I am curious what people's thoughts are on this idea:
Since the _chr.txt files are extremely simple to reproduce, I could create a .bat file that people can download that will automatically create all of the needed files for all SoF zone models to show up in the zones that are missing their files. IMO, this avoids distributing actual files that SOE could claim. Anything that could be done that easily with a simple batch file shouldn't (IMO) have any legal issues with it. Then, people would just need to run the batch file and copy the files into their EQ directory, or they could run it directly from their EQ directory and not have to move anything at all.
Here is an example of a possible (though fictional) .bat file that could do exactly what we need:
Code:
@echo off
> zonename_chr.txt echo 6
>> zonename_chr.txt echo gol,qeynos_chr
>> zonename_chr.txt echo gia,commons_chr
>> zonename_chr.txt echo bet,ecommons_chr
>> zonename_chr.txt echo spi,ecommons_chr
>> zonename_chr.txt echo gob,butcher_chr
>> zonename_chr.txt echo bimp,steamfont_chr
> zonename2_chr.txt echo 2
>> zonename2_chr.txt echo gol,qeynos_chr
>> zonename2_chr.txt echo gia,commons_chr
exit
I may need to figure out how to stop it from having a carriage return at the end, but other than that, this should be able to work perfectly.
The idea is that we could make something that would be acceptable to have a download link to from the wiki to make this an easy process.