I've updated the server again.  This time rogue powers were one of the big changes.  I tried out some stealthing, and it appeared to make a difference versus unstealthed.

Mail also works fine again.

Line of Sight may be working as well... ie, monsters don't see you through walls.  Wasn't able to test that yet though, so let me know.

Having major problems playing Kaani, level 9 3/4 mage in the Azuremyst and Silvermyst Isles areas.

1) Boat routes out of Vaalar's Berth that are suppose to take you from Kalimondar to the Eastern Kingdoms does not work properly.  The boat dumps you in the water (about fifteen minutes of continuous swinging) outside of Darkshore. At least Darkshore was an alliance area, but at 2x+ my level. In Darkshore, the boats that is suppose to take you to Rut'therin Village, Teldrassil(Darnassus) and Menethil Harbour (Wetlands) do not work and dump you again about fifteen minute swim outside of Darkshore.

2) My character can no longer swim! He sinks so the only way of not dying in the water is to continuously hit the space bar and "w" key for forward.. or he drowns...

3) The Exodar shops relevant to mages don't seem to be working. The reagent vendor, cloth armour merchants are unclickable. I noticed the same for the mail armour merchant. So there is no possiblilty of improving armour in this area.

4) Kaani shields (frost and acrane intellect) do no longer work and a hostile character at level 6 can now remove them in one hit, whereas prior the shield would last for thirty minutes unless killed by a substantially higher hostile character

Updated the server and database again, to code that only a couple hours old (so hot off the press!).  Many many changes, but sadly, Orb of Translocation still doesn't work.

I noticed this morning that if you make the mistake of eating or drinking an item to regain health/mana you get stuck in the sitting position and cannot get up and fight without completely exiting WOW and then coming back into the game in the hope of not being completely dead by the time WOW loads and lets you play.

So don't touch the FOOD it is hazardous to your health!

Ack!  Must have Olestra in the food...    

I'm having a problem logging on to the server.  It won't accept either my username or password.

I have the same prob as danmick - won't let me log on

That's very odd.  I can get in fine... is it still giving you trouble?

Yup... "The information you have entered is not valid.  Please check the spelling..."

Same here.. we had this problem a while back too... it might have been just before you switched over to the Burning Crusades version...

Did you guys install a patch recently or something?  I'm connecting fine over dialup (ie, from the outside world and not just my own network) and even used Shabadu's account!

Ya, I think there was a patch that was automatically downloaded by the game just before you made your updates.

I also don't get the launcher screen (with the "play" button) anymore on startup; it just goes directly to the login screen.

The first thing you need to check is if you're even pointing to my server any more.  Open up realmlist.wtf (in your World of Warcraft folder) using Notepad and make sure it says "set realmlist darkshade.homeip.net" otherwise you've been trying to log in to the real servers!  

What about the line that says "set patchlist us.version.worldofwarcraft.com"?

OK, now I get "unable to validate game version..." after changing the "realmlist" line.

Take that patchserver line out.  You have to remain at the same patch level as the server or else you won't be able to connect.
Also, you shouldn't use the launcher.  Whatever it is you click to start warcraft, right click it instead at look at properties.  If "target" ends with Launcher.exe change it to wow.exe  (make sure you leave the rest of the line intact).
When you're at the login screen, look in the bottom left corner.  What version does it say you are running?

It sounds like you've updated your client to 2.1.0.  You'll have to revert back to an older version, and I'm sorry, the only way to do that is painful.
1) Delete WoW.exe
2) Run repair.exe (This should take you back to version 2.0.0 or 2.0.1
3) Download each of the patches for windows from my Diddlycraft pages and install them in order.

In other news, I've applied some special fixes to the server today and can verify that rogue sneak works!  I snuck into the heart of Gnomeron before someone saw me.  Also, I have verified that creatures can't see through walls!   I hung out in a building, knowing a giant spider was on the opposite side of the wall, but he never came through until I ducked outside the building.

