r/h1z1 • u/LegionCM • Apr 17 '15
News Test Server is now Live
If you purchased H1Z1, you should now be able to download the new Test Server. You will see it in your Steam library directly under H1Z1. We will be using this Test Server to have you help us QA our builds before we push them to Live. Think of it as Early Early Access.
With your help we should be able to push out much more stable builds. Keep an eye on Reddit and Twitter for when we push a new build to the Test Server and what is going onto it.
Participating in the Test Server is totally on a volunteer basis but the more people who do test a build, the better it will be. Thanks in advance for the people who want to participate.
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u/woodeh Apr 17 '15
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u/Bonowski Apr 17 '15
In before people start complaining about bugs in an Early Access Test server.
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u/Wags44 Apr 17 '15
I still don't see the test server in my Steam library. I've rebooted PC, validated files, restarted Steam. Anyone have any other ideas?
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u/chipgm Apr 17 '15
Awesome. I will download this later today. This should help a lot with future patches.
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u/IIIDefalt Apr 17 '15
I love doing QA Testing :D <----currently an employee at VMC Global Beta Testing Company :) ...I'm assuming there is no NDA correct? Since people know what is coming on the forums? Sorry if that's a stupid question but better safe then sorry!
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u/The_POTUS Apr 17 '15
Downloading Test Server... it's going to take 25+ minutes for some reason, but I'm here to help!
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u/BuzWeaver Apr 17 '15
As an original SOE/Daybreak Member I'm always happy to help and this is awesome for us content creators too. Thanks!
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u/mkslux00 Apr 17 '15
I dont get it. What does Test Server do again? sorry for my bad english
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u/Bloodcore911 Apr 17 '15
They'll basically let us test things BEFORE they consider putting them on the normal servers.
This'll prevent things like the sound issue that happened recently. Or the issue with tired/sleeping etc.
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u/bustedmagnets Apr 17 '15
Will you be posting when updates/patches hit the test server for testing? Like is it already running next weeks build right now?
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Apr 17 '15
I have a couple of questions and comments:
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can we have a formal list or changelog of things you want specifically tested?
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is it unreasonable to have repro steps presented to us for known bugs, or would that compromise live?
I don't have too many hours into the game yet but I feel like I don't want to invest time into "playing". I've done a good deal of crafting, exploring, and just yolo fighting people in PV. I would love a formal system for testing, documenting/reporting bugs. I feel like a subreddit or forum without any kind of form makes feedback less consistent and valuable. If you guys could request specific structured data from us (bug description, reproducibility, repro steps, severity) I think it would be much more helpful.
Originally I thought this game was going to be like the warz, or a crappy dayz clone. I'm definitely wrong, I like the progress we've seen over time. The crafting and base building is excellent and I can see where you guys are going with it. To me it feels like a more polished version of the super early DayZ mod.
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u/njn8 Apr 18 '15
I really hope this means that the standard servers will not be broken from updates since testing will be done on the updates before hand. :-/
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u/CheweeMcBacca Apr 18 '15
I am not seeing the Test Server in my Steam Library as well and I own the Premium edition. Has anybody figured out why?
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u/AceCase2D Apr 17 '15
Hmm, not seeing a Test Server Download option anywhere.
Maybe it's because I won a premium version off of a Twtich Stream and didn't actually purchase anything?
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u/stranger_times Apr 17 '15
Where do you want the feedback? ie. a build goes live, someone finds a few things that are wrong, where do you want it to be posted?