PS2 Beta Client (No beta has not started)

[Hamma]

Hey All,

As some of you know someone figured out how to DL the PlanetSide 2 Beta client (Higby talked about it on Twitter). Please do not create any threads explaining how to do this or what methods will used as they will be removed. Please do not share assets gathered from the client.

Feel free to discuss this issue in this topic, and this topic alone.

Enjoy. :p

[SpcFarlen]

If only they found a way to give a beta key with it...

[Rainfur]

Really? =/

[Bags]

Huh.

[Goku]

Only had 2 threads on this prior. Given the title of this I'm betting 50,000 views by the time I wake since Hamma made it. I guess SOE isn't secure as they should be even after that hacking incident this time last year?

[Hamma]

I clarified my thread title.

[bigcracker]

Seen hamma started this thread and with the title............................







Need a cold shower now.




:cry:

[captainkapautz]

My beautiful, beautiful thread. :'(

OT: Man, I kinda hope someone managed to log in and frantically screenshotted every frickin gun/class/implant/vehicle/cert/randomrock-description that is ingame.

I JUST WANNA SEE IT, MAN! I NEED MY FIX!


P.S.: HaHaHa, I bet SO many people lost their shit reading that threadtitle.

Me included if I hadn't already known.

[SpcFarlen]

Only had 2 threads on this prior. Given the title of this I'm betting 50,000 views by the time I wake since Hamma made it. I guess SOE isn't secure as they should be even after that hacking incident this time last year?

Or just a stunt to get some community activity stirring. Conspiracies i say...

[Hamma]

:lol:

[fishirboy]

Hey All,

As some of you know someone figured out how to DL the PlanetSide 2 Beta client (Higby talked about it on Twitter). Please do not create any threads explaining how to do this or what methods will used as they will be removed.

Feel free to discuss this issue in this topic, and this topic alone.

Enjoy. :p

then we can explain it here, people start talking haha

[Serpent]

So you can download the client but no one can use it, is this what this is all about? /wasteofmytime

=/

[Roy Awesome]

Does this include talking about content found in the client files?

[Sardus]

Sounds like something might be coming soon eh? :P ;)

[Sledgecrushr]

Holy freaking Moses, its about to start my brothers.

[chanic]

I JUST WANNA SEE IT, MAN! I NEED MY FIX!
This.

After E3 they have been negligent in keeping us addicts placated. They should probably work to correct that. Junkies do crazy things when they can't get their fix.

[Roy Awesome]

So you can download the client but no one can use it, is this what this is all about? /wasteofmytime

=/

Some people really enjoy data mining.

[SKYeXile]

I am disapointed with lack of details in this thread, I just hope some markov people that hang out on a particular markov forum can make with the goods.

[Hamma]

Not much to talk about really other than some people figured out how to download the client.

[Rainfur]

We knew it was going to happen at some point...

[Crator]

The anticipation will now kill us all and make Higby trip on his hair! Cut it already and get this over with! :)

[captainkapautz]

I am disapointed with lack of details in this thread, I just hope some markov people that hang out on a particular markov forum can make with the goods.

Shit man, if you got sources then hook a brother up.

I'll do pretty much anything for a fix.

ANYTHING.

:brow:

[Hamma]

I'm sure the info is out there we would just rather not it be here.

[Sledgecrushr]

Not much to talk about really other than some people figured out how to download the client.

If some folks figured out how to download the client then imho they were allowing people to download the client remotely to do game testing. Thats another sign of closed beta right?

[Luieburger]

For my own selfish reasons, I hope they don't open the floodgates this weekend. I have a wedding that I'll be out of town for all weekend. :(

[DarkChiron]

I must reiterate the statement of others here. It's been no real time since E3, and I'm already twitching. I need a Developer Log, a "HEY WE MADE THIS COOL THING!!!!" post, or something. I know the devs tweet when they add sweet content (like Liberator bombing being added), but I need screenshots. Videos. My eyes need beautiful content!

[Greeniegriz]

Soon......

[Landtank]

People can be awfully smart and creative >.>

[Xeller]

Can someone at least post a picture of the client interface?

I *twitch* need my fix...

[mirwalk]

My beautiful, beautiful thread. :'(

OT: Man, I kinda hope someone managed to log in and frantically screenshotted every frickin gun/class/implant/vehicle/cert/randomrock-description that is ingame.

I JUST WANNA SEE IT, MAN! I NEED MY FIX!


P.S.: HaHaHa, I bet SO many people lost their shit reading that threadtitle.

Me included if I hadn't already known.

You have no vein large enough to handled PS2!!

[Rainfur]

People can be awfully smart and creative >.>

LOL, the edit. :P

[DirtyBird]

I thought higby said it was just the E3 build that was being downloaded and being streamed on TwitchTV.

So is the E3 build now actually the beta build? pimp:

[Redjevel]

Im sure some people figured out how to download it when E3 started, and they were just playing all that time Mmmmm

[Serpent]

Some people really enjoy data mining.

Not to make me look like a jerk, I'm still interested in the Beta, I just don't think I"ll get in... Didn't play PS1.

[Redjevel]

Not to make me look like a jerk, I'm still interested in the Beta, I just don't think I"ll get in... Didn't play PS1.

Well they are making this Beta mostly for hype, and im sure if you don't have a key from twitter and you are singed up on site you will get in.

