Escapers! BSG:Behind the Beta summary

Dear Escapers!

Here is a summary of the "BSG: Behind the Beta"  guests on the podcast were Nikita Buyanov and Veritas.

• There were no leaks shared during the podcast, as Nikita said this podcast was focused on talking about the BattleState Games, Nikita and the things around the creation of the Escape From Tarkov
• Developers are focused on fixes, during the podcast the 0.11.5.2821 hotfix was installed, all the issues are being addressed
• The 0.11.7 patch is being prepared it will come with some content, new weapons and more fixes
• 0.12 will be a very big patch, no exact date

• Nikita always loved the games, like Half-Life and Counter strike, he was creating game modifications with his friend for many games, like Half-Life, Morrowind and Counter Strike, they even got invited by a company in Moscow to take part in game development, it was during the end of his mid-school, there were no schools teaching game development back then in Russia, Nikita learned it all by himself. Then Nikita had to go to the university to study, that is why he had a break in game development. After that Nikita started to work as a web designer, but he always wanted to create games, that is why he started to go in this direction, then the idea of Russia 2028 came up and Nikita together with his friend decided to create Contract Wars browser based FPS. They started to make this game in 5 man team from scratch, without any outside support.
• Nikita’s dream is to create a big single player, story-driven, open world game with cinematics, because that is what Nikita always loved in games.
• With Escape From Tarkov the whole team is still learning new things
• Community is a really big part of Escape From Tarkov, team is listening to ideas from the community and discussing them, many features were invented thanks to the community
• Developers have a solid vision for the Escape From Tarkov and are working towards it 

• Free roam mode is still planned for Escape From Tarkov, all the maps will be connected in one piece, it is a big and complex task for the Dev team
• Nikita has a great expectations for the new Unity engine version, migration to the Unity 2018 is planned for the 0.12 patch
• There will be graphical overhaul in the game before the release
• There is a testing team that is testing the game features, then it comes to the game and is tested by the community, as Nikita said community is really big part in testing and every feedback/report is very helpful
• As Nikita said, developers could give all the features to the players, but it wouldn’t be a really test, everything needs to be tested in a correct order
• The next wipe will be in 0.11.7 patch, another wipe will come with the 0.12 patch
• Nikita didn’t say no to the offline testing environment idea, but at the moment Developers are having other important priorities
• There will be a shooting range in the hideout, also Developers are working on better sniper gameplay, Nikita talked also about an idea of going into a simulator through the laptop in the hideout, so for example you could test your rifles
• BattleState Games team is around 100 people, in various departments
• Nikita is playing Escape From Tarkov from time to time, but he will fully play it after release, as he said it is not an opened book for him yet, but he is watching many videos/streams and he is gathering information during it
• Public bugtracker was also discussed, Nikita didn’t say no to it, but as he said it could be misunderstood and misused by some people
• Steam audio is planned for the 0.12 patch, but it could be shifted
• Developers team keeps working on a Anti-Cheat, it is constantly updated and it will be reinforced, fight with cheaters is a constant battle, there will be also a players report function soon
• Developers know what is causing desync issues and are working on fixing it
• VOIP is planned for the 0.12 patch
• 0.12 will be the biggest patch ever
• BattleState Games might come to Gamescom this year, but it is not yet decided
• Military Base will come with the 0.12 patch, Developers are working on multiple new maps at the same time