Using Drizzle with MOULa and Windows 8

[Huan]

Sorry if this has been covered before.

I played Uru CC years ago and recently found out that MOULa was available, so I downloaded the setup files from the Uru site and started playing; great!
I then found out about shards and fan ages and thought it would be swell to be able to explore fan ages as they were created/updated. I also read somewhere about Drizzle and decided to give it a try.

I used Drizzle 30, set the server to the deep-island and started downloading ages, including the latest version of the offline-ki. I made sure to follow the work-around instructions for Windows Vista and above. I am currently unable to get the offline-ki to work.

Since the zipped file downloaded to the agearchives folder, I tried unzipping the files and placing them in the Uru Live directory. I even tried moving the Offline-KI dat files to the user AppData folder using the instructions found here: http://uru.aaron32.net/ . Still no dice.

After reading through several posts here at GoW, I'm beginning to wonder if I'm going about this the correct way.

My questions are thus:

1. Would I accomplish what I want (accessing all available fan ages) by downloading and using the deep-island shard?

2. Is it possible to use Drizzle and the offline-ki with Uru Live or only with Uru CC (and how)?

3. Is it possible to install the offline-ki with Windows 8 (and how)?

4. Is the only difference between using Drizzle and the Deep-Island Shard offline vs. online play?

[diafero]

1. Yes, almost. As far as I know, Deep Island currently has all public fan-ages available (with the exception of Gehn-exclusive ages), and you do not even need Drizzle for it. The ages are downloaded and updated as you link there.

2. Drizzle and Offline KI work with Uru:CC only.

3. Offline KI with Uru:CC should work on Windows 8 just like on the previous versions. I do not use Windows 8 though, so I cannot confirm this.

4. Drizzle is a tool doing tons of stuff. Amongst this, it has the ability to download and install addons and ages into your offline Uru:CC installation - that part of Drizzle is called UAM (Uru Age Manager). If you complete your offline Uru with all the ages available in UAM, then that installation is identical to Deep Island, just offline. There are some KI commands which are only available offline or for admins, while others are only available online - use the "/help" command to learn the details.