The Sims Online - betas started
Posted by Mr magoo on 15 August 2002 - 20:41 · 15 comments & 436 views
Sounds cool - here is a snip.

"Recently The Sims Online team achieved our Alpha milestone for our next play test version. We will be starting an internal test within EA very soon and use this internal testing to prepare ourselves for our first external test.

In about a month, we will be opening up The Sims Online to external testing. People who subscribe to The Sims Online newsletter will be randomly selected and offered the opportunity to participate in the Play Test. This test will grow from a few hundred to over 50,000 players in the next few months, so be patient if you are not immediately selected. When you are selected, you will receive an email invitation with a link to a Web site where you can order the CDs. You can order one set of CDs per invitation. We will be charging $5 to offset the shipping and handling for the two-CD set."

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btw- congrats to anyone in the Uk doing exams this week -and good luck to all those with gcses next week :D

Landscape Options
  • The import image wraparound problem is now rectified in the majority of cases.
  • Custom terrains now don't get their objects reset to a very low number.
  • Fixed duplicate reference of "Tribal" terrain.
Front End
  • Double mouse clicks are now treated as single clicks where convenient, for example when paging through a list box of schemes or maps.
Network
  • Game schemes can now include super weapons, as long as the host has “Full Wormage”.
  • Now possible to scroll through message chat lists via a mouse wheel, the list must be initially clicked upon and the scrolling is set at one line per wheel bump.
Network Lobby Chatting
  • Much improved quick-messaging of people in the lobby, host/join and in-game chats.
  • Current message typed is retained, while the recipient of the message can be changed. In host/join, the right mouse button now achieves this.
  • An /ignore command function is now available for the WormNET lobby which will highlight a name in red and is useful to combat spammers. Typing /ignore alone will clear all ignores.
  • People to whom you've spoken privately and the messages typed can now be recalled.
Cheating Loophole Prevention
  • Placing a girder anywhere, even intersecting with land.
  • Teleporting on top of the roof in a cavern.
  • Pausing time.
  • Triggering Sudden Death.
  • Forcing the game to end or draw.
  • Forcing the surrender of a player.
  • Making all Worms invincible.
  • Unleashing an unlimited number of cows, even if you have only one
  • Using Parachute or Bungee during a retreat.
  • Preventing WA hanging during placement by selecting an item other than Teleport or Girder
  • Fuse/Herd of 0 or above 5 now isn't allowed (herd of 0 allowed user to release infinite cows).
  • It is no longer possible to evade being kicked from a game at the host/join stage
  • Placing a Girder instead of a Worm on starting a manual placement game, preventing the player being located way up in the sky and untouchable during turns.
  • Illegal strike angles are now not allowed; previously this could freeze a game and with a straight-down angle, the strike plane never flew away


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Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by sMk on 15 Aug 2002 - 21:03
nice, thanks!
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by groovedude2001 on 15 Aug 2002 - 21:34
cool sure they will be naughty to leaks lol
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by AshUK on 15 Aug 2002 - 22:32
The Sims Online will only be available to US residents. :disappoin
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #4 Posted by xStainDx on 16 Aug 2002 - 10:04
w00h00!!!
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #5 Posted by Wstroud on 16 Aug 2002 - 12:07
cheerz, im gonna need that luck wiv my GCSE's!!
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #6 Posted by iconman on 16 Aug 2002 - 19:29
cool
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #7 Posted by vraa on 16 Aug 2002 - 21:50
0o0o. sims lol thats like the funniest game.. Jane puts washing machine on fire Josh has baby.. remember u can name them ANYTHING u want!! LOL
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #8 Posted by Chipi on 16 Aug 2002 - 23:50
the sims sucks!
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #9 Posted by holdenrocks69 on 17 Aug 2002 - 01:34
us resident only? dam
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #10 Posted by jayp6969 on 17 Aug 2002 - 02:01
thanx gotta test this i have every sims since it started love the game
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #11 Posted by nekrosoft13 on 17 Aug 2002 - 03:34
does any one have problems connecting to the server
Quote this comment #11.1 Posted by AshUK on 17 Aug 2002 - 12:21
You mean on the play test site, Yes and me too, Just dosent't seem to load
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #12 Posted by uniacid on 17 Aug 2002 - 14:38
yea its down
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #13 Posted by nekrosoft13 on 18 Aug 2002 - 01:40
damn, still down
Quote this comment #13.1 Posted by AshUK on 18 Aug 2002 - 03:06
it's been down since last week when it first came online so I expect it to be "down" until they release a beta
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