Feel free to add on in a reply below this will be ever growing but I plan on linking to it in my sig because it really truly dearly is getting old answering the same thing over and over and over and people obviously don't want to search so lets bundle it all together in one nice pile of joy
Q1. One of Ronny's tools say "Not Responding" or "sSomeTool.exe has stopped working"
A1a: You don't have the .NET framework installed (if you are using windows 7 or vista this is not the case, only xp and before did not include it by default)
A1b: You do have the .NET framework installed and it still keeps crashing, delete everything you extracted from the .zip, download Download a decent file extraction/compression utility like 7zip and then extract and it will work
Q2. After adding something to a .pck my client won't run anymore!
A2a: You used the ancient pwpack2007, that is more then likely the culprit, sPCK can fix that right away, just repack with that and tada
Q3. I used Ronny's downgrade patch and my client wont start anymore
A3a: That on its own is not very useful, best thing to do, scrap the client you made, copy the PWI install directory somewhere to like your desktop, and run it again, if problem persists post exactly what you did and how you did it to the forums and we can try to help
Q4. My gshop/elements/tasks isnt working!
A4a: You probably didn't put the .data files in the proper locations, while the server is OFF put the proper server side copies (except for gshop, that is identical for client/server) then upload it to /PWServer/gamed/config and for your client put it in the element\data directory, not the same directory as the elementclient.exe
Q5. Where is the devteam/source/emu site/ why dont you do actual development?
A5a: Read my stickied thread to find out why
Q6. What is the best server release to use?
A6a: If you have no idea how linux works (in which case I really dont think you shouldn't even be running a server anyway) Use this if you aren't a giant noob and know how to properly install and configure linux Use yet another one of Ronny's amazing releases
Q7. Why doesn't this work/error code 12345/random screenshot of something not working
A7a: Help us help you, most of the people here do want to try and help you we just need information to properly diagnose what is wrong, if it is for certain a client issue post all your logs from elements\logs
If it is a server issue post your config files (minus the passwords of course) and output from the actual server daemons, you have no idea how much this helps
Q8. I can't type in the password for the server!
A8a: Yes you can, built in security feature on Linux as seen in this pretty little sticky thread next time read the stickies, they are sticky for a reason you know
Q9. How do I put my server 'online'?????????????
A9a: Using multiple question marks doesn't get answers faster.
A9b: Google is your friend and it is no different then having any other server available on the internet, just make sure your network is configured properly and tada, it is on the internet
Q10. How do I CoLinux
A10a: CoLinux has always been absolute and utter crap, use a proper piece of Virtualization software like the almighty virtualbox
Q11. Is Ronny by far the best person working here and does an insane amount of good for our community?
A11a: You have no idea, learn to love Ronny he really has quite a passion for what he does and I can say we all greatly appreciate that
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