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--- servers:windows:games:trinitycore_3.3.5_localhost [2026/05/30 01:38] – [DLLs] Sean Rhone
+++ servers:windows:games:trinitycore_3.3.5_localhost [2026/05/30 21:33] (current) – VS2026 looks good Sean Rhone
@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 ====== Information ======
-  * TrinityCore ((https://www.trinitycore.org))
+  * TrinityCore
-  * 3.3.5 ((https://github.com/TrinityCore/TrinityCore/tree/3.3.5))
+  * ''3.3.5''
   * [[https://talk.trinitycore.org/t/singleplayer-scripts-and-desktop-start-launchers-on-windows-linux-freebsd/33293/7|TrinityCore Forums]]
-===== Media =====
-  * [[https://media.realmofespionage.xyz/index/category/6|Progress Pics]]
-===== Resources =====
-  * [[https://trinitycore.info/|TrinityCore MMo Project Wiki]]
 ===== Prerequisites =====
@@ Line 24: / Line 16: @@
   * https://trinitycore.info/en/install/requirements/windows
-===== Visual Studio 2022 =====
+===== Visual Studio 2026 =====
-  * https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vs_community.exe ([[https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/repository-everything-about-windows-rt-woa-v8-x-x-and-v10-arm.57362/page-73#post-1896981|source]])
+  * https://aka.ms/vs/18/Stable/vs_community.exe ([[https://gist.github.com/Chenx221/6f4ed72cd785d80edb0bc50c9921daf7|source]])
-  "%SystemRoot%\System32\curl.exe" --output "%UserProfile%\Downloads\vs_community.exe" --location "https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vs_community.exe" --progress-bar && "%UserProfile%\Downloads\vs_community.exe"
+  "%SystemRoot%\System32\curl.exe" --output "%UserProfile%\Downloads\vs_community.exe" --location "https://aka.ms/vs/18/Stable/vs_community.exe" --progress-bar && "%UserProfile%\Downloads\vs_community.exe"
 ==== Required Components ====
   * Desktop development with C++ (C++ core desktop features)
-  * MSVC v143 - VS 2022 C++ x64/x86 build tools (Latest)
+  * MSVC Build Tools for x64/x86 (Latest)
-  * Windows 11 SDK (10.0.26100.7705)
+  * Windows 11 SDK (10.0.26100.8249)
   "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\setup.exe"
@@ Line 40: / Line 32: @@
 ===== Boost =====
+  * https://www.boost.org/releases/latest/
   * https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost-binaries/ (Ctrl + F)
-  * Last tested: ''boost_1_91_0-msvc-14.3-64.exe''
+  * Last tested: ''boost_1_91_0-msvc-14.5-64.exe''
-  msvc-14.3-64
+  msvc-14.5-64
 ===== CMake =====
@@ Line 49: / Line 42: @@
   * https://cmake.org/files/dev/?C=M;O=D (Ctrl + F)
   * https://cmake.org/download/#dev
-  * Last tested: ''cmake-4.3.20260522-g149e2b0-windows-x86_64.msi''
+  * Last tested: ''cmake-4.3.20260529-g7f5d94e-windows-x86_64.msi''
   * ''[ ]'' Add CMake to the PATH environment variable
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 ****
-  "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 12.3\bin\mariadb-install-db.exe" --skip-networking --datadir="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\database" --config="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\custom.cnf"
+  "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\bin\mariadb-install-db.exe" --skip-networking --datadir="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\database" --config="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\custom.cnf"
 ===== Connect =====
-  "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 12.3\bin\mariadbd.exe" --defaults-file="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\database\my.ini" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock"
+  "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\bin\mariadbd.exe" --defaults-file="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\database\my.ini" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock"
-  "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 12.3\bin\mariadb.exe" -u "root" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock"
+  "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\bin\mariadb.exe" -u "root" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock"
 ===== Databases =====
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   * [[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/guard-enable-control-flow-guard?view=msvc-170|/guard:cf-]]
-<code>"%ProgramFiles%\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" -S "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\src" -B "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build" -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" --fresh -Wno-error="author" -DBOOST_ROOT="%SystemDrive%/local/boost_1_91_0" -DMYSQL_INCLUDE_DIR="%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 12.3\include\mysql" -DMYSQL_LIBRARY="%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 12.3\lib\libmariadb.lib" -DNOJEM="1" -DSCRIPTS="static" -DUSE_COREPCH="0" -DUSE_SCRIPTPCH="0" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="/EHs /arch:AVX2 /favor:INTEL64 /Gz /Oy /GS- /guard:cf- /W0" -DWITHOUT_METRICS="1" -DTOOLS="1"</code>
