Looking for a repack... (List of Questions)

[tyeeeee1]

Note: I remember most of what I knew before, but if any of this seems kind of stupid or that please forgive me for not remembering or knowing everything =)

Hey,

Like a few other posts I've read in this section I've just returned to wow emulation. Awhile back I had a good repack "lbinese" I think it's name was, it was stable, a lot of features and spells worked, and the database was for the most part complete.

I have a few questions that I'd like answered before I decide if I'm actually going to return to working on my Lua skills and creating something unique. (Thanks in advance to any replies).

Repack Related:
-What is the difference between Arcemu and Trinity?
-What is better for longtime development without any knowledge of C++ and only minimal knowledge of Lua? (The server will most likely never be public, its for my own enjoyment, and possible a friend or two. Edit: I would love it if it had all of the colums in the DB for once, such as the edit weapons columns and that)
-What patch should I create the server on? (I've had troubles with older servers, mainly the ones from before 3.3.5 because the .sql files from WoW-V were to "new?" to work on those servers)
-Can you recommend an extremely simply tutorial on compiling a server and keeping it up to date, or recommend me a repack that is purely blizzlike with no modifications other than to make things work properly?

Lua Related:
-When I was around before I diligently followed Stoneharry's work, but I've lost all of my text file backups of his blog posts which detailed how to make custom FP's and that. Could anyone direct me to the posts or a download of the files?
-I'll most likely need a refresher course on Lua, I still have most of my scripts saved. Can anyone recommend a simple, yet informative tutorial/tutorials on Lua?

Other Resources Related:
-I've been wanting to create custom NPC's, by this I mean modify their armor and appearance. I don't mind if I need a client-side patch to do this, but is this possible yet?
-Have any of the 3rd party World Editors been updated to allow Windows 7 to work with them? (All of the ones I tried a few months back always failed due to an OpenGL or something along those lines compatibility with Windows 7)
-Is WoW-V still the best way to create NPCs, Items, and other misc things?
-Can someone direct me to a tutorial on creating your own custom Game Objects? (By custom I mean just finding a display ID that isn't applied to a usable Gameobject then put it in-game)


I know someone will probably tell me to use google or search around a bit, but I've been out of the emulaton circle so long that I just don't know what I should be looking at. I may remember a few more things I'll need to know later on, but thanks for any and all replies!



PS: I'm just trying to get all the info I need before I go out and actually download anything, due to certain circumstances my bandwidth is capped at 4gb and I'm only allowed to use around 1gb of that per day.

[newtech]

Well it all comes down to how Blizzlike you want it, contra how much Lua knowledge you have. Cause if you want it Blizzlike, I'd suggest with the amount of Lua knowledge (it sounds like) you have, I'd suggest Trinity, since most of the stuff works there. However if you want a fun server, go with ArcEmu. Advanced spells and talents and such aren't usually working, however if you refresh your Lua, you might be able to compensate for that with your Lua skills.

Thanks
Newtech

[myran2]

TrinityCore doesn't have Lua support, but apparently there's a third-party engine in the works. Whether that will actually happen or not, no one knows.
However, even without Lua, I'd still recommend trinitycore. They currently have significantly more features working (although Arcemu is catching up).

A fairly straight forward guide on how to compile/update the core is available here.

[Zazi529]

Well, if you want a stable server with few bugs and more working spells i'd go with TrinityCore. Although, TrinityCore doesn't read LUA only ArcEmu does, normally ArcEmu doesn't have all the benefits and more stabillity TrinityCore does.

As for world editors the only one I know of is Noggit, but I personally have never gotten that to work.

I personally find WoW-V.com to be the best for simple SQL creations, and for custom gear on NPC's I believe it's possible as it has the same type of function as Mirror Image does for Mage's, I don't know too much about that though!

Hopefully I helped, ZaZi.

[tyeeeee1]

Alright, I've decided I'll be using Arcemu (because it supports Lua). The questions have been answered, but now I still have a few more...

-Is there an updated version of Arcemu that will work with the newest patch (4.2.2 I think)?
-If there is no way to get Arcemu for the latest patch, is there another similar server-type that supports Lua and is on the latest patch?
-If I use my discs to install WoW, will I need to do much downloading to update from the Wrath disc to 3.3.5a?

[Zazi529]

I'm not sure if there's a (4.2.2) repack for any core, I believe I've seen one for TrinityCore for it, but not ArcEmu..

Downloading (3.3.5) doesn't take too long to download, you can Torrent it, or download the (3.2.0) client and do manual patches from there to (3.3.5).

-ZaZi.

[newtech]

In short, then there's no official release of an ArcEmu core for 4.x.x. All I've heard of is SkyfireEmu for 4.1. Never tried it, but I think it's very TrinityCore-like. Not sure though.
As far as I'm concerned, there's no core for Cataclysm servers that supports Lua.

Thanks
Newtech