[Stew]

the only thing i see is the Beta will start soon if the Beta client as been implemented but i do not think downloading it will allow anyones to get in in any ways so i will wait for my precious Email :D

[Meatball Mobeus]

I shouldn't be surprised, but I kinda am.

Just makes me even more excited about beta! But I'm doing my best to savor every moment, because when I do get in, I'm going to beta test the living hell out of that game. And when the NDA is lifted, I'm going to record the hell out of it as well.

Going to be an absolute blast!

[Top Sgt]

that's what made it so bad these guys actually streamed it over twitch tv lol

Devs shut the leak down tho quickly once someone tweeted the links to highby.

people are really eager to play this game i guess.

[Stew]

I shouldn't be surprised, but I kinda am.

Just makes me even more excited about beta! But I'm doing my best to savor every moment, because when I do get in, I'm going to beta test the living hell out of that game. And when the NDA is lifted, I'm going to record the hell out of it as well.

Going to be an absolute blast!

Sadly when the beta will come out it will probably be Schedule and will not be open like 24/7

It will probably be like 2 session of 4 hours a week so its not a lots and some people will not be able to play for many reason they ad to sleep they ad to work it will always depend when they will put those sessions

But i really doupt the first stage of the beta will be 24/7 lol its almost impossible

in a few months when more people will get in they will make it 24/7 like in september or october maybe november !

[MyMeatStick]

Someone is streaming the music and audio files on twitch right now.

No and find it yourself :P

[Stew]

Someone is streaming the music and audio files on twitch right now.

No and find it yourself :P

music for planetside 2 ? all the sound track ? i would like to heard thats but i donno where to look so just to bad lol

[Notser]

obviously exciting to see the build on a server somewhere, within a week or two if they don't find anything major

[FINALCUT]

I am so wanting to have more PS2 vids that I would even be happy with some more of the Zebra liberator with the hearts on the windshield. Another loverator vid to ease the pain of waiting. Thats how desperate I am for a fix.

[RNFB]

I wonder if people are gonna get banned for logging into a leaked client

[Eishi]

While I understand the security risk of having the client exposed, I'd personally love to have it simply so when beta starts, I just need to patch and not download the entire game.

Speaking of which, any idea how big it is, anyway? I'ma start the guess at 10-15 gigs.

[MyMeatStick]

While I understand the security risk of having the client exposed, I'd personally love to have it simply so when beta starts, I just need to patch and not download the entire game.

Speaking of which, any idea how big it is, anyway? I'ma start the guess at 10-15 gigs.

11.4 gigs.

[OutlawDr]

So everyone knows. Somethingawful forums are the ones that figured it out. They are also the ones that reported it to Higby. In fact the same posters telling everyone on SA forums how to do it, were at the same time sending Higby DMs on twitter to close down beta servers. Goon mentality doesn't have to make sense.

[MyMeatStick]

So everyone knows. Somethingawful forums are the ones that figured it out. They are also the ones that reported it to Higby. In fact the same posters telling everyone on SA forums how to do it, were at the same time sending Higby DMs on twitter to close down beta servers. Goon mentality doesn't have to make sense.

Actually the goons got it from twitchtv.

[Johari]

Just glad to know that there is a client that has been prepared for download somewhere ready for beta. Now I'm super psyched for it to start.

I. Need. My. Fix.
http://trialx.com/curetalk/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2011/04/gcelebrities/Dave_Chappelle-1.jpg

[OutlawDr]

Actually the goons got it from twitchtv.

You sure about that? I was following the thread as they were figuring it out step by step. Never saw any mention of TwitchTV. Maybe the initial idea to [redacted]

[MyMeatStick]

You sure about that? I was following the thread as they were figuring it out step by step. Never saw any mention of TwitchTV.

Maybe I'm wrong then, I heard from other people.

Chinese whispers obviously. :evil:

[NCLynx]

Rumor says it's just the client used at E3? Any confirmation of this at all?

If that's true then, eh oh well. If it's a newer version of the client and is actually a beta client then...


Soon...

[Anderz]

Smedley on the beta break: (http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3423815&pagenumber=173&perpage=40#post404612342)



relax. we aren't banning anyone or anything.

we are probably letting a few guys who actually reported it into beta early.

Smed

[OutlawDr]

Higby said it was just the E3 version.


relax. we aren't banning anyone or anything.

we are probably letting a few guys who actually reported it into beta early.

Smed

LAWL
Then they'll be letting in early the same guys that "hacked" it and told everyone else how to do it.
Nothing like creating your own disaster and then coming in to fix it like a hero.

[duck]

Lol how desperate have we gotten to try to get a hands on beta?

I don't even know how people got access to it, and what they can do with the client.

[Eishi]

You don't always have to burn the white hats. :P

[duck]

Here's the reddit thread about it

http://www.reddit.com/r/Planetside/comments/v0vik/e3_demo_briefly_available_for_download_and_play/

[FPClark]

My heart skipped about 3 beats when I saw the title :(

[neonlazer]

My heart skipped about 3 beats when I saw the title :(

Same...darn hamma :evil:

[Brusi]

I can think of another couple of websites that would be happy to get their hands on the client early as well...

Lets hope that the devs are well aware of how quickly these certain websites tend to develop their special game specific software to sell to special gamers.

Pity that the market exists, really. Oh well... There will always be special gamers, unfortunately.

[Envenom]

OPEN THE FLOOD GATES!!!

[Sabot]

Oh that's right, start hollowing out those bullets.... Soon.