+<code>"%ProgramFiles%\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" -S "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\src" -B "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build" -G "Visual Studio 18 2026" --fresh -Wno-error="author" -DBOOST_ROOT="%SystemDrive%/local/boost_1_91_0" -DMYSQL_INCLUDE_DIR="%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\include\mysql" -DMYSQL_LIBRARY="%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\lib\libmariadb.lib" -DNOJEM="1" -DSCRIPTS="static" -DUSE_COREPCH="0" -DUSE_SCRIPTPCH="0" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="/EHs /arch:AVX2 /favor:INTEL64 /Gz /Oy /GS- /guard:cf- /W0" -DWITHOUT_METRICS="1" -DTOOLS="1"</code>
-<code>"%ProgramFiles%\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" -S "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\src" -B "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build" -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" --fresh -Wno-error="author" -DBOOST_ROOT="%SystemDrive%/local/boost_1_91_0" -DMYSQL_INCLUDE_DIR="%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\include\mysql" -DMYSQL_LIBRARY="%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\lib\libmariadb.lib" -DNOJEM="1" -DSCRIPTS="static" -DUSE_COREPCH="0" -DUSE_SCRIPTPCH="0" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="/EHs /arch:AVX2 /favor:INTEL64 /Gz /Oy /GS- /guard:cf- /W0" -DWITHOUT_METRICS="1" -DTOOLS="1"</code>
 ===== Compile =====
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   * ~25 minutes i5-8400H ((2026/05/30: ''00:22:47.74'' 4C4T))
-<code>"%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\MSBuild\Current\Bin\amd64\MSBuild.exe" "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build\ALL_BUILD.vcxproj" -target:"Rebuild" -property:"Configuration=Release" -maxCpuCount -nodeReuse:"False" -terminalLogger:"off"</code>
+<code>"%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio\18\Community\MSBuild\Current\Bin\amd64\MSBuild.exe" "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build\ALL_BUILD.vcxproj" -target:"Rebuild" -property:"Configuration=Release" -maxCpuCount -nodeReuse:"False" -terminalLogger:"off"</code>
 ===== DLLs =====
-  COPY /Y "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 12.3\lib\libmariadb.dll" "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build\bin\Release"
   COPY /Y "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\lib\libmariadb.dll" "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build\bin\Release"
@@ Line 225: / Line 214: @@
   * https://github.com/TrinityCore/TrinityCore/releases
-  * Expects [[windows:10#zip|7-Zip]]
+  * Expects [[windows:10#zip|7-Zip]] and [[#databases|Initial DB set-up]]
   * Last tested: ''TDB_full_world_335.25101_2025_10_21.7z''
-  "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 12.3\bin\mariadbd.exe" --defaults-file="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\database\my.ini" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock"
+  "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\bin\mariadbd.exe" --defaults-file="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\database\my.ini" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock"
-  "%ProgramFiles%\7-Zip\7z.exe" x "%UserProfile%\Downloads\TDB_full_world_335."*".7z" -o"%UserProfile%\Downloads" && MOVE /Y "%UserProfile%\Downloads\TDB_full_world_335."*".sql" "%UserProfile%\Downloads\TDB_full_world_335.sql" && "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 12.3\bin\mariadb.exe" -u "root" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock" "worldserver" < "%UserProfile%\Downloads\TDB_full_world_335.sql" && DEL /Q "%UserProfile%\Downloads\TDB_full_world_335."*".7z" "%UserProfile%\Downloads\TDB_full_world_335.sql"
+  "%ProgramFiles%\7-Zip\7z.exe" x "%UserProfile%\Downloads\TDB_full_world_335."*".7z" -o"%UserProfile%\Downloads" && MOVE /Y "%UserProfile%\Downloads\TDB_full_world_335."*".sql" "%UserProfile%\Downloads\TDB_full_world_335.sql" && "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\bin\mariadb.exe" -u "root" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock" "worldserver" < "%UserProfile%\Downloads\TDB_full_world_335.sql" && DEL /Q "%UserProfile%\Downloads\TDB_full_world_335."*".7z" "%UserProfile%\Downloads\TDB_full_world_335.sql"
 ====== Settings ======
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 # Connection
 BindIP = "127.0.0.1"
-MySQLExecutable = "C:\Program Files\MariaDB 12.3\bin\mariadb.exe"
+MySQLExecutable = "C:\Program Files\MariaDB 13.0\bin\mariadb.exe"
 AllowLoggingIPAddressesInDatabase = 0
@@ Line 276: / Line 265: @@
 # Connection
 BindIP = "127.0.0.1"
-MySQLExecutable = "C:\Program Files\MariaDB 12.3\bin\mariadb.exe"
+MySQLExecutable = "C:\Program Files\MariaDB 13.0\bin\mariadb.exe"
 AllowLoggingIPAddressesInDatabase = 0
@@ Line 343: / Line 332: @@
 CD "%Temp%"
-START "MariaDB Server" /MIN /D "%Temp%" "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 12.3\bin\mariadbd.exe" --defaults-file="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\database\my.ini"
+START "MariaDB Server" /MIN /D "%Temp%" "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\bin\mariadbd.exe" --defaults-file="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\database\my.ini"
 "%SystemRoot%\System32\timeout.exe" /T "2" /NOBREAK
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 "%ProgramFiles%\Git\bin\git.exe" -C "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\src" pull origin "3.3.5" --rebase
