Hello, Miners!
You are probably here because you have some more questions about the Experimental Branch we have on Steam.
UPDATE: From October 26th, the Experimental Branch will contain the pre-release of the Season 03 build!
The Experimental Branch
What the heck is the Experimental Branch, you might ask. It’s kind of like an Early Early Access for our next Update, we might answer. In other words, it is a branch on Steam, where we are uploading the very latest version of the game.
Here is a quick checklist to see if the Experimental Branch is something for you:
You like new things, especially when they are not explained
You laugh whenever a game crashes (you will laugh a lot)
You can’t resist a game with a lot of weird bugs
You enjoy watching Steam download a new version of the game, again and again
You LOVE to test and report bugs, and you excel in providing clear steps on how to reproduce the bugs you encountered
If you can say YES to all of those, then you should enter the Experimental Branch!
If not, then take a peek and see if it is something you can get used to. Or wait for the official updates.
How to play in the Experimental Branch
To play on the Experimental Branch on Steam, do the following:
Right-click on Deep Rock Galactic in your Steam Library
Choose Properties
Go to the BETAS tab
In the drop-down menu of “Select the beta you would like to opt into:”
Select experimental – latest dev build – enter at own risk
Press on the button close in lower right corner
You might need to restart steam to make it download the new build
What about my save game?
The first time you start in the Experimental Branch, the game will copy the save game from the main branch. Moving forward, those two save games will be separate, and playing in the Experimental Branch will NOT affect the save game in the main branch.
How can I test features deeper into the game?
When playing on the Experimental Branch, there will be a Cheat Terminal just outside your pod in the Space Rig. Just don’t get too used to it :-)
Where should I report bugs and write feedback?
We have created a new subforum of Steam called Experimental Branch. Here you can discuss the new features and report bugs specific to the Experimental Branch. There is also a similar channel on our Discord server for this.
Am I allowed to stream FROM THE EXPERIMENTAL BRANCH?
You are allowed to stream etc., but please notify your viewers that this is experimental.
Should I reset my progress?
Yes. No. Maybe! We do have some new content that requires a higher player rank (a new mission type), so maybe test that out first. And then reset the progress and test out other features. You can reset your progress in the Options menu. It will only reset your save game for Experimental.
Will you ever force a reset of my progress?
No.
What new features and content are in the Experimental Branch?
We always have new things for you to test. Not all of these will make it into the next Update. But by helping us test this, more of them might get included. The full changelog will be available in the patch notes in the game and on Discord and Steam in the Experimental channels and forum.
GoT SOME More Questions?
Feel free to contact us here and we will collect a new batch of questions and answers.
