"Halp, I cant patch to test!"

[Technogen]

First off, don't worry you're not the 1st nor will you be the last person that has run into this problem. The primary cause of this is how AO gets patches from the server, it checks the file called version.id to see what your client's current version is then matches that with the server and downloads the proper patch. The problem is that Test Live patches have slightly different numbering then live, so when you create a dupe from your live client they have trouble syncing up, here is how to fix that.

First thing open windows explorer and navigate to your Anarchy Online Test directory that you just duped. For example mine is C:\AOtest\Testserver . In the base Testserver folder you will find the file "Version.ID" this should be located at the very bottom of your directory. Open this file with Notepad It will say something like this "18.3.1_EP1" which is the current version of the Live servers, we need to change it to something for test. Test uses a 4 digit version system so what you need to do is change "18.3.1_EP1" to "18.3.1.0_EP1" then hit save. Now when you start your test client it will connect to the server and patch.

Its easiest to just set the 4th version number to 0 and let it patch up, it may take a little longer if the server patch is 21.6.5.9_EP1 but it will patch you up.

[BugsCoT]

Thanks a lot for this, Tech. Will come in handy

Edit:
This should REALLY be stickied. It's a problem that everyone will have the first time they set up testlive, so anyone coming over needs to know how to do it.
It can also be an occasional problem when Testlive and live are on the same patch, and no extra digit is applied.

[Spiritavenge]

so easy yet so strange to figure , thanks technogen i owe you a buff next time i see ya in borealis

[Eponyx]

This thread have the BH stamp of aproval. Hower if it for some reason should not work for you please PM this Bug Hunter. I would usualy sugest using 18.3.1.4_EP1 but for some people starting at 18.3.1.0_EP1 works better.

[Noky69]

Now if we can find a fix for the client.exe error we all seem to be getting.
great work for this btw =D

[Tikra]

The only thing that I know have worked in the past when these kind off issues have showed up have be to do a new redupe in a new directory. So you don't redupe over your old "broken" dupe.
Then do the version.id fix (change from 18.3.1_EP1 to 18.3.1.4_EP1) and try to go from there.

That did the trick for me

[Ayria]

That did the trick for me

I've tried. Only thing left to try would be on a totally different drive.. except I only have one.

[Nealandbob]

The only thing that I know have worked in the past when these kind off issues have showed up have be to do a new redupe in a new directory. So you don't redupe over your old "broken" dupe.
Then do the version.id fix (change from 18.3.1_EP1 to 18.3.1.4_EP1) and try to go from there.

That did the trick for me

That did the trick for me as well. On a fresh dupe (I kept deleting dupes when the patching failed, and duped to the same spot again), renaming to 18.3.1.4_EP1 worked.

[Notcrattey]

nvm, fixed it.

Thanks by the way.

[saxobul3]

All patched up, but am getting the info object error upon login and then crashing. Any new news on this?

[BugsCoT]

Could this get cloned to Testlive Announcements and Events?

[Khalem]

Can't patch to test atm from current live :\

Even tried setting client version to 18.3.0.0_EP1

The following error comes up: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/308605/AOPatchFailed.jpg

[Eponyx]

Khalem set it your version.id file to say 18.3.1.4_EP1

the download the following exe files.
AOPatch_v18.3.1.4_EP1-v18.3.2.0_EP1.exe
AOPatch_v18.3.2.0_EP1-v18.3.2.1_EP1.exe
AOPatch_v18.3.2.1_EP1-v18.3.2.2_EP1.exe
AOPatch_v18.3.2.2_EP1-v18.3.2.3_EP1.exe
AOPatch_v18.3.2.3_EP1-v18.3.2.4_EP1.exe

It do also exist exe files for the following patches

AOPatch_v18.3.2.8_EP1-v18.3.2.9_EP1.exe
and
AOPatch_v18.3.2.13_EP1-v18.3.2.14_EP1.exe

other patchfiles that you might need that you can't get as exe files you can find at

http://tx3-01.funcom.com/d/

If you or anyone else need instructions on what to do whit those send me a PM.

[lindelu]

I took the liberty to post this helpful info on the official anarchy-online.com How-to become a tester page.
Thank you for enlightening new testers.

Kind Regards,
Lindelu

[Fluffinator]

Uhm... I changed my version.id file so it now reads "18.3.1.4_EP1" and have tried to patch several times, using both the normal way, and Eponyx's links, and this error message shows up... "An unrecoverable error occured during patching. You might have to reinstall Anarchy Online to play. " I have re-duplicated AO several times, and changed the version.id to read many different numbers, to no avail... Any suggestions?

However, if I set my patch number directly to 18.3.14.3_EP1 than I can play... I just don't think I get any content from the patch... so it's still problematic..

[Mawerick]

You'll need to set the version.id to "18.3.13.3_EP1", as that's the TestLive equivalent of Live.

[Fluffinator]

Wow! Cool.. Thanks! It worked :-D Now I can get UPH loot!!!

[Eponyx]

The following post http://forums.anarchyonline.com/showthread.php?t=573028 are currently having a line reading:

Duplicate from live to testlive patch start point: 18.3.14.5_EP1

Use that number in your version.id file when duplicate from current live version, if it is either blank or says -NONE- it means there is no corensponding version that usualy happen when they need to add a quick fix to live.

[Otinsainpas]

after patching i got some corrupted files error and patcher failed to fetch new ones..

InetConnection_c::Maintain():
Error getting file '/d/Maintenance/18.4.0.2/05fca699868433451aaf027670c2ce7d.gz'
because the requested file does not exist!

Click Retry to try again, or Cancel to abort.

this was solved by opening AnarchyPatcher.err file in notepad and finding out what error actually was..

in my case patcher couldnt rename dowloaded 05fca699868433451aaf027670c2ce7d file to Anarchy.exe
i renamed it manually and its working now.

[Thecrow91]

Local Version: 18.4.7_EP1
Remote Version: 18.4.8.1_EP1

"Could not find the requested patch on any of the specified patch-servers."