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[Starz]

Hi,

I'm no heavy emulator, but I do like to mess around. Last time I had things up and running as well as working was back in the middle of WotLK (or was it early Cata?) if I remember right. I'm now curious about which way to go. I did read through the other post about another outdated lad, but not all my answers were answered there, so therefore I now seek out the Old Gods of MMOwned through here.

I currently started playing retail again (after being away for the whole of MoP), but would love to get something set up next to it. Doesn't have to be WoD, MoP or Cata. WotLK or BC is fine. Vanilla too.

If I recon right, I used ArcEmu and a slightly sniffed on MaNGOS. Never TOUCHED Trinity, since I really enjoyed being able to script whatever the heck I wanted through LUA since I understood it more or less.

I now see that Trinity has support for LUA, and was wondering if I should set up a Trinity server with LUA support, or if I should just go for a stable version of ArcEmu.


So in short, I wonder if I should go for Trinity with LUA support (if the engine supports it for WotLK and/or older) or good and stable version of ArcEmu.

Where do I begin? The easier the better, but LUA support is a must.

My dream is to get 2 servers up and running. One custom and one clean. And in the end maybe even have them public for the heck of it, altough that's currently out of the question.

Thanks in advance!

[stoneharry]

Some posts to read through:

http://www.ownedcore.com/forums/worl...ml#post3190661 (It's been a long time since I made Private Servers, can some one get me up to speed?)
Modcraft - View topic - ArcEmu 3.3.5 Restarter?

TrinityCore 3.3.5a is the best emulator available, and pretty much all you could ask for.

TrinityCore's master branch is 6.x which they are working heavily on, but it is a long long way from being in a good place.

The Cataclysm branch is relatively good and there are some hacked together MoP cores, but the 3.3.5a one is just infinitely better.

ArcEmu has been unusable for a live server for many years. Even in it's era, it was not good.

You are correct in thinking Eluna gives the ability to script Lua - Eluna supports Mangos and TrinityCore.

[Starz]

Thank's a lot, Stoneharry!

Already read through the post ! First thing I did.

Any suggestion on which guide/tut I should follow?

[Starz]

Also, is there anywhere to download old clients? If I had the CDs, I'd install and try to go from there. I do have WotLK and upwards, but I don't really know where my Vanilla and BC CDs are...

[stoneharry]

Any suggestion on which guide/tut I should follow?

No.

Also, is there anywhere to download old clients? If I had the CDs, I'd install and try to go from there. I do have WotLK and upwards, but I don't really know where my Vanilla and BC CDs are...

The Molten WoW 3.3.5a torrent is pretty popular, that's what I used.

[Starz]

Thanks a bunch!

I hope the guide on Trinity's wiki should do the trick !

Glad to see you're still around btw. Also, nice work on the expansion!

[Blu3knight]

Some posts to read through:

The Cataclysm branch is relatively good and there are some hacked together MoP cores, but the 3.3.5a one is just infinitely better.

Question on this, how is Cataclysm branch for Trinity as compared to Project Skyfire?

[stoneharry]

Question on this, how is Cataclysm branch for Trinity as compared to Project Skyfire?

I have no idea myself, not been active in the emulation scene for a while and when I have been it's been on WOTLK or WoD.