[Timey]

I would very much like if they actually released the beta client for download just about now, so that when the beta starts I don't have to sit there and wait for the download to complete before I get to play ;(

[Phellix]

Damn, that went down quick lol, went to quote and it was gone!

[Sirisian]

Not much to talk about really other than some people figured out how to download the client.
Really? We could discuss stuff. There might be a "Race Track" in the game. In the IRC people have been discussing and tearing apart the localization database which contains all the text in the game. That text gives you every name of every item in the game and massive amounts of information. Not sure how much you want people talking about leaked content.

[Necronile]

I can already smell the beta
(Yea not cool)

[Koosalagoosagoo]

I can already smell the beta...and by that I mean
smelling my sweaty ass for sitting and playing all day

realllllyyyy...:huh:

[Redjevel]

Some stuff leaked ;p like maps, music...
http://www.reddit.com/r/Planetside/comments/v1bs7/shit_just_got_real_spoiler_alert/

[Pella]

The music is awsome. GJ main theme sounds epic.

[DarkApothecary]

I'm sorry I'm new here. I assume the beta client is a Unofficial beta leaked?

[Lorgarn]

I'm sorry I'm new here. I assume the beta client is a Unofficial beta leaked?

Really? Protip son; read the thread! :)

As in regards of the topic, this usually happens with most games in one way or the other. I'm surprised how fast SOE managed to get on top of things. (Well, it seems like they did pretty well at least.)

As long as they who got the client respect the devs of PS2 and SOE to keep the information mostly by themselves. We don't want any major leaks. Let them release the game/beta at their own pace. :)

[Virulence]

The tiny bits and pieces of stuff I've seen from this leak have just made me even more excited to play the game.

[Redjevel]

The tiny bits and pieces of stuff I've seen from this leak have just made me even more excited to play the game.

Its all about hype ;p
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[RageMasterUK]

Some stuff leaked ;p like maps, music...
http://www.reddit.com/r/Planetside/comments/v1bs7/shit_just_got_real_spoiler_alert/

Ferrone is an absolute legend! Awesome work.

YOU ARE THE DON.

-RageMasterUK

[Xaine]

Rofl.

Shit is going down.

Soon, my brothers.

[Roy Awesome]

http://www.reddit.com/r/Planetside/comments/v1d0j/well_this_is_interestinglooks_like_we_found/

Us redditors are breaking out all of our skills to dig in and find some cool stuff. Just keep in mind this is all content from the leak and the final content will probably look and feel really different.

[Alderego]

Beta starts: full new client to download?

Oh I'd laugh so hard :p

(go go Highby, it's the perfect opportunity for a good trolling!)

[Mod]

Think I'll just wait until that mythical email arrives in my inbox before I download anything...

[Xyntech]

Beta starts: full new client to download?

Oh I'd laugh so hard :p

(go go Highby, it's the perfect opportunity for a good trolling!)

I wouldn't put it past Higby to deliberately leak the E3 build just to set up the trolling.

[Hamma]

Really? We could discuss stuff. There might be a "Race Track" in the game. In the IRC people have been discussing and tearing apart the localization database which contains all the text in the game. That text gives you every name of every item in the game and massive amounts of information. Not sure how much you want people talking about leaked content.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Planetside/comments/v1d0j/well_this_is_interestinglooks_like_we_found/

Us redditors are breaking out all of our skills to dig in and find some cool stuff. Just keep in mind this is all content from the leak and the final content will probably look and feel really different.

All of this makes me extremely sad. A sad day for SOE and the community.

[Bazilx]

11.4 gigs.

Lol, that can't be a coincidence.

[FPClark]

Eh some people have zero patiance...It would only be sad to me if it causes delays. (Im not the 'Open my gifts before Christmas' type)

[Sabrak]

I don't like that people have been able to get leaked content, that they posted it on their forums/reddit, and that PSU community discusses about that content.


It makes me feel like we're betraying Higby and the team, which isn't cool. :mad:

[Sledgecrushr]

Here are my predictions
1-closed beta has started
2-second wave of beat invites will go out in a couple of weeks
3-open beta in august
4-full release(yeah I said that 8 P) for christmas 2012

[Dart]

I hope Higby and the dev team don't feel betrayed. No one feels more strongly about pirated material than me - I personally lose money because of such habits - however in this instance, anyone everyone who pays attention to these leaks was going to spend our money in the game anyway and are even more excited to do so now. I am to attempting to excuse such behaviour, merely point out that so long as no harm was done to the beta process (and Higby has assured us there wasn't) this shouldn't have much of a long term impact on the success of PS2.

[Sabrak]

Oh, shut up.

I'm just saying that's not cool for the PS2 team.

Like it or not, we're supposed to get our hands on the game's files when they decide it's ok for us to get them, not when some random dude finds a leak and shares it.

[Xyntech]

It's a shitty way to get a first look at stuff, that's for sure. It's better when it's on the devs terms.

Still, I enjoyed the music a lot. I feel bad for the leak and happy that the music is so amazing.

[EVILoHOMER]

I don't see why they have to worry. You cannot play the game unless you're connected to their servers.

[GrayWave]

I don't see why they have to worry. You cannot play the game unless you're connected to their servers.

That's the thing, though. These guys WERE playing on the server(s) with the E3 build before Higby kicked the plugs out of the wall.

[Goku]

I don't see why they have to worry. You cannot play the game unless you're connected to their servers.

