Reminder about not patching

[RangerDown]

The Omens of War expansion is coming out next week. Without a doubt there'll be a big client-side patch that day too.

I just wanted to remind everyone that the 5.8 version the devs are working on is made to be compatible with the client that's currently out - as of Sat. Sept. 11. You risk breaking your ability to play on 5.8 if you patch without first backing up your folder. There is no guarantee that the utilities offered by a couple of the popular servers can fix this situation.

So, either backup your folder (in its entirety), or don't patch unless the powers that be instruct you to do so.

[Melwin]

Moved to news because this is important and your post is pretty perfect.

Feel special, you made the news!

[Raider789]

ok so if i downloaded eq emu today and patched today i have to wait for the next version?

[RangerDown]

I see from your profile you
Joined: 11 Sep 2004

So yeah, since you just joined you'll have to wait for 5.8 to become public.

What I'm saying is, you can patch your client up to today (Sunday the 12th), but I think they're gonna put OoW out tomorrow (Monday), so anytime after 6am that day, don't patch.

[Cisyouc]

If you patch on Sunday the 12th you will have a version compatible for 5.8.

I think they're putting OoW out tomorrow, the 13th. So I'd say any time after 8am on Monday, you'd best not patch.

Note that Emu 5.8 is not public yet, so you'll only get the Emu Test Server right now on 5.8.

The current version that the majority of servers here are running is 5.7. If you have the patch files for 5.7, HOLD ONTO THEM!! You won't be able to get them back, as the EQ patcher introduced incompatible files about 2 months ago. (Edit: and this means don't attempt to patch this folder. Ever. Not today, not tomorrow, ever, until you're ready to let go of 5.7 for good.)OoW is patched to live on Tuesday, September 14, 2004.

[RangerDown]

Thx for the correction Cis.

(Btw, what he's quoting is what my post above said at first. I edited it to just directly answer Raider's question instead of putting all that other stuff in.)

[gryzlnad]

So are you saying if I just joined today (Sept 14), I will have to wait until devs come out with the next update? They said it wouldnt be long so hey

[sotonin]

correct.

[Tzwizard]

5.8 Is Realesed So U can play Now :D

[sotonin]

no he can't

he patched after the 14th. incompatible with 5.8

[rmanwop]

Actually he can play on eqemu just go to scorpious' web page it is http://www.scorpious2k.2ya.com click on the banner at the very top and follow the directions.

[sotonin]

s2k will backpatch the 14th patch? Have you tried it?

[rmanwop]

yes actually i have it worked for me. i have been playin on scorps sever for about 4 days now. and i joined eqemu on the 7th and everything worked fine for me

[sotonin]

the 14th was yesterday. so you answered my question you havent tested it. there was a patch just now on the 14th

[killspree]

You're out of luck until 5.9 but good news is most(if not all) opcodes seem to be the same, so it's mainly changes to item and playerprofile structs that I can see so far.

[LemmingsRCool]

When does 5.9 go live?

[sotonin]

exactly 1.2 billion lightyears 5 hours 27 years 8 minutes and 67855435 seconds from now

[LemmingsRCool]

Anyone have an actual ETA?

[daeken_bb]

No. It'll be released when it's ready for release.

[Cutter]

exactly 1.2 billion lightyears 5 hours 27 years 8 minutes and 67855435 seconds from now

whats scary to think is that i will still not know how to script a scribespell npc in perl by that time :lol:

[Cisyouc]

exactly 1.2 billion lightyears 5 hours 27 years 8 minutes and 67855435 seconds from now

whats scary to think is that i will still not know how to script a scribespell npc in perl by that time :lol:##This Quest Is Too Simple To Give Credit To Cisyouc
sub EVENT_SAY
{
if($text=~/hail/i)
{
quest::say("[Scribe]?");
}
if($text=~/scribe/i)
{
quest::scribespells($ulevel);
}
}

[Cutter]

lol thank you

i take it $ulevel means.. scribes up to what level you are....

only thing i didnt add to my script...
i had been told to do scribespells() or scribespells(65)
neither worked..