Beta is testing Shadowlands itself, questing, content, dungeons, and now I think some raiding. Most you can do is transfer your over and it becomes a To locate the PTR install button, open the Battle. Open the Blizzard Battle. Click Install to install the PTR client.
This becomes a Play button when ready. They are online temporarily and shut down when the patch being tested has gone live on the regular servers. You can instead help test it, as the PTR for patch 9. Shadowlands pre-patch comes with a massive leveling revamp, featuring not only a level squish but also an item level squish.
In the Blizzard Battle. Click Install. You need to use the in-game character copy feature to copy a character from your main World of Warcraft account to the PTR. If you're frequently getting disconnected, follow the instructions at the following US Blizzard support articles: Why do I keep getting disconnected?
For Linux, see Wine. There's also an AppDB entry for the 2. No doubt Cedega and Crossover Office have their own support channels. Blizz does not support WoW on any of these platforms - however they've been known to be co-operative with those prepared to do the legwork to ascertain causes of bugs that are from upstream. Please, if you're going to use an unsupported platform to play WoW, caveat emptor and be prepared to do a lot of your own legwork if things don't go well.
Use your normal support channels for that. Players can install UI mods for the PTR client much the same way that they would for the regular client, but with a few caveats:. Courtesy of Valyra from Alleria :. The above procedure described by Valyria can be accomplished more easily if you have a command line and perl. If you meet these requirements you can simply run the following two commands in your WTF folder to replace your character and server name in all files:.
Bluspacecow has quite a good thread with a lot of common technical problems and fixes for the PTR on wowinterface at :. Post away! Log in , it's free! An alternative version of this wiki is now operational and ready for use.
WoWWiki Explore. WoW info. Gathering Production Secondary. Allied races. Useful macros What are addons? More WoW info. Click the character you want to transfer. It may take some time for the character transfer to complete. The transfer will not affect your character on regular WoW servers in any way. While characters on the PTR can be created at level 90, they will not have the same items or professions that your regular characters may have.
You are limited to transferring a certain number of characters to the PTR for each testing phase. The limit is set by the developers during each testing phase. Make sure you use your transfers wisely because once you use them all, then you will not be able to transfer any more characters until the next testing phase begins. Part 3. Load the Battle. Log onto PTR. On the World of Warcraft section of the Battle. Above the Play button you can select which account you want to log on with.
Once you have connected to the PTR, you will be taken to the character selection screen. This screen is almost identical to the standard World of Warcraft character selection screen, except there is an extra section near the bottom left. Create your character. Click the Name field and enter the name you want for your character. Do not get too attached to your PTR characters because accounts on the PTR are regularly wiped clean and all characters are deleted.
Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. Character progress on the PTR is temporary. Accounts are regularly reset and all characters deleted. Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0. During certain periods, the PTR is not even available. Depending on the game development situation, the PTR may be taken offline for months at a time. You will not be able to play on the PTR at all during these times.
All data on the PTR is saved and sent to Battle. Even if you log on and your game crashes instantly, information about how your computer reacted is sent to Battle. Frequent errors, glitches, and bugs in the game while playing on the PTR are common.
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