Well depending on what gets leaked could be a issue. If there is something found to be not very favorable could cause some people to go WTF. That would be bad especially when that something isn't probably finished and why the developers haven't shown us it yet.

[EVILoHOMER]

That's the thing, though. These guys WERE playing on the server(s) with the E3 build before Higby kicked the plugs out of the wall.

It was SOE's fault for the server glitch and people are smart and work these things out, it happens with so many games these days thanx to everything moving to an online service.

They fixed the problem now and the people who were playing can get a temp ban or a warning and they can move on. People were going to get their hands on these files very soon anyways so no damage was done.

[Dart]

Well depending on what gets leaked could be a issue. If there is something found to be not very favorable could cause some people to go WTF. That would be bad especially when that something isn't probably finished and why the developers haven't shown us it yet.

According to Higby, with the hack of the launchpad they were able to play the E3 version of the game for a (brief) time.

[Dart]

It was SOE's fault for the server glitch and people are smart and work these things out, it happens with so many games these days thanx to everything moving to an online service.

They fixed the problem now and the people who were playing can get a temp ban or a warning and they can move on. People were going to get their hands on these files very soon anyways so no damage was done.

Well it wasn't like they just stumbled across it lying around. They had to hack the DCUO launcher. So I think they'd probably get slightly more than a slap on the wrist.

[EVILoHOMER]

Well it wasn't like they just stumbled across it lying around. They had to hack the DCUO launcher. So I think they'd probably get slightly more than a slap on the wrist.

Hack is a word thrown around so easily these days, was it an actual hack or was it something as easy as changing a few lines in a config file or the launcher? I don't count that as a hack. It would be like getting banned from Crysis because I enabled Very High settings on a DX9 PC via a config.

I dunno how they did it though so depends on what they had to do to get access.

[GrayWave]

It was SOE's fault for the server glitch and people are smart and work these things out, it happens with so many games these days thanx to everything moving to an online service.

They fixed the problem now and the people who were playing can get a temp ban or a warning and they can move on. People were going to get their hands on these files very soon anyways so no damage was done.

Wait, it was SOE's fault that players hacked into their game?? Where is this broad "this is their problem, not ours" attitude coming from??

The forum from which this whole debacle originated is already pretty scummy, and they worked with each other for hours to figure out how to pull it off.

That's not SOE being lazy or stupid. That's people being scummy.

[GrayWave]

Hack is a word thrown around so easily these days, was it an actual hack or was it something as easy as changing a few lines in a config file or the launcher? I don't count that as a hack. It would be like getting banned from Crysis because I enabled Very High settings on a DX9 PC via a config.

I dunno how they did it though so depends on what they had to do to get access.

They got access to something they weren't supposed to access. End of story.

[Goku]

According to Higby, with the hack of the launchpad they were able to play the E3 version of the game for a (brief) time.

Yes I know. No idea what they saw though.

[Mechzz]

Yes I know. No idea what they saw though.

totalbiscuit (still) trying to disentangle his prowler from a cactus?

[Eyeklops]

I wonder if any of the players will get bans, or if SOE will just be like "you got lucky..now get outta here" and brush it off.

[Papscal]

I JUST WANNA SEE IT, MAN! I NEED MY FIX!


I agree, after the massive amount of goodies we got from E3 I must have something. To just cut us off like this is brutal. I feel like a tweaker that lost his crack pipe.:doh:

[GrayWave]

I dunno I'd sit there messing around trying to change names in config files to see if it gives me access to it. Could be something as simple as changing DCUO to PS2 in a file and suddenly it starts downloading.

For that I don't see how a ban is worthy, however I wouldn't have then leaked all the files online because I think that is tasteless.

If they got in Anonymous then yes that is hacking and deserves to be investigated by the government as well.

Non-SOE people are not supposed to download or play the game yet.

If you can't understand that, I'm not going to try to explain it any more.

[EVILoHOMER]

Non-SOE people are not supposed to download or play the game yet.

If you can't understand that, I'm not going to try to explain it any more.

I'm not saying they're meant to or not but it's whether or not it is ban worthy and I agree with a Temp Ban, not a perma ban.

But I'm saying that based on how I think they probably got in, I don't have the info SOE do and they'll probably make the right choice and make a statement about it.

[CTheRain]

Non-SOE people are not supposed to download or play the game yet.

If you can't understand that, I'm not going to try to explain it any more.

Whiteknight coming in on his rainbow horse to save the day?

[NewSith]

Okay, as long as Goku doesn't like my dirty humour, I'll keep it on topic:

OMG client leak, expect cheats and ohmigosh!

IMO the leak is made on purpose for that very reason. To check the security flaws.

[EVILoHOMER]

What this does mean though is thanx to these people beta is probably delayed.

[Goku]

What this does mean though is thanx to these people beta is probably delayed.

Higby said via a tweet it wasn't. Who knows if that may change though.

[GrayWave]

Whiteknight coming in on his rainbow horse to save the day?

Sad world if I'm considered a "white knight" for doing what I'm told.

[NewSith]

Sad world if I'm considered a "white knight" for doing what I'm told.

I think this is one of the utopian concepts, so it's not sad by any means.

Also the amount of hype and suspense in the 2 giant discussions is making me want to stop visiting PSU. I tried cooling it up with an interesting post about footholds, but it doesn't help much.

