Starting the MaNGOS Four server

YEY, I just successfully got the server to run and not crash :D

The thing is the installation was from my previous attempt, so not sure what happened to make it work now! :confused:

What I'll do is install another one from scratch... and pray.

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Server failed to run after the fresh installation:
[B][COLOR="#FF0000"]Correct *.map files not found in ../data/maps[/COLOR][/B]

Checking the [B]component.wow-enUS.txt[/B] file in the dbc folder, it reports the client build to be 18273.

MaNGOS Four needs 18414.

I applied a means to trick it (thanks, Antz) by altering the code in the [B]system.cpp[/B] file but it still failed, coming up with the same error.

code added at 3 points in the [B]system.cpp[/B]
if (build == 18273)
{
build = 18414;
}

Although whilst extracting the data it said the build was 18414, it still showed as 18273 in the [B]component.wow-enUS.txt[/B] file.

I'll have to revisit this at another time :(

EDIT: Thinking about it, I don't know how that hack would make it work, unless the server is only looking for some sort of label/mark in the files that says what version the build is. If there are checks on the size of files, this would obviously fail!
Hmm, I must have gotten the proper build from somewhere! Damn gremlins must've half inched it!!!

Nice that you succeed in that, but i have a question and don't get me wrong , should't we first try and get the servers ZERO, ONE and TWO to run without any flaws first then? i know thats allot of work an you all doing a great job at it, but for example im testing the server Two on covenant, and it has issues, now and then the core craches and other stuff, like quests and respawn times,

Thanks, gambit2312 :)

Yes, it would make sense to concentrate on the other cores, but I think if I did that, this could easily end up being like a job

Saying that though, my focus is primarily on Zero, and applying fixes to the other cores that I have achieved for Zero that are also relevant to them.

MaNGOS Four is a nice challenge that I think I will enjoy wrestling with :) Plus plenty to learn from it.

I don't know what happened to get the MaNGOS Four server to run earlier, but I just did a fresh install and the damn thing is complaining about the version of the game data (maps, vmaps, etc.) Which is the issue I had the last time I tried this. At some point last time I tried this, I obviously managed to extract the correct version of the files, but I can't find any mention of it in my notes!!!!
Anyway, I'll write it down here this time!

Of course, I now have to figure out how to get those correct data files again, :confused: lol and damn! :mad: :o :)