General FAQ - what do you want to know?

[Zantar]

Did I miss something here? Why are you talking about the Vatican?

Well some places in Europe are getting charged VAT even though they don't pay VAT and Vatican City is included in that list of places (it's in the FAQ section).

"We’ve been alerted to a few anomalies, that we’ll look at: these include odd areas of Euro-land that are VAT-free, such as the Canary Islands (Spanish territory, but, apparently, no VAT) and presumably Andorra, San Marino and the Vatican City. "

 

[[TW]Wilsonam]

It's too late for me but i think that could help someone else,
so do they will be a collector edition like the polish one for the french?

That is all entirely up to the local distributor.

I must say I cannot see anyone in the Vatican purchasing and playing RO2

Members of the Swiss Guard?

The list of countries where RO2 will be sold as a boxed version !

That we know of, today:

USA
Canada
UK
Ireland
France
Benelux
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Finland
South Africa
Australia
Russia (and CIS etc)
Poland
Hungary
Thailand
Japan
Czech Rep

There may be some I've missed.

This doesn't really effect me since I'm getting the steam version but I could see some people wondering...

Do I need a steam account to play RO2 SP and or MP even if I have a boxed copy?

Yes.

Will the SDK be available at release, if so, will it be available with the beta.

Yes. No.

Well some places in Europe are getting charged VAT even though they don't pay VAT and Vatican City is included in that list of places (it's in the FAQ section).

"We

 

[Welcome_To_Hell]

Will there be Supersonic bullet cracks?

Dynamic sounds and echoes similar to bad company 2?

How many grenades do I get at spawn?

Will the tank destruction be more immersible (smoke, disabled engine, tracks, slowly burning while immobilized) or will it just explode when the health bar reaches 0 like in other games?

How many people can we have in a server officially? How many possible/can be modified to run?

 

[Fedorov]

Total game-playing population of those areas - 17

I doubt it:

Spoiler!

This is a yearly event in my island (and neither me, nor any of my (RL) friends, participate in those events)

 

[The Algerian]

Well some places in Europe are getting charged VAT even though they don't pay VAT and Vatican City is included in that list of places (it's in the FAQ section).

"We

 

[judgedeath2]

When will dedicated servers be available from 3rd party vendors? Which vendors will have RO2 servers available?

 

[TheOnlyDoor]

1) Will beta be exclusive to steam pre-order, leaving out box preorders?

2) Hey I want an RO2 Mousepad, and other RO2 collectables. Can we purchase these separately?

3) Are standard box editions empty boxes with only install instructions?

4) If a man is alone in a forest, with no woman around, is he still wrong?

Thanx.

 

[Fuzzy McDoodle]

But I really am interested, as do I think most are, of when we can expect the beta...

 

[LeopoldStotch]

HOW MUCH TIME WE WILL HAVE FOR PRELOADING, PLEASE ANSWER THIS TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY!

Sorry I had to resort to this, but I really need to know.
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[Yoshiro]

HOW MUCH TIME WE WILL HAVE FOR PRELOADING, PLEASE ANSWER THIS TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY!

Sorry I had to resort to this, but I really need to know.
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To the best of my knowledge as of right now "POTATO"

 

[LeopoldStotch]

To the best of my knowledge as of right now "POTATO"

Okay, next one then:
I know you already said that beta and release will be 2 different clients.
Could I still take some files that won't be changed for release (voices, environments etc) or just the whole folder, rename it and then let it validate and reaquire? Because I am forced to use my bandwith as careful as possible, and such an option would help immensely.

 

[Filo90]

That is all entirely up to the local distributor.



Members of the Swiss Guard?



That we know of, today:

USA
Canada
UK
Ireland
France
Benelux
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Finland
South Africa
Australia
Russia (and CIS etc)
Poland
Hungary
Thailand
Japan
Czech Rep

There may be some I've missed.



Yes.



Yes. No.

Well some places in Europe are getting charged VAT even though they don't pay VAT and Vatican City is included in that list of places (it's in the FAQ section).

"We’ve been alerted to a few anomalies, that we’ll look at: these include odd areas of Euro-land that are VAT-free, such as the Canary Islands (Spanish territory, but, apparently, no VAT) and presumably Andorra, San Marino and the Vatican City. "

Total game-playing population of those areas - 17

I'm from San Marino

 

[Yoshiro]

Okay, next one then:
I know you already said that beta and release will be 2 different clients.
Could I still take some files that won't be changed for release (voices, environments etc) or just the whole folder, rename it and then let it validate and reaquire? Because I am forced to use my bandwith as careful as possible, and such an option would help immensely.

Maybe. The preloaded game will be encrypted and the files will be different until they are un encrypted on release. But odds are there will be many changes to many files from the beta build to the final release.

 

[LeopoldStotch]

Thank you for the swift answer Yoshiro, guess I'll just have to try it!

 

[Lutze]

"Well some places in Europe are getting charged VAT even though they don't pay VAT and Vatican City is included in that list of places (it's in the FAQ section)."

"We

 

[Majide]

To the best of my knowledge as of right now "POTATO"

i'm french and i'd maybe missunderstand but how to preload the game if it's possible?

 

[shaqism]

I personally want to hear about some of the anti tank weapons, I dont think much has been talked about on there behalf

 

[Matkailija]

i'm french and i'd maybe missunderstand but how to preload the game if it's possible?

It is not possible yet.

 

[Helmer]

i'm french and i'd maybe missunderstand but how to preload the game if it's possible?

Majide I believe he's saying he doesn't know right now when you'll be able to begin preloading. They'll have a much better idea in a few weeks.

It's usually a few days before.

 

[Vazzaroth]

Classes are restricted in all modes except Team Deathmatch, Gibson said so in the 30min long video, this one:
‪Red Orchestra 2 Detailed Gameplay - Interview with John Gibson‬‏ - YouTube

I know, that was the point. I don't want to have to link the people asking these questions (Which are frequently asked, by the way...) to watch a 30 min video, or to find a specific time in the video.

In other question news... I know Tripwire isn't telling us much about the pre-order beta, but here's something I think we should know: How will we know when it's available? Will it appear on our steam list with no warning? Will it only be posted on this site? Will we be e-mailed? My worst nightmare is that it starts and I don't know about it and I miss even 1 day of RO2 time.