cpp files

[havak]

How do you edit cpp files?
Can you edit them if you started your server from a repack?

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[Sonic Waffle]

Cpp files are C++ source files. h are C++ header files.
These are the actual server source and if the server is already compiled (in EXE/DLL form) like repacks, you can't edit them and you will have to download the source, edit and then compile it yourself using Visual Studios C++ Express 2008.

[havak]

So I could download the source files then edit them then compile and paste over old ones?
and server still work fine?

[*~Descending~*]

Yes, you can download the source files (Opensource emu's) And you can compile the ones that you have atm depending on the emu you use.. E.g. you have a source file from mangos and you want to put the source file in an ascent core you cannot because the core structure is different

[latruwski]

You can download a new source and edit the cpp files as you wish... but if the repack also has core modifications, make sure you have them too then to make sure your server will run as before
Newer source can also mean you need to run some SQL updates but they are all listed on the SVN of the source normally

grtz