Uncommon Terms You Should Know:
Current MxD Team:
MxD Versioning:
You'll see the version numbers jump around a lot when dealing with Mids'. This is normal and sadly necessary. When the MxD dev team creates a full-fledged installation build and there is an error... we are obligated to go up another increment for the fix to be rebuilt/recompiled. Sadly MxD is just one of those applications that behaves differently between the source debugging tools and an installed standalone version.
Here is some insight to the versioning of the application will take in the NEXT release
1.16.2.1
1 — Signifies the development phase of the application (We're not using the standards)
16 — This is the game related issue it was built for (so 16 here would signify it was built for i16)
2 — There was a notable change to the UI(User Interface) or background functionality (which will be stated in the patch notes found in the help menu)
1 — New build, this would be a fat-fingered error being fixed or a database update/change
... Did you notice 0 for beta? I bet a lot of you readers did!
MxD Beta Team (MBT):
Yes it means we will be releasing beta copies of MxD when we have a usable MxD build of relative data from the Test Servers. Meaning a lucky few will be able to test MxD while the new data on Test is still in its beta phase.
I know of the legalities of doing this are less than optimal so there will be a few precautions put in place. To prevent it from being released to the mass public before the game has made the changes to the live servers.
For the most part it will be an honor system, but I will have a few things in-place to verify that once a beta version of MxD has been activated via the respective user's Titan Key, you will NOT be able to initialize another copy. So make sure you install it on the same system the game is. (All this and more will be explained upon the create of the MBT sub-site)
This team will be comprised of at least 10 COH players that have uncanny knowledge of the game and how it works as to compare such knowledge against MxD releases. I have a feeling a small amount of Titans will also be joining this group; as most of them have shown they have the abilities to contrast between the two objectively.
I want to keep this group under 20 players as I really don't want this to become a revolving door team. The guidelines of staying in this group are simple; Don't re-distribute beta releases; and keep participation up. I will drop someone from the team if they haven't contributed for an extended period of time and replace you. However, if you know you're leaving the game for a while, you can simply state that you are leaving and we will gracefully de-activate your MBT status; and in the event you return to the game and want your spot back; I will make the efforts to do so.
The functions of this team will to be test the beta builds like you are trying break it and report your findings. The features and opinions of what MxD should have/be will still be for the entire COH community to discuss on the Titan Forums here.
I have the time, the financial security and drive to get this all done for once (Steiner recently got a job, lol YAY) and we need the support of the community to continue this feeling of need we all have for MxD.
Grats no the job buddy :P.I'm assuming you meant "on", lol and thank you!