Is this normal

[niceguy250]

Hello community, I am new to the whole world of server emulation, but some friends and I wanted to start a private server on our local network. I've set up the entire world of warcraft. We can all log in and make characters, blah blah blah... but the world is completely empty except for our characters. No NPCs or anything. I downloaded and installed Silver's DB .50 rev ###(or something like that) into my mangos db using navcat when I started this endeavor, then I was told I needed to install the mangos.sql that came with the update, so I did that over the SilverDB. I was just wondering if this procedure is correct or if I need to do something else in addition.
Any help you could give would be very much appreciated.
-Ryan

[MentaL]

[Serapher]

I am looking into it right now.... ill post in a minute or two what I can find... or i will just pass out.

either way, cross your fingers.

Til then...

Serapher

OK, so I am too tired to find all of what is wrong, but i will tell you what ive got so you can go from there....

First, Silvers DB loads fine, and when you execute the file in whichever SQL editor youre using, it should load fine. Take a minute to open mangos.creature and note that this is full. If you do load the mangos.sql that comes with the latest(er) versions, when executing them, they have a command in them that says "if the table exists, delete it, and make this one..." however, for reasons unknown to me, there is no data in this SQL for Language, Items, or Creatures, best I can find. So, if you want to pick through the code line by line, look for the delete table commands, and erase them.
However, note that if you ONLY run silvers, then you will not be able to create a character, at least, I am running mangos 2671, and i cannot until I execute the mangos.sql file they supply.

Two Options:(or so...)

1) Chug through the code, find all the errors that are deleting the tables you need, and fix them yourself. Heres a hint: Run your server, let it start up, when the Mangos window is charging through the code, look at it... All the tables you need will say, "Loaded 0 loot definitions. DB table "insert_table_name_here" is empty. Fixall those in your code, see what happens... most likely, it will work. or explode.
2) Dont Chug through it. wait. let someone else fix it.
C) I am completely wrong.... maybe... but this seems to fix the first sets of errors....

Til then...

Serapher