1. We have a dedicated Player Test Environment on our QA server available for player use. This server will be kept open with periodic database resets, when we will copy the database from the live server. The server database will be updated at least twice a month during a scheduled maintenance window.

    Though players are welcome to use the QA server to experiment or test anything they wish, we will post patch notes and testing directives in this area. Players testing new content, features and systems will greatly help in reducing post release bugs and making the game better.

    To assist players in helping us make the game better, the Test Server will award login bonuses in CotOs and Gold coins to allow players to purchase resources or anything they may need to test from the Crown Store and/or from the in game vendors. In Addition, the Developers will announce dates/times when Dev Assisted Player Test Events will occur on the QA Server.

    Please use the Test Environment Bug and Feedback forums for QA Server activities only.

    You can help test by downloading a new SotA Launcher(QA) installer to download a separate QA copy of the game. It exists independently from the regular live version of the game and installs to a separate folder. To use the Player Test Environment, please download the QA Server client here:

    Windows: https://d2sx9mrt4zumaq.cloudfront.net/Installers/SotAInstaller(QA)-1.2.0.exe

    Mac: https://d2sx9mrt4zumaq.cloudfront.net/Installers/Shroud of the Avatar - Installer(QA) 1.1.0.pkg

    Linux Package: https://d2sx9mrt4zumaq.cloudfront.net/Installers/shroud-of-the-avatar-launcher-qa_1.1.0_amd64.deb

    Linux tar.gz:https://d2sx9mrt4zumaq.cloudfront.net/Installers/shroud-of-the-avatar-launcher-qa_1.1.0.tar.gz

    For information on installing the Steam QA client, click here.

Testing Directive: Heritage item flag removal

Discussion in 'Player Test Environment (QA Server)' started by Ravalox, Sep 14, 2022.

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    We are in the last stage of removing the Heritage flag from items in the game, making those items tradeable again. We had to take the QA server down while we did the data migration.

    Please test the following items:

    * Heritage Items
    - Should be able to buy items in the Crown store with a value greater than 1000 COTOs and they should be tradeable
    - the Heritage Icon (Lion Heraldry) should NOT appear on any items
    - NOTE: Certain items will still be no trade (like the Row and Village deeds awarded for completing quests, Quest Items, along with other rewards/prizes). But please report any items that are still no-trade that do not fall in these categories

    * Player Dungeon/Basement Orphaned item bug fix.
    - This has already passed testing in the previous QA build, but the database has been refreshed from Live again, so this can be re-tested (regression testing) to make sure any new changes we made didn't break anything

    There are (of course) other fixes in the build, but these two are the most visible.

    The issue currently seen on Live and QA of Player Vendor Item listings not appearing in the "Vendor Listings in Zone" if a player vendor was recently placed or moved, is not expected to work at this time. We are working on a fix for this issue.

    If all is stable, we expect to apply a live patch that will require downtime (and therefore will increment the Release number to 106 earlier than previously scheduled.)

    We will publish info on when that will happen after a few days of testing on QA.
     
    Ravalox, Sep 14, 2022
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