[Release] 23.9.0 (#4976 )

[Quest API] Add GetTimers() and GetPausedTimers() to Perl/Lua (#4965 )
* [Quest API] Add GetTimers() and GetPausedTimers() to Perl/Lua * Push
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+## [23.9.0] 8/2/2025
+
+### Bots
+
+* Fix FinishBuffing rule ([#4961](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4961)) @nytmyr 2025-07-01
+* Fix ^cast resurrects ([#4958](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4958)) @nytmyr 2025-06-29
+
+### Build
+
+* Fix Linking with GCC ([#4969](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4969)) @solar984 2025-08-03
+* More Build Speed Improvements ([#4959](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4959)) @Akkadius 2025-06-30
+
+### Commands
+
+* Add #show keyring Subcommand ([#4973](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4973)) @Kinglykrab 2025-08-03
+
+### Database
+
+* Add Indexes to NPC's Spawns Loot ([#4972](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4972)) @Akkadius 2025-07-30
+
+### Feature
+
+* Zone Scripting ([#4908](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4908)) @Kinglykrab 2025-07-10
+
+### Fixes
+
+* Add a missing Froglok starting area for Titanium Startzone. ([#4962](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4962)) @regneq 2025-07-04
+* Fix Hero's Forge Ingame and Character Select ([#4966](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4966)) @Kinglykrab 2025-07-30
+* Show player count on the server list status. ([#4971](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4971)) @regneq 2025-07-30
+
+### Loginserver
+
+* Fix Legacy World When Using Local DB ([#4970](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4970)) @solar984 2025-08-03
+
+### Performance
+
+* Clear Wearchange Deduplication Cache ([#4960](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4960)) @Akkadius 2025-06-30
+
+### Quest API
+
+* Add GetMemberRole() to Perl/Lua ([#4963](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4963)) @Barathos 2025-07-10
+* Add GetTimers() and GetPausedTimers() to Perl/Lua ([#4965](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4965)) @Kinglykrab 2025-08-03
+
+## [23.8.1] 6/28/2025
+
+### Crash Fix
+
+* Fix Possible Crashes with Raid Methods ([#4955](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4955)) @Kinglykrab 2025-06-26
+
+### Databuckets
+
+* Revert Caching Changes of #4917 ([#4957](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4957)) @Akkadius 2025-06-28
+
+### Fixes
+
+* Fix FindCharacter Using content_db ([#4956](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4956)) @Kinglykrab 2025-06-26
+* Fix Hero Forge on Character Select ([#4954](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4954)) @Kinglykrab 2025-06-26
+
+## [23.8.0] 6/25/2025
+
+### API
+
+* Add wwmarquee <type> <message> ([#4919](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4919)) @Akkadius 2025-06-23
+
+### Build
+
+* Significantly Improve Build Times Using Unity Builds ([#4948](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4948)) @Akkadius 2025-06-22
+
+### Code
+
+* AdventureManager Global to Singleton Cleanup ([#4931](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4931)) @Kinglykrab 2025-06-25
+* Cleanup Strings Header ([#4950](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4950)) @Akkadius 2025-06-22
+* ClientList Global to Singleton Cleanup ([#4942](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4942)) @Kinglykrab 2025-06-25
+* DatabaseUpdate Global to Singleton Cleanup ([#4943](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4943)) @Kinglykrab 2025-06-25
+* DiscordManager Global to Singleton Cleanup ([#4926](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4926)) @Kinglykrab 2025-06-25
+* EQ::Random Global to Singleton Cleanup ([#4936](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4936)) @Kinglykrab 2025-06-22
+* EQEmuLogSys Global to Singleton Cleanup ([#4925](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4925)) @Akkadius 2025-06-25
+* EvolvingItemsManager Global to Singleton Cleanup ([#4929](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4929)) @Kinglykrab 2025-06-25
+* LFGuildManager Global to Singleton Cleanup ([#4927](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4927)) @Kinglykrab 2025-06-25
+* LoginServerList Global to Singleton Cleanup ([#4941](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4941)) @Kinglykrab 2025-06-25
+* Optimize PCH Config (Faster Builds) ([#4951](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4951)) @Akkadius 2025-06-22
+* PCH Cleanup ([#4952](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4952)) @Akkadius 2025-06-25
+* PathManager Global to Singleton Cleanup ([#4924](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4924)) @Akkadius 2025-06-22
+* PetitionList Global to Singleton Cleanup ([#4944](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4944)) @Kinglykrab 2025-06-25
+* PlayerEventLogs Global to Singleton Cleanup ([#4928](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4928)) @Kinglykrab 2025-06-25
+* QueryServConnection Global to Singleton Cleanup ([#4938](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4938)) @Kinglykrab 2025-06-25
+* Remove Lua Rule Constants ([#4949](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4949)) @Akkadius 2025-06-22
+* Remove Regex Compile Bloat ([#4947](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4947)) @Akkadius 2025-06-22
+* Remove Unused MZoneShutdown Mutex ([#4946](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4946)) @Kinglykrab 2025-06-22
+* SharedTaskManager Global to Singleton Cleanup ([#4930](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4930)) @Kinglykrab 2025-06-25
+* SkillCaps Global to Singleton Cleanup ([#4933](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4933)) @Kinglykrab 2025-06-22