Dunno about the teleporter yet though...

Yah WoW updated itself earlier this week and I think the version we are using is not the same one you have... I changed the realmlist and it gave me an error message "unable to validate game version - this may be caused by file corruption or intereference of another program"

Let me guess, this means I need to reinstall, meaning I have to come back to KW with my computer before I can play again

I followed Diddly's instructions, and everything worked fine except for one thing: every time you install one of the patches, the desktop shortcut gets rewritten to link to the launcher again, and the launcher tries to start automatically after the patch install is done.  The realmlist.wtf file also get rewritten automatically, so you have to be ready to hit the cancel button when the game tries to update after the install, and you have to edit both the desktop shortcut path, and the realmlist.wtf file again before you try to play the game.  Otherwise you're right back in the same boat as before.

What the hell happened to all my monies???
I had 65+ gold in my inventory and now my character has ZERO cash... nothing!?!?

Please restore my moolah to me!

Huh.. logged in and out twice and now my money is back... took 2 log ins to do it... wierd.

Strange.  I had nothing to do with it.  Wasn't even on the computer last night (was busy watching Sens getting schooled)

Yah I was trying to ignore how badly they were doing by simultaneously playing the game...

Hey Diddle Diddle... my character seems to be stuck.. I can't move her at all... I can click on everything but I cannot move or turn OR select my inventory (meaning I can't use my hearthstone)...

Help.. please!!

I'll try and do something about it tonight

Done.  I teleported you to Undercity, and you should be able to move now.

Sigh.. once again something has happened to mess up my character.
This time I died.. and while I was returning to my corpse somehow my character died again (i.e. when I was a ghost suddenly my character died AGAIN)... now I'm stuck at my corpse... as in when I click the accept message for being dead it just leaves me at my body so I can't play..
I don't know why computers don't like me soo much..

At any rate, can you fix me up and put me in the Undercity again?
Thanks.

Sigh... wasn't on for long again tonight when WoW experenced a fatal error and.. you guessed it... she's trapped again...
This time she is trapped in the ground again, not stuck "dead" like last time.. I wonder what I did in a former life to have computers dislike me so much!

No rush I guess since it seems she can't stay unstuck for more than a couple days straight   But I DO want to unstick her again.. dammit.. it took me forever to build her up to lvl 32, I can't just abandon her... maybe when I finish up this series of missions I'll vacate Hillbrad.. seems all bad things happen in this area!

I don't know how you manage to do it....   If I remember, I'll try to do something about it tonight before bed.

Oh I manage and I manage and I manage.. I manage so well I managed to do it again tonight.. I thought as long as I didn't RUN THROUGH Dalarian, I would be fine.. so all night I avoided the missions that would bring me there.. but I guess flying OVER Dalarian is just as bad cause now I'm jammed in the sky with no moves...

Maybe I'll just switch continents.. I never ran into any of these probs over in the Barrens...

Well it happened again... fucking rouge glitch.. or rouge in the undead land.. I dunno... but it really is starting to piss me off

Well, I've updated the server..  over 200 changes since the one we were running.  No idea how it will effect your rogue skills, but I've noticed the glitch has gone away.

Thank goodness for that!

Chiquitta mentioned I should list any glitches I find..

Wasn't on long but the rogue skils are broken again.. my two stealth skills don't work anymore (as in they work BUT as soon as I'm near someone they "end" automatically)... also, my stun attacks don't stun.. they all do the dammage but the secondary part of the attack isn't working.

Also noticed that the bad duys see and walk through walls and ceilings again... suddenly I had 5 baddies rush me from all the walls/ceiling areas and my "go invisible in battle" stealth power wouldn't save my a**!! The best part was regening brought them all down on me again.. hadda die 3 times to get away from them all!    Of course all this IS better than melting into the scenery and getting stuck!

Anyhoo.. I'll keep posting as I find more whenever I play again.