-"%ProgramFiles%\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" -S "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\src" -B "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build" -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" --fresh -Wno-error="author" -DBOOST_ROOT="%SystemDrive%/local/boost_1_91_0" -DMYSQL_INCLUDE_DIR="%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 12.3\include\mysql" -DMYSQL_LIBRARY="%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 12.3\lib\libmariadb.lib" -DNOJEM="1" -DSCRIPTS="static" -DUSE_COREPCH="0" -DUSE_SCRIPTPCH="0" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="/EHs /arch:AVX2 /favor:INTEL64 /Gz /Oy /GS- /guard:cf- /W0" -DWITHOUT_METRICS="1" -DTOOLS="0"
+"%ProgramFiles%\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" -S "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\src" -B "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build" -G "Visual Studio 18 2026" --fresh -Wno-error="author" -DBOOST_ROOT="%SystemDrive%/local/boost_1_91_0" -DMYSQL_INCLUDE_DIR="%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\include\mysql" -DMYSQL_LIBRARY="%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\lib\libmariadb.lib" -DNOJEM="1" -DSCRIPTS="static" -DUSE_COREPCH="0" -DUSE_SCRIPTPCH="0" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="/EHs /arch:AVX2 /favor:INTEL64 /Gz /Oy /GS- /guard:cf- /W0" -DWITHOUT_METRICS="1" -DTOOLS="0"
-"%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\MSBuild\Current\Bin\amd64\MSBuild.exe" "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build\ALL_BUILD.vcxproj" -target:"Build" -property:"Configuration=Release" -maxCpuCount -nodeReuse:"False" -terminalLogger:"off"
+"%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio\18\Community\MSBuild\Current\Bin\amd64\MSBuild.exe" "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build\ALL_BUILD.vcxproj" -target:"Build" -property:"Configuration=Release" -maxCpuCount -nodeReuse:"False" -terminalLogger:"off"
 "%SystemRoot%\System32\timeout.exe" /T "1"
@@ Line 392: / Line 381: @@
 "%ProgramFiles%\Git\bin\git.exe" -C "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\src" pull origin "3.3.5" --rebase
-"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\setup.exe" update --channelId "VisualStudio.17.Release" --channelURI "https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/channel" --productId "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Product.Community" --nocache --norestart --quiet
+"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\setup.exe" update --channelId "VisualStudio.18.Stable" --channelURI "https://aka.ms/vs/stable/channel" --productId "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Product.Community" --nocache --norestart --quiet
-"%ProgramFiles%\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" -S "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\src" -B "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build" -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" --fresh -Wno-error="author" -DBOOST_ROOT="%SystemDrive%/local/boost_1_91_0" -DMYSQL_INCLUDE_DIR="%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 12.3\include\mysql" -DMYSQL_LIBRARY="%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 12.3\lib\libmariadb.lib" -DNOJEM="1" -DSCRIPTS="static" -DUSE_COREPCH="0" -DUSE_SCRIPTPCH="0" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="/EHs /arch:AVX2 /favor:INTEL64 /Gz /Oy /GS- /guard:cf- /W0" -DWITHOUT_METRICS="1" -DTOOLS="0"
+"%ProgramFiles%\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" -S "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\src" -B "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build" -G "Visual Studio 18 2026" --fresh -Wno-error="author" -DBOOST_ROOT="%SystemDrive%/local/boost_1_91_0" -DMYSQL_INCLUDE_DIR="%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\include\mysql" -DMYSQL_LIBRARY="%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\lib\libmariadb.lib" -DNOJEM="1" -DSCRIPTS="static" -DUSE_COREPCH="0" -DUSE_SCRIPTPCH="0" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="/EHs /arch:AVX2 /favor:INTEL64 /Gz /Oy /GS- /guard:cf- /W0" -DWITHOUT_METRICS="1" -DTOOLS="0"
-"%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\MSBuild\Current\Bin\amd64\MSBuild.exe" "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build\ALL_BUILD.vcxproj" -target:"Rebuild" -property:"Configuration=Release" -maxCpuCount -nodeReuse:"False" -terminalLogger:"off"
+"%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio\18\Community\MSBuild\Current\Bin\amd64\MSBuild.exe" "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build\ALL_BUILD.vcxproj" -target:"Rebuild" -property:"Configuration=Release" -maxCpuCount -nodeReuse:"False" -terminalLogger:"off"
 "%SystemRoot%\System32\timeout.exe" /T "1"
@@ Line 415: / Line 404: @@
 CD "%Temp%"
-START "MariaDB Server" /MIN /D "%Temp%" "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 12.3\bin\mariadbd.exe" --defaults-file="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\database\my.ini" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock"
+START "MariaDB Server" /MIN /D "%Temp%" "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\bin\mariadbd.exe" --defaults-file="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\database\my.ini" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock"
 "%SystemRoot%\System32\timeout.exe" /T "2" /NOBREAK
-"%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 12.3\bin\mariadb-dump.exe" -u "root" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock" --opt --single-transaction -r "%UserProfile%\Downloads\%RANDOM%-localhost-authserver.sql" "authserver"
