1. 2010-11-30, 02:25 PM #1
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    Safe to delete old world game files?

    Does anyone know wether the OldWorld.mpq and OldWorld-enGB.mpq are needed to play the game or if they can safely be deleted since the shattering?
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  2. 2010-11-30, 02:26 PM #2
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    don't do it. if it's not supposed to be there, it would have been deleted

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    It's along time since I last was playing with the MPQ files and not just playing ingame, so I didn't that they had changed the names.

    However I wouldn't delete any mpq files if I were you, the whole world wasn't changed so it's likely that everything original is there in there, and the expansion 3, is just the new cata specific stuff, ei. the new zones, while the everthing else is still stored in the old world
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chrus View Post
    It's along time since I last was playing with the MPQ files and not just playing ingame, so I didn't that they had changed the names.

    However I wouldn't delete any mpq files if I were you, the whole world wasn't changed so it's likely that everything original is there in there, and the expansion 3, is just the new cata specific stuff, ei. the new zones, while the everthing else is still stored in the old world
    What he said, If they weren't needed then the shattering patches would most likely have been several Gigs in size.
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    Or you could simply move those files, as I'll do as soon as the servers are up again. And if the game is fine, I'll delete. If not, transfer back.
    EDIT: Did it, and the launcher tried to re-download them. So, I copied back.
    Yes, they stay =/
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  6. 2010-11-30, 02:44 PM #6
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    go ahead and delete them, when patch 4.0.3a came out i had a bunch of errors and patches not be able to be obtained, i ripped into my wow folder like there was no tomorrow deleting things etc, game just dl'd uncorrupted versions in like 15 mins =D go ahead, BURN IT ALL!
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    Quote Originally Posted by chogally View Post
    go ahead and delete them, when patch 4.0.3a came out i had a bunch of errors and patches not be able to be obtained, i ripped into my wow folder like there was no tomorrow deleting things etc, game just dl'd uncorrupted versions in like 15 mins =D go ahead, BURN IT ALL!
    Why someone who haven't those problems would like to re-download everything in your concepts?
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