• How to Enter the Test Realm •

27 May 2009

It's that time again, players! The Test Realm is open again, which means that feature-testin' season is upon us once more. Before you can get in and get to squashing some bugs, though, you'll need to carry out the following instructions (even if you played on the Test Realm before!):

To play on the test realm:

1) Make a new copy of your SAGA folder. You can do this either by making a copy of your current installation folder, or by installing SAGA again to a different folder.

(The default installation location is C:\Program Files\Saga\ . For the rest of the instructions, we'll assume you've placed the new copy in C:\Program Files\SagaTestRealm\)

2) Once the SAGA folder has been copied, create a shortcut on your desktop and point it to C:\Program Files\SagaTestRealm\SagaPatcher.exe and give the shortcut a distinct name (Test Realm Patcher, for example). The icon will be distinct, showing the redhead from the cover of the game.

3) Replace C:\Program Files\SagaTestRealm\PatchServers.ini with this modified patchservers.ini file. (for ease, right-click this Link and then select 'Save Link As', 'Save Target As', or 'Download Linked File', depending on your browser. You can then save it directly to C:\Program Files\SagaTestRealm\)

4) Run the Test Realm Patcher desktop shortcut (created in step 2) and allow the patcher to run.

5) Once finished, you can login to the test realm using your normal login and password.

6)Please e-mail as many relevant details as you can, including steps for reproducing the problem (if possible), to testrealm@playsaga.com.

Info to include: Your nation name, where the issue occurs, if you can reproduce it, if all of your nations experience the same issue, and any relevant details.

We thank you all ahead of time for helping out, and we hope to be able to finalize this patch more quickly with your assistance, leading to a more rapid and effective improvement of SAGA.

NOTE: No changes made to your Test Realm account will be reflected on your real account. Any changes made since this weekend on your real account will not be reflected on the test server.

Also, because these are test servers, they don't behave quite the same way. If you can't access the servers, or if a crash kicks you out, please be patient, as it may take some time for us to find the problem before we can re-enable the servers, potentially as long as an hour.

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