Backing up your eq directory or keeping another one for emulator sepearate from live is a noble gesture.
However,
I have a backup of mine since May 1st, since I havent patched since then.
Patching today (29th) makes it so I cannot play with minilogin + DR3.
I even tried to copy just the eqmain.dll from my backup back into the eq directory so I can use minilogin. But of course, this version of eqmain.dll is from prior to the 12th patch and therefore causes "you may need to patch" messages.
So I'm stuck with the 5/1 patch backup and my 5/29 new one, neither of which compatible with DR3 and minilogin.
Therefore, simply stating "back up your eq" directory is a sham.
Instead it should be "Monitor forums daily for news on new binaries, patch your client, update your binaries same day, then back it up again"
Another idea might be to release a new minilogin.exe that supports the newest live patch. But of course, local logins are not supported. To run a server "officially" means to use the projects login servers. Which isnt so bad I guess
Backups of your EQ directory is a sham!
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