אלפא-2

Alpha-2 is intending to be obviously a very large chunk of the game's mechanics: a very very big percentage of it.[2] – Steven Sharif
A large percentage of Ashes of Creation's game systems are expected to be in place for אלפא-2.[2]
- Character
- יוצר הדמות.[3]
- The aim is to have the character creator in the hands of players before the release of אלפא-2.[9]
- Character progression up to level 35 (subject to change).[10]
- All archetypes will be available.[5][11]
- Some secondary classes and augments.[12][13][14]
- Tulnar race.[15]
- Family summon mechanic.[16]
- דתות.[17]
- יוצר הדמות.[3]
- צמתים
- Node progression to עיר (שלב 5) and potentially מטרופולין (שלב 6).[2]
- Relics and the Reliquary node building.[20]
- דיור חופשי.[2]
- Crop rotations.[2]
- Naval content.[5][2]
- Naval warfare.[2]
- Three ship classes.[2][21]
- ספינות will have functioning cannons but the ship building UI may not be complete.[2]
- כלכלה
- שיעורי אומן (איסוף, עיבוד, יצירה).[5][22]
- Artisan gear sets.[23]
- Potential gameplay layers such as surveying and land management are being considered for gathering.[24]
- בתי מכירות פומביות.[2]
- Crates used to transport supplies between storage points and caravans.[25]
- שיעורי אומן (איסוף, עיבוד, יצירה).[5][22]
- Other
- Unreal Engine 5.[26][27][28]
- Some of Bear McCreary's music will be in אלפא-2.[29]
- ממשק המשתמש and tutorial systems.[7]
- Emblem, logo and symbol editor (tentatively).[30]
אלפא-1 and אלפא-2 testers may be invited to participate in spot testing prior to the Alpha-2 release.[31]
אלפא-2 is known as the persistent alpha.[32][33]
תוכן עניינים
Alpha-2 availability
Phase | Release | Estimated/Actual date |
---|---|---|
Alpha-2 | אלפא-2 (אלפא מתמשך).[32][33] | - |
אלפא מתמשך
אלפא-2 is known as the persistent alpha.[32][33] Persistent means that the Alpha-2 servers will be kept up all day and night until launch.[32]
- There will be downtime for patches.[34]
- There may still be character and testing wipes.[35][32]
- אלפא-2 servers will become the public test servers (PTS) post-launch that are used to test patches and updates.[36][35][32]
Alpha-2 will remain even post launch as our public test server.[36] – Steven Sharif
The ultimate goal for A2 is to be persistent and the PTS, but before we get that far there's gonna be some wipes I would expect.[35] – Steven Sharif
Alpha-2 server wipes
Alpha and Beta servers will be wiped prior to launch.[37]
As a general rule, if the testing phase contains the word Alpha, it is safe to assume there will likely be wipes.[35] – Steven Sharif
Alpha testing system requirements

Funny story; So yesterday as we are stress/density testing with our NDA testers, I accidentally summoned 5k bears around our few hundred players. But hey, it didn’t crash! Can you spot Lt. Toast here?[40] – Steven Sharif
These are fully operational NPCs. They have behavior trees, they have AI blackboards; you know they are functioning as an NPC would; and to my surprise, to everyone's surprise actually, the server handled it quite well: 5000 entities all within a very dense area.[41] – Steven Sharif
Ashes of Creation alpha testing minimum system specification.[42] These system specs have not changed for Unreal Engine 5.[43][44]
- Operating System: Windows 10 64-Bit
- Processor: Intel Core i3-2125 3.3GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 3.3GHz
- Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti or AMD Radeon R9 270
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 50 GB of available space
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card
Recommended specification.[42]
- Operating System: Windows 10 64-Bit
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz / AMD FX-9590 4.7GHz
- Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon R9 Fury with 4GB and DirectX 12
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 50 GB of available space
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card
Tulnar race
The Tulnar race will be in place before אלפא-2. Concepts and early works are expected at that time.[15]
Naval content will be present in אלפא-2.[46][2]
- Naval warfare.[2]
- Naval raid bosses.[46]
- Three ship classes will be present in אלפא-2.[2][21]
Artisan classes timeline
שיעורי אומן (איסוף, עיבוד, יצירה) will come online fully in אלפא-2 and the Betas.[48][22]
- Approximately 10 percent of the artisan system were online in אלפא-1.[49][48][22]
- Crafting honestly will not come online in any sense of its true form until Alpha-2. Alpha-1 has essentially what are intended to be the core gameplay loop of crafting, meaning the collection of materials, the translation of those materials into processed goods, and the use of those processed goods into item acquisition. That's the core gameplay loop that is currently present in Alpha-1. But those are mostly facilitated kind of piggy backing the merchant systems right now and not actually using the real crafting system; and that's because crafting hasn't been completed in a form that can be implemented in Alpha-1, but will be for Alpha-2. What's present in Alpha-1 doesn't even really scratch the surface for crafting.[22] – Steven Sharif
Alpha-2 NDA
אלפא-1, אלפא-2, בטא-1, בטא-2 releases are not covered by NDA (non-disclosure agreement).[50]
- בדיקות אלפא-1 prior to the full release of אלפא-1 was covered by NDA.[51][52]
Participation
- אלפא-0 had over 2,500 participants.[53]
- אלפא-1 testing had approximately 9,600 participants as of August, 2018.[54][55] There were slightly over 13k participants as of May 31, 2021.[54] There were 5,300 unique logins during the 3 day weekend test of May 27, 2021.[54]
- Alpha and Beta participation is expected to grow with the sale of pre-order packs.[56]
- אלפא-2 is expected to have over 100,000 participants.[57][58]
Testing phases
Ashes of Creation testing phases.
