How are Mercs turned ON?

[Riklin]

Has anyone tried turning on Mercs recently? I found the mercs.sql script and ran it, then went in the rule_values table and turned them on. Reset the server afterward. Mercs still are not activating. All the usual merc liasons say is something about keeping the area clean...

Is there a specific set of scripts or specific set of optional scripts that need to be done in a specific order to get them to work now?

The link in the windows setup guide points to this webpage:
http://wiki.eqemulator.org/p?Enabling_Mercenaries

That basically states to run mercs.sql, then run 2 sql statements, one to turn it on in the rules, and the other to change the npc types, so that they can be hired. What happens is the merc UI comes up, you select the merc, then when you click on the "Hire" button you get a long red set of sql:

[MySQL Error] 1054: Unknown column "m_stats.attack_delay in the 'field list'


There are many patches in the utils/sql/git/required and optional directories. Which of these is necessary to make mercs work now?

thanks,
Riklin (Halls Havoc)