3.3.5 PTR Patch Notes

***Cairenn*** · 05-10-10, 05:09 PM

The 3.3.5 patch has finally hit the PTR! During this testing phase you will be able to test the upcoming The Ruby Sanctum raid dungeon. Currently there are not a lot of changes in the patch notes but there is one interesting thing to test which happens to be the brand new Battle.net Real ID feature.

Originally Posted by Blizzard

World of Warcraft PTR Patch 3.3.5

General

The Ruby Sanctum, an all-new 10- and 25-player raid featuring normal and Heroic difficulties, is now available for testing! Players will find the dungeon entrance below Wyrmrest Temple in Dragonblight.
Copied Test Realm characters are not copied with their achievement history in order to better facilitate the character copy process.

User Interface

Chat Frame

Players can now right-click on any chat type (Whisper, Trade, General, Party, Raid, etc.) and choose the Pop Out Chat option. This will move that chat type to a separate tab in the Chat frame which can be undocked and moved anywhere on the screen.

Using the Pop Out Chat option on a Whisper will place the conversation with that player in a separate tab.

Any time a conversation with another player is put into its own tab, the tab will glow when a new message is received.

Hovering over the Chat Frame and using the mouse wheel will allow players to scroll through chat text.

Players can select Classic Mode under Interface Options to keep the Chat Frame functionality closer to what it was prior to patch 3.3.5.

The Simple Chat User Interface option has been removed.

Friends List

A new icon has been added to the top left of the Chat Frame which will open up the Friends list.

In addition to its current functionality, the Friends List will now allow players to add Battle.net accounts (Real ID). Players will have to confirm that they are friends in order for a Real ID to be added. Once Real ID friends, players can communicate cross-game, cross-faction and cross-realm.

A new Pending tab has been added where players can accept or decline a Real ID friend request, or select the Report Spam or Block Communications buttons.

Players can now select from three statuses which will be visible to their friends: Available, Away and Busy.

A Broadcast window has been added to the top of the frame. Players can use this to broadcast a message to all of their Real ID friends online. This message will also be displayed under the broadcaster’s Real ID information in each friend’s list.

For additional notes on Lua and XML changes please visit the UI & Macros Forum: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/board.html?sid=1&forumId=11114

The latest patch notes can always be found at http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/

The latest test realm patch notes can always be found at http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patch...atchnotes.html

Bluspacecow · 05-10-10, 10:13 PM

Hello folks.

I'm the guy that authored an FAQ and Guide thread for the last PTR.

Unfortunately I won't be able to get my guide up for this PTR for a couple of days. I have a few projects on for the next few days one of which is organizing my passport (can't fly to Blizzcon without it)

So erm a few tips "off the cuff" as it were :

(1) Do not wipe your PTR folder from last time.

I know the official forums say to wipe it but that's no longer how the PTR's are run. The guides on the official forums have been out of date for some time on this. The ones on the European forum are up to date however >_>

(2) Just go into your "World of Warcraft Public Test" folder and open the Launcher.

It should start downloading a patch. This patch is called :

"WoW-0.3.3.11685-to-0.3.5.11993-enUS-ptr-patch.app" and is 31.9 MB *(Silly windows users will have a .exe here)

This should stop you having to install the 3.0.1 PTR then having to download almost 2GB of data to get that updated to 3.3.3

(3) All my guides and threads about the 3.3.3 PTR and the 3.3.3 prepatch download should still be relevant.

Haven't checked them closely yet as my PTR downloader has literally only just stopped loading.

tintingurl · 05-11-10, 03:43 PM

Originally Posted by Bluspacecow

(1) Do not wipe your PTR folder from last time.

Forgot about that

and wiped mine

so now all over again lol

**Seerah** · 05-11-10, 08:34 PM

I was able to fish mine out of the recycle bin.

Now... if only it'd let me log in...

Xrystal · 05-11-10, 08:53 PM

Originally Posted by Seerah

I was able to fish mine out of the recycle bin.

Now... if only it'd let me log in...

Ah not just me .. it did the update fine but can't complete the char transfer or log in.

Bluspacecow · 05-11-10, 10:33 PM

Originally Posted by Xrystal

Ah not just me .. it did the update fine but can't complete the char transfer or log in.

Last I heard they were down for maintenance

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...02265248&sid=1

Bluspacecow · 05-13-10, 03:13 AM

Okay folks.

I've made a "How to install the PTR" guide with some tech fixes in it @

http://www.wowinterface.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=32492

***Cairenn*** · 05-13-10, 03:28 AM

Thanks Blu.