[DiscordArchive] does it actually contain anything from lichking that it would overwrite though?
[DiscordArchive] does it actually contain anything from lichking that it would overwrite though?
Archived author: stoneharry • Posted: 2022-07-22T20:59:07.477000+00:00
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especially when it's one of the largest MPQs
Archived author: stoneharry • Posted: 2022-07-22T20:59:33.040000+00:00
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Also the 3.0 installer says to delete patch.MPQ when doing a full client uninstall
Archived author: stoneharry • Posted: 2022-07-22T20:59:37.471000+00:00
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but contains no install instructions for that MPQ
Archived author: Titi • Posted: 2022-07-22T21:00:40.416000+00:00
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afaik when a new expension releases they merge data
Archived author: Titi • Posted: 2022-07-22T21:01:21.575000+00:00
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so when BC release they compacted patches into common, when WOTLK released they compacted patches into expension.mpq
Archived author: Titi • Posted: 2022-07-22T21:01:36.374000+00:00
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when cata release they'll compact patches into lichking.mpq
Archived author: Titi • Posted: 2022-07-22T21:01:40.598000+00:00
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I think that's how they do it
Archived author: stoneharry • Posted: 2022-07-22T21:02:11.688000+00:00
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It's not how the lichking installer works
Archived author: stoneharry • Posted: 2022-07-22T21:02:30.395000+00:00
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Or at least, the 3.0 installer is doing nothing with patch.mpq
Archived author: stoneharry • Posted: 2022-07-22T21:03:23.574000+00:00
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I'll spend some time figuring out the exact order. Basically the order I'm using at the moment is leading to really obscure bugs, it works in 99% of use cases but sometimes I have the wrong data extracted