[GrayWave]

I'm probably done as well. Too many people defending the beta "hackers" and data miners and blaming the victim.

[dachlatte]

I am going to quote Ocelli here and say

lol drama

[kaffis]

On the front of "it's SOE's fault, changing lines in a config file isn't wrong..."

I bet the actions were against the EULA for DCUO, at the very least. So, yeah, shitty thing to do. EULA's haven't, of course, gotten much chance to be tested, legally, so it's hard to say whether it was *illegal*... but SOE definitely has grounds to take action against those that took advantage of them if it chooses.

Just throwing that out there for those who might think of following in the footsteps (even though this leak is plugged).

[Hamma]

I'm probably done as well. Too many people defending the beta "hackers" and data miners and blaming the victim.

Usually people who feel as you do just don't say anything sadly.

I agree with you. This is disheartening for someone like me who has lived and breathed PlanetSide 2 ever since I first heard of it's existence. Years of hard work and hours spent on the game. Anticipation building for beta and then boom - someone downloads the client and starts ripping shit taking away the great experiences someone could have had opening the game for the first time.

I already had these experiences and I'm disappointed that someone else won't get them because they decided to look at ripped content.

If there is one thing I feel comfort in about all this it's the fact it did not originate from this community.

[Grimster]

I don't even follow those reddit threads. :)

I wanna see all the stuff for myself when I eventually get into beta. :)

[Daffan]

Usually people who feel as you do just don't say anything sadly.

I agree with you. This is disheartening for someone like me who has lived and breathed PlanetSide 2 ever since I first heard of it's existence. Years of hard work and hours spent on the game. Anticipation building for beta and then boom - someone downloads the client and starts ripping shit taking away the great experiences someone could have had opening the game for the first time.

I already had these experiences and I'm disappointed that someone else won't get them because they decided to look at ripped content.

If there is one thing I feel comfort in about all this it's the fact it did not originate from this community.

That's some deep thought right there.

LOL

It's true, but than again it's on the user to control themselves and if they fail that - who cares (+ it's only limited info to find at this point)

[NCxDreamUK]

Usually people who feel as you do just don't say anything sadly.

I agree with you. This is disheartening for someone like me who has lived and breathed PlanetSide 2 ever since I first heard of it's existence. Years of hard work and hours spent on the game. Anticipation building for beta and then boom - someone downloads the client and starts ripping shit taking away the great experiences someone could have had opening the game for the first time.

I already had these experiences and I'm disappointed that someone else won't get them because they decided to look at ripped content.

If there is one thing I feel comfort in about all this it's the fact it did not originate from this community.

Wow, would you possibly like to be any more over dramatic about this?

You'd think someone had died.

You realise that people who use Reddit also frequent PSU too? The two communities are not exclusive.

Anyway, back to Reddit just thought I'd call you out.

[RageMasterUK]

It all helps to drive the hype. I feel neutral about the client download and the music leak. If I were SOE I would not be upset that there are people out there so interested and passionate about the game that they try notorious things to access the data.

The only problem I forsee is that hacker groups get a head start on breaking the client open.

All things considering, when released the game client will be free to download regardless, so everyone with a net connection can have access to this material for free at some point. It would be different if it was pay-to-play.

This is a showcase of sorts, and gets people saying the words "Planetside 2" in their heads, and to their friends. I sent at least 3 messages to social media groups as soon as I heard the music tracks were available. How many others did the same? What is that worth to SOE?

I ceirtainly would not endorse legal proceedings against the leakers. I feel they did SOE a favour. Its like a marketing department they dont have to pay for.

(Edit: It would not surprise me to hear that SOE is responsible for the leak)

-RageMasterUK

[LZachariah]

NCx, you should be EXTREMELY gracious to Hamma, he works tirelessly on this forum, which is HIS FORUM, and his heart is absolutely in the CENTER of Planetside 2. If you have something constructive to say, then you are free to say it, because he is very mature in how he invites contrary opinions, but flaming Hamma isn't just unwise, it's uncalled for.

~Zachariah

[Crator]

SOE should not have had the content that was leak available so easily imo. There's ways to lock down these types of things but they didn't. I'm thinking a little bit of cross-side scripting was going on here.

I do agree that the folks who did figure out the exploits should have reported the issue to SOE and that be the end of it. Where they did wrong was posting the content on the Internet for the world to see.

[2coolforu]

Hardly a hack, I believe they just changed a few lines in an .ini file. The Planetside 2 files were left online and accessible to the SOE launcher so it downloaded them onto their PC.

[NCxDreamUK]

NCx, you should be EXTREMELY gracious to Hamma, he works tirelessly on this forum, which is HIS FORUM, and his heart is absolutely in the CENTER of Planetside 2. If you have something constructive to say, then you are free to say it, because he is very mature in how he invites contrary opinions, but flaming Hamma isn't just unwise, it's uncalled for.

~Zachariah

You should probably stop treating him like a god. "unwise", "Extremely gracious". lol.

[LZachariah]

There is no god but God alone. Hamma is just a person who happens to work extremely hard to bring us this forum, and he has been the channel through which we've learned so much about this game that has us all so excited. I will not enter into a flame war with you; if you reply, I will not.

~Zachariah

[Landtank]

Wow, would you possibly like to be any more over dramatic about this?

You'd think someone had died.

You realise that people who use Reddit also frequent PSU too? The two communities are not exclusive.

Anyway, back to Reddit just thought I'd call you out.

