I'm inclined to agree with Trumpcard here. Drawde is putting his own time in on creating these database
add-ons for the sake of the community, solely on a volunteer basis (as are all developers involved in EQEmu). Complaining to him to do more work for end-users may only serve to discourage him in making frequent updates in the future. Personally, I feel that a little footwork on the part of those who wish to use these files isn't too much to ask. There's plenty of documentation in both MySQL & EQEmu to go around, & the forums here where just about every zany question under the sun has been asked & answered at least once. Then of course there's plain old common sense.
For the record, I encountered a ton of errors myself initially. Here's what I did to get it working properly:
- 1) Backed up my old database that was working (always a first step for any wise user)
2) Dropped the current database
3) Sourced the updated db.sql in
4) Sourced the various add-ons from Telmet in
5) Applied Trumpcard's fix (see above)
6) Sourced in the items_44dr1.txt Drawde links to (above)
7) Sourced in Drawde's add-ons
I still got some errors, but I haven't noticed any impact this has on anything in the game, so I'm not too worried about it. If I find something that isn't quite right, I'll look into fixing it myself.
You've done some great work Drawde! Thank you for your excellent add-ons & keep up the good work!
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