132696-can-i-use-the-ptr-folder-to-f2p

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First, hello! I'm new!
 
Question is, can I use my PTR folder to download the files quicker? Anyone tried? 	
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			I wouldnt think so - I used a diff folder altogether as f2p and ptr are different	
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			No, do a fresh install.	
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			This wouldn't be a good idea.	
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You should be able to copy the Patch folder from one install to the other to skip a little bit of downloading.
 
e.g. copy the contents of:
C:\Program Files (x86)\NCSOFT\WildStarPTR\Patch
  to
C:\Program Files (x86)\NCSOFT\WildStar\Patch
 
Assuming that is where you installed them both. There are still some differences from what was last on PTR, and PTR and Live do not share delta chains, but it will likely save you some downloading if you had the most recent PTR build.	
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Ok, so instead of copying 12gb of files I did this:
 
- Renamed the original "WildStar" folder to "WildStar-backup".
 
- Renamed "WildStarPTR" to "WildStar".
 
- Copied Wildstar.exe from WildStar-backup to WildStar.
 
- Started Wildstar.exe and the launcher downloaded just a little bit (really quick) and started installing.
 
So... I think it worked...?
 
Edit: forgot to say: the launcher says ver. 10512 100%.
			
				
	Edited September 29, 2015 by pskinner	
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			Yes, that should work fine.  But the advantage of copying is that the next time you want to play on PTR you won't have nearly as much to download.	
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Awesome :D
 
But I thought the PTR would be done when the F2P servers where up...	
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Ok, so instead of copying 12gb of files I did this:
 
- Renamed the original "WildStar" folder to "WildStar-backup".
 
- Renamed "WildStarPTR" to "WildStar".
 
- Copied Wildstar.exe from WildStar-backup to WildStar.
 
- Started Wildstar.exe and the launcher downloaded just a little bit (really quick) and started installing.
 
So... I think it worked...?
 
Edit: forgot to say: the launcher says ver. 10512 100%.
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You know, I just renamed the WildStarPTR folder to Wildstar without downloading anything new, and the WindStarPTR.exe laucher is downloading an update suddenly (it wasn't before renaming the folder) so I am assuming it is getting the F2P version now on it's own
 
 
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Awesome  :D
 
But I thought the PTR would be done when the F2P servers where up...
 
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			Scratch that.. dont do what I just did.. it will be redownloading the PTR ha.. good thing I noticed what was going on or I would have waited a long time for nothing.	
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Scratch that.. dont do what I just did.. it will be redownloading the PTR ha.. good thing I noticed what was going on or I would have waited a long time for nothing.
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			Ya I didnt have the original but I downloaded the new launcher (after some bad url mishaps) and then just put everything from PTR into the new launcher's folder, and it's zooming through the update as mentioned by the dev above	
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