[Test servers] getting started
Posted: Nov 11, 2013 12:07Hey,
There is some fresh blood trying to help with SI testing but never did a test on test servers before.
Here is a quick guide to get started.
Always make a chatlog by /chatlog testxy
This chatlog can be evaluated later on but it's always smart to make a quick check if everything works as expected before killing 1000 mobs and realizing that there is no chatlog due to misspelling etc..
#0 Do not talk about freeshards on test servers!
You never know if a employer is around. They can remove the test servers anytime and we run into big problems!
Ignore everyone you do not know.
#1 Make a copy of your DAoC folder and call it DAoCTest
#2 Open a test account
Open a test account here.
Enter any email address, you won't need to confirm it.
#3 Login
Start [camtest.exe] in your test server folder
#4 Getting started
i) Once you created your char you will start in the tutorial zone.
Just find some blue con mobs around the city and let them kill you.
Click [Release City] or use the command [/rel city]
ii) Inside the City head to the exit to Mularn / Cotswold / Mag Mell
Close to the exit you will find a mob called [Testermatic]
iii) Write two macros
/macro q /q
/macro xp /whisper several levels bps gold dragon scales rr7
iv) Target the [Testermatic] and click your [q] macro and your [xp] macro.
You will get XP BPs Gold Dragon Scales and RPs and log out.
At the char screen just log back in, target [Testermatic] click the macros and repeat till you are 50.
Whisper to the [Testermatic] RR13 and visit your trainer for RAs and Skills.
#5 How to equip and respec
Go to the DF merchants and buy Seals on [Page 2] from the [Merchant] without tags like [Armor] or [Weapon].
Equip yourself with DF loot.
Scroll to [Page 1] to buy respec stones.
Please take care to not get 26 overcap or %melee bonus etc if you want to test correct values.
In Midgard they are next to the guild registrar and emblemeer.
In Hibernia they are at the forge.
#6 Buff NPCs
On the test server you can get almost cap buffs from NPCs.
Port to [Uppland] [Forest Sauvage] [Cruachan Gorge] in NF.
Buy a Full Buff token from the NPC and drag&drop it onto him.
You will get buffs which makes testing a lot easier.
#7 Start testing
Before you start testing use [/relic] and [/bonuses] and make a screenshot to log relic bonuses and ToA bonuses if you did a mistake with equipment.
#8 Test NPCs
Outside the city there are Test NPCs.
In Albion they are at the Black Mountains South exit, to the left.
In Midgard they are at Mularn exit, to the left.
In Hibernia they are at Connacht exit, to the left.
[Right click] them and a popup will appear with various options.
For example you can change their level or tell them to stop attacking you.
By default they are level 50 and hit you with [thrust] [slash] or [crush] weapons.
That's nice and handy for all kinds of tests.
#9 ToA and other Equipment
For some test you just want a char with max stats.
i) Go to the DF merchants in the city.
Next to them there is a mob called [Celestius Loot Dispenser].
Target him and whisper him [Albion] [Midgard] [Hibernia] depending on your realm.
Now you get ML10 Weapons, Torso and Legs.
Delete all items you can not use and repeat whispering [Albion] [Midgard] [Hibernia] till you got all the drops you want.
ii) Port to Svasud / Sauvage / Druim Ligen
There is a Bountypoint merchant where you can buy BP jewelery.
iii) Port to Oceanus Hesperos and enter the Portal to the ToA start zone.
Here you can buy Master Levels and Artifacts for Bountypoints.
There are NPCs to buy MLs and Artifacts for Bountypoints and others for Atlantean Glass.
Just talk to the purple con once and drag&drop the Artifact / ML over the NPC who sold it.
iv) In Jordheim / Camelot / TNN is a NPC with the tag [Order of the Dragonslayers].
They don't hide inside houses, they are on the way from the King to the exit somewhere.
He/she will sell you Dragon Drops and rewards from the Dragon campaign for Dragon Scales.
If you are low on Scales target [Testermatic] and click your [xp] macro several more times till you have 5k Dragon Scales (without relogging).