+"%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\bin\mariadb-dump.exe" -u "root" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock" --opt --single-transaction -r "%UserProfile%\Downloads\%RANDOM%-localhost-authserver.sql" "authserver"
-"%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 12.3\bin\mariadb-dump.exe" -u "root" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock" --opt --single-transaction -r "%UserProfile%\Downloads\%RANDOM%-localhost-characters.sql" "characters"
+"%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\bin\mariadb-dump.exe" -u "root" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock" --opt --single-transaction -r "%UserProfile%\Downloads\%RANDOM%-localhost-characters.sql" "characters"
-"%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 12.3\bin\mariadb-admin.exe" -u "root" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock" "shutdown"
+"%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\bin\mariadb-admin.exe" -u "root" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock" "shutdown"
 "%SystemRoot%\System32\msg.exe" %USERNAME% /TIME:"2" "WoW 3.3.5 Databases Backed-up Successfully to Downloads"
@@ Line 439: / Line 428: @@
 CD "%Temp%"
-START "MariaDB Server" /MIN /D "%Temp%" "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 12.3\bin\mariadbd.exe" --defaults-file="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\database\my.ini" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock"
+START "MariaDB Server" /MIN /D "%Temp%" "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\bin\mariadbd.exe" --defaults-file="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\database\my.ini" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock"
 "%SystemRoot%\System32\timeout.exe" /T "2" /NOBREAK
-"%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 12.3\bin\mariadb-check.exe" -u "root" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock" --optimize --all-databases --force --extended --auto-repair
+"%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\bin\mariadb-check.exe" -u "root" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock" --optimize --all-databases --force --extended --auto-repair
-"%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 12.3\bin\mariadb-admin.exe" -u "root" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock" "shutdown"
+"%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\bin\mariadb-admin.exe" -u "root" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock" "shutdown"
 "%SystemRoot%\System32\msg.exe" %USERNAME% /TIME:"2" "WoW 3.3.5 Database Maintenance Complete"
@@ Line 511: / Line 500: @@
   * Ctrl + C to exit
-  "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 12.3\bin\mariadbd.exe" --defaults-file="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\database\my.ini"
+  "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\bin\mariadbd.exe" --defaults-file="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\database\my.ini"
   CD "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build\bin\Release" && "authserver.exe" --config-dir "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\conf\authserver"
@@ Line 553: / Line 542: @@
 ===== Backup =====
-  "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 12.3\bin\mariadbd.exe" --defaults-file="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\database\my.ini" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock"
+  "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\bin\mariadbd.exe" --defaults-file="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\database\my.ini" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock"
-  "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 12.3\bin\mariadb-dump.exe" -u "root" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock" --opt --single-transaction -r "%UserProfile%\Downloads\localhost-authserver.sql" "authserver"
+  "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\bin\mariadb-dump.exe" -u "root" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock" --opt --single-transaction -r "%UserProfile%\Downloads\localhost-authserver.sql" "authserver"
-  "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 12.3\bin\mariadb-dump.exe" -u "root" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock" --opt --single-transaction -r "%UserProfile%\Downloads\localhost-characters.sql" "characters"
+  "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\bin\mariadb-dump.exe" -u "root" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock" --opt --single-transaction -r "%UserProfile%\Downloads\localhost-characters.sql" "characters"
 ===== Restore =====
@@ Line 563: / Line 552: @@
   * [[#databases|Initial set-up]]
-  "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 12.3\bin\mariadbd.exe" --defaults-file="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\database\my.ini" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock"
+  "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\bin\mariadbd.exe" --defaults-file="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\database\my.ini" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock"
 ==== authserver ====
-  "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 12.3\bin\mariadb.exe" -u "root" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock" --execute="CREATE DATABASE authserver"
