Offline DAoC fork v0.269.0

Install or update

1. Need the base game first? Download and extract the original Offline DAoC v0.3 release.
2. Close the game, server and launcher. Download UPDATE-OFFLINE-DAOC.cmd and Update-OfflineDAoC.ps1 into your game folder (next to START OFFLINE DAOC.cmd) and run the .cmd.
3. It downloads the update pack, checks its SHA-256, backs up every file it replaces under update-backups, and installs it. Saves, account.txt and configs are never touched. After the first update, run UPDATE OFFLINE DAOC.cmd from the game folder to get later releases.

Coming from a v0.3 game with characters? The first launch asks for a one-time Camlann world reset (full backup first, local account kept). Old characters do not carry over.

Changes in 0.269.0

Fixed

• Gothwaite PvP mode: review fixes to the stage 6 tactics (an Opus
  review of 0.268.0, docs/GOTHWAITE_PVP_MODE.md 13.5):
  • A follower promoted to leader while its group was running (its leader
    died, or went home after the run) inherited a run with no end: it never
    scanned, never fought back and held its followers with it. A follower now
    carries its leader's own run clock, and a promoted leader's open clock
    ends at once.
  • A run or a regroup no longer carries into the walk home or the next
    outing (every return path and the castle clear it; sprint ends with it).
  • A running bot that is caught (crowd-controlled, at the end of its run,
    or hit in melee) turns and fights instead of standing as a free kill;
    GOTH_PVP_RETREAT_END reason=caught.
  • Followers no longer go home for low health or power while their
    leader's group rests; the regroup filter now reads the leader's state.
  • A follower no longer flaps between assisting and dropping a target that
    stands beyond 1,500 units of its leader; it follows instead.
  • The leader's "far" chase rule measures from where the target stood when
    the fight opened, not from the leader's spot a scan range away.
  • The add draw skips fights within 1,000 units (the group's own last kill)
    and takes the newest beyond that.
  • A formation slot the navmesh refuses is not proved again for 5 s; the
    opening scan runs the appetite test before the line-of-sight raycast.