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CCP Tanis
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Posted - 2009.12.23 22:14:00 -
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Howdy folks,
We are looking into the situation surrounding medium/large scale fleet battles, both in low-sec and also in 0.0. To get to the bottom of this we must run a series of mass-tests against both Dominion code and pre-dominion code.
These tests will begin Tuesday, January 5 at 5pm UTC. They are expected to last for about 2 hours, each. We need at least 100 pilots, preferably 500+ā the more people who show up, the better. _________________________________ Test schedule:
Tuesday [January 5] @ 17:00 GMT (0.0 Fleet/Sov tests) Thursday [January 7] @ 17:00 GMT (Low-sec FacWar tests) _________________________________
How to connect to Singularity for this test:
- Make a copy of the current Tranquility (TQ) client
- Visit the Sisi patch page.
- Patch the copied client to the Singularity build
- Login to the singularity test server
- Join the in-game channel "MassTesting"
- Disable brackets | Read here if you're not sure how
- Listen for instructions and ask questions in-channel
What exactly is being tested?
Each test will require making 2 separate installs as we will be testing on 2 different servers! (patches will be made available for both ahead of time)
0.0 Fleet tests:
- We will begin by conducting a 'regular' Fleet fight on pre-dominion code
- After the first fight, we will move to the Dominion test server and then conduct 2 more tests: one 'standard' fleet fight, and then we will move everyone into test alliances and run a test of the Sov system
Low-sec FacWar tests:
- We will move players into appropriate militia corps
- We will then battle over control of a system in factional warfare
- During this test we will also test large-scale warp-in/jump-in lag.
What else should I know?
- You will want to bring a fleet-setup BS or smaller.
- You should pay attention to your FPS (use ctrl+f to view in-game)
- Anyone able to use multiple accounts is strongly encouraged to bring your alts!
- CCP staff and ISD will be on hand prior to the test to help move players to the starting location
- Feedback thread will be posted at the time of the test
- Use drones!
- Give weapon linking a try
- Spider tanks 4tw
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Posted - 2009.12.23 22:44:00 -
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Originally by: Ruziel It should be noted that there is currently no TQ (120813) -> Sisi (121200) patch available.
One test will be using the current TQ build of the client, the other will require a special patch, which will be posted closer to the actual test-date.
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Posted - 2010.01.04 13:38:00 -
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FYI: We have had to change the test setup a bit: we have moved the warp/jump-in tests into the 0.0 fleet tests and have moved the FW test to be only tentative at the moment, pending server-side tools we must implement before we can get the proper data from this test.
Please read the OP for a proper overview
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Posted - 2010.01.05 10:39:00 -
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FYI: The test patch is now available here.
Full link for those who need it: http://cdn1.eveonline.com/test/fleet/evepremiumpatch120813-101786_test_m.exe
To be very clear:
You will need to do the following:
1. Make TWO copies of your TQ client 2. Use the above patch to update ONE of the clients ONLY 3. The second client does NOT need to be patched at all!
To be extra clear; you should NOT be using the Sisi patch at all for this test series.
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Posted - 2010.01.05 15:51:00 -
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Originally by: Vint Rotach Mac testing?
Is it worth ( or even possible) being involved in the testing from a Mac?
I gather I might be compatible with one set of tests (as its using the existing TQ build). But looks like that patcher is exe windows only.
Any info for us MacOS folks would be appreciated. vint
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