Basic DB changes / I'm lost

[jnovo]

I think it depends. If you change anything in the Rules table, the server will have to be reset for the changes to take place..

As far as changes to the individual zones, I'm not 100% sure. I just got a server up and running myself this past week. I think a zone restart would suffice, because its not a server-wide change.


*Edit* I read somewhere, I think the release notes, that the variables table is being used less and less

[trevius]

The only things I change that I am sure can be updated without a server restart are mob stats, and quests. You can use #questreload after you make a quest change in a zone to load the current quest changes into that zone. And if you change mob stats, you have to #repop for the changes to take effect.

If you create any new spawns or change the spawn2 tables, you will need to leave that zone and do a #zoneshutdown <zonename>

Other than that, most other changes require a reboot. If you edit items or change loot tables or rules or many other things, you have to reboot for the new changes to load when the server starts.