Offline DAoC fork v0.274.0

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 0.274.0

Changed

• Unequipping a companion's item leaves the slot empty. The Companion
  Manager's [Unequip] and the paperdoll pick-up now mark the slot as your
  choice. The starter kit no longer fills it at once with a newly created
  piece, while earned gear may still go there. The reply now reads "...
  stays empty until you equip something or finds better gear".

Fixed

• Companions of another realm than yours can equip their armor again
  (bug 161). An owned companion takes its owner's realm, and so does the
  starter gear made for it. The item rule then looked up the owner realm's
  armor skill (a Midgard Shaman with an Albion owner has no Albion armor
  skill) and refused class-realm loot. Manual equips, automatic upgrades
  and merchant buys of armor failed for every such companion. The rule now
  judges armor and weapon skills by the companion's class realm and
  accepts items of either realm. Found when the manager's [Equip] refused
  a Shaman's starter Chain Helm after the paperdoll probe (TASKS 129).
• The real-client results of the 0.273.0 paperdoll probe (R1-R5 pass) and
  the server findings for the full window are recorded in section 7 of
  docs/COMPANION_PAPERDOLL_RE.md.