Ho'kay. Not a bad guide btw, got some holes but w/e it worked. Core is compiled, database is setup, login and server batch looks good, ports are fowarded etc. Before I go any further I need to find out more information on client/server versions please. I found a patch that restores the client to version 2.7. Is that the latest stable/playable version? And if so, what do I need to change (files etc) to make my client and server negotiate (I don't see the version.java under tools anywhere)? I have attempted a login with the current client (3.0) just for shits and giggles, installed the noip.dll to bin32 and after login it froze up of course but it did make an account for me however, in the query. Lol.
Now these may be silly questions but, what server file version did I download with the SVN? How do you even know what client version to install? And where do you find the appropriate client files?
I also noticed a couple of "update" folders in the gameserver and login server folders with 4 more SQL's named inventory, index, and player.sql and accountdata.sql (login). Should I execute these into the appropriate databases?
Edit: I moved this post to its own topic on the main Aion page as it seems it has outgrown its correlation to this thread. Any advice would still be greatly appreciated.