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Alduin
24-10-12, 21:39
Hello everyone,

as of today, the testserver is available again for you to help test ongoing developement of Neocron. Please keep in mind that this is a testserver and no retail install. Your items, characters and basically everything on that server can be changed arround or deleted at any time.

Our #1 priority is to fix some of the long known issues and bugs. Please do not expect any big content updates in this phase of developement.

How can you access the testserver?

1) Make sure you installed the most recent DirectX version (http://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=35), as well as the Visual Studio 2013 redistributables (http://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=40784)
2) Delete your previous testserver installation (in case you got one)
3) Create a copy of your retail R#191 client folder
4) Using the new copy, edit the "UPDATER.INI" in the subfolder "INI" and replace its contents with the following:



SERVERIP=144.76.177.3
PORT=8020
PATCHPREFIX=patches\cp
EXE=Client.exe
GAMESERVERIP=144.76.177.3
HOMEURL=http://launcher.neocron-game.com/
FTPSERVER=ftp.neocron-game.com
TESTPATCHDIR=/nc2testserver
RETAILPATCHDIR=/nc2retail
ISRETAILVERSION=0
USELOCALPORT=0
LOCALPORT=42423


4) Launch the NeocronLauncher.exe and in the dropdown menu (top-right corner of the launcher), choose "Neocron Evolution 2.2 - Testserver"
5) Launch the game.
6) Report bugs

How to report bugs:

First of all: please check the bugreports subforum, whether this bug has already been reported. In case it has not yet been reported, it is time to test the bug thoroughly. Questions to answer are:

Is it reproducible?
Which circumstances led to the bug?
Are others able to reproduce the bug?
What exactly happens? What are the consequences of this bug?
Make screenshots or a short fraps video, if possible.
Which zones/which part of the game is affected?


You will find everything you need, including reverse LoM-Pills, inside the Neocronstruct. The reverse LoM pills are the ones for the mainskills

We hope you enjoy testing and look forward to your feedback and reports in the new testserver forum section that will soon be open.

Slauncha!
Alduin

Mr. Kassad
24-10-12, 21:50
[Please delete me]

Bifrost
24-10-12, 21:53
The patch notes for #175 can be found in this thread (http://forum.neocron.com/showthread.php?146413-175-Patchnotes).

nEo-1664
24-10-12, 22:04
For anyone who was previously on the old PTS, I 'think' you will need to create a new fresh copy too, as otherwise the game does not pull down the patch 175 version 2 as it were. If you dont, then it doesn't patch in any of the updates :p

Ascension
24-10-12, 23:24
Amazing, tried a couple of alt+tabs and so far so good.

Great work on the world map too, finally I don't have to count! As mentioned to Triv, on a larger resolution is actually looks like part of the RPOS due to the fact it doesnt fill the whole screen. It is possible to implement a [x] to close it down.

I'm aware you can obviously press 'esc' to close it down, but just streamlines the whole process

\\Fényx//
25-10-12, 02:25
Can we get the XP factor set to the same rate as retail please ? To test rate of gain in a team and solo.

slith
25-10-12, 15:03
Just a quick question regarding the Neocronstruct: Where the heck can you get epic rewards from? PPR?

Trivaldi
25-10-12, 15:33
Just a quick question regarding the Neocronstruct: Where the heck can you get epic rewards from? PPR?
That NPC is missing. It'll be added with the next test server patch hopefully. I'll see about adding a temporary one a little later.

slith
25-10-12, 17:35
Nice, thank you very much

ariall
25-10-12, 18:42
For anyone who was previously on the old PTS, I 'think' you will need to create a new fresh copy too, as otherwise the game does not pull down the patch 175 version 2 as it were. If you dont, then it doesn't patch in any of the updates :p

Cant get it to work...
I played earlier on the old PTS, so I removed the "old"test server map, and made a copy of the normal version of the game.
Changed the updater.ini file, started the launcher. The launcher downloaded patch 175, but when it tries to apply the patch
I get a lot of errors.....It looks like this:

Sending version request.
Applying patches...
Patching to lvl 175.
CHECKSUM ERROR: source file
DiffAssembleError: not the expected result
ERROR: failed patching defs/appplaces.def
CHECKSUM ERROR: source file
DIffAssembleError: not the expected result

ect. ect ect..

