Which files to use for first time?

Hi all,

I have looked around the forums trying to figure out which files are best to start out with but I'm still a bit unsure..

Can anyone shed some light as to what the differences are between Crystal, 2.3 and so on, please?
I'm under the impression that Crystal files are probably a good place to start as (i think0 they provide a bit more flexibility with customising quests, npcs and so on. Although, I could be completely wrong!
I'm just wondering if there are things in the Crystal files that do/do not exist in say Ruby or 2.3 / 1.9 - Any help will be appreciated.

I found these links but they don't seem to expand much on my query above, tempted to start off with the 1st link for the Crystal download and guide.

http://www.lomcn.org/forum/showthread.php?92007-Full-Crystal-Files-Download-and-Guide
http://www.lomcn.org/forum/showthread.php?56129-Legend-of-Mir-II-Guides-amp-Links
http://www.lomcn.org/forum/showthread.php?80806-LegendOfMir-II-Guide-How-things-are-done

Thanks for your help.

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P.s
I've posted in this section because it wouldn't allow me to do so under the Server Help forum as I needed to select a 'prefix' - The prefix selector wasn't appearing for some reason and therefore it wouldn't let me submit my thread - feel free to move this post manually if need be.

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Aha, just found this thread by Samuel.. appears as though the Crystal files are the only ones which continue to be updated...?

http://www.lomcn.org/forum/showthre...ailable-files-2014&highlight=comparison+files

Far said:

http://www.lomcn.org/forum/showthread.php?84526-Comparison-of-available-files-2014

The very first thread in this section lol

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Lol, yeah.. noticed that last minute - added it to my original post

I noticed though that 'Auto pot' for example is only supported by Heroes files but this is something that is on Chronicles which I thought used the Apple Ace files? Just trying to understand which ones are a good basis to start with. New to this side of Mir so trying to find my feet.

Far said:

Chronicles are unreleased custom files. Alot of features on that server are not in the original files used

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OK.. perhaps I'll just start with Crystal and have a play around with those for now.. although the lack of a crafting system is a bit of a blow.

Far said:

It's easy enough to code a crafting system in, alot of servers currently live / upcoming have added it in themselves

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OK, great - as long as there is some form of flexibility with what I can do then that's fine. I just didn't want to download some files to then get so far and be unable to do something later down the line or be restricted so I was just curious to hear from others more experienced on what they believe would be a good place to start.

Cheers

Tai said:

No one's forcing you. Blimey

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Thanks for the useful & helpful comment.

I'm just trying to gather an understanding of the files - after reading Far's comment it appears as though a crafting system is possible which i misunderstood from the comparison thread and instead read it as not supported or possible.