Call someone out and run? Well at least we all know what kind of person you are now.

[Dairian]

I wake up and see this! I don't even know what to say.....

[NCxDreamUK]

There is no god but God alone. Hamma is just a person who happens to work extremely hard to bring us this forum, and he has been the channel through which we've learned so much about this game that has us all so excited. I will not enter into a flame war with you; if you reply, I will not.

~Zachariah

Are you being serious or is this some kind of joke?

"There is no god but God alone" You even capitalised the 'G'. You sir, are an interesting fellow.

"He has been the channel..." All hail prophet Hamma! All Hail Muad'dib. (could he be the one?)

[EVILoHOMER]

taking away the great experiences someone could have had opening the game for the first time.

They didn't have to click on the links saying "LEAKED MUSIC" though.

[Hamma]

Wow, would you possibly like to be any more over dramatic about this?

You'd think someone had died.

You realise that people who use Reddit also frequent PSU too? The two communities are not exclusive.

Anyway, back to Reddit just thought I'd call you out.

I wouldn't expect someone not in my position to understand.

So thanks for calling me out? I think.

Also AFAIK Reddit was not the source of the original leak and I wasn't referring to Reddit or I would have said Reddit. :lol:

Either way this is how I feel about it, it's called an opinion and everyone has one.

[The Janitor]

There is no god but God alone. Hamma is just a person who happens to work extremely hard to bring us this forum, and he has been the channel through which we've learned so much about this game that has us all so excited. I will not enter into a flame war with you; if you reply, I will not.

~Zachariah

Wait, you mean Hamma's NOT a god?! Huh, crap... Well there goes the theme of my new Outfit "Cult of the Hamma." Curses! :evil:

[UnDeAdKiTtY]

By posting this Hamma, now a bunch of people are going to look for a way to find it and get it, you know that Hamma

[Hamma]

It was easier to tell people not to do it than to delete 300 threads :lol:

Is what it is, it's out there now.

[Crator]

It's not up to Hamma to police who will try and download content posted on the Internet. If it's on his site, that's a different story. This is a job for SOE to do... Hamma's job is to keep us in-the-know about things such as this so it doesn't blow up on the forums though. I think that's what he did here.

[Hamma]

Exactly! :D

[Magpie]

wrong Thread

[PoorFate]

Being able to download it early would be great, since you could just patch and play once you are in the beta.

I guess I don't mind waiting till I'm actually invited.

Waiting for that download to finish will be intense though.

[Geist]

Being able to download it early would be great, since you could just patch and play once you are in the beta.

I guess I don't mind waiting till I'm actually invited.

Waiting for that download to finish will be intense though.

Probably wouldn't be a good idea, the client would probably change completely between the E3 version and the Beta version.

I still believe that this was done on purpose. The fact that it accessible through the Station LaunchPad is just a little bit too easy for it to have been an accident.

[EVILoHOMER]

Probably wouldn't be a good idea, the client would probably change completely between the E3 version and the Beta version.

I still believe that this was done on purpose. The fact that it accessible through the Station LaunchPad is just a little bit too easy for it to have been an accident.

I think it was more of an "oh shit" moment when they realised and quickly patched it up.

[Bazilx]

I think it was more of an "oh shit" moment when they realised and quickly patched it up.

Oh really? Then why do we have footage of download-explosions erupting from the base of the station launchpad? Open your eyes man, the truth is out there!

[Geist]

I think it was more of an "oh shit" moment when they realised and quickly patched it up.

Devs have done it before, leak a bit here and there and say someone hacked it. All publicity is good publicity. ;)

[The Kush]

There is no god but God alone.

This is the most ridiculous statement I have ever seen at this site.:lol:

Absolutely ridiculous on so many levels I almost died of laughter.:rofl:

[Landtank]

There is no god but God alone.


Not according to Syrio Forel, the first sword of Braavos!

There is only one god: Death. And what do we say to death? Not today..

So much awesomness

[RandomNPC]

Ugh, video game conspiracy theorists are the worst kind of conspiracy theorists. If you want to be a nutter about the government and aliens, I can at least have a laugh at you. But people who shove the "THEY LEAKED IT ON PURPOSE!!! :(" down your throat are as annoying as their belief is trivial.

edit: Also yay, immature religious flaming. And here I was thinking this community was decent, silly me.

[Hamma]

This is the most ridiculous statement I have ever seen at this site.:lol:

Absolutely ridiculous on so many levels I almost died of laughter.:rofl:

Not quite sure why this is amusing. If you want to rail on religious beliefs there is a forum for that here called political debate. :p

[Shogun]

in the case of sony, not all publicity is good publicity.

i thought sony had learned something from the hacker attacks last year...

but if they can´t even keep a beta client of their most important new game unleaked, i don´t know if i would want to give them my creditcard numbers, or any other disclosed data :(

really hope their cheat and hackprotection is better than their internal security... but how are the chances?

[stordito]

sooo...that's why PSN went down recently...
Matt, wrong plug!

[Juturna]

Not according to Syrio Forel, the first sword of Braavos!

There is only one god: Death. And what do we say to death? Not today..

So much awesomness

can't wait for season 3!

[Zekeen]

Anyone got any screens of the client? I wanna see what the team has smashed together for a "not ready to show off client".

[Raka Maru]

Anyone got any screens of the client? I wanna see what the team has smashed together for a "not ready to show off client".