+* TaskManager Global to Singleton Cleanup ([#4945](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4945)) @Kinglykrab 2025-06-22
+* UCSConnection Global to Singleton Cleanup ([#4937](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4937)) @Kinglykrab 2025-06-25
+* WebInterfaceList Global to Singleton Cleanup ([#4935](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4935)) @Kinglykrab 2025-06-25
+* WorldContentServer Global to Singleton Cleanup ([#4939](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4939)) @Kinglykrab 2025-06-25
+* WorldEventScheduler and ZoneEventScheduler Global to Singleton Cleanup ([#4932](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4932)) @Kinglykrab 2025-06-25
+* ZSList Global to Singleton Cleanup ([#4940](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4940)) @Kinglykrab 2025-06-25
+* ZoneStore Global to Singleton Cleanup ([#4934](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4934)) @Kinglykrab 2025-06-23
+
+### Corpses
+
+* Add corpse entity variables to DB ([#4911](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4911)) @fryguy503 2025-06-25
+
+### Databuckets
+
+* Move Databuckets to Common ([#4918](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4918)) @Akkadius 2025-06-16
+* Nested Caching ([#4917](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4917)) @Akkadius 2025-06-25
+
+### Doors
+
+* Fix door saving for versions ([#4905](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4905)) @nytmyr 2025-06-09
+
+### Fixes
+
+* Bulk Send Corpses after Idle State ([#4910](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4910)) @Akkadius 2025-06-09
+* Fix ClientList Singleton Shortcomings of #4942  @Akkadius 2025-06-25
+* Fix breaking changes to Titanium, SoF, SoD patches causes by big bags update ([#4922](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4922)) @regneq 2025-06-25
+
+### Logs
+
+* Fix output for tasks in logs ([#4907](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4907)) @joligario 2025-06-09
+
+### Performance
+
+* Auto Idle / AFK ([#4903](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4903)) @Akkadius 2025-05-22
+* Wearchange Packet Send Deduplication ([#4916](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4916)) @Akkadius 2025-06-25
+
+### Player Event Logs
+
+* Don't Clear Event Data on ETL Events ([#4913](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4913)) @Akkadius 2025-06-25
+
+### Player Events
+
+* Don't Write Empty Data ([#4912](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4912)) @Akkadius 2025-06-25
+* Zone Fetch Settings from QS if Enabled ([#4915](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4915)) @Akkadius 2025-06-25
+
+### Quest API
+
+* Add CompleteTask and UncompleteTask methods to Perl/Lua ([#4921](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4921)) @Barathos 2025-06-25
+* Lua Client Scoped EnableTitleSets ([#4914](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4914)) @fryguy503 2025-06-25
+
+### Quests
+
+* Support Multiple Quest, Plugin, and Lua Module Paths ([#4906](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4906)) @Akkadius 2025-06-09
+
+### World API
+
+* Input Validation ([#4904](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4904)) @Akkadius 2025-05-22
+
+## [23.7.0] 5/19/2025
+
+### CLI
+
+* Add custom database version output ([#4901](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4901)) @joligario 2025-05-18
+* Fix MySQL check in database dumper ([#4897](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4897)) @joligario 2025-05-16
+
+### Commands
+
+* Add #zonevariable Command ([#4882](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4882)) @Kinglykrab 2025-05-15
+
+### Database
+
+* Add Custom Database Migrations for Operators ([#4892](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4892)) @Akkadius 2025-05-16
+* Remove Transaction Wrapped Character Save ([#4894](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4894)) @Akkadius 2025-05-16
+
+### Fixes
+
+* Deadlock on failed #copycharacter commands ([#4887](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4887)) @Akkadius 2025-05-16
+
+### Logging
+
+* Auto Update Log Category Names ([#4890](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4890)) @Akkadius 2025-05-16
+
+### Netcode
+
+* Resend Logic Adjustments ([#4900](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4900)) @Akkadius 2025-05-18
+
+### Player Events
+
+* Add rule to ignore configured GM commands ([#4888](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4888)) @Akkadius 2025-05-16
+
+### Rules
+
+* Auto Update Rule Notes from Source ([#4891](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4891)) @Akkadius 2025-05-16
+
+### World
+
+* Fix Rarer Reload Deadlock ([#4893](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4893)) @Akkadius 2025-05-16
+
+### Zone State
+
+* Load New Spawn2 Data When Present ([#4889](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4889)) @Akkadius 2025-05-16
+
+## [23.6.0] 5/14/2025
+
+### Bots
+
+* Correct ^pull logic and add checks for Enchanter pets ([#4827](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4827)) @nytmyr 2025-05-15
+* Fix creation limit, spawn limit, level requirement checks ([#4868](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4868)) @nytmyr 2025-05-15
+* Move all spell_id instances to uint16 ([#4876](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4876)) @nytmyr 2025-05-15
+* Prevent non-taunters from potentially fleeing mob on TargetReflection ([#4859](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4859)) @nytmyr 2025-04-28
+
+### CLI
+
+* ETL Settings Output ([#4873](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4873)) @joligario 2025-05-15
