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Littch
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I’ve heard several people say Test is getting patched and the expansion is going live on Test today.
Has anyone heard this?
I have checked the EQ forums and saw no official post there confirming anything, or even mentioning a patch today.
Also I checked the server status and saw that
Test is still up and running.
I’m at work today and was just wondering….
Has anyone heard this?
I have checked the EQ forums and saw no official post there confirming anything, or even mentioning a patch today.
Also I checked the server status and saw that
Test is still up and running.
I’m at work today and was just wondering….
Redbot updated Very Vanilla MQ (Test Server) with a new update entry:
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Thx. Been checking all day
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Looks like the test server is still locked...
it was up last night around 11ish pm est ... for about 20 mins and than taken down again as there were zoning issues to the new expansion areas ... as of now it is still currently locked if you check the test channel in EQs discord i am sure they will update it today with progress ... better having this happen to test than all the live servers next week =)
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And how often do they just ignore issue yall point out and pass it to live =-(
hah right? while they do catch a lot of things beforehand they definitely do need to make a better effort ... personally i gotta admit i dont think this new expansion is ready to release ... there are still a lot of issues (aside from the persona failure they should just table this till later) that need working out ... hopefully they get some luck and time to do so before next week.
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Said they were going to do another try sometime today, but haven't seen any mention of if Persona is still F'd.
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fucking classic
Even if they do unlock test today we will not have access to MQ since there will need to be a new build and imagine there are a lot of changes that need made
Yup go enjoy your EQ holiday
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Anyone know how long after an expansion we can typically expect MQ to be back? (Haven't been around for an expansion drop in years).
What to expect on patch days?
When eq patches MQ has to be rebuilt. (you also have to patch EQ --- this way you avoid "Version Mismatch" issues)
once mq is built RG can build - we now have an automated system that rebuilds RG as soon as it is updated - which means our previous method of "let's give it a quick test" is no longer there, and sometimes there ends up being another smaller patch later to correct if something got missed - so re-check on patch days if you are having issues.
eq could change literally anything and it would require the way MQ interacts with that portion of EQ to be completely reworked. It is normally just offsets, sometimes struct changes --- with the large changes eq has been making over the past few months (updates and backend improvements) there are more things than just offset changes that are happening, so it can certainly be a lot of work for the devs.
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EQ patches go like this: (in theory)
2nd* tue/wed = test "real" patch
3rd* wed = live patch
4th* tue/wed = test "true up
the tue over the wed is a more recent thing (I suspect klanderso has more to do with that, and having time to ensure working stuff before the weekend and upset people - klanderso is pretty awesome)
* holidays subject to cause shifts in days or even week
test is notorious for being like "oops we forgot the 'dont crash plz' file, gotta patch again", or "woops we added +1 to crashing, we meant -1", so "on paper" it is double the patches, but very frequently ends up being more than double the work (i imagine, I'm not doing the work - I'd love to learn enough at some point to help facilitate doing so, however)
Mq itself is open source and by volunteer(s) - RG which builds and distributes that is obviously paid for.
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There's never a real standard ETA.
This year EverQuest has a bunch of bullshit changes, and according to their Dev the test update is 2 weeks or more behind beta.
Which means any changes that are being tracked and reverse engineered from beta might not be lining up with what is available on the test server
TL;DR - thanks for being patient
This year EverQuest has a bunch of bullshit changes, and according to their Dev the test update is 2 weeks or more behind beta.
Which means any changes that are being tracked and reverse engineered from beta might not be lining up with what is available on the test server
TL;DR - thanks for being patient
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Yea it seems they are trying to update the game.. which I appreciate but can completely understand must be a headache for you guys! That's crazy that its not the same as Beta to me ? Lol . I do so appreciate how awesome you guys are to be able to do this stuff! Thanks so much for the super fast reply Sic! You rock!
beta was all the xpac stuff - so i imagine brainiac has been working on that stuff
the xpac stuff was moved to test this week - but not the current beta version (which is wild and crazy to me)
xpac stuff will be moving to live next tuesday - hopefully they have things worked out by then
take mercs broken on test atm post 120 --- they're fixed last night on beta --- but not test. why they do this to ya'll? lol
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test is best ... always say it and always advocate it ... but in order to have fun on the server one needs to have a lot of patience =) i like every other RG member here who plays on test fulltime have learned that with all the pros of the server the cons require yep ... patience haha .