- אלפא-0 was the invite-only "raffle" friends and family alpha test phase.[60][61]
- אלפא-1, אלפא-2, בטא-1, and בטא-2 were available for purchase during the קיקסטארטר and מימון המונים בקיץ campaigns.[59]
- אלפא-1 was available in the Intrepid pre-order pack and the Adventurer pre-order pack.[62][63]
- אלפא-2 and בטא-2 were available during PAX West 2017.[64][65]
- אלפא-2, בטא-1, and בטא-2 are currently available in חבילות להזמנה מראש on the cosmetic store.[66]
The game will be feature complete before Beta... Beta really is intended to identify last minute bugs to make sure that everything is ready for launch; it's important that all features are complete by Beta-1. Alpha-2 will not be feature complete at the start of Alpha-2. There are going to be updates that are going to be incorporated as part of the Alpha-2 process and there are going to be additional features that come online that get fleshed out between that time and Beta-1. There's going to be regions of the maps that aren't going to be accessible of course during Alpha-2.[34] – Steven Sharif
Alpha-2 videos
- 2022-03-31 Video - Ashes of Creation First Look of the Alpha Two Character Creator in 4K
- 2022-05-27 Video - Ashes of Creation Dynamic Seasons and Weather Developer Chat
- 2022-05-27 Video - Ashes of Creation Seasons in the Riverlands
- 2022-06-30 Livestream
- 2022-06-30 Video - Ashes of Creation Alpha Two Basic Melee Weapon Attack Update
- 2022-07-29 Video - Ashes of Creation Alpha Two Desert Biome Preview
- 2022-09-30 Video - Ashes of Creation Alpha Two Basic Ranged Weapon Attack Update
- 2022-10-28 Video - Ashes of Creation Alpha Two Gathering Updates
- 2022-12-02 Video - Ashes of Creation Alpha Two Night and Day and Other Heavenly Things
- 2022-12-23 Video - Meet the Devs and Year-in-Review
- 2023-01-27 Video - Alpha Two Tank Preview
See also
הפניות
- ↑ וִידֵאוֹ, 2022-03-31 (34:16).
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 פודקאסט, 2021-09-29 (59:29).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 וִידֵאוֹ, 2022-03-31 (0:00).
- ↑ שידור חי, 2022-04-29 (56:24).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 שידור חי, 2022-10-14 (6:38).
- ↑ שידור חי, 2022-04-29 (32:29).
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Blog: Creative Director's Letter, October 16 2020
- ↑
- ↑ שידור חי, 2022-01-28 (15:35).
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 פודקאסט, 2021-09-29 (23:00).
- ↑ שידור חי, 2022-10-14 (15:44).
- ↑ רֵאָיוֹן, 2018-10-20 (12:38).
- ↑ שידור חי, 2020-03-28 (1:41:11).
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 שידור חי, 2018-04-8 (AM) (2:17).
- ↑
- ↑ רֵאָיוֹן, 2018-10-20 (0:00).
- ↑ שידור חי, 2021-09-24 (1:18:06).
- ↑ שידור חי, 2021-09-24 (1:19:17).
- ↑ שידור חי, 2022-04-29 (21:00).
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 שידור חי, 2018-09-27 (54:02).
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 רֵאָיוֹן, 2021-02-07 (35:30).
- ↑ שידור חי, 2022-06-30 (1:17:34).
- ↑ שידור חי, 2022-04-29 (25:16).
- ↑ שידור חי, 2022-02-25 (1:10:00).
- ↑ שידור חי, 2022-01-28 (7:26).
- ↑ שידור חי, 2021-12-23 (40:53).
- ↑ שידור חי, 2021-12-23 (50:50).
- ↑
- ↑ שידור חי, 2018-10-31 (47:44).
- ↑ שידור חי, 2021-07-30 (45:11).
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 32.3 32.4 32.5 32.6 שידור חי, 2018-01-18 (25:22).
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 שידור חי, 2022-07-29 (1:08:49).
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 35.3 35.4
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 שידור חי, 2022-07-29 (1:10:05).
- ↑ 37.0 37.1
- ↑ Alpha one test schedule, Mar 12, 2021.
- ↑ שידור חי, 2020-11-30 (7:27).
- ↑ 40.0 40.1
- ↑ שידור חי, 2021-03-26 (12:34).
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 What are the minimum requirements for Alpha?
- ↑ שידור חי, 2021-12-23 (49:39).
- ↑ שידור חי, 2021-12-23 (42:09).
- ↑ שידור חי, 2020-09-30 (41:13).
- ↑ 46.0 46.1 שידור חי, 2022-03-31 (1:10:43).
- ↑ שידור חי, 2020-11-30 (24:51).
- ↑ 48.0 48.1 שידור חי, 2021-03-26 (42:28).
- ↑ שידור חי, 2021-04-30 (41:18).
- ↑ שידור חי, 2018-01-18 (49:26).
- ↑ שידור חי, 2020-05-29 (31:37).
- ↑
- ↑ רֵאָיוֹן, 2018-08-24 (12:18).
- ↑ 54.0 54.1 54.2
- ↑ שידור חי, 2018-08-17 (24:07).
- ↑ 56.0 56.1 56.2 שידור חי, 2017-11-17 (28:50).
- ↑
- ↑ שידור חי, 2023-01-27 (11:05).
- ↑ 59.0 59.1 Kickstarter packages.
- ↑ MMOGAMES Interview, 2017-09-8.
- ↑
- ↑ Intrepid pre-order pack.
- ↑ Adventurer pre-order pack.
- ↑ PAX West 2017 Alpha package.
- ↑ PAX West 2017 Beta package.
- ↑ Ashes of Creation cosmetic store.