+
+### Code
+
+* Fix typo in QueryNameAvailablity ([#4869](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4869)) @nytmyr 2025-04-28
+
+### Crash
+
+* Fix crash bug with pbae and quest scripts spawning mobs ([#4884](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4884)) @carolus21rex 2025-05-15
+
+### Feature
+
+* Add Character:TradeskillUpMinChance rule ([#4867](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4867)) @zrix-eq 2025-05-15
+* Enable spawn attribute for NPCTintID ([#4871](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4871)) @neckkola 2025-05-15
+
+### Fixes
+
+* Add trader/buyer cleanup actions ([#4843](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4843)) @neckkola 2025-05-15
+* Fix #copycharacter command ([#4860](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4860)) @nytmyr 2025-04-28
+* Fix Crash with #task ([#4874](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4874)) @Kinglykrab 2025-04-30
+* Fix Object Name Init, User Refs, and Client Sync on Close ([#4861](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4861)) @zimp-wow 2025-05-15
+* Fix breaking change to UF patches caused by Big Bags update ([#4883](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4883)) @hbingram 2025-05-15
+* Prevent Ranged Attack from being triggered at arbitrary rate ([#4879](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4879)) @catapultam-habeo 2025-05-15
+
+### Performance
+
+* Store Player Title Sets in Client Memory ([#4836](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4836)) @Kinglykrab 2025-05-15
+
+### Quest API
+
+* Add Last Login and First Login Flags to EVENT_CONNECT ([#4866](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4866)) @Kinglykrab 2025-05-15
+
+## [23.5.0] 4/10/2025
+
+### API
+
+* World API Optimizations ([#4850](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4850)) @Akkadius 2025-04-10
+
+### Bots
+
+* Add valid state checks to ^clickitem ([#4830](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4830)) @nytmyr 2025-04-10
+* Flag all buffs with SE_DamageShield as Damage Shield ([#4833](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4833)) @nytmyr 2025-04-10
+* Positioning rewrite ([#4856](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4856)) @nytmyr 2025-04-10
+* Restore old buff overwrite blocking ([#4832](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4832)) @nytmyr 2025-04-10
+
+### Bugfix
+
+* Load zone variables before encounter_load. ([#4846](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4846)) @zimp-wow 2025-04-10
+* Prevent depops from blocking new spawns. ([#4841](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4841)) @zimp-wow 2025-04-10
+* Prevent final shutdown from persisting incomplete state. ([#4849](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4849)) @zimp-wow 2025-04-10
+
+### Code
+
+* Remove queryserv dump flag ([#4842](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4842)) @joligario 2025-04-10
+* Update link for legacy EQEmu loginserver account setup ([#4826](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4826)) @joligario 2025-04-10
+
+### Crash
+
+* Fix rarer exception crash issue in PlayerEventLogs::ProcessBatchQueue ([#4835](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4835)) @Akkadius 2025-04-03
+
+### Database
+
+* Fix manifest for `helmtexture` in `horses` table ([#4852](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4852)) @joligario 2025-04-10
+
+### Feature
+
+* Add rule to consume command text from any channel ([#4839](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4839)) @catapultam-habeo 2025-04-10
+
+### Fixes
+
+* Add the bazaar search limit to query ([#4829](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4829)) @neckkola 2025-04-10
+* Backfill expire_at (not sure why this didn't make it in there to begin with)  @Akkadius 2025-03-31
+* Bazaar Search window not working in a DZ ([#4828](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4828)) @neckkola 2025-04-10
+* Databuckets Account Cache Loading ([#4855](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4855)) @Akkadius 2025-04-10
+* Fix missing timer_name check on Mob::StopTimer ([#4840](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4840)) @zimp-wow 2025-04-04
+* FixHeading Infinite Loop Fix ([#4854](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4854)) @KimLS 2025-04-10
+* Make sure we don't expire default value instances  @Akkadius 2025-03-31
+* Regression in World SendEmoteMessageRaw ([#4837](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4837)) @Akkadius 2025-04-03
+* Remove QS Tables From Export  @Akkadius 2025-04-10
+* Zone State Spawn2 Location Restore ([#4844](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4844)) @Akkadius 2025-04-10
+
+### Netcode
+
+* Fix Stale Client Edge Case ([#4853](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4853)) @Akkadius 2025-04-10
+
+### Performance
+
+* Character Save Optimizations ([#4851](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4851)) @Akkadius 2025-04-10
+* Network Ring Buffers ([#4857](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4857)) @Akkadius 2025-04-10
+* Pre-Compute CLE Server Lists ([#4838](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4838)) @Akkadius 2025-04-10
+
+### Spells
+
+* Fear resistance effects edge case fixes and support for SPA 102 as an AA ([#4848](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4848)) @KayenEQ 2025-04-10
+* Update to SPA 180 SE_ResistSpellChance to not block unresistable spells. ([#4847](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4847)) @KayenEQ 2025-04-10
+* Update to SPA 378 SE_SpellEffectResistChance ([#4845](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4845)) @KayenEQ 2025-04-10
+
 ## [23.4.0] 3/30/2025

