Selecting Expansions

[Tharkun]

I was just wondering if it's possible to cherry pick expansions... or if have to unlock all preceding expansions...

Of if anyone can suggest a solution to locking content I dont want active

[blackdragonsdg]

I think you can manipulate which expansions are available by using the data found here: http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=ServerVariables#Expansions


You could also achieve this by locking out zones in the zone table. Setting the min_level = X where X is greater than the max level attainable on the server. Or you could set min_status = 250 so that only GM's and admins could access the zone. Or you could create a custom item that isn't available in the game world and make it the required key for the zones you want locked.

[pfyon]

Yep, looks like you can pick and choose expansions using that. Just add together the values for each expansion you want, and that's what goes in your expansions variable.

[Tharkun]

Ok so if understand you right... I could say... have trilogy+Luclin+Ykesha... skipping PoP and nothing later than Ykesha by setting the variable to 23?

I'll have to try that out... the table definatly implies that you can do that. Has anyone else tried it yet?

I suppose I'll have to change the exit from the tutorial to somewhere other than PoK :p

Thanks for the input so far

[blackdragonsdg]

Assuming that that we are correct then yes a 23 would work as you described. I personally have not tried that yet but it certainly looks like it would work.

[Tharkun]

does not seem to...

Locking out PoK is the easy part... the not so easy part is either disabling the tutorial... or changing the 2 zones out to send you else where... actually it probably is easy once i figure out how :p

[So_1337]

UPDATE rule_values SET rule_value = 'false' WHERE rule_name = 'World:EnableTutorialButton';
Disables the "Enter Tutorial" button on the character select screen and places new characters in their normal starting zones rather than into the tutorial. All thanks to Derision for that one.

[Tharkun]

slightly off topic... but it may help me understand where to look for things...
what's the difference between a rule and a variable?