Downloading Patch 1...Please?

[stellus]

Are there any plans to allow us to download Patch 1 BEFORE it goes live? It's a long download and I figure if we can just get it out of our way while we sleep and then have it activated when it's released, it would help a lot.

City of Heroes does this also. A week before their next patch goes live, they allow players to download it after they log out of their gaming session. That way when the patch goes live the next week and the servers are back up, they already have it ready to go!

Weeeeeeeeeeee!

[stellus]

Well, I tried =P

[lorgerol]

If you want something to download ahead of time, download the test client, at
http://patch2.nevrax.com/ryzom_test.exe

This already has most of the content of Patch 1 in it. When Patch 1 is finally released on the live servers, it is easy to convert the test client ot a live one. All you need to do is go into the file client.cfg in your Ryzom folder, and delete the line that looks like
Application = { bla bla bla }

Once you connect to the live server (after Patch 1), you should get a much smaller download this way, then if you connect with the regular client.

[dpkdpk]

If you want something to download ahead of time, download the test client, at
http://patch2.nevrax.com/ryzom_test.exe

This already has most of the content of Patch 1 in it. When Patch 1 is finally released on the live servers, it is easy to convert the test client ot a live one. All you need to do is go into the file client.cfg in your Ryzom folder, and delete the line that looks like
Application = { bla bla bla }

Once you connect to the live server (after Patch 1), you should get a much smaller download this way, then if you connect with the regular client.

Will that work even if we didn't pre-order, and thus cannot test the game?