 ### API
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ IF(USE_MAP_MMFS)
 ENDIF (USE_MAP_MMFS)

 IF(MSVC)
+	add_compile_options(/bigobj)
 	ADD_DEFINITIONS(-D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
 	ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DNOMINMAX)
 	ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DCRASH_LOGGING)
@@ -362,6 +363,8 @@ MESSAGE(STATUS "**************************************************")
 #setup server libs and headers
 SET(SERVER_LIBS common ${DATABASE_LIBRARY_LIBS} ${ZLIB_LIBRARY_LIBS} ${Boost_LIBRARIES} uv_a fmt RecastNavigation::Detour)

+set(FMT_HEADER_ONLY OFF)
+
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(SYSTEM "${DATABASE_LIBRARY_INCLUDE}")
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(SYSTEM "${ZLIB_LIBRARY_INCLUDE}")
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(SYSTEM "${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
@@ -1,83 +1,150 @@
-# EQEmulator Core Server
-| Drone (Linux x64) | Drone (Windows x64)   |
-|:---:|:---:|
-|[![Build Status](http://drone.akkadius.com/api/badges/EQEmu/Server/status.svg)](http://drone.akkadius.com/EQEmu/Server)   |[![Build Status](http://drone.akkadius.com/api/badges/EQEmu/Server/status.svg)](http://drone.akkadius.com/EQEmu/Server)   |
+<h1 align="center">EQEmulator Server Platform</h1>
+
+<p align="center">
+ <img src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/11942e15-b512-402d-a619-0543c7f1151e" style="border-radius: 10px">
+</p>
+
+<p align="center">
+<b>EQEmulator - A Fan-Made Project Honoring a Legendary MMORPG</b>
+</p>
+
+<p align="center">
+<a href="https://github.com/eqemu/server/graphs/contributors"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/eqemu/server" alt="Contributors"></a>
+<a href="https://discord.gg/QHsm7CD"><img src="https://img.shields.io/discord/212663220849213441?label=Discord&amp;logo=discord&amp;color=7289DA" alt="Discord"></a>
+<a href="https://docs.eqemu.io"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-MkDocs%20Powered-blueviolet" alt="Docs"></a>
+<a href="./LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/license/EQEmu/Server" alt="License"></a> 
+<a href="https://github.com/eqemu/server/releases"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/eqemu/server" alt="Latest Release"></a>
+<a href="https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/releases"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/release-date/EQEmu/Server" alt="Release Date"></a>
+<img src="https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/eqemu/server/total.svg" alt="Github All Releases"></a>
+<a href="http://drone.akkadius.com/EQEmu/Server"><img src="http://drone.akkadius.com/api/badges/EQEmu/Server/status.svg" alt="Build Status"></a> 
+<img src="https://img.shields.io/github/issues-pr-closed/eqemu/server" alt="GitHub Issues or Pull Requests">
+<img src="https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/akkadius/eqemu-server" alt="Docker Pulls">
+<a href="http://drone.akkadius.com/EQEmu/Server"><img src="http://drone.akkadius.com/api/badges/EQEmu/Server/status.svg" alt="Build Status"></a> <img src="https://jb.gg/badges/official-plastic.svg" alt="Official"> 
+
+</p>

