It is indeed free. Use the character copy tool on this page. Linky
CoH PvP SG = SuperUnion - Co-Leader - Union/Freedom
CoV PvP VG = Disruption - Co-Leader - Union/Freedom
Global = @Rent & @Rent.
Playgroup are all **** - Global Handle
thats brill - just copied and will logon in 5 to see - thnx very much both :{}
well i cpoied then the damned thing wanted to take 5 hours to upload - even with piggs copied - so i aint gonna bother - this game lats me down on a daily basis lately.
Did you copy to the right folder? If it ask if you would like to install, dont point to your already made cohtest folder, as it then will make yet another cohtest folder inside of it.
50)Sinergy X/(50)Mika.
(50)MaceX/(50)Encore
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yup - copied to already used test folder - i started a lvl 1 toon last week cos the only char transfer i could find was costing money. so i copied my lvl 50 to the test server and later i tried logging in. it went thru updating and then finally decided to download for 5 hours. at that point i copied the current piggs and ran the upload again - and it showed another 5 hours still to download. this is my dozen'th attempt in a year to do this so i think i will leave it now. CO is looking more attractive every day :P
thanks for help but i think the excitement to pissedoff ratio has been surpassed 
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It's unfair for you to blame the program for something your not doing right. Test server sets it's self up with ease.
CoH PvP SG = SuperUnion - Co-Leader - Union/Freedom
CoV PvP VG = Disruption - Co-Leader - Union/Freedom
Global = @Rent & @Rent.
Playgroup are all **** - Global Handle
haha,
im not blaming anything, pls re-read posts ...
the fact is it is not user friendly - or it is not me friendly anyways.
another fact is, the server gets blamed for a sight more than you think i'm blaming it for anyhow LOL.
please apply your reply to anything that the server gets blamed for.
it will simply be easier if i forget it. and i will not be clogging up this forum with pointless posts either.
be cool and thanks again for all your help
Even if you copy all your pigg files, the 'checksum' file remains the old one (the file tells the updater wich files you have already on your computer).
If you delete this file, the updater will re-checksum everything in the cohtest folder, then will find the pigg files and should only download additional needed files. I believe its called cohtest.checksum or coh.checksum, it will be in your cohtest folder.
I do agree, it aint very friendly. Good side, over the years they have never changed this system, so once used to it, you can do the same thing over and over again.
50)Sinergy X/(50)Mika.
(50)MaceX/(50)Encore
Sign the petition, dont let CoH go down! SIGN!
i am forgetting it
i did nothing to the already installed and run program - i had used the test server 2 weeks ago to buid a new toon. chuffed that it had finally, on the 10th or 12th attempt, worked.
i then had the above said probs of transferring a toon. now appharently, i am calling the server (an inanimate object) names because the program now wants to take 5 hours to install whatever i do AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED. the only difference is that, after good advice here, i successfully transferred a toon. i discovered the loading probs when i went to test the transfer - which i have not been able to do because of said probs.
no i am not a computer genius - what is checksum and what does it have to do with me? wait - dont tell me - i dont want to know - i am forgetting it.
i am not going to be called names
i am not going to be using the test server
i am looking forward to CO
thanks again
I've never had any issues with either setting up access to the test server or transferring a character to it. The longest time in setting it up is the actual copying of the files followed closely by the test server client checking that all the files are present and correct.
The instructions presented are quite clear and concise imo, and no, I'm not a computer genius either.
But 5 hours?! Not even a fresh install took that long for me!
HI,
i recently attempted to transfer a toon over to the test server but the only options to transfer appeared to cost money. Contravening what i had read elsewhere that it would be free ? can anyone tell me how to transfer a toon for free pls ?