n3vpolsen
Administrator
Open post to N3V
Concerning the mentioned TCCP program (in original post) for which I have participated in as a tester. TCCP suffers from a lack of promotion and a lack of information for the testers. When I receive a notice that a new item can be "claimed" for testing I go to the website and view, but I am largely given no information. The description for the item to be tested simply says something like "large route with sessions" or "small route with sessions." I have "claimed" (tested) items that consisted of route only, route with 2 sessions, a single locomotive, and most recently a route with 35 SESSIONS! Yes, 35 sessions. Only after I "claimed" the item and downloaded did I find out it had 35 sessions! 35 sessions in 14 day? (the test period) - There is also no information about the type of route/sessions such as Region or whether prototypical or fictional or model railroad.
In short: There is simply not enough info available for the tester to intelligently select the routes/sessions they would like to test.
When I view the testing list in order to "claim" an item I have no way of knowing if the item is Model Railroad or not. The "Type" field (description) is approximately 25 characters and say typically "Large Route with sessions."
I am quickly losing my interest in beta testing as I would like to know what it is I'd be testing. I don't want to test a large route with 35 sessions in two weeks.
Take a look at the TCCP forum. Almost no posts. No comments by N3V. Very little promotion for the program.
The information that is on offer for each package once claimed is derived from what the package owner submits. This is in the form of the package description and any test plan questions that have been created specifically for the testers to follow. There is also a list of feature kuids which will primarily be routes, sessions and trains. TCCP is still in beta so any suggestions you might have to help advanced the system please submit to contentcreators@n3vgames.com.