reviving a somewhat older windows server, have some questions

[khalathas]

Thanks for the answers all, I'll make sure he sees these.

In an offtopic note, but on the same server subject, this thing has been dormant for 3 years. Looking to update the db a bit, but not sure how much this might screw things up. How do I even tell what version I have sourced, and if I did a system dump/load (preserve player data), were there massive changes that might bite me?

[blackdragonsdg]

Originally Posted by khalathas

How do I even tell what version I have sourced, and if I did a system dump/load (preserve player data), were there massive changes that might bite me?

About two years ago the player profile was moved from a blob to normal database which will impact your attempts at saving/restoring character data. If I were you I would focus on getting your database schema current then worry about data updates like spawns and items.

Be sure to backup your database before you start updating.