None of my settings do anything?

[Lucia Moore]

Okay, so I found this HUGE rule list in the database that seems to control all sorts of things. Level caps, how AC/Attack work on level differences, crit rates, everything....but changing those values seems to have zero effect on my server.

My DB seems to have three "rule sets". How do I know which one I'm using? And do any of these settings actually do anything?

[Kingly_Krab]

You can tell which rule set which zone is using by running this query:
SELECT ruleset, short_name, long_name, zoneidnumber FROM zone ORDER BY zoneidnumber ASC LIMIT 0, 1000;
Also, they do actually work; therefore, you may be editing the wrong rule set.

[Lucia Moore]

You can tell which rule set which zone is using by running this query:
SELECT ruleset, short_name, long_name, zoneidnumber FROM zone ORDER BY zoneidnumber ASC LIMIT 0, 1000;
Also, they do actually work; therefore, you may be editing the wrong rule set.

Oh, I see. I'll try changing that and see if characters can still level beyond 20, because that's the limit I'm trying to set.

Also, can I just set all zones to use the same ruleset, or will that break something?

[Kingly_Krab]

Try this query, there's a max level setting and a max level achievable by experience setting.
SELECT * FROM rule_values WHERE rule_name IN ("Character:MaxExpLevel", "Character:MaxLevel");

This will set all zones to whatever rule set you wish for them to have.
UPDATE zone SET ruleset = '#';
"#" Being the rule set you choose. This shouldn't break anything at all.