Hopefully the moderator will see the need to lock this thread up top and hopefully Newbies can come here and get basic answers before they post endless repeated questions about the problems in the game.
As of today 3-3-05, we have the following common issues.
1. The Black Bug. Upon Entry into the game the first time and when returning to the central town from other regions, including the sewers you will see nothing but the Players, NPCs, Smoke and Steam from smoke stacks, and if you are spawning in the plaza (Either from first time entry or from returning from the death realm) You will see the flames of the fires that lead into the Temple. Anyways, though this is not normal, it is a common and known issue where you only need to wait a few minutes in real time (an hour game time) and the lights will come back on. Some tell me its night and the night is just very dark. Others have told me that the light changes over time representing each game hour as darker and lighter compared to the time of day.
2. Exp and Progression Points. Yes you are killing and so I have been told you are in fact getting those points, its just that they are not showing on your information board.
3. Link Dead - This is happening a lot and most likely is NOT your computer.
4. Herky Jerky graphics movement, blue behind letters in names, Check your Display settings, The game works best in other than 16 bit. Personally I switched to 32 bit and the graphics are far better.
5. You need to register, you register at:
http://laanx.fragnetics.com/register/ once you get that done check your email, you will have a confirmation letter with a confirmation link.
6. FAQ page is located here:
http://www.planeshift.it/community_faq.html7. Guide is found here:
http://www.planeshift.it/guide/index.html8. Yes it can be hard to get to those pages at times, keep trying.
I will assume that others will like to add stuff to this list.
Yes this Game is Beta - it is a Beta TEST and you are one of the testers and the issues are being attended to asap. There is the bug reporting forum:
http://www.planeshift3d.com/wbboard/board.php?boardid=33&sid=69460b6a38936ea3df986b94c4d0863c where you can report other bugs.
-Edit by Moogie: Actually, no it\'s not. This is an Alpha, not a Beta. There is a world of difference, and calling it a Beta Test makes it sound like PS is going to start charging people money. Which, by the way, it will never. 
