[PTR] QA Commands

[Iaccidentallytwink]

just a hint: DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(value) to display a value to your chatbox

I messed around with that but didn't get anything to display.

[Kazique]

great post kind a fun. but still useless for us who dont really bother about PTR

[kroryyk]

Recently, the new PTR came out and the settings allow anyone to use QA commands, which is basically GM level 1.

Some things you are able to do is:

Run WoW with the "-console" shortcut, press "~" ingame and type "WHOIS {Player Name}" to find a players username.

/console
worldport {Coordinates here}
port {NPC Name or Player Name}

These are the only 2 console commands known to work. On top of this, however, there are several PROTECTED /script commands that work.
Such as...

/script
ForceLogout();
StartDuel("{Player Name}")

There are most likely a lot more that work, but those are the ones I have confirmed so far. Post more if you find any.

Note: This is *NOT* a repost.
The /console commands are known to work, but the addition of several protected /script commands working is *NOT* a repost, I have tested and discovered these myself.

Note on the protected commands: PROTECTED means that when you try them on live you get an error "You do not have the permission to perform that function" or "A macro script has been blocked from an action only available from the Blizzard UI". I've tried a few more and they have worked, but I've only tried some useless ones that are protected. Many of the useful ones "return" a value, and being that I'm retarded when it comes to displaying returned values I cannot fully test them. An example of this are the GM Ticket ones, which return values, and I'm not getting any errors when executing those scripts.

Very nice, so would I right click WoW -> properties -> target, then type: "C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\Launcher.exe"-console

for it to work? Still a little confused.

[Bareno]

You need to add an space between the quotes and -console, but yes.

[kroryyk]

This is epic.

[olivaaa]

it is working on live servers (the -console ending) and if you type "help" into it you can see all commands you can use

and if you have gm commands activated for now ON THE PTR it can be possible you can see the gm commands too!

(i cant testing it on PTR, because i'm on EU)

[Bareno]

Olivaaa... /facepalm @ you, GM based console commands don't work on any live server, try /console port "namehere", if you get an "You don't have sufficient privileges to perform this" error, than you don't have any QA / GM commands.

Just because you can see all the console commands via 'help' (Which 95% of them is just commands to optimize the client), doesn't mean you have GM powers.

[olivaaa]

Olivaaa... /facepalm @ you, GM based console commands don't work on any live server, try /console port "namehere", if you get an "You don't have sufficient privileges to perform this" error, than you don't have any QA / GM commands.

Just because you can see all the console commands via 'help' (Which 95% of them is just commands to optimize the client), doesn't mean you have GM powers.

sry my english is bad... i edit my last post for better understanding

i typed in my WoW-Shortcut the -console ending and the console is working, but no gm commands.

i told you try it out with "help gm" and "help" in the PTR console because on live servers is this shown:

> help gm
Commands registered for the category gm:
NONE

but what about on PTR with gm commands activated?


"help":

> help
Console help categories:
debug, graphics, console, combat, game, default, net, sound, gm
For more information type 'help [command] or [category]'

and for example the category "net":

> help net
Commands registered for the category net:
decorateAccountName, realmListbn, serverAlert

means: "decorateAccountName", "realmListbn" and "serverAlert" are 3 console commands for example you can type into it and try it out
example:

> serverAlert
CVar "serverAlert" is "SERVER_ALERT_URL"

[kentril]

Where do you put the -console in the shortcut, right click, properties then what.

[xdariuzx]

if you have any addon installed that uses "AceConsole" or just the lib itself loaded you can use

/print gm_command_of_your_choice_that_returns_some_value()

[kentril]

i mean where do i enter the -console in though lol.


and do i just enter the


/print gm_command_of_your_choice_that_returns_some_value()

into the chat ??

[xdariuzx]

i mean where do i enter the -console in though lol.


and do i just enter the


/print gm_command_of_your_choice_that_returns_some_value()

into the chat ??

to print the returnvalue of a function, yes

and you enter -console in the shortcut
ie. "C:\path_to_wow\Wow.exe" -console

[Brutakus]

Meh. I couldn't get the console to work. I added -console to the end of my shortcut so it looked like "Wow.exe -console" and when I went in-game and pressed ~, nothing happened.

[Vandra]

If you use azerty keyboard, just go qwerty and press ².

[xdariuzx]

not "A:\Games\World of Warcraft\Launcher.exe -console"

nor

"A:\Games\World of Warcraft\Launcher.exe" "-console"


it's "A:\Games\World of Warcraft\Wow.exe" -console


note Wow.exe not the launcher...