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It will also have a build number as well at the end. This it to prevent the installer mistakenly installing the Data from the PTR over live. The public test realm uses a different version numbering system than Live.Īll PTR version numbers will begin with zero.

#Wow ptr realm status install#

Updating the PTR is now done automatically by the launcher, you no longer even have to push a button, if you've installed the PTR before all updates will download and install for you when they are released. After that, you simply wait for it to finish the download, and play from there just by swtiching which account you are using. Then under the REGION/ACCOUNT header Change the game account to your 'PTR: ' It should be the top one.

To locate the PTR install button, open the launcher, click on the 'World of Warcraft' tab.

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Linux users should probably download the Windows version to run via Wine (Please confirm this works). If you do not already have it, you can install the launcher on the downloads page ( US, EU you will need to login) and select 'Windows' or 'Mac' in order to download the client. Updates will all be done automatically by the launcher, so you can always have the most up to date version of the PTR available after having installed it the first time via the 'Install' button in the launcher. The download process has been updated now to use the launcher as well. Now that your character is hopefully in the process of getting copied over to the test server that you selected, it's time to download the PTR. As long as the characters status is ' pending', the character will be copied. That being said, the Estimated Queue Time is usually accurate, so simply be patient and wait until the character is copied. QA is usually aware of problems with the copy servers instantly, so please do not flood the forum with character-copy threads. If you are seeing errors, please cancel out and try again later.

There tend to be issues with copying characters due to the immense demand that is placed on the servers handling the copies. 'Premade' character copies may or may not be available, so take a quick look at the stickies on the Test Realm Forums. Your PTR character and all of its experience, items, and gold will not be getting transferred back to the live realms, either. What you do on the PTR has no effect on your real character on the live realms. Make sure you choose a realm that fits your play style, as there are both PvP and PvE test realms.Ĭopying characters is a one-way operation: You will be copying your character from the real server you play on to the PTR, as it was when you last logged out. Make sure you are not playing WoW when attempting to copy your character. To actually copy a character, go to the character copy page and follow the instructions. To use premades, you must have updated your account to the latest version of the game at least 6 weeks before the PTR opened!

In order to do useful testing on the Public Test Realm, QA has given us the ability to copy our own characters or to potentially use premade max-level and well-equipped characters to test on the PTR so we don't have to begin a level 1 character and level it instead of testing.

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9.2 Another way to update character/server name in your WTF folder.

9.1 A simpler way to update character/server name in your WTF folder.