GM question

[hobby99]

About 2 years ago, i use to play on a private server back when they only supported WotLK 3.3.5 and i remember from back then that all you had to do was change the realmlist and right away you were in the private server and to change it back to retail WoW all you had to do is switch it back and you could play retail like nothing was ever changed. So my question is why is different in cata supported private servers than it was in WotLK supported servers a couple years ago, and now having to download a launcher now inorder to play instead of the classic switch the realmlist back and forth whenever you wanted to play between retail and private? sorry for all of the question posts, i just wanna make sure i got my facts straight before i decide to switch anything around.

[Tiri]

Cataclysm brought along a lot more challenges in coding from what I hear. Also you need a launcher for the Custom Item patch. If you don't have a launcher then you cannot use custom items. I always had to use a launcher on 3.3.5 servers.

[hobby99]

dumb question but i figured why not, what does the custom item patch basically do?

[Tiri]

For Funservers, admins make their own weapons called Custom Weapons. In order for some players to see those custom items they need a patch from the launcher. What the Custom Patch does is make the Custom Items usable by other players. If you don't have the custom item patch you will get an error like "Retrieving Item Information.

[hobby99]

alright and a family member was wondering, he asked me if you install the launcher and all if does is put in a patch and switch the realmlist, then when you decide to switch back to playing retail WoW. what happens to the launcher? does it delete its self once you change the realmlist? and if you add the custom items patch for the private server, where is that stored and how does it not effect the retail WoW when you change the realmlist back?

[Tiri]

Nope the launcher stays. If you go to retail then you will have to delete Cache and IceCold.exe in your World of Warcraft folder when trying to get on IceCold again. The custom patch does nothing to retail wow.

[xJetStar721]

Tirionl is the master of these things! Learn from him.

[hobby99]

so basically the IceCold-WoW launcher you install is just a patch called custom items, its not accutally a different/seperate launcher from retail WoW launcher correct? and so when you switch from IceCold-WoW to retail WoW, you delete Cache and IceCold.exe correct? so if i later decide to switch from retail to IceCold-WoW again, what would i all have to do inorder to play again?

[Apple-Core]

Yeh, He needs a BootCamp that we can attend Kellian xD

[Rocx]

To switch from IceCold to retail "cleanly", you can open the Ice launcher and click "Remove patch" at the bottom. This deletes the cache and restores your realmlist

[hobby99]

and if i get confused or stressed out about not being able to restore it to retail WoW. as an emergancy, could i simply just uninstall WoW and reinstall WoW and it would back to normal on retail WoW?

[xJetStar721]

Uh, I think what Rocx said pretty much told you, how to go back to retail.

[hobby99]

alright thank you everyone for the help. appreciate it alot

[xJetStar721]

No problem (:

[shoo77ter]

Also Retail world of worldcraft does change automaticly your realmlist to the right when you use the launcher , also you don't even need to use that :P