What are config categories?
These are the 'realm types' such as English, German, Development, Tournament etc used to separate server lists based on language or purpose.
These are held, in the client, by Cfg_Categories.dbc
http://www.wowdev.wiki/index.php ... gories.dbcWhat are the uses of these?
A good use for config categories is ensuring that players can only access your server with a certain MPQ patch. I'm going to show you how to do that in this tutorial.
First of all, extract Cfg_Categories and open it in Taliis.
Make a new row of data, and now you can edit it: check the wiki link I gave for information on the DBC file. When you have finished editing the file, place it in your custom MPQ.
Go into your server's folders and go to the configs folder.
Now, I am using ArcEmu for this - I have no idea how other servers configure their server's data.
Nevertheless, open realm.conf and scroll down until you see 'RealmType'. Change this to the ID of your new entry in the categories file, save it then start up your server.
Now, if you don't have the custom patch in your data folder, you will not be able to access the server.
I find this quite useful - it stops new players from seeing broken content by simply forgetting to download a patch, as well as making your server unique.