+  "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\bin\mariadb.exe" -u "root" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock" --execute="CREATE DATABASE authserver"
-  MOVE /Y "%UserProfile%\Downloads\"*"-localhost-authserver.sql" "%UserProfile%\Downloads\localhost-authserver.sql" && "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 12.3\bin\mariadb.exe" -u "root" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock" "authserver" < "%UserProfile%\Downloads\localhost-authserver.sql"
+  MOVE /Y "%UserProfile%\Downloads\"*"-localhost-authserver.sql" "%UserProfile%\Downloads\localhost-authserver.sql" && "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\bin\mariadb.exe" -u "root" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock" "authserver" < "%UserProfile%\Downloads\localhost-authserver.sql"
 ==== characters ====
-  "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 12.3\bin\mariadb.exe" -u "root" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock" --execute="CREATE DATABASE characters"
+  "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\bin\mariadb.exe" -u "root" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock" --execute="CREATE DATABASE characters"
-  MOVE /Y "%UserProfile%\Downloads\"*"-localhost-characters.sql" "%UserProfile%\Downloads\localhost-characters.sql" && "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 12.3\bin\mariadb.exe" -u "root" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock" "characters" < "%UserProfile%\Downloads\localhost-characters.sql"
+  MOVE /Y "%UserProfile%\Downloads\"*"-localhost-characters.sql" "%UserProfile%\Downloads\localhost-characters.sql" && "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\bin\mariadb.exe" -u "root" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock" "characters" < "%UserProfile%\Downloads\localhost-characters.sql"
 ====== TODOs ======
-  "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 12.3\bin\mariadb-admin.exe" -u "root" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock" variables
+  "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\bin\mariadb-admin.exe" -u "root" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock" variables
-  "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 12.3\bin\mariadb-admin.exe" -u "root" --socket="MySQL" variables
+  "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\bin\mariadb-admin.exe" -u "root" --socket="MySQL" variables
-  "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 12.3\bin\mariadb-admin.exe" -u "root" --socket="MySQL" variables  | FIND "socket"
+  "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\bin\mariadb-admin.exe" -u "root" --socket="MySQL" variables  | FIND "socket"
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-  "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\setup.exe" update --channelId "VisualStudio.17.Release" --channelURI "https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/channel" --productId "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Product.Community" --nocache --norestart --quiet
+  "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\setup.exe" update --channelId "VisualStudio.18.Stable" --channelURI "https://aka.ms/vs/stable/channel" --productId "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Product.Community" --nocache --norestart --quiet
 ===== DB Maintenance =====
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-  "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 12.3\bin\mariadb-check.exe" -u "root" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock" --optimize --all-databases --force --extended --auto-repair
+  "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\bin\mariadb-check.exe" -u "root" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock" --optimize --all-databases --force --extended --auto-repair
 ===== DB Reset =====
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   * Import [[#world_database|World DB]]
-  "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 12.3\bin\mariadb.exe" -u "root" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock" --execute="DROP DATABASE authserver;DROP DATABASE characters;DROP DATABASE worldserver;CREATE DATABASE authserver;CREATE DATABASE characters;CREATE DATABASE worldserver;GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON authserver.* to 'authserver'@'localhost';GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON characters.* to 'characters'@'localhost';GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON worldserver.* to 'worldserver'@'localhost';FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
+  "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 13.0\bin\mariadb.exe" -u "root" --socket="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\mariadb\mariadb.sock" --execute="DROP DATABASE authserver;DROP DATABASE characters;DROP DATABASE worldserver;CREATE DATABASE authserver;CREATE DATABASE characters;CREATE DATABASE worldserver;GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON authserver.* to 'authserver'@'localhost';GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON characters.* to 'characters'@'localhost';GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON worldserver.* to 'worldserver'@'localhost';FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"