You will have to run the NPCCH1 every time, but you don't have to log on to the normal client with the npc account as far as I'm aware. I presume that is just done so that when the NPC Client (NPCCH1) connects, other players won't see that npc character. (And I'm sure that whole set state is important... Not really sure what that does.)
Have you spoken with Exec directly about this? I'd be surprised if he has a problem with you borrowing some code from Aura - it's open source for a reason. It's more-so that use of the official server files is illegal and thus he doesn't want to get involved with that. Needless to say, he probably won't help adapt Aura code to work with the official server files, but I don't see any harm in adapting it yourself. (And again, I don't think Exec would mind based on my interactions with him and all that I've seen from him.)The Aura team does fantastic work. Using their work for these files sits in a sour spot for me as that is not the intent of their project. Visual chat could probably be ported pretty quick but guild management accesses the backend DBs quite a bit and would need some modifications. I'd rather learn and create my own solutions and respect the wishes of the aura team as they have already stated they'd like nothing to do with the server leak files.




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