The last one:
ERROR: couldn't open: gamelibs/editorobject.dll , possibly write patching failed



Anyone??

Mokoi
25-10-12, 18:56
Cant get it to work...
I played earlier on the old PTS, so I removed the "old"test server map, and ...

Please make sure that you stick to the outlined procedure.
Start with a clean copy of your retail client. The old testserver client can and should not be used - best delete that folder.



Can we get the XP factor set to the same rate as retail please ? To test rate of gain in a team and solo.

The XP gain factor on the retail- and testserver should be identical.

\\Fényx//
25-10-12, 19:56
The XP gain factor on the retail- and testserver should be identical.

Alduin said it has previous test server boosted XP rate when i questioned the rate at which i was gaining while shooting stuff solo.



btw, screenshots with RPOS up appear to work properly now, on current retail i get missing RPOS elements. So thats one i guess can be knocked off the list :)


[Edit] as a clarification about the xp issue, while solo on a droner, i looked at my xp gains using a raptor etc, and it just seemed crazy high. I have tonight free so i will start a new character and not lom it, and see how that goes. My droner gained 2.502 mil dex xp, and he only downed a handful of mobs in the tunnels, maybe 8 kills at most, seems high...

\\Fényx//
25-10-12, 21:04
Ok, XP now seems parallel with the retail server rate. Will look into team xp a little later this evening

ariall
26-10-12, 06:19
Please make sure that you stick to the outlined procedure.
Start with a clean copy of your retail client. The old testserver client can and should not be used - best delete that folder.


got it working now yeah!. Was a win7/useraccounts/virus scanner problem...

Ascension
20-11-12, 18:35
Test server down?

Ascension
21-11-12, 10:36
How are we supposed to test, if the test server is down?

Trivaldi
21-11-12, 11:17
Lemme see if I can poke someone, apologies for the inconvenience :)

Edit: Teach me for trying to find stuff out while I'm travelling and a little out of the loop. ;) Yes the test server is intentionally down as per the message on the test server launcher page: http://launcher.neocron.com/testserver/

It will be back once the required work has been completed.

Alduin
22-11-12, 04:38
Vedeena (the testserver) is back up and running again! Sorry for the long downtime.

Slauncha
Alduin

netster
01-12-12, 13:59
http://100fps.de/imghost/i/650874b2bf83.jpg
Does this look normal?
http://i.imgur.com/FiDC1.png
http://i.imgur.com/BDgzR.png

Dont know, i used a copy of my working R175 folder. I will retry with a fresh base install..

Trivaldi
01-12-12, 14:11
To access the Public Test Server (Vedeena) you need to copy a patched version of a Retail #174 client.

EDIT: Please see further on in the thread. The Public Test Server has been rebuilt to require a copy of your Retail #176 client.

netster
01-12-12, 14:31
Okay, i tried a new install of neocron, this worked - since i did not had a R174 client in backup.

COLD
20-12-12, 11:31
is the test server down or....?

Atropos
26-12-12, 11:02
Yeah, i would like to know that as well, is he down, or is it just me?

Alduin
26-12-12, 13:08
ATM: there is nothing to test on the testserver, but there will be, very soon :) Once the new patch is compiled I will notify you :)

Doc Holliday
26-12-12, 14:39
can we get some info on how to repatch back to 174 then or would it merely be a case of individually downloading the patches to the patch folder manually instead of using the autoupdater?

help/advice would be much appreciated. i want to get on and help testing.

Trivaldi
26-12-12, 15:39
can we get some info on how to repatch back to 174 then or would it merely be a case of individually downloading the patches to the patch folder manually instead of using the autoupdater?

help/advice would be much appreciated. i want to get on and help testing.
As per this thread from Alduin (http://forum.neocron-game.com/showthread.php?146880-quot-Rollback-quot-of-Vedeena-to-R-176) you will simply need a copy of your R#176 client to prepare for the next round of Public Testing. :)

Tankjr
10-01-13, 23:08
hi,

on which mailadress can is send a detail report of some testings ?
Thanks.

