how do i get on a test server?

MEPMA · 03-08-2005, 07:09 AM

ok i have a 18 summoner on toxxulia. i would love to be on a test server, so i can see and experience the new stuff before hand. is their some sort of requirements or do i just need to ask a GM?

Magic Wand · 03-08-2005, 10:29 AM

My advice is to create a new character on the test server and play for awhile to see if you like it. There are definite pros and cons.If you do enjoy it, you can decide to move your character over the next time SOE offers to do a migration from Toxx.

MEPMA · 03-09-2005, 03:43 AM

ty, which servers are the test servers?

Dar · 01-19-2006, 11:10 PM

Go into the EQ2 folder, C:Program FilesSonyEverQuest IITestServer and you will see an icon for the test server, If you placed your program files in a different place than the default you need to search inside the EverquestII folder. Just double click the icon and it should start up just like the regular game. After downloading the lastest patches of course. Enjoy!

Throbus · 01-20-2006, 01:17 AM

Darby wrote:
Go into the EQ2 folder, C:Program FilesSonyEverQuest IITestServer and you will see an icon for the test server, If you placed your program files in a different place than the default you need to search inside the EverquestII folder. Just double click the icon and it should start up just like the regular game. After downloading the lastest patches of course. Enjoy!

Do NOT just double-click that icon!!!!!!! You will have hours and hours and hours of downloading.Read the text file in that folder for instructions.

Suikog · 01-20-2006, 01:19 AM

If you just click on the EQ2test file it will have to redownload the entire game in the folder. You have two options.1.) Copy the entire EQ2 folder to another folder, (Name it like EQ2Test). Copy EQ2test to that same folder. Then the patcher (EQ2Test) will patch the regular versiont to the test version.Direct Directions from the game============================================== ============How to Install and Run the EverQuest II Test Server Client============================================ ==============Connecting to the EverQuest II Test Server requires that you run a version of the game that is slightly different than the one used to connect to our regular live servers. If you want to keep the option of playing on both the live and Test servers, we HIGHLY recommend that you run the Test client from its own folder. For this reason, we have created a folder in your EverQuest II directory called TestServer which contains the Test launchpad and this help text file.The following steps will guide you through our recommended Test client setup process.1. Using Windows Explorer, navigate to the TestServer folder in your EverQuest II directory. Create a shortcut on your desktop for the TestEQ2.exe file, which is the launchpad used to connect to the Test server. You may rename the shortcut if you wish, but don't double-click it yet. If you do, you will end up downloading the entire Test client, which would be a long and unnecessary process.2. Highlight all the files and folders in the EverQuest II root directory EXCEPT the following: the cache folder, the logincache folder, the TestServer folder, and the eq2_default.ini file. (You can use Control-A to highlight all the files and folders, then hold down the Control key and left-click on those folders and files to de-select them.) Right-click and drag the selected folders to the TestServer folder. Select the option to COPY the files and folders, NOT move them.3. When the copy is complete, double-click the desktop shortcut you made in Step 1. This will run the Test server launchpad and update the client to be able to connect to the Test server.Using this method, you can use your regular EverQuest II shorcut to connect to the normal servers and the Test launchpad shortcut to connect to the Test server. Keeping the Test client in its own folder takes up a significant amount of hard drive space but will save you a lot of time updating both clients in the future.For more information on the Test server, please read the thread titled "Playing on the Test Server" in the FAQ section of the official EverQuest II forums: http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board?board.id=faq================================ ================================================== =======2.) Alternativly, if you just want to play on test for awhile, and don't have HDD space. Place the file EQ2test in the main root of the Everquest 2 folder. Running it there will update the game to the test version. In this case though, you will need to run the main EQ2 exe if you ever want to play on the regular servers, and let it update back to the old version. This can cause problems, so it only should be used as a second last-chance option.

Message Edited by Suikoguy on 01-19-200612:20 PM

Message Edited by Suikoguy on 01-19-200612:21 PM

speedycerv · 01-23-2006, 10:36 PM

hey, when i start up my create a character on test client, it just stops after i pick my city, it seems like the client is crashing there w/o an error message, anyone else get that?

