----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 8:30
PM
Subject: Re: [EverQuest] New expansion
Beta Open
I'm such an idiot!! Talk about boneheaded
mistakes. I figured out why the beta wasn't working.
My dumb self ran the beta patcher from within the
zip file folder. It was tryign to download files into a folder that's
non-existant. So they were being stored in memory and when memory filled
up, the game would crash.
Once I unzipped the actual files and put them in
a non-archived folder, the patcher ran fine, although now it has to redownload
everything.
Okay so now that I admit I'm not perfect, I'll
let you know what the beta is like once I play it.
Wulfric
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 8:12
PM
Subject: Re: [EverQuest] New expansion
Beta Open
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
>
>
>
__________________________________________________
Do You
Yahoo!?
Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection
around
http://mail.yahoo.com