What is left. : V

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:21 am

What is left for bethesda to do? I've seen that they're completely finished with game mechanics, or whatever you wish to call it.

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:10 am

Finish off the localization, the manual, make the discs, ship the boxes, stuff like that.

» Tue Sep 20, 2011 9:36 pm

I see. Thanks.

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 4:18 am

Print it, pack it, ship it, stock it, buy it, play it, rage, update it.

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 6:27 am

What is left for bethesda to do? I've seen that they're completely finished with game mechanics, or whatever you wish to call it.

squish bugs and make sure the engine is stable for as many system configurations as possible?

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:38 am

What is left for bethesda to do? I've seen that they're completely finished with game mechanics, or whatever you wish to call it.

For curiosity's sake, how do you know they're completely finished with game mechanics?

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 12:44 pm

For curiosity's sake, how do you know they're completely finished with game mechanics?

Todd said that once they're done with Alpha that means they're "feature locked" and they move to beta, which is strictly bug squashing and play testing.

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 12:46 am

What is left for bethesda to do?

Secretly sweat out some random mechanic that just...isn't...working and work 15 hour days to try and fix it before going gold. Not fix it and claim it's a surprise that it doesn't work on release day and release a fix that bugs something else. Then drink heavily. Then sleep.

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 5:46 am

Has it reached Code Freeze yet (that's when they stop adding more to the game code)? If so it's time for beta testing and bug-fixing...then it goes gold and it's about ready to mass-copy

That's it...getting close

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:06 am

Has it reached Code Freeze yet (that's when they stop adding more to the game code)? If so it's time for beta testing and bug-fixing...then it goes gold and it's about ready to mass-copy

That's it...getting close

They should be out of Alpha (feature locked) and in Beta. Far too late to not be in Beta yet.

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 12:23 pm

Todd said that once they're done with Alpha that means they're "feature locked" and they move to beta, which is strictly bug squashing and play testing.

Yeah, but clearly that doesn't mean "finished", so I wanted to know how the OP got that perception.

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:25 am

Yeah, but clearly that doesn't mean "finished", so I wanted to know how the OP got that perception.

He said finished with "game mechanics", not finished with bug testing. They are in Beta, so that is true. It's far too late to not be out of Alpha at this point.