Greetingz

Mokoi
10-01-13, 23:30
hi,

on which mailadress can is send a detail report of some testings ?
Thanks.

Greetingz

We have a public bugtracker here: http://forum.neocron-game.com/forumdisplay.php?233-Bug-Reports
Some info on how to submit critical bugreports, e.g. exploits: http://forum.neocron-game.com/showthread.php?145564-READ-ME-Reporting-Exploits
... and there is always helpdesk@neocron.info for outgame support that can not be handled via any other route.

Tankjr
21-01-13, 16:42
thanks mate.

netster
12-03-13, 12:14
Please make this Thread sticky again, dont know why sticky is turned off for this important thread.

Dru Blood
23-06-13, 15:03
Test Server seems to be offline - checked updater.ini it was up to date but get a blank launcher screen.

Ascension
23-06-13, 17:17
Correct, see here (http://stats.techhaven.org/en).

Sevendust
05-10-14, 09:57
Testserver down? Launcher loads fine, starts client fine, but when i try to login it comes back with "Failed to connect to server". Been like this yesterday too.

Sevendust
09-10-14, 04:10
Can someone help plz? clanmate was on the testserver so clearly its not down.

I edited the updater ini, the launcher loads fine, switched to testserver in top-right, it patches to testserver status fine, loads the login fine, but then just hangs & comes back with Could not connect to server. Ive checked the updater.ini, & it's changing back to retail addresses after everytime i launch it. Making the file read only makes the launcher hang when trying to connect to server & load the login.

LeoPump
09-10-14, 15:49
Can someone help plz? clanmate was on the testserver so clearly its not down.

I edited the updater ini, the launcher loads fine, switched to testserver in top-right, it patches to testserver status fine, loads the login fine, but then just hangs & comes back with Could not connect to server. Ive checked the updater.ini, & it's changing back to retail addresses after everytime i launch it. Making the file read only makes the launcher hang when trying to connect to server & load the login.

You tried this: *click* (http://forum.neocron-game.com/showthread.php?155324-R-186-T-186-T-197-Patch-Notes&p=2225873&viewfull=1#post2225873)

Zoltan
09-10-14, 18:15
There is a problem with vedeenas network interface which needs to get fixed first. This task is already queued ;)

gstyle40
29-11-14, 20:47
there is a problem with the test server. entire clan is trying to get on using the method outlined in this thread and we are all having the same problem. we have tried coping our current nc folder, changing the updater ini to what it says on the first page here, adding the ftp server info that zoltan posted ingame that is NOT on this thread. and none of us can get the game to launch. it just crashes to desktop everytime. i have tried installing it from the zip file straight away and that wont work. i have tried saving to diffrent partitions and that dont work, i have tried reinstalling the redistributables and they are fine and didnt change anything. we were able to get onto vedeena until the last set of patches changed something and now none of us can.

Dasore
29-11-14, 21:07
arkhive just updated the first post, so it should work that way now

Divide
29-11-14, 21:32
Anyone with continued problems needs to snag msvcr120.dll and msvcp120.dll and plop them into their Neocron folder. If that doesn't work /set kill_self 1.

Download them here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rb5po9ov8fkh0gm/nc198fix.zip?dl=0

gstyle40
30-11-14, 07:16
Anyone with continued problems needs to snag msvcr120.dll and msvcp120.dll and plop them into their Neocron folder. If that doesn't work /set kill_self 1.

Download them here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rb5po9ov8fkh0gm/nc198fix.zip?dl=0


thanx divide. this worked for us

Zoltan
30-11-14, 12:49
Anyone with continued problems needs to snag msvcr120.dll and msvcp120.dll and plop them into their Neocron folder. If that doesn't work /set kill_self 1.

Download them here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rb5po9ov8fkh0gm/nc198fix.zip?dl=0

What about: Visual Studio 2013 redistributables (http://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=40784) ?

Make sure you grabbed the x86 version.

gstyle40
30-11-14, 22:50
What about: Visual Studio 2013 redistributables (http://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=40784) ?

