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Sins: Entrenchment Delayed to Allow for Public Beta Testing

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Sins: Entrenchment Delayed to Allow for Public Beta Testing

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Stardock and Ironclad Games have decided to delay the final release of Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment, the first micro-expansion for the hit stratey game.  Originally slated for release on November 18th, Entrenchment will first be put through a public beta test for pre-order customers.  This will allow us to finely hone Entrenchment ahead of its final public debut, the date of which has not yet been set (it will largely depend on beta feedback).

While we know this will disappoint some in the Sins community, we feel this will help make Entrenchment a far stronger product overall.

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Reply #76 from Sins Forums Top

btw for those who are still haveing trouble downloading the new 1.09c update of sins beta i have tryed on impuse the stardock logo up the top left hand corner of impulse you can click on it and change servers from usa-1 to usa-2 < im able to download from usa-2 but not usa-1 btw thanks for the extra info on enrichment about payment.

Reply #77 from Sins Forums Top

i just tryed to update and im still sitting on 1.09b ???. now it wont update to 1.09c < this is strange lol doh, its now 1.09b (b) ;ets see what happens.

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Reply #78 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting lemon-rev, reply 2
i just tryed to update and im still sitting on 1.09b ???. now it wont update to 1.09c < this is strange lol doh, its now 1.09b ( b ) lets see what happens.

Reply #80 from Sins Forums Top

i login into sins after verry small update 1.09b ( b ) .047 < i belive its now at is this what everyone else has now after verry small update and if so has anyone had extra bits added or not ? i logged in and cant see anything ?

Reply #81 from Sins Forums Top

well at least i will be in the beta <3 pre-orders from stardock

Reply #82 from Sins Forums Top

I've been waiting the best part of today now this apparent 1.95c patch what happend to it, no news ?, seems like impulse removed the patch update im still sitting on 1.095b help if any ?

Reply #83 from Sins Forums Top

This is a perfect example of why Stardock is different than many/most/all game manufacturers.  They're putting quality first and not rushing to put out a product that's not perfect. Plus, they're giving the customers some ownership by letting them play around with it to help find the bugs. It's refreshing to see something this.

Reply #84 from Sins Forums Top

tdmerolla < all im trying to ask is what happend to this mornings release of the beta patch for the new enrichment exp addon for those who pre orded it and those like my self wanting to test it for bugs and whatnot, it said there was an update when i finally managed to get impulse to download it it was smell only a few k then nothing not even a change in patch version not anything noticeable in game either or was there ? im still waiting thanks.

Reply #85 from Sins Forums Top

The Entrenchment beta is not yet available. It will be available soon after 1.1 goes final (November 18th).

Whatever 1.09c is on Impulse, it's not Entrenchment and it's not 1.1 final. My guess is it's not even supposed to be there, since there was no announcement about it.

Reply #86 from Sins Forums Top

Yeah, sorry gang. There's no update currently. I must have messed up something when I was fixing a server issue yesterday afternoon.

It'll be resolved in a few minutes. :'(

Reply #87 from Sins Forums Top

It's fixed.

Reply #88 from Sins Forums Top

K, now I get to blame you in every thread that has popped up wondering what's up with 1.09c :D

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Reply #89 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting lordkosc, reply 6
well at least i will be in the beta pre-orders from stardock

 

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Reply #90 from Sins Forums Top

I just hope that entrenchment is released soon after 1.1. A week is soon anything after that isn’t. Since it was pulled less than 72 hours before it was to be put on Impulse with no warning it should be ready to go. Ugh I just want my space station and being cranky, a good game comes 1st. Also I just had my whole clan/guild preorder the game so that we can test it against each other….

 

 

We will be able to play a multiplayer game with the beta Entrenchment right?

 

 

Reply #91 from Sins Forums Top

Yes, multiplayer will be possible with the beta (its the best way to track down balance issues :))

Reply #92 from Sins Forums Top

Since it was pulled less than 72 hours before it was to be put on Impulse with no warning it should be ready to go.

 

Try a week X|

Reply #93 from Sins Forums Top

While I'm excited and anxious to get this release, I'd rather have it work properly and be the best it can be by taking extra time with it getting it right. And thank you SD crew for letting us know and being straight with us. I wish other companies would follow your lead. *cough* EA *cough*. RA3 has been out almost a month now and it plays like an early beta. It is the best CnC that EA has produced to date, but the amount of bugs, crashes, mp instability, and other annoyances suggest it could have used another 6 months of development.

Anyway, thanks again SD. And thanks for releasing supreme commander! I've wanted it for a long time, but I didnt want the DRM or the need for a disk. You guys rock!

Reply #94 from Sins Forums Top

My mother pre-order'd it on her credit card. So once it's been charged she will recieve a link for the download and a serial number? Also, as i wasn't logged in, would i just have to cancel that pre-order and pre-order it again?

Reply #95 from Sins Forums Top

So once it's been charged she will recieve a link for the download and a serial number?

There's no link for the download, it will be available on Impulse. The serial # will be in the e-mail, and it will automatically be attached to whatever e-mail was used for purchase and show up under "My Games" when you have Show Pre-Release Versions checked.

Also, as i wasn't logged in, would i just have to cancel that pre-order and pre-order it again?

Not quite sure what you mean by that. If it wasn't ordered from the same e-mail address as the one on your account, then it will show up attached to the e-mail account that ordered it. You can cancel the pre-order by contacting [email protected] and do it again for the right e-mail account, or they may even be able to switch the account getting it on the fly - either way you'd have to contact them.

Reply #96 from Sins Forums Top

Hmm, ok thanks. Would i have to provide the pre-order reference number?

Reply #97 from Sins Forums Top

The serial # will be in the e-mail, and it will automatically be attached to whatever e-mail was used for purchase and show up under "My Games" when you have Show Pre-Release Versions checked.

Okay, this didn't happen for me. I have an email from Stardock with an order number saying it is being processed, but no sign of one with a serial number, and no sign of an attachment.

 

Reply #98 from Sins Forums Top

Cobra, that's because it's not out yet :) You just have an order confirmation. Once the beta is actually released you'll get the second e-mail and all that stuff will happen :)

Hmm, ok thanks. Would i have to provide the pre-order reference number?

I'm actually not sure. I'll assume so so that they can locate the order quickly :)

Reply #99 from Sins Forums Top

I'd like to pre-order Entrenchment to support Ironclad, and if I have time to help Entrenchment's development by participating in the beta test.  If I do download the Beta software is there an easy way to switch back to vanilla v1.1 to play with my friends who don't have the beta software?

Reply #100 from Sins Forums Top

This is going to sound dumb, but I NEED to know when my card will be charged. I am about to get rid of my old card and get a new joint one with my partner (just got a new house, so doing the whole joint accounts thing)... If it isn't charged in time, the card won't be valid!!!! And I don't want to miss out or lose my discount etc...