I don't think Hamma wants that material here and I don't blame him. They are easy to find tho.

[Raka Maru]

Not quite sure why this is amusing. If you want to rail on religious beliefs there is a forum for that here called political debate. :p

Thank you for speaking out about this Hamma. Some people are so closed minded.

[Meriv]

in the case of sony, not all publicity is good publicity.

i thought sony had learned something from the hacker attacks last year...

but if they can´t even keep a beta client of their most important new game unleaked, i don´t know if i would want to give them my creditcard numbers, or any other disclosed data :(

really hope their cheat and hackprotection is better than their internal security... but how are the chances?

To solve the problem use a rechargeable credit card a lot better for online transictions

Edit: sorry for going out of topic.

[Geist]

Ugh, video game conspiracy theorists are the worst kind of conspiracy theorists. If you want to be a nutter about the government and aliens, I can at least have a laugh at you. But people who shove the "THEY LEAKED IT ON PURPOSE!!! :(" down your throat are as annoying as their belief is trivial.

:rofl: Overreaction much?

Don't see why a them leaking it on purpose is so hard to believe. It's either that or believe they're incompetent.

Edit:in the case of sony, not all publicity is good publicity.

i thought sony had learned something from the hacker attacks last year...

but if they can´t even keep a beta client of their most important new game unleaked, i don´t know if i would want to give them my creditcard numbers, or any other disclosed data :(

really hope their cheat and hackprotection is better than their internal security... but how are the chances?

Actually, your right, it would be stupid of them to bring any attention to those hacker attacks.

[DerFurst]

OH NO THEY LEAKED A FREE GAME.

Not just that, but a game that means nothing without a multiplayer. A multiplayer that can't be accessed through a spoofed client.

Hacking for the beta client won't affect the game right now, but hacking during release will. Hopefully PS2 will have all its holes plugged before release.

[Timey]

Thank you for speaking out about this Hamma. Some people are so closed minded.

:doh:

speechless here.. Meh, not going to say another word... just had to.

ot: I don't think it was leaked on purpose, since the one thing you could rip out was the music + some screenshots.. And the music wasn't even the real deal - it was awesome, though..

[kaffis]

To solve the problem use a rechargeable credit card a lot better for online transictions
Or just go to your brick and mortar or internet retailer of choice and purchase Station game cards. They're not just for kids w/o credit cards...

[Novacane]

Haha, this whole thing makes me laugh.

Betas are to gamers as a full moons are to werewolves.

Deep breaths, deep breaths, it will all be here soon enough.

[Tim]

:doh:

ot: I don't think it was leaked on purpose, since the one thing you could rip out was the music + some screenshots.. And the music wasn't even the real deal - it was awesome, though..

You can rip a whole lot more than that out. Still id rather just wait for the real thing haha, as enjoyable as reading is, nothing beats playing. :groovy:

[RovingDeath]

Not quite sure why this is amusing. If you want to rail on religious beliefs there is a forum for that here called political debate. :p

Hamma, when someone asks if you're a god, you say YES!

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[SKYeXile]

Haha, this whole thing makes me laugh.

Betas are to gamers as a full moons are to werewolves.

Deep breaths, deep breaths, it will all be here soon enough.

thats not soon enough!

[DarkSkyes]

Really, you guys are funny. This was done to generate hype, Im 110% sure that higby and the rest knew about this weather you choose to believe it or not. BF3 did it, MW did it.. its all part of the marketing plan. Open your eyes.

[RandomNPC]

:rofl: Overreaction much?

Don't see why a them leaking it on purpose is so hard to believe. It's either that or believe they're incompetent.


Not at all unbelievable. Just a trivial thing to debate whether or not it was intentional (y'know, it almost seems like I said that already :rolleyes:).

[Crator]

Really, you guys are funny. This was done to generate hype, Im 110% sure that higby and the rest knew about this weather you choose to believe it or not. BF3 did it, MW did it.. its all part of the marketing plan. Open your eyes.

I don't believe it to be a very smart move on a company's part to fake a leakage of information from your network when you had an actual break-in to your network a year before....

[duomaxwl]

I don't believe it to be a very smart move on a company's part to fake a leakage of information from your network when you had an actual break-in to your network a year before....

It's not. That's just silly talk.

[DerFurst]

We'll all be glad once they release their official statement. These rumors, speculations, and overall shenanigans are getting to all of our heads. It doesn't help that everyone involved in pre-beta testing has to follow their NDA and futher keep us in the dark.

[DarkChiron]

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/darkchyron/images.jpg
SOON ENOUGH!

thats not soon enough!

[SKYeXile]

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/darkchyron/images.jpg
SOON ENOUGH!

LOL I couldn't find the screenshot, i figured somebody would pickup on the reference.

[Trafalgar]

I agree with you. This is disheartening for someone like me who has lived and breathed PlanetSide 2 ever since I first heard of it's existence. Years of hard work and hours spent on the game. Anticipation building for beta and then boom - someone downloads the client and starts ripping shit taking away the great experiences someone could have had opening the game for the first time.

I already had these experiences and I'm disappointed that someone else won't get them because they decided to look at ripped content.

If there is one thing I feel comfort in about all this it's the fact it did not originate from this community.

Folks who don't want to see the stuff until beta (or later) don't actually have to read the threads / reddit posts / etc revealing stuff (and jumping to conclusions, apparently, in some cases). I haven't downloaded the music, or looked at any of it, except for looking at and posting in the one thread I just posted in a few minutes ago because apparently people think Jumping To Conclusions Is Fun For the Whole Family!

