exposure on our Facebook page. If you haven't liked us already on Facebook or checked out our group page, the links for our twitter page and Facebook page is under my signature. If anyone has any issues, comments, questions, suggestions, or anything you would like conveyed to the SBEmu team feel free as always to PM me.

Discussion Thread
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2487&p=51492#p51492