as always the RG crew will do there best to get the build up and running efficiently ... as always with new expansions come a lot of new changes ... thanks to you all for all the work you put in
as always the RG crew will do there best to get the build up and running efficiently ... as always with new expansions come a lot of new changes ... thanks to you all for all the work you put in
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Sometimes the forced break allows one to come up for air. I quite enjoy that aspect. Gives you time to actually fix some hotkeys or INIs that you are procrastinating on. I even emptied the dishwasher yesterday. 
What to expect on patch days?
When eq patches MQ has to be rebuilt. (you also have to patch EQ --- this way you avoid "Version Mismatch" issues)
once mq is built RG can build - we now have an automated system that rebuilds RG as soon as it is updated - which means our previous method of "let's give it a quick test" is no longer there, and sometimes there ends up being another smaller patch later to correct if something got missed - so re-check on patch days if you are having issues.
eq could change literally anything and it would require the way MQ interacts with that portion of EQ to be completely reworked. It is normally just offsets, sometimes struct changes --- with the large changes eq has been making over the past few months (updates and backend improvements) there are more things than just offset changes that are happening, so it can certainly be a lot of work for the devs.
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MacroQuest for Live servers:
MacroQuest for Test server
EQ patches go like this: (in theory)
2nd* tue/wed = test "real" patch
3rd* wed = live patch
4th* tue/wed = test "true up
the tue over the wed is a more recent thing (I suspect klanderso has more to do with that, and having time to ensure working stuff before the weekend and upset people - klanderso is pretty awesome)
* holidays subject to cause shifts in days or even week
test is notorious for being like "oops we forgot the 'dont crash plz' file, gotta patch again", or "woops we added +1 to crashing, we meant -1", so "on paper" it is double the patches, but very frequently ends up being more than double the work (i imagine, I'm not doing the work - I'd love to learn enough at some point to help facilitate doing so, however)
Mq itself is open source and by volunteer(s) - RG which builds and distributes that is obviously paid for.
If you wanted to show your appreciation to the MQ devs for their volunteer work:
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brainiac:
https://www.redguides.com/tip/brainiac
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There's never a real standard ETA.
This year EverQuest has a bunch of bullshit changes, and according to their Dev the test update is 2 weeks or more behind beta.
Which means any changes that are being tracked and reverse engineered from beta might not be lining up with what is available on the test server
TL;DR - thanks for being patient
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That's what I do..as an aside, to hell with rogue 2.0s. tradeskills suck.
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Was running around on beta.. man, manually walking sucks.. wow my map is blank, i dont see any mobs.. oh yeah
LOL!! That's my exact reaction yesterday when I logged into VT. At zone in, opened map and was like damn someone cleared this place out!!!Was running around on beta.. man, manually walking sucks.. wow my map is blank, i dont see any mobs.. oh yeah
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the current test build seems to have a random toon crash whenever zoning ... confirmed it happens in open world as well as instance zoning. here is a crash ID ... hope it helps!
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EverQuest Crash Detected
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MacroQuest caught a crash:
Version: 3.1.0.1974
Location: C:\EverQuest\eqgame.exe+0000000000681400
CrashID: a8c33218-1795-4efd-b05e-cfd5de256be6
You can either:
* [RETRY] Continue execution and hope for the best.
* [CANCEL] Write a crash dump and terminate EverQuest.
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Retry Cancel
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EverQuest Crash Detected
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MacroQuest caught a crash:
Version: 3.1.0.1974
Location: C:\EverQuest\eqgame.exe+0000000000681400
CrashID: a8c33218-1795-4efd-b05e-cfd5de256be6
You can either:
* [RETRY] Continue execution and hope for the best.
* [CANCEL] Write a crash dump and terminate EverQuest.
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Retry Cancel
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This happened to me as well
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So what does this mean in laymen terms? That addons like DANNET might be displaced by new functionality added to the base MQ?
its a new communication feature for developers. it doesn't have anything to do with dannet.
me-too posts aren't helpful without a crash id