Nexus Modding > Mod Development / Released Mods
looking for beta testers
Mularac:
Do you have a gmail account? google let's you have 2 gb as part of an SVN project using only your google account.
Lord_Valarian:
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No, I don't. No more passwords and usernames please! Ugh. Once we get a modders only forum, we could test among ourselves.
Arparso:
Ok, before I set up a dedicated modders-only board, a few questions for the interested parties:
Who gets access?
Only active modders? What about "veterans" not currently participating in any project? What are the specific requirements for membership - does any mod, no matter its size, qualify?
What exactly is planned for that board?
Obviously you're looking for trustworthy beta testers - this is fine with me, although of course there is no guarantee that any beta version doesn't get leaked by some participant turning out to not be as trustworthy as previously thought. Also EVERY authorized member of this privileged group will have access to ALL threads and uploaded mod versions in that board - keep that in mind. I will NOT create specific boards for each individual mod and handle access permissions separately.
I also don't want this being used as sorts of a hidden VIP-club with public visitors locked out. So scripting questions still belong in the public scripting board, for example - the Beta board should be strictly for stuff that you don't want the public to see yet and not for general modding advice. The community is as small as it is - I don't want to segregate it any further.
Mularac:
How about this?
An initial membership to all active and/or senior modders, and if we want to let a beta tester in, we should all post a "bugged" mission for them to test. If they find all the bugs, we let them in.
Or we can just handle the trials separetely. But I do believe that we should keep the membership low at start, to see how this go.
And about each mod handling passwords separetely, if we truly have sensitive material that we don't want to share with all the beta testers or other modders, we can always password protect the file so that won't be a problem.
Lord_Valarian:
Here's how I see it. A place where you can post your files and modders can report bugs for beta versions of other mods. We still use the forums for getting help with our mods. We need modders who know the tricks to testing for mod bugs to get the bugs that we miss. Give us the pattern that causes a crash. Also, we'll have to trust that the others on the modders only forum will keep it to ourselves. Anyone who breaks that rule gets kicked out(that's unlikely).
As to who gains access, any experienced modder who's willing to test your stuff and knows what their doing. Finding a repeatable pattern for a crash, every experienced modder knows is a pain in the ass. Having the help at finding the pattern would great.
I'v done modding in the past. It's usually "gimmie the next version" then silence. I rather keep the beta to a small group.
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