 ***

-**EQEmulator is a custom completely from-scratch open source server implementation for EverQuest built mostly on C++**
- * MySQL/MariaDB is used as the database engine (over 200+ tables)
- * Perl and LUA are both supported scripting languages for NPC/Player/Quest oriented events
- * Open source database (Project EQ) has content up to expansion OoW (included in server installs)
-  * Game server environments and databases can be heavily customized to create all new experiences
- * Hundreds of Quests/events created and maintained by Project EQ
+<p align="center">
+EQEmulator is a <b>passion-driven</b>, <b>open source server emulator</b> project dedicated to preserving and celebrating the legacy of a groundbreaking classic MMORPG.
+</p>

-## Server Installs
-| |Windows|Linux|
-|:---:|:---:|:---:|
-|**Install Count**|![Windows Install Count](http://analytics.akkadius.com/?install_count&windows_count)|![Linux Install Count](http://analytics.akkadius.com/?install_count&linux_count)| 
-### > Windows 
+<p align="center">
+For over two decades and continuing, EQEmulator has served as a <strong>fan tribute</strong>, providing tools and technology that allow players to explore, customize, and experience the legendary game's iconic gameplay in new ways. This project exists solely out of <strong>deep admiration</strong> for the original developers, artists, designers, and visionaries who created one of the most influential online worlds of all time.
+</p>

-* [Install Guide](https://docs.eqemu.io/server/installation/server-installation-windows/)
+<p align="center">
+We do not claim ownership of the original game or its assets. <strong>All credit and respect belong to the original creators and Daybreak Game Company</strong>, whose work continues to inspire generations of players and developers alike.
+</p>

-### > Debian/Ubuntu/CentOS/Fedora
+<p align="center">
+EQEmulator has for over 20 years and always will be a <strong>fan-based, non-commercial open-source effort</strong> made by players, for players—preserving the legacy of the game while empowering community-driven creativity, learning and joy that the game and its creators has so strongly inspired in us all.
+</p>

-* [Install Guide](https://docs.eqemu.io/server/installation/server-installation-linux/)
+***

-* You can use curl or wget to kick off the installer (whichever your OS has)
-> curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EQEmu/Server/master/utils/scripts/linux_installer/install.sh install.sh && chmod 755 install.sh && ./install.sh
+<h3 align="center">
+ Technical Overview & Reverse Engineering Effort
+</h1>

-> wget --no-check-certificate https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EQEmu/Server/master/utils/scripts/linux_installer/install.sh -O install.sh && chmod 755 install.sh && ./install.sh 
+<p align="center">EQEmulator represents <strong>over two decades of collaborative reverse engineering</strong>, building the server from the ground up without access to the original source code. This effort was achieved entirely through <strong>community-driven analysis, network protocol decoding, and in-game behavioral research</strong>.</p>

-## Supported Clients
+<h1 align="center">
+ 💡 How We Did It
+</h1>
+
+<p align="center">
+ <img src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b6b48cf7-f64a-4497-9750-71f442a3d132" height="300px">
+ </p>
+
+
+<p align="center">
+ <strong>Reverse Engineering</strong> 
+Every system, packet, opcode, and game mechanic has been reconstructed through countless hours of live packet sniffing, client disassembly, and in-game experimentation by dedicated contributors over the years.
+</p>
+
+<p align="center">
+ No proprietary code or server sources were ever used.
+</p>
+
+<p align="center">
+ All implementations are the result of clean-room engineering.
+</p>
+
+
+<h1 align="center">
+ 🛠️ Technology Stack
+</h1>
+
+<p align="center">
+ <img src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/df5ea809-86c5-439d-a8fa-651fb04ba477" style="border-radius: 10px">
+</p>
+
+**C++ Core Engine**
+
+* High-performance networking and gameplay logic built in C++
+* Cross-platform support for Linux and Windows
+
+**MySQL / MariaDB Backend**
+
+* Fully structured schema with over 200+ tables
+* Supports content customization, expansions, and custom worlds
+
+**Scripting Engine**
+
+* Native support for **Perl** and **Lua** scripting
+* Powerfully extendable for quests, NPC behaviors, and custom events
+
+**Open Source Content Database**
+
+* Includes ProjectEQ’s world data up through *Dragons of Norrath*
+* 100% customizable to create entirely new game worlds
+
+<h1 align="center">
+ 🚀 Why It Matters
+</h1>
+
+<p align="center">🧬 EQEmulator stands as a <strong>technical preservation project</strong>, ensuring that the magic of classic and custom servers lives on for future generations of players, tinkerers, and game designers.
+</p>
+
+> We humbly acknowledge and thank the original developers for creating one of the most influential online experiences in gaming history.
+
+<h1 align="center">
+ 🧑‍💻🖥️ Supported Clients
+</h1>