#10 Don't talk about freeshards on test servers
There is some fresh blood trying to help with SI testing but never did a test on test servers before.
Here is a quick guide to get started.
Always make a chatlog by /chatlog testxy
This chatlog can be evaluated later on but it's always smart to make a quick check if everything works as expected before killing 1000 mobs and realizing that there is no chatlog due to misspelling etc..
#0 Do not talk about freeshards on test servers!
You never know if a employer is around. They can remove the test servers anytime and we run into big problems!
Ignore everyone you do not know.
#1 Make a copy of your DAoC folder and call it DAoCTest
#2 Open a test account
Open a test account here.
Enter any email address, you won't need to confirm it.
#3 Login
Start [camtest.exe] in your test server folder
#4 Getting started
i) Once you created your char you will start in the tutorial zone.
Just find some blue con mobs around the city and let them kill you.
Click [Release City] or use the command [/rel city]
ii) Inside the City head to the exit to Mularn / Cotswold / Mag Mell
Close to the exit you will find a mob called [Testermatic]
iii) Write two macros
/macro q /q
/macro xp /whisper several levels bps gold dragon scales rr7
iv) Target the [Testermatic] and click your [q] macro and your [xp] macro.
You will get XP BPs Gold Dragon Scales and RPs and log out.
At the char screen just log back in, target [Testermatic] click the macros and repeat till you are 50.
Whisper to the [Testermatic] RR13 and visit your trainer for RAs and Skills.
#5 How to equip and respec
Go to the DF merchants and buy Seals on [Page 2] from the [Merchant] without tags like [Armor] or [Weapon].
Equip yourself with DF loot.
Scroll to [Page 1] to buy respec stones.
Please take care to not get 26 overcap or %melee bonus etc if you want to test correct values.
In Midgard they are next to the guild registrar and emblemeer.
In Hibernia they are at the forge.
#6 Buff NPCs
On the test server you can get almost cap buffs from NPCs.
Port to [Uppland] [Forest Sauvage] [Cruachan Gorge] in NF.
Buy a Full Buff token from the NPC and drag&drop it onto him.
You will get buffs which makes testing a lot easier.
#7 Start testing
Before you start testing use [/relic] and [/bonuses] and make a screenshot to log relic bonuses and ToA bonuses if you did a mistake with equipment.
#8 Test NPCs
Outside the city there are Test NPCs.
In Albion they are at the Black Mountains South exit, to the left.
In Midgard they are at Mularn exit, to the left.
In Hibernia they are at Connacht exit, to the left.
[Right click] them and a popup will appear with various options.
For example you can change their level or tell them to stop attacking you.
By default they are level 50 and hit you with [thrust] [slash] or [crush] weapons.
That's nice and handy for all kinds of tests.
#9 ToA and other Equipment
For some test you just want a char with max stats.
i) Go to the DF merchants in the city.
Next to them there is a mob called [Celestius Loot Dispenser].
Target him and whisper him [Albion] [Midgard] [Hibernia] depending on your realm.
Now you get ML10 Weapons, Torso and Legs.
Delete all items you can not use and repeat whispering [Albion] [Midgard] [Hibernia] till you got all the drops you want.
ii) Port to Svasud / Sauvage / Druim Ligen
There is a Bountypoint merchant where you can buy BP jewelery.
iii) Port to Oceanus Hesperos and enter the Portal to the ToA start zone.
Here you can buy Master Levels and Artifacts for Bountypoints.
There are NPCs to buy MLs and Artifacts for Bountypoints and others for Atlantean Glass.
Just talk to the purple con once and drag&drop the Artifact / ML over the NPC who sold it.
iv) In Jordheim / Camelot / TNN is a NPC with the tag [Order of the Dragonslayers].
They don't hide inside houses, they are on the way from the King to the exit somewhere.
He/she will sell you Dragon Drops and rewards from the Dragon campaign for Dragon Scales.
If you are low on Scales target [Testermatic] and click your [xp] macro several more times till you have 5k Dragon Scales (without relogging).
#10 Don't talk about freeshards on test servers
