Well I'd love to tell ya if I could ever get into
the damn thing! It's till not working for me!
From the small bit I did see, they've added
2 new tabs to the Inventory window. One says Evolving Weapons, and the
other one says Monster Alts. The latest patch message I saw said that the
monster alts was not working yet. And some NPCs whose character models are
not in zone yet are replaced by the standard human model. They call this
model "Doug".
Wulfric
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 6:43
PM
Subject: Re: [EverQuest] New expansion
Beta Open
Congrats on hitting the beta, you lucky dog you.
/e
drools at thought of intelligent weapons........
--- Wulfric
Rennison <wulftech@...>
wrote:
> I saw a systemwide message ing ame today that said
>
the beta was now open. the registration for it only
> lasted for
about 15 minutes though so you had to
> register in that time. I
imagine they will announce
> open testing registration periodically as
the time
> draws near for its live release. I did get
>
registered and spent a pretty good hour plus
> downloading the beta
files. I have yet to play it,
> but I copied the email I received
so people can see
> what it says.
>
>
>
Wulfric
>
> PS Dont ask me for the FTP site address.
I wont
> give it to you.
>
>
>
>
>
Welcome to the EverQuest(R) Depths of Darkhollow(TM)
> (DoD) beta!
Please read this entire email
> carefully. It contains all the
information you will
> need to hit the ground running and make the most
of
> your time in beta. Remember, you accepted the
> EverQuest
Terms of Use, License and Non-Disclosure
> Agreement as a condition for
acceptance into the
> beta program, and everything included here as
well
> as what you see on the beta server, in beta-related
>
communications and beta forums and message boards
> are covered by that
agreement.
>
>
> HOW DO I GET ON THE BETA SERVER?
>
> In order to access the Depths of Darkhollow beta
> server, you
will need to download the Beta patcher.
> The FTP site for downloading
the patcher is listed
> below. There may be a lot of data to download,
so
> please be patient. You should run this patcher
> before
you log in, every time. Failing to do so may
> cause you to
experience crashes or gameplay issues
> that could be fixed just by
patching.
>
>
> You may download the Depths of Darkhollow
beta
> patcher at the following FTP site
>
>
> FTP
Site omitted due to NDA.
>
>
> To get to the ftp
site:
>
> Enter the ftp address into your Internet
Explorer
> web browser. It will bring you to the ftp site.
The
> file you need is called EQBetaPatcher.zip. Just
>
right click on the file and copy it to your desktop.
> Unzip the
file and copy betaeverquest.exe into your
> root EverQuest directory
(Should be in C:\Program
> Files\Sony\EverQuest unless you changed your
default
> installation.)
>
> Run this every time prior to
logging in to the beta
> server. You will see the Beta Server on the
server
> list, choose that server and log in.
>
>
>
HOW LONG IS BETA?
>
> The beta test is scheduled to begin on July
20th,
> 2005 and is scheduled to end on September 13th,
> 2005,
unless we decide to change these dates.
>
>
> HOW DO I GET
TO THE DoD ZONES?
>
> When you get onto the beta server, create
your
> character and head to the Plane of Knowledge. Find
> Old
Man Thorren and he can teleport you to Corathus
> Creep.
>
>
> HOW DO I COPY MY CHARACTER ONTO BETA?
>
> For
us to copy your favorite EverQuest character to
> the beta server,
please indicate which character you
> want us to copy by logging into
your play server as
> your favorite character. You indicate that you
want
> us to copy an individual character by typing the
> command
/beta in your chat window. Periodically we
> will run scripts that will
copy characters to the
> beta server. Keep in mind that we will be
running
> the character copies on an as-needed basis - not
>
necessarily at regular intervals. It may take
> several days for us to
copy your character.
>
>
> THE /betabuff COMMAND
>
> The level range needed to test all of the variations
> of
dungeons for DoD is huge. In order to give you
> that
ability to test as much of the expansion as
> possible, we have created
a /betabuff command.
> Here's how you use it.
>
> 1.
Create a first level character on the beta server
> and log in with that
character (this command will
> only work on 1st level
characters).
>
> 2. Type /betabuff CLASS LEVEL - where CLASS is
the
> class of the character you would like to create, and
> LEVEL
is the level that you want that character to
> be. LEVEL can only
be numbers divisible by 5,
> starting at 20. So 20, 25, 30,
etc.
>
> That's it. The character you created will
be
> transformed into a character of the level and class
> you
have chosen. Your race and even gender may
> change as
well.
>
>
> BETA FEEDBACK
>
> There are two
methods for passing information to us
> about what you experience during
the beta.
>
> /bug should be used to report bugs. Bugs
are
> gameplay features that do not work, spelling errors,
> and
anything that just does not work as intended.
> Please give us as much
detail about the bug as you
> can think of when reporting it.
>
> /feedback should be used to send in comments about
> parts of
the expansion that work properly, but that
> you would like to see
changed. If you discover an
> item that you think should have less
Wis and more
> Int, then use /feedback. If you think a
certain
> encounter is too easy or too hard, use /feedback to
>
report it.
>
> It is important that you distinguish between
these
> two options, as one is read primarily by our testing
>
team and the other is read mostly by our game
> designers. Sending
a bug through /feedback can
> delay our ability to fix it, since we'll
have to
> route that to our testers for verification.
>
>
Please use this command to explore as many of the
> adventures as you
can and report your findings to
> us.
>
> If you find
yourself in dire need of assistance, you
> can use /petition to contact
us for help. Please
> only petition if the situation is one that
you can't
> correct yourself. For example, if you used
>
/betabuff to create a character and you have lost
> the corpse, there is
no need to /petition. You can
> just log out, create a new
character and use the
> /betabuff command again.
>
> Please
remember that your participation in the beta
> program is subject to the
Terms of Use, License and
> Non-Disclosure Agreement ("Agreement") which
you
> have already agreed to. Your access in and to the
> beta
program, including the patcher, is for your
> personal, non-commercial
use only, in accordance
> with the Agreement, and any feedback you
provide is
> confidential.
>
> Thank you for your time and
effort; we appreciate
> your help testing this expansion.
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> The EverQuest Depths of
Darkhollow Development Team
>
>
>
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