Shabs...wow server update is being done likely on Sunday July 29, need to write down where your talents are located to....

don't try loggin in on Sunday as you will slow down the update process

Crap... I'm not sure what time the update is gonna happen so I'm gonna log on and write down my talent path... I might stay on for a bit if my talents aren't already reset in the assumption that it is the AM and the update hasn't begun...

Just tell me to skedaddle and I'll log off at any point though.

Out of curiosity, how long DOES the server update take?

Hey Diddles.. downloaded all the patches and ran em all fine.
Set realmlist with the two new "sets" and saved.

Now when I try logging on, it brings me to Diddlycraft BUT when the character list loads, a windown pops open saying "loggin in to game server" but eventually gives up and pops open a different window that says "Realm Selection" and shows "Realm Name: Diddleycraft", "Type: Normal", "Charactersnone), and "Population: low".

So it won't let me in.. what I do wrong in this case?

Did you see the second note on Diddly's homepage about deleting two files?

I saw it says:
Remember to change the realmlist.wtf
set realmlist darkshade.homeip.net
set patchlist darkshade.homeip.net

I also like to make sure the shortcut I use to launch WoW points to wow.exe instead of launcher.exe

After the patches - and I followed those instructions.
I see no reference in the "patches" section that instructs to delete, but I don't deny that I'm blind and, on occasion, dumb... so if there is more than what I just copied and pasted here, please let me know and I'll do it so I can indeed play!!!

Oh wait now I see it is a site update, not listed in the patch section.. I just jumped right over that segment altogether.. I'll try that and see if it resolves my issues tonight if I get home in good time.

Remember to delete the WTF directory and the WDB directory inside the Cache folder..

I tried that, but to no avail... I'm much saddened that I cannot play
Stupid updates.. never go smoothly for me.

Any other ideas what might be happening?  It directs me to Diddlycraft but it can't log me into the game server for whatever reason...

Remember to delete those folders (WTF, WDB) between every unsuccessful attempt.  They cache information about the server, so if you have bad info there, it'll persist and even though you'd normally be able to log in, it'll fail with that cached info.

Diddly, last night adjustments appear to be working. I have noticed that resurection time for badies is about 15 sec if you loot and 20 seconds if you leave them unlooted. So if you are killing three badies, the first one will be gone before you have a chance to finish battling and loot it. If it could be changed to wait until you leave the area it would make things easier playing alone in the higher level areas. I checked on the horse rider instructor and expect for Brill..seems ok to me.  Cloth armour merchants in Azure Hill and Exodor are missing. Mail is now instantaneous to other player. Changing interface option such as buff duration and instant quest seems to reset back to defaults every time you log in.   A side note, I've played both my horde and alliance "V"s today and all major friendly cities I was in have at least one ?? elite badie(s) just roaming around ready to strike. So whatever level the badies are at they cannot be seen by 45 level players.

I have not checked zepplins or boats as i fear getting "V" trapped in no man's land again.

All boats bad bad bad bad bad.....Myratia level 12 is gone gone like Velielia ..last night with the zepplin...

Diddly, Shabs, and Mauser stay off zeps and boats.

Yees!  It worked last night.  I erased all the files and still couldn't get it to work but I guess my computer has some wierd RAM memory capacity or something because I deleted the WTD & WTF folders and it still wouldn't let me log on until I did that, restarted my computer and logged on.. THEN it worked..

Wierd.

Ah well.  So what are you guys up to tonight?  Feel like getting together?  I am the senior person at the office today so I'm stuck here until the bitter end meaning it could be 8 or 9 by the time I get through the long weekend traffic and back to KW...  let me know on messenger today if you're interested and I'll swing by though..

Questions for the GM:

1) Will instance level restrictions be removed?
2) Is it possible to re-establish line of sight and maintain a stable world?
3)Are ressurection of wow control characters set at...when you leave the area or another setting?
4) How do you want us to report baddies in a friendly city?