 |Titanium Edition|Secrets of Faydwer|Seeds of Destruction|Underfoot|Rain of Fear|
 |:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
 |<img src="http://i.imgur.com/hrwDxoM.jpg" height="150">|<img src="http://i.imgur.com/cRDW5tn.png" height="150">|<img src="http://i.imgur.com/V48kuVn.jpg" height="150">|<img src="http://i.imgur.com/IJQ0XMa.jpg" height="150">|<img src="http://i.imgur.com/OMpHkKa.png" height="100">|

-## Bug Reports <img src="http://i.imgur.com/daf1Vjw.png" height="20">
-* Please use the [issue tracker](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/issues) provided by GitHub to send us bug
-reports or feature requests.
-* The [EQEmu Forums](http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/) are also a place to submit and get help with bugs.
+## 📚 Resources

-## Contributions <img src="http://image.flaticon.com/icons/png/512/25/25231.png" width="20">
+| Resource             | Badges                                                                                                                                                    | Link                                                                                              |
+|---------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| **EQEmulator Docs**  | [![Docs](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-MkDocs%20Powered-blueviolet)](https://docs.eqemu.io)                                                             | [docs.eqemu.io](https://docs.eqemu.io/)                                                           |
+| **Discord Community**| [![Discord](https://img.shields.io/discord/212663220849213441?label=Discord&logo=discord&color=7289DA)](https://discord.gg/QHsm7CD)                         | [Join Discord](https://discord.gg/QHsm7CD)                                                        |
+| **Latest Release**   | [![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/eqemu/server)](https://github.com/eqemu/server/releases) <br> [![Release Date](https://img.shields.io/github/release-date/EQEmu/Server)](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/releases) <br> [![All Releases](https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/eqemu/server/total.svg)](https://github.com/eqemu/server/releases) | [View Releases](https://github.com/eqemu/server/releases)                                         |
+| **License**          | [![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/EQEmu/Server)](./LICENSE)                                                                                | [View License](./LICENSE)                                                                        |
+| **Build Status**     | [![Build Status](http://drone.akkadius.com/api/badges/EQEmu/Server/status.svg)](http://drone.akkadius.com/EQEmu/Server)                                     | [View Build Status](http://drone.akkadius.com/EQEmu/Server)                                       |
+| **Docker Pulls**     | [![Docker Pulls](https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/akkadius/eqemu-server)](https://hub.docker.com/r/akkadius/eqemu-server)                                | [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/akkadius/eqemu-server)                                      |
+| **Contributions**    | [![GitHub PRs](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-pr-closed/eqemu/server)](https://github.com/eqemu/server/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed)                   | [Closed PRs & Issues](https://github.com/eqemu/server/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed)                |

-* The preferred way to contribute is to fork the repo and submit a pull request on
-GitHub. If you need help with your changes, you can always post on the forums or
-try Discord. You can also post unified diffs (`git diff` should do the trick) on the
-[Server Code Submissions](http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=669)
-forum, although pull requests will be much quicker and easier on all parties.
+## 🛠️ Getting Started

-## Contact <img src="http://gamerescape.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/discord.png" height="20">
+If you want to set up your own EQEmulator server, please refer to the current [server installation guides](https://docs.eqemu.io/#server-installation). We've had 100,000s of players and developers use our guides to set up their own servers, and we hope you will too!

- - Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/QHsm7CD
- - **User Discord Channel**: `#general`
- - **Developer Discord Channel**: `#eqemucoders`
+## 🗂️ Related Repositories

-## Resources
- [EQEmulator Forums](http://www.eqemulator.org/forums)
- [EQEmulator Wiki](https://docs.eqemu.io/)
+| Repository         | Description                                                                      |
+|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| [ProjectEQ Quests](https://github.com/ProjectEQ/projecteqquests)  | Official quests and event scripts for ProjectEQ                       |
+| [Maps](https://github.com/Akkadius/EQEmuMaps)                     | EQEmu-compatible zone maps                                            |
+| [Installer Resources](https://github.com/Akkadius/EQEmuInstall)   | Scripts and assets for setting up EQEmu servers                       |
+| [Zone Utilities](https://github.com/EQEmu/zone-utilities)         | Utilities for parsing, rendering, and manipulating EQ zone files      |

-## Related Repositories
-* [ProjectEQ Quests](https://github.com/ProjectEQ/projecteqquests)
-* [Maps](https://github.com/Akkadius/EQEmuMaps)
-* [Installer Resources](https://github.com/Akkadius/EQEmuInstall)
-* [Zone Utilities](https://github.com/EQEmu/zone-utilities) - Various utilities and libraries for parsing, rendering and manipulating EQ Zone files.
-
-## Other License Info
-
-* The server code and utilities are released under **GPLv3**
-* We also include some small libraries for convienence that may be under different licensing
-  * SocketLib - GPL LibXML
-  * zlib - zlib license
-  * MariaDB/MySQL - GPL
-  * GPL Perl - GPL / ActiveState (under the assumption that this is a free project)
-  * CPPUnit - GLP StringUtilities - Apache
-  * LUA - MIT

 ## Contributors

 <a href="https://github.com/EQEmu/server/graphs/contributors">
  <img src="https://contributors-img.firebaseapp.com/image?repo=EQEmu/server" />
 </a>
-
@@ -38,13 +38,6 @@
 #include "../../common/skill_caps.h"
 #include "../../common/evolving_items.h"

-EQEmuLogSys          LogSys;
-WorldContentService  content_service;
-ZoneStore            zone_store;
-PathManager          path;
-PlayerEventLogs      player_event_logs;
-EvolvingItemsManager evolving_items_manager;
-
 void ExportSpells(SharedDatabase *db);
 void ExportSkillCaps(SharedDatabase *db);
 void ExportBaseData(SharedDatabase *db);
@@ -53,10 +46,10 @@ void ExportDBStrings(SharedDatabase *db);
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	RegisterExecutablePlatform(ExePlatformClientExport);
-	LogSys.LoadLogSettingsDefaults();
+	EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->LoadLogSettingsDefaults();
 	set_exception_handler();

-	path.LoadPaths();
+	PathManager::Instance()->Init();

 	LogInfo("Client Files Export Utility");
 	if (!EQEmuConfig::LoadConfig()) {
@@ -99,8 +92,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		content_db.SetMySQL(database);
 	}

-	LogSys.SetDatabase(&database)
-		->SetLogPath(path.GetLogPath())
+	EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->SetDatabase(&database)
+		->SetLogPath(PathManager::Instance()->GetLogPath())
 		->LoadLogDatabaseSettings()
 		->StartFileLogs();

@@ -129,14 +122,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	ExportBaseData(&content_db);
 	ExportDBStrings(&database);

-	LogSys.CloseFileLogs();
+	EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->CloseFileLogs();

 	return 0;
 }

 void ExportSpells(SharedDatabase* db)
 {
-	std::ofstream file(fmt::format("{}/export/spells_us.txt", path.GetServerPath()));
+	std::ofstream file(fmt::format("{}/export/spells_us.txt", PathManager::Instance()->GetServerPath()));
 	if (!file || !file.is_open()) {
 		LogError("Unable to open export/spells_us.txt to write, skipping.");
 		return;
@@ -155,7 +148,7 @@ void ExportSpells(SharedDatabase* db)

 void ExportSkillCaps(SharedDatabase* db)
 {
-	std::ofstream file(fmt::format("{}/export/SkillCaps.txt", path.GetServerPath()));
+	std::ofstream file(fmt::format("{}/export/SkillCaps.txt", PathManager::Instance()->GetServerPath()));
 	if (!file || !file.is_open()) {
 		LogError("Unable to open export/SkillCaps.txt to write, skipping.");
 		return;
@@ -174,7 +167,7 @@ void ExportSkillCaps(SharedDatabase* db)

 void ExportBaseData(SharedDatabase *db)
 {
-	std::ofstream file(fmt::format("{}/export/BaseData.txt", path.GetServerPath()));
+	std::ofstream file(fmt::format("{}/export/BaseData.txt", PathManager::Instance()->GetServerPath()));
 	if (!file || !file.is_open()) {
 		LogError("Unable to open export/BaseData.txt to write, skipping.");
 		return;
@@ -193,7 +186,7 @@ void ExportBaseData(SharedDatabase *db)

 void ExportDBStrings(SharedDatabase *db)
 {
-	std::ofstream file(fmt::format("{}/export/dbstr_us.txt", path.GetServerPath()));
+	std::ofstream file(fmt::format("{}/export/dbstr_us.txt", PathManager::Instance()->GetServerPath()));
 	if (!file || !file.is_open()) {
 		LogError("Unable to open export/dbstr_us.txt to write, skipping.");
 		return;
@@ -32,13 +32,6 @@
 #include "../../common/events/player_event_logs.h"
 #include "../../common/evolving_items.h"

