TOR PTR Coming Soon!

Amber Green posted today about the upcoming PTR (Public Test Realm), that BioWare will be opening to use for testing upcoming patches to TOR.

Welcome! The Star Warsâ„¢: The Old Republicâ„¢ Public Test Server is in place to test future game content and bug fixes and is available to all players with an active subscription. The server should be available the majority of the time and as with our other servers you can monitor it on the sever status page.

Because development is ongoing during testing, it should be noted that all changes and updates listed in the patch notes should be considered incomplete and are subject to change or removal before release to the live servers. The Public Test Server patch notes will be provided in English. The final release notes will be provided in English, French, and German when the content is moved to live servers.

To access the Public Test Server:

  1. Log in to the Star Wars: The Old Republic launcher using your username and password.
  2. Click the Settings button (gear) in the bottom left corner of the launcher
  3. Under “Enable Public Test Server Access”, select “Yes”
  4. Click “Save”
  5. Now the bottom left corner will have two buttons: select the new button next to settings
  6. Under “Pick an Environment” select “Public Test”
  7. Click “Next” and you will begin patching on the Public Test Server*
  8. Click “Play”

*Please note that the initial patch download will be very large, as you will be installing an additional version of the game client. Any future patches will be significantly smaller.

At this time players are not able to copy characters from the live servers to the Public Test Server, but we plan to include this feature in the future. However, any new characters on the Public Test Server will be persistent and will generally not be removed at the end of any testing phase. Extremely rare instances may require character modification or removal, and under those circumstances, we will notify players via this forum and on the Community Blog.

At this time, we will not be providing Customer Support for the Public Test Server. Attempts to file in-game will result in an error and will not be processed. However, we encourage you to use these forums for feedback and bug reporting. All gameplay policies are still in place; inappropriate or abusive players will not be tolerated on the Public Test Server, and we ask that you please report this behavior to Customer Support here.

Your feedback and participation are truly appreciated. We encourage you to create a character, level up, and help us test future content for Star Wars: The Old Republic!

 

PTR Patch notes after the jump.

Hello everyone! With this update, the first of many for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™, we have addressed several high-priority bugs. We’ve implemented fixes for those players affected by performance issues on Taris and have corrected the problem preventing some pending mission rewards from being accepted. Additionally, the issue that could cause some gathering nodes to appear unharvestable has been addressed, and you’ll notice several bug fixes relating to Flashpoint and Operation content. We’re committed providing the best possible MMO experience, and will continue releasing fixes and updates on a regular basis. Thank you for playing Star Wars: The Old Republic!

Note: The Public Test Server patch notes will be provided in English. The final release notes will be provided in English, French, and German when the content is moved to live servers.

1.0.1 Patch Notes

Classes and Combat
Combat Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a bug that could cause the global cooldown to display incorrectly in the UI.

Imperial Agent

Operative

  • The tooltip for Acid Blade now displays the correct information.

Companion Characters

Companions

Kira Carson

  • Fixed an issue that could cause Kira’s affection progression to become blocked.

Bug Fixes

  • Companion Character dialogue now plays at the correct volume.

Crew Skills

Bug Fixes

  • Corrected an issue that could cause some gathering nodes to appear as unharvestable.

Flashpoints and Operations

Flashpoints

Mandalorian Raiders

  • Crowd control immunity has been removed from several members of the Enemy Boarding Party.

Colicoid War Game

  • An issue that prevented some players from mounting turrets in this Flashpoint has been corrected.

The Red Reaper

  • Darth Ikoral now uses his abilities correctly.

Directive 7

  • Mentor now resets correctly if he defeats the player group.

Operations

Eternity Vault

  • Fixed an issue that could cause players to instantly die when affected by Soa’s knockback.
  • Turrets in Normal Mode no longer behave as turrets from Hard Mode.
  • Players are now able to properly obtain loot from chests.
  • The Ancient Pylons now spawn enemies at the correct intervals.

Karagga’s Palace

  • Players no longer need to reset this Operation if they do not defeat Bonethrasher.
  • Corrected an issue that caused some players to become stuck at the throne room door.

Bug Fixes

  • All players in a group who have a daily Flashpoint mission now get credit for completing that Flashpoint.

Missions and NPCs

Missions

Imperial

  • A New Master: Defeating Teeno no longer causes him to surrender on top of Phyne, making him difficult to interact with.
  • General Faraire: All of Khourlet’s Elite Guards are now accessible by the player.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a mission-related issue that could cause poor performance and client crashes on Taris for some players.

NPCs

Bug Fixes

  • Corrected several instances of non-interactive NPCs appearing and disappearing from the player’s view.

PvP

Warzones

General

  • Rewards for winning Warzones have been increased.
  • Warzone completion rewards have been decreased.

Bug Fixes

Voidstar

  • Corrected an issue that could prevent some players from entering the Voidstar.

UI

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a bug that could prevent players from accepting pending mission rewards.
  • Targeting a friendly player no longer occasionally displays incorrect text for the character’s name.
  • Corrected an issue that could cause some auction expirations to behave incorrectly.
  • The splash screen no longer displays longer than the “accept changes” dialogue when changing resolutions on some computers.
  • Master Looter now works correctly for items being looted from chests.
  • The server select screen no longer displays over the character select after being disconnected for being away.
  • Corrected an issue that could cause mission mapnotes to disappear when a new mission is obtained.

Miscellaneous Bug Fixes

  • Special characters no longer display incorrectly in the French credits.
  • Remaining baby names have been added to the credits.
  • Corrected a link that displayed in French and German versions when the servers are unavailable.