01-20-2006, 01:17 AM	#5
Throbus Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Boone, NC USA Posts: 44	Darby wrote: Go into the EQ2 folder, C:Program FilesSonyEverQuest IITestServer and you will see an icon for the test server, If you placed your program files in a different place than the default you need to search inside the EverquestII folder. Just double click the icon and it should start up just like the regular game. After downloading the lastest patches of course. Enjoy! Do NOT just double-click that icon!!!!!!! You will have hours and hours and hours of downloading.Read the text file in that folder for instructions. __________________ Pumbba Soldiers of Fortune Befallen server

01-23-2006, 10:36 PM	#7
speedycerv Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 188	hey, when i start up my create a character on test client, it just stops after i pick my city, it seems like the client is crashing there w/o an error message, anyone else get that? __________________ NO DAZE FOR REPEATING ARROWS IN 09

03-08-2005, 07:09 AM	#1
MEPMA Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 18	ok i have a 18 summoner on toxxulia. i would love to be on a test server, so i can see and experience the new stuff before hand. is their some sort of requirements or do i just need to ask a GM?

03-08-2005, 10:29 AM	#2
Magic Wand Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 15	My advice is to create a new character on the test server and play for awhile to see if you like it. There are definite pros and cons.If you do enjoy it, you can decide to move your character over the next time SOE offers to do a migration from Toxx.

03-09-2005, 03:43 AM	#3
MEPMA Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 18	ty, which servers are the test servers?

01-19-2006, 11:10 PM	#4
Dar Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1	Go into the EQ2 folder, C:Program FilesSonyEverQuest IITestServer and you will see an icon for the test server, If you placed your program files in a different place than the default you need to search inside the EverquestII folder. Just double click the icon and it should start up just like the regular game. After downloading the lastest patches of course. Enjoy!

01-20-2006, 01:19 AM	#6
Suikog General Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 8	If you just click on the EQ2test file it will have to redownload the entire game in the folder. You have two options.1.) Copy the entire EQ2 folder to another folder, (Name it like EQ2Test). Copy EQ2test to that same folder. Then the patcher (EQ2Test) will patch the regular versiont to the test version.Direct Directions from the game============================================== ============How to Install and Run the EverQuest II Test Server Client============================================ ==============Connecting to the EverQuest II Test Server requires that you run a version of the game that is slightly different than the one used to connect to our regular live servers. If you want to keep the option of playing on both the live and Test servers, we HIGHLY recommend that you run the Test client from its own folder. For this reason, we have created a folder in your EverQuest II directory called TestServer which contains the Test launchpad and this help text file.The following steps will guide you through our recommended Test client setup process.1. Using Windows Explorer, navigate to the TestServer folder in your EverQuest II directory. Create a shortcut on your desktop for the TestEQ2.exe file, which is the launchpad used to connect to the Test server. You may rename the shortcut if you wish, but don't double-click it yet. If you do, you will end up downloading the entire Test client, which would be a long and unnecessary process.2. Highlight all the files and folders in the EverQuest II root directory EXCEPT the following: the cache folder, the logincache folder, the TestServer folder, and the eq2_default.ini file. (You can use Control-A to highlight all the files and folders, then hold down the Control key and left-click on those folders and files to de-select them.) Right-click and drag the selected folders to the TestServer folder. Select the option to COPY the files and folders, NOT move them.3. When the copy is complete, double-click the desktop shortcut you made in Step 1. This will run the Test server launchpad and update the client to be able to connect to the Test server.Using this method, you can use your regular EverQuest II shorcut to connect to the normal servers and the Test launchpad shortcut to connect to the Test server. Keeping the Test client in its own folder takes up a significant amount of hard drive space but will save you a lot of time updating both clients in the future.For more information on the Test server, please read the thread titled "Playing on the Test Server" in the FAQ section of the official EverQuest II forums: http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board?board.id=faq================================ ================================================== =======2.) Alternativly, if you just want to play on test for awhile, and don't have HDD space. Place the file EQ2test in the main root of the Everquest 2 folder. Running it there will update the game to the test version. In this case though, you will need to run the main EQ2 exe if you ever want to play on the regular servers, and let it update back to the old version. This can cause problems, so it only should be used as a second last-chance option. Message Edited by Suikoguy on 01-19-200612:20 PM Message Edited by Suikoguy on 01-19-200612:21 PM