I can understand what you're saying from a forum moderator perspective, such as yourself, as you have to know what people are posting on your forums in order to enforce your rules, but the rest of us plebians don't have that responsibility here (or on reddit, which I usually ignore) and are free to just avoid all the spoilers, and honestly, I prefer not having to read everything, spoilers included. I've seen it from the other side, and it's less than enjoyable.

Side note: Modifying the ini file in question (and figuring out the appropriate values to put into it) to make the SoE launchpad application download the PS2 client instead of DCUO is something that I would consider on the same scale of difficulty as SQL injection, which comprises much of the "hacking" that you hear about in the news. So while at first I would have said "Editing an ini file? Not hacking, lol" - after thinking a moment, it clearly can be. :p

[Symmenix]

To all of you thinking SOE is the same department of PSN, your half correct.
The planetside 2 dev team is just one part of SOE, kinda like PSN is one part of SOE.

Just clarifyin'

[Anderz]

To all of you thinking SOE is the same department of PSN, your half correct.
The planetside 2 dev team is just one part of SOE, kinda like PSN is one part of SOE.

Just clarifyin'

No, SOE is a game developer and publisher only. They do not manage PlayStation Network. PSN is run by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE), so in other words, Playstation.

[kaffis]

To all of you thinking SOE is the same department of PSN, your half correct.
The planetside 2 dev team is just one part of SOE, kinda like PSN is one part of SOE.

Just clarifyin'
PSN isn't even a part of SOE -- everything Playstation is SCE (Sony Computer Entertainment). However, both Station accounts and PSN accounts had information exposed when that data breach occured a year ago, since it seems they share some backend systems internally.

[Rago]

Someone is streaming the music and audio files on twitch right now.

No and find it yourself :P

I thought twitch tv is broken as i opend a Link my browser really did die,... :P


OPEN THE FLOOD GATES!!!

Flood Gates Are Opening in 3 2 1 :cool:

A Game like this that Really needs a Huge Amount of Testers, Should open 24/7 To see whats Happening with the Balance in Game ect.
But Huge Games like this ever get Leaks, its Typical for Human Beings ísnt ít ?

Hmm i got 2 Free Day in August, for my Beta Needs XD Would be nice to have one Client.

:groovy:

[Coreldan]

Well, I have to say I had to try my luck a bit there, with no luck though. While I'm really excited about the game, the reason I would've loved the client is cos my internet is horribly slow. Even getting that 11,4gb now would save me from a full day worth of downloading. Sure, it will probably be patched with a few gigabytes more, but that would've been a huge timesaver for me.

Well, in the end its good that SOE took it down, I guess :D Can't wait for the real deal.

[RadarX]

I thought twitch tv is broken as i opend a Link my browser really did die,... :P




Flood Gates Are Opening in 3 2 1 :cool:

A Game like this that Really needs a Huge Amount of Testers, Should open 24/7 To see whats Happening with the Balance in Game ect.
But Huge Games like this ever get Leaks, its Typical for Human Beings ísnt ít ?

Hmm i got 2 Free Day in August, for my Beta Needs XD Would be nice to have one Client.

:groovy:

And PlanetSide 2 will certainly get that amount. Eventually. Beta tests always start out with a small sampling and ramp up. We know it's a rough wait, but we think it'll be worth it.

[BigBossMonkey]

And PlanetSide 2 will certainly get that amount. Eventually. Beta tests always start out with a small sampling and ramp up. We know it's a rough wait, but we think it'll be worth it.

As long as it starts before the end of the world in December!

[Minigun]

As long as it starts before the end of the world in December!

PS2 is the Apocalypse, The day everyone never leaves their house again.

[UnDeAdKiTtY]

And PlanetSide 2 will certainly get that amount. Eventually. Beta tests always start out with a small sampling and ramp up. We know it's a rough wait, but we think it'll be worth it.

According to Planetside2.com there is a new splash screen thats being loaded on there so something is coming up fast


Also J. Smendly announced there is an announcement next week!

on twitter.

[ITOS]

Also J. Smendly announced there is an announcement next week!

on twitter.

He's just going to announce an announcement about an announcement coming up in the near future.

[Chefkoch]

He's just going to announce an announcement about an announcement coming up in the near future.

Haha..lets hope for the best !! :D

[bullet]

He's just going to announce an announcement about an announcement coming up in the near future.

I bet his announcements announcement will have the word "soon" placed in it somewhere.

[indirect]

And PlanetSide 2 will certainly get that amount. Eventually. Beta tests always start out with a small sampling and ramp up. We know it's a rough wait, but we think it'll be worth it.

Even with a 'small' sampling - having it set to, as you do, 'scheduled' dates is a terrible thing for betas (this is a proven fact known throughout the gaming industry... betas that start scheduled do not do well.) You're already handicapping yourself by testing a game with (arbitrary) 500 people we'll say, then to limit it to (once again, arbitrary) 4 hours a week... no one tests during those periods. I beta to test games, but I also enjoy the ability to play the game early - as all beta testers enjoy playing. When you're limiting the test to X hours, you're limiting the time testers can muck about... thus limiting the testing done by not only a.) testing by mucking about - but b.) with the limited availability people will just "play" and not as much try and break things.

My two cents from having tested well over 50 games and being in the QA department for a AAA studio.