Make sure you grabbed the x86 version.

zoltan, no disrespect intended. but i dont think u understand whats going on. those of us who were having problems are people who have been on and testing every previous patch. we have been playing almost everyday since the start of titan. we already have all the redistributables. and just in case, i did download them and tried to reinstall them. when i did direct x it said i have a newer version already installed. when i tried the visual studio deal it said it was already detected on my machine and gave me the options to repair or uninstall. this last patch on the test server fubar'd our testserver installs. and im sure if more people tried to get on the test server they will run into this very problem. just following the directions at the begining of this thread doesnt cut it. i tried installing fresh installs as well as copying my working retail client changing updater ini to what was posted on page one and i was missing these files. whatever was done with this latest patch is screwing everything up. just my 2 cents m8. it may not be happening to everyone, but it happend to all of us so thats all i have to go on.

Zoltan
01-12-14, 17:43
1) Delete the old PTS Client (because the testserver was rerolled)
2) Download and install the x86 Version of this: http://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=40784
3) Make a copy of the current Titan client
4) Start the Launcher -> Select the testserver in the dropdown box
6) Patch
7) Play

Kalonji Faya
04-03-15, 18:04
Hi everybody !!

I'm back in business and want to help but I cannot access the testserver...

When I launch the game I have that message :
12500

Of course I tried to check files and launcher downloaded them again, but it didn't work, I still have the same message ...
I did a fresh install with the setup I have (neocron2ce-setup-2.2.191.53), downloaded the patches, had the correct updater.ini.
Everythin seems to be correct in my setup (dx, vcredist, all is ok), and that's strange because the game runs normally with the normal setup :/

Did I miss something ?! Can someone help please ?!

Kalonji

Divide
04-03-15, 18:49
I'm not overly familiar with that error, but I can say that there is nothing to test right now.

My gut tells me you copied your retail Neocron folder and made it a test instance, which is the way I would suggest making a test instance. Problem is, the test NC Server is running an older version of what is in retail.

If I were you, I'd delete the test instance and re-copy your retail folder in prep for the next testing phase. The last two major retail patches were very significant-- it may be a few months before we see anything hit test.

jvasquez33
13-06-15, 06:18
Is the exp rate the same as live, or it accelerated for testing?

Drachenpaladin
13-06-15, 11:47
There is the Neoconstruct for eas access to Money and Items and a teleport to the Ceres Temple where a quicklevel NPC waits.

DomeOfTerror
13-06-15, 21:55
Is the exp rate the same as live, or it accelerated for testing?

Create a new character.
Leave MC5
Goto Plaza 1
Use Neoconstruct terminal near reactor door
Inside Neoconstruct find Ceres temple teleporter
Goto Ceres temple
Talk to Super Hard Mission guy
Kill a few nasty rats and hit WoC level in a couple minutes.

Everything else you need for testing is in Neoconstruct only problem
is no pokers or constructors for mods.

Dasore
14-06-15, 11:06
as the xp is infinite, just spec 30 cst and 115 implant and lom them after ur done with ur setup for pvp. as long as ur no tank :)

DomeOfTerror
15-06-15, 09:18
as the xp is infinite, just spec 30 cst and 115 implant and lom them after ur done with ur setup for pvp. as long as ur no tank :)

Tanks need love too. :(

Drake6k
15-05-16, 02:19
I see that Vedeena is down right now. I was looking because someone said on OOC today that there was a new Vedeena patch (I assume there was none?).

Anyway, I'm interested in doing some more testing. Maybe a weekly test thread for discussion on different subjects? Something to keep us talking. The population has reached a real low in recent weeks and I'm looking at the test server with hope for the future.

JoshCooper
15-05-16, 09:09
Aye I notieced that THN's Twitter was posting about updates to the test server, they also have a message on the THN website.

https://twitter.com/Techhaven

Kalonji Faya
16-05-16, 10:57
where is my neoconstruct teleport thingy ??! I wanted to make some tests this morning ... btw I'm not sure I love the new drugs system... Just checked some drugs not all so I may have surprises, we'll see, I just hope they didn't had a new malus to resist drugs as they already have a big hth malus...

Kalonji Faya