Difference between revisions of "Talk:Singularity"

Latest revision as of 13:59, 10 January 2016

The Accessing Singularity section of the article makes no sense (I have cleaned it up now so it's actually accurate). -- Gradivus

Instructions still don't work. =(

they lack some critical info for both windows and macintosh users. I've included the full instructions from the Eve-O website below, yet have no idea how to make wiki's work.. behold.

Windows:

   * Create a separate folder for your test client ( i.e "C:\evetest")
   * Copy everything from your original EVE folder (by default locate  at "C:\Program Files\CCP" ) to the new ("C:\evetest"). This step is important, since patching the test client will render it incompatible with the Tranquility server.
   * Go to this webpage to download patches for Singularity
   * Go to this webpage to download patches for Multiplicity
   * Download the "Download TQ to Singularity Patch" or the Multiplicity one if you are going to test on that server.
   * Apply the patch to the correct EVE installation such as "C:\evetest". You will be promted to point to the appropriate installation folder.
   * Create a shortcut for the new eve.exe file inside C:\evetest,
   * Right click on the shortcut and select properties, then select the Shortcut tab 
   * add /server:87.237.38.50 for Singularity and press OK
   * add /server:87.237.38.51 for Multiplicity and press OK
     The final look of the Target line would look something like this ( Different between client locations )
     "C:\evetest\eve.exe" /server:87.237.38.50
   * Then double click on the shortcut and log in. 

Macintosh:

   *  Download the Tranquility client: http://www.eveonline.com/download/  (If you have already installed the EVE Client, skip to step 3 )
   * Install the Tranquility client
   * Rename your install to "EVE Online TQ" or something of your choice
   * Install another copy of EVE Online, download the client here http://www.eveonline.com/download/
   * Rename that to "EVE Online Singularity" or something of your choice
   * Go here: http://www.eveonline.com/patches/patches.asp?s=singularity
   * Download the latest Tranquility to Singularity patch
   * Execute it and point it to the install called "EVE Online Singularity"
   * Note that the client you just patch changed name to "EVE Online" again. So, rename it to "EVE Online Singularity" again
   * Run the client.

-- Eyrines

The QA's needs?

O the second paragraph it says "depending on the QA's needs." what is a QA? What does it need? Demonrok Angel 16:52, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Reformulated to "...the needs of the CCP QA department". QA stands for Quality Assurance. --CCP Habakuk 16:58, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

I tried writing it in full "Quality Assurance department". It would be good for that sentence if it said when those mirrors were made. I have just recently started using the Singularity server and between now and the last time my skills were copied over I trained many things like stealth bomber skills, drake skills, all my navigation etc. Just wondering what sort of timeframe before those skills will update. Demonrok Angel 23:19, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Macintosh SiSi client icon modification

Q: How do Mac users update their SiSi client (e.g. "EVE Online SiSi.app") to always append '--args /server:87.237.38.50' so that we don't need to use a Terminal to run the client?

A1: Open the AppleScript Editor and put in the following, using the appropriate path to your EVE Online Singularity .app file:

Save this as File Format "Application" (not the default "Script") file to your Desktop with a useful name (e.g. "EVE Online SiSi"). A2 is thanks to SuperUser: How can I run an application with command line arguments in Mac OS

A2 (which doesn't seem to work anymore): Use the Finder to browse to the location of your EVE Online SiSi launcher (e.g. "EVE Online SiSi.app", if that's what you named it from the earlier installation steps). Right-click (CTRL+Click) on the icon and select "Show Package Contents". Browse to the "Contents" folder and open "Info.plist" with a text editor (e.g. TextEdit). Select "Add Item" at the top and enter "CFBundleExecutableArgs" as the field Key and "/server:87.237.38.50" as the field Value. Save this file (Command+S).

This option has the unfortunate side-effect that some updates will wipe out your changes to Info.plist. A better solution is to use A1.

Change Macintosh SiSi client Bundle name

Part of the instructions for the Macintosh SiSi client should include the Bundle name change from Multiple Clients:On Mac OS X so that the SiSi client does not share the same preferences as the Tranquility client.