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Regarding your question about server recovery I recall seeing theres an option when you launch the sever again it checks if the server is still alive and if not closes it.

The hosts file is to aid host to IP resolution. Hence the word 'hosts'. A software firewall offers granular control not just by IP. I wouldn't even consider a hosts file to lock down an application. Adding a rule to a software firewall takes a minute and is what they are designed for.

So are you ready to just compile it with 2008 to know where your at? The advantage of doing it the 'known to work' way is to get logs then compare. I prefer to figure out what went wrong after I've fixed a problem rather than during. Don't think that I didn't want everything to work in 2010 straight away also. I just know when I'm wasting time.

I have just compiled the latest version and it seems to penalise the two man team (with different levels) as per usual. Unless I'm mistaken you can only change what can be edited in the mangos.conf file These can be adjusted to speed up XP gain but theres nothing group specific. Rate.XP.Kill = 1 Rate.XP.Quest = 1 Rate.XP.Explore = 1 Looking in the database can't see anything either aside from the XP to level requirement. So it would have to be a code and DB change if its not locked by the client. Have you seen this on a wow server already?

Yeah theres code in the client that still makes it hit a few IP addresses when you launch it. Software firewall is the way to control a wayward app that wants to phone home.

Epic failure to describe anything about the problem your having

I'm not sure if it will work if you directly created the account in the realmd database but check these: Backup your C:\\World of Warcraft\\WTF\\Config.wtf check and change to the correct IP addresses SET realmList "192.168.1.2" SET patchlist "192.168.1.2" Check to see if this line is present if it is then you are finding your server but your authentication details are wrong SET realmName "MaNGOS" First of all the best way to create your user is by doing it in Mangos console (mangosd.exe) But hey lets try to see if you can fix what you did. First go into the user you entered in the realmd database and delete the 3(?) authentication key hashes after your user account. The default accounts already there should have no hash in them either. Now you need to prep that account so you can recreate the hash. In your Sever Daemon (mangosd.exe) enter this command account set password [username] [password] [password] Just use the same password twice. This updates the realmd with the authentication key hashs or will once you login. By the way this process works great for renaming your accounts as the hashes are made up of the name and password combined. Simply rename the account name and then delete the hashes then change the password (to the same password if you like) in the console. It should work now but if it doesn't delete that line you created in the realmd database and do it properly. Create your new user in the Mangos Daemon console (mangosd.exe) use a single name is best. account create [username] [password] Next enable what expansions your client has account set addon [username] [0 to 2] 0 Basic version 1 The Burning Crusade 2 Wrath of the Litch King e.g. account set addon Conan 2 The only other thing your need to check is you realmlist.wtf again. Backup your C:\\World of Warcraft\\Data\\enGB\\Realmlist.wtf (or whereever) and use these lines set realmlist 192.168.1.2 set patchlist 192.168.1.2 Also it pays to turn off that auto patch crap in the registry. Set the following strings to these values in this key. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Blizzard Entertainment\\Blizzard Downloader Background Download Mode = 0 Disable Background Download = 1 Disable Peer-to-Peer = 1 Full Speed Background Download = 0 Set the game path to the actual game instead of the launcher in this key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Blizzard Entertainment\\World of Warcraft GamePath = C:\\World of Warcraft\\Wow.exe If you really don't want it connecting to the wrong server rename these C:\\World of Warcraft\\BackgroundDownloader.exe to BackgroundDownloader.exe.old C:\\World of Warcraft\\Launcher.exe to Launcher.exe.old Block the wow.exe with firewall software from connecting to any IP aside from 192.168.1.2 Hope this helps.

Reread my last post again If you cannot see that file then delete this folder C:\\Mangos\\src\\bindings\\ScriptDev2 and follow all the instructions in step 6 again. This time let the SVN checkout complete and it will show a message at the end and you should see the patch file in that folder this time to get the number.

erixel Sorry my mistake, go here C:\\Mangos\\src\\bindings\\ScriptDev2\\patches You will see a file MaNGOS-9519-ScriptDev2.patch So you would use that number when you use the Git Bash

Krak, I have no such folder. Right click on the folder and do a properties to see when it was installed. Or check a dll's properties or open an .inf file and see who published it. You will probably find it is a temp folder for a driver or an update. As for removing your Mangos folder - You just delete it. Git is just used as a repository tool and in this case just to download the source.