Portal to Ogrimmar from Tirisfal Glades and from Stranglethorn Vale do not work, you have to take portal from Booty Bay to Rachet to change continents.

Updated server:
Transports are still deadly.. so don't use 'em.  I'll have the basic portals added soon.
Instance level restrictions are disabled
Line Of Sight is enabled...  no crashes yet, so that's a good sign

Ok, the server seems to crash (or just dump me out) every 10-20 minutes..
This started around 8 or 8:30-ish on Sunday night... when I logged back on (I had to wait 5-10 minutes before I was even permitted to log back on) I was dumped back to the last time I died.. this happened a couple times before I finally gave up in frustration...

Suggestions on what is wrong?  I even tried dumping the WTS and WTC folders in case that was the problem.. which it didn't seem to resolve anything.

No, it's the Line of Sight thing...  seems to crash the server randomly.  Bleh.  I've turned it off.  Should be solid again.

I can't get the portal to Grom'gol to work from either undercity or orgrimmar.  When I click on it, it says "opening chest", and always fails.

If Grom'Gol portal isn't working, there's another way there.  Use the portal to Undercity and grab a zepplin to Grom'Gol.  (You'll be okay because it's only cross-continent Zepplins that are deadly).  Just be sure you get on the right Zepplin.

Now when I try to log in, I'm prompted for my password, and I get a message saying 'unable to connect' or something..  I also got a notification on the login screen for the maintenance of the blizzard site.  Is the game trying to communicate with WoW, even though the wtf file in the game main directory still points to darkshade?

Do not send anything to Blizzard!!! Yes the program will still try to connect to them, just never send them any replies.. just shut down and restart...

But I had the same problem you're talking about too last night... not sure what happened there but it should be up and fixed sometime soon.

It's been doing it for a couple of days now.  Don't worry, I'm not dumb enough to send them anything (like asking why I can't log into diddlycraft)

Okay, so today I tried reinstalling the game (with all the patches), and I still can't get in.  Now the login screen doesn't even say diddlycraft on it.  Any suggestions?

Sorry folks, I've been pretty busy lately.  While the server was still running, there's a second half to it that basically just handles logging in, and that second part was down.  Sorry.  It's back up now.

Since last night's fix I'm able to get into WOW without any problems...

Another update today.  I've determined the bulk of our problems have been due to the server running on a 64-bit OS.  Using some linux coolness, I've created a virtual 32-bit OS running alongside the 64-bit one (because it'd be just too much work to back up everything, including NWN and the web site, and start over with 32-bit).  The MaNGOS developers are not expending much effort on getting things to work in 64-bit world, since they're still mainly developing in Windoze (which is usually 32-bit).  

So long story short, the server is running in 32-bit mode again and should be more stable.  I've enabled Line of Sight again, so please let me know if the server is crashing (it'll bring itself back up again in 10 minutes or less).  Unfortunately, the Zepplins and Boats that cross continents are still deadly.  I was really hoping that one would go away with the switch.  Maybe next database update then.

Oh, BTW, I've installed and tested connecting to the server with a base version of the client, no expansion, and was able to play.  So Hawkeye, you have no excuse....  aside from suspicious computer problems, a wife, and two babies.  As I said, no excuse!  

I got stuck in Orgrimmar today... what happened to the portals to undercity and Grom' Gol?  

Sorry, I'm not having any luck adding portals the usual way....  you'll have to adventure on the continent you're one for a while until I figure it out.

Server has been upgraded to version 4573, with db release 18.  (Not that that should mean anything to you guys, but it helps me keep track of what we're running).

Intercontinental transports are still deadly (*sigh*) but at least I've been able to add portals to Undercity and Orgrimmar from any of the horde transports that go to the opposite continent.  If you want alliance portals too, let me know.  But I think everyone is playing horde characters, so I didn't bother.