Patch 3.3.5 PTR Patch Notes
by Adam Holisky 
May 10th 2010 at 6:05PM
- The new Real ID system / Cross-server, cross-game, cross-faction friend chat / Battle.net 2.0 is active for testing on the PTR.
- There is a new "pop out" option for chat channels, placing them in their own tab of the chat window.
- The new "pop out" option can also apply for whisper conversations with an individual player.
The full notes after the break.
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General
- The Ruby Sanctum, an all-new 10- and 25-player raid featuring normal and Heroic difficulties, is now available for testing! Players will find the dungeon entrance below Wyrmrest Temple in Dragonblight.
- Copied Test Realm characters are not copied with their achievement history in order to better facilitate the character copy process.
User Interface
- Chat Frame
- Players can now right-click on any chat type (Whisper, Trade, General, Party, Raid, etc.) and choose the Pop Out Chat option. This will move that chat type to a separate tab in the Chat frame which can be undocked and moved anywhere on the screen.
- Using the Pop Out Chat option on a Whisper will place the conversation with that player in a separate tab.
- Any time a conversation with another player is put into its own tab, the tab will glow when a new message is received.
- Hovering over the Chat Frame and using the mouse wheel will allow players to scroll through chat text.
- Players can select Classic Mode under Interface Options to keep the Chat Frame functionality closer to what it was prior to patch 3.3.5.
- The Simple Chat User Interface option has been removed.
- Players can now right-click on any chat type (Whisper, Trade, General, Party, Raid, etc.) and choose the Pop Out Chat option. This will move that chat type to a separate tab in the Chat frame which can be undocked and moved anywhere on the screen.
- Friends List
- A new icon has been added to the top left of the Chat Frame which will open up the Friends list.
- In addition to its current functionality, the Friends List will now allow players to add Battle.net accounts (Real ID). Players will have to confirm that they are friends in order for a Real ID to be added. Once Real ID friends, players can communicate cross-game, cross-faction and cross-realm.
- A new Pending tab has been added where players can accept or decline a Real ID friend request, or select the Report Spam or Block Communications buttons.
- Players can now select from three statuses which will be visible to their friends: Available, Away and Busy.
- A Broadcast window has been added to the top of the frame. Players can use this to broadcast a message to all of their Real ID friends online. This message will also be displayed under the broadcaster's Real ID information in each friend's list.
- For additional notes on Lua and XML changes please visit the UI & Macros Forum: http://f
orums.worldofwarcraft .com/board.html?sid=1 &forumId=1111 4
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 6)
Adam Holisky May 10th 2010 6:14PM
Testing...
Neuropox May 10th 2010 6:16PM
1-2-3
JC_Icefox May 10th 2010 6:37PM
Can anybody hear me?
If I shed the irony, would anybody cheer me?
If I acted less like me, would I be in the clear, G?
PvtDeth May 10th 2010 6:44PM
Yeah, I see what you did there. Switch the "e" and the "i" in "Testing" and then break part of the "T" off and move it to the other side to make it an "F" then cut off part off the "n" to make an "r" and shove that in the middle and you obviously have "Firsteg."
FIRSTeg? That's a real stretch just to be a troll, Mr. Holisky. Some people are such douchebags.
Adam Holisky May 10th 2010 6:47PM
We were having internal technical problems for a few minutes. Wanted to make sure the post was accepting comments, but couldn't delete the comment quick enough.
Task May 10th 2010 6:47PM
Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta
ben May 10th 2010 10:23PM
AND THE PAPERS WANT TO KNOW WHOSE SHIRTS YOU WEAAAAR
Angus May 11th 2010 12:05AM
So what would have been the prootcol if you had tested it with "first?"
Downvote to oblivion or gawk in bewilderment?
seanthehorde May 11th 2010 12:26AM
You have a delete button and we don't?
In the words of the late, great Jar Jar Binks, "How wude!"
vazhkatsi May 11th 2010 3:03AM
WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT DUDE
Tomatketchup May 11th 2010 5:09AM
This is Eagle 6 to Holisky. We got enemy contact, I repeat, ENEMY CONTACT, TEST THE DAMN SITE NOW PRIVATE BEFORE THE RUSSI-*cut by static*
pancakes May 11th 2010 9:22AM
Adam, you spelled "first" incorrectly. You must be new at this "posting obnoxious comments" thing.
Evlyxx May 12th 2010 6:30AM
Has 3.3.4 been on the PTR? Is there a 3.3.4 coming live? Have Blizzard forgotten how to count?
Alex May 10th 2010 6:17PM
RealID is coming this patch? Sweeeet
Eternauta May 10th 2010 8:08PM
^ This!
Now I will be able to chat with my friends in other realms =D
cygnus May 10th 2010 9:09PM
Me too! I would love to talk to my... wait a minute...
Webwolf May 11th 2010 12:53AM
....Since when is 3.3.5 the next patch? We're still in 3.3.3? Unless they completely decided to skip an entire minor patch?
pancakes May 11th 2010 1:02AM
@Webwolf, it wouldn't surprise me. They skip numbers all the time (internal blizzard builds, perhaps?) If I remember correctly, they went from 3.0.3 to 3.0.8 without anything in between.
ANeM May 11th 2010 8:30AM
@Webwolf Version numbering for software, when you're not actually working on the software itself, generally feels something akin to witchcraft and magic, which is to say you shouldn't try to apply normal logic and thinking to them. It generally doesn't work. Numbers get skipped and usually those of us outside who are not major nerds have no clue why.
Sometimes its due to an internal version that while it served an important stepping stone, was never intended for release. In this case, I imagine that 3.3.4 was where they merged in the code for Battle.net 2 from the cataclysm base, while 3.3.5 is the release version for both BN2 and the Ruby Sanctum.
In other cases version numbers can be more.. symbolic. For this example we look at the labeling for the Gnomeregan/Echo isles event patch, which is labeled as 3.9.
Obviously there is not 5 internal major content patches between 3.3 and 3.9, but the thing is, 3.9 in this case doesn't mean "After 3.8" it means "Before 4.0".
With other expansions blizzard was able to roll out world events, game systems updates (Talents, honor system etc) and the actual expansion content all in one package, an x.0 patch, as the expansion content was always behind closed doors. With Cataclysm however, they can't do this, you can't have the world changing update before the world event leading into it, so we get 3.9, or "B44".
Sister Christian May 11th 2010 7:07PM
Remember...
Real ID = Billing information = Hacker bait