Machines at War Beta Survey

Thanks for playing the beta, please take a few minutes to fill out the form below to help me further develop the game, your feed back is VERY appreciated.

The latest version is v0.92 released on July 3rd, you can check which version you have in the credits screen near the bottom.  All changes since the original beta are listed at the bottom of this page, please check the list before submitting a problem.

	Contact Info Your name and email are only used to respond to any questions or beta releated issues.
	Name:
	Email:
	Ratings Rate the following things compared to other MOBILE games you have played.
	1) Graphics	Worst 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Best
	2) Fun	Worst 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Best
	3) Controls	Worst 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Best
	4) Music	Worst 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Best
	5) Sound effects	Worst 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Best
	Device Info
	Brand (eg Dell)
	Model (eg Axim x50v)
	Processor Speed	100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 mhz
	Screen	176x220 Smartphone 220x176 SP Landscape 240x320 QVGA 320x240 QVGA Landscape 480x640 VGA 640x480 VGA Landscape 240x240 320x320 480x480 640x640 800x480 WVGA Not sure
	Device Memory	8 MB 16 MB 32 MB 64 MB 128 MB 256 MB 512MB 1 GB 2 GB 4 GB 8 GB 16 GB
	Expanded Memory (storage cards etc)	32 MB 64 MB 128 MB 256 MB 512MB 1 GB 2 GB 4 GB 8 GB 16 GB
	OS	WM 2000 WM 2002 WM 2003 WM 2003 SE WM 5.0 WM 6
	Demographic Information
	1) What is your age?
	2) What is your gender? Male  Female
	3) What is your household income per year? (not required)
	4) How many desktop and laptop computers are in your household?
	5) How many Pocket PC and Smartphones are in your household?
	6) How many Pocket PC and Smartphone games do you buy per year?
	Questions Please answer questions completely as possible.
	Would you buy the game?	Never, the game sucks   Never, the game is good, I just didn't like it   Maybe if changes were made   Maybe if the price is right   I will probably buy it   I'm buying it no matter what
	Are there any changes to the game you would like to see?  (Play balancing, UI, settings, etc).
	Enter any problems you had with the game here (bugs). If your problem is serious (the game doesn't run or crashes a lot), copy and paste your log.txt file into the comments section.
	Enter any other comments here.

1. Added and tested unit move+attack and patrol code 6/29
2. Added displaying status of unit Hold, Defend, Attack, Move+Attack, Patrol and keyboard mapping to control them 6/29
3. Added 220x176 gui layout (landscape smartphone) 6/28
4. Fixed the tech tree keyboard shortcut key 6/28
5. Fixed tech tree description so it doesn’t run off screen on Smartphone 6/28
6. Added support for setting the rally point (see the tutorial for how to do this) 6/28
7. Added to tutorial about scavengers and scouts automatically moving 6/28
8. Added high contrast mode which outlines all units so they are easier to see (in games settings graphics menu) 6/28
9. The game will now try to use high resolution modes (QVGA) on all Smartphones 6/28
10. Added game setting to manually rotate the directional pad control mapping, this is useful if you have a slide-out keyboard 6/28
11. Added shortcut icon to tutorial 6/28
12. Units continue to the last known position of their target even if its destroyed 6/29
13. The CLEAR SELECTION key now backs out of menus and cancels placing a unit for easier Smartphone controls 6/29
14. Removed the buttons and changed the text for smartphones on the end of game stats screens 6/29

Changes in v0.92

1. Music now pauses and resumes correctly 6/29
2. Edited tutorial 6/29
3. Added 480x640 and fixed 640x480 for Pocket PCs (VGA is not enabled by default, to enable it simply delete the “settings.xml” file and rename the “settings vga.xml” file to “settings.xml” 6/29
4. Added graphics for when repair unit is healing 6/29
5. Move+Attack key is now a toggle and on by default 7/2
6. View stats “down exit key” was not functioning 7/2
7. Cursor now snaps to center of the screen when building a new item, you can turn this off in the settings menu 7/2
8. Units are set to Attack state by default now 7/2
9. Added confirmation icons when sending units to move or attack 7/2
10. Fixed demo still showing mini map when demo closes out 7/2
11. Fixed a problem with units not continuing to their target when another unit was blocking their path, this was caused by the Move+Attack addition 7/2
12. Fixed a bug with units on Patrol not attacking a new target 7/2
13. Fixed AI attacking ghost objects in upper left corner of map, these were actually technologies 7/2
14. Created HTML help file with stats and descriptions of all buildings, units, and technologies 7/2
15. Added option to play as a different country, added 70 countries to choose from 7/3
16. CLEAR SELECTION on Smartphone no longer brings up in game menu while playing 7/3
17. Fixed registration dialog for 320x240 Smartphones 7/3