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Originally Posted by pharone1
I'm curious as to why the server has to be shutdown while you are editing this file. If the file is only on the kept on the client side, then how does having the server running while editing this client-side file cause issues? I'm not saying it doesn't affect it. I'm just trying to understand why it affects it.
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A precaution.

Also it is possible to source this file into DB, I haven't done it, but some may and results could be unfortunate.
Client should be shutdown 100% - causes irreversible errors in any character currently logged in.
Better to have everything shutdown before doing any alterations.