Getting there... up to PART 15 - UPDATING YOUR DATABASE WITH SQL FILES Yet again I'm running 3.3.3a 11723 (am not going to use ACID at the moment) Here is whats in my databases Characters: character_db_version required_9767_03_characters_characters Mangos: db_version required_9539_01_mangos_spell_bonus_data Realmd realm_db_version required_9748_01_realmd_realmlist - I need some help with an explanation here of how the UDB updates are applied. I've imported the UDB_0.12.0_mangos_9582_SD2_1639.sql into Mangos and everything else as instructed in Part 14. In my C:\\Mangos\\sql\\updates\\ I have a total of 28 versions newer than my current Mangos 9539_01? The latest one is 9768_01_mangos_command.sql - there is no newer than Character 9767_03 and Realm 9748_01 The updates shown on the UDB website are as follows http://unifieddb.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/unifieddb/trunk/Updates/0.12.0_additions/ 388_corepatch_characters_9311_to_9582.sql 388_corepatch_mangos_9311_to_9582.sql 388_updatepack_mangos.sql 389_corepatch_characters_9583_to_9630.sql 389_corepatch_mangos_9583_to_9630.sql 389_updatepack_mangos.sql 390_corepatch_characters_9631_to_9763.sql 390_corepatch_mangos_9631_to_9763.sql 390_corepatch_realmd_9631_to_9763.sql 390_updatepack_mangos.sql Question 1 According to the 388_corepatch_mangos_9311_to_9582.sql it's newer than my Mangos database so should this be updated? How about the 388_updatepack_mangos.sql how am I suppose to know if this upgrades or downgrades me? Question 2 Whats is the correlation between the corepatches and updatepacks and what is updated in what order? As it looks like I have two sources two apply updates from. Question 3 Since I have a newer UDB files for the Mangos database in my C:\\Mangos\\sql\\updates\\ Do I even need to update anything from the UDB website for Mangos? Question 4 Is there any benefit in NOT updating to the latest? Thanks for your help good learning experience by trying to wrap my head around what file is for what and which order to do everything in.

Trial version ends up about 6GB lighter than the complete install of all the expansions. Tried it didn't like it.

I have compiled Mangos 3.3.3a build 11723 (according to the readme) and ScriptDev2 1679. I have the following questions about Part 10 • Download newest UDB database and the latest UDB update packs • Update your World of Warcraft client to the supported version Question 1 What UDB database should I be downloading? I could only find UDB_0.12.0_mangos_9582_SD2_1639.zip This looks older that what I'm compiling. Also what updates will I need as well? If any? Question 2 What is the best way to update your client? I have the 10 day trial installed and updated to 3.3.3 11685 online Where is the 3.3.3 11723 client? Can I use the trial client and get it fully updated with content? Question 3 Should I be compiling this version 3.3.3a build 11723 or an older version? If so wheres the Mangos source downloaded from? What exact UDB database and updates will I need?

Didn't see that Visual Studio Express 2008 is availble to download. Found it now. Well to avoid more pain I'll try Visual C++ Express 2008.

Hi I have been following your guide for 3.3.3 (the latest) These are my observations so far. There is no instructions to install Tortoise SVN. I worked this out but others might not. The main thing is C++ Express is now at version 2010 So the instructions you give in "PART 7 - CONFIGURING C++" have changed sadly In fact I'm interested now how to set the folders you describe in C++ Express 2010 as it says that option has moved. Also an explanation of what you expect to see when you compile. I get these folders in my C:\\Mangos\\win\\VC100 folder ace__Win32_Release framework__Win32_Release g3dlite__Win32_Release game__Win32_Release genrevision__Win32_Release shared__Win32_Release tbb__Win32_Release tbbmalloc__Win32_Release zlib__Win32_Release Only one executable in the genrevision__Win32_Release folder called genrevision.exe ========== Build: 9 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========