-EQEmuLogSys          LogSys;
-WorldContentService  content_service;
-ZoneStore            zone_store;
-PathManager          path;
-PlayerEventLogs      player_event_logs;
-EvolvingItemsManager evolving_items_manager;
-
 void ImportSpells(SharedDatabase *db);
 void ImportSkillCaps(SharedDatabase *db);
 void ImportBaseData(SharedDatabase *db);
@@ -46,10 +39,10 @@ void ImportDBStrings(SharedDatabase *db);

 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	RegisterExecutablePlatform(ExePlatformClientImport);
-	LogSys.LoadLogSettingsDefaults();
+	EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->LoadLogSettingsDefaults();
 	set_exception_handler();

-	path.LoadPaths();
+	PathManager::Instance()->Init();

 	LogInfo("Client Files Import Utility");
 	if(!EQEmuConfig::LoadConfig()) {
@@ -92,8 +85,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 		content_db.SetMySQL(database);
 	}

-	LogSys.SetDatabase(&database)
-		->SetLogPath(path.GetLogPath())
+	EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->SetDatabase(&database)
+		->SetLogPath(PathManager::Instance()->GetLogPath())
 		->LoadLogDatabaseSettings()
 		->StartFileLogs();

@@ -102,7 +95,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	ImportBaseData(&content_db);
 	ImportDBStrings(&database);

-	LogSys.CloseFileLogs();
+	EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->CloseFileLogs();

 	return 0;
 }
@@ -138,7 +131,7 @@ bool IsStringField(int i) {

 void ImportSpells(SharedDatabase *db) {
 	LogInfo("Importing Spells");
-	std::string file = fmt::format("{}/import/spells_us.txt", path.GetServerPath());
+	std::string file = fmt::format("{}/import/spells_us.txt", PathManager::Instance()->GetServerPath());
 	FILE *f = fopen(file.c_str(), "r");
 	if(!f) {
 		LogError("Unable to open {} to read, skipping.", file);
@@ -228,7 +221,7 @@ void ImportSpells(SharedDatabase *db) {
 void ImportSkillCaps(SharedDatabase *db) {
 	LogInfo("Importing Skill Caps");

-	std::string file = fmt::format("{}/import/SkillCaps.txt", path.GetServerPath());
+	std::string file = fmt::format("{}/import/SkillCaps.txt", PathManager::Instance()->GetServerPath());
 	FILE *f = fopen(file.c_str(), "r");
 	if(!f) {
 		LogError("Unable to open {} to read, skipping.", file);
@@ -265,7 +258,7 @@ void ImportBaseData(SharedDatabase *db)
 {
 	LogInfo("Importing Base Data");

-	const std::string& file_name = fmt::format("{}/import/BaseData.txt", path.GetServerPath());
+	const std::string& file_name = fmt::format("{}/import/BaseData.txt", PathManager::Instance()->GetServerPath());

 	const auto& file_contents = File::GetContents(file_name);
 	if (!file_contents.error.empty()) {
@@ -305,7 +298,7 @@ void ImportBaseData(SharedDatabase *db)
 void ImportDBStrings(SharedDatabase *db) {
 	LogInfo("Importing DB Strings");

-	std::string file = fmt::format("{}/import/dbstr_us.txt", path.GetServerPath());
+	std::string file = fmt::format("{}/import/dbstr_us.txt", PathManager::Instance()->GetServerPath());
 	FILE *f = fopen(file.c_str(), "r");
 	if(!f) {
 		LogError("Unable to open {} to read, skipping.", file);
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ SET(common_sources
    database.cpp
    database_instances.cpp
    database/database_update_manifest.cpp
+    database/database_update_manifest_custom.cpp
    database/database_update_manifest_bots.cpp
    database/database_update.cpp
    dbcore.cpp
@@ -671,6 +672,7 @@ SET(common_headers
    net/console_server_connection.h
    net/crc32.h
    net/daybreak_connection.h
+    net/daybreak_pooling.h
    net/daybreak_structs.h
    net/dns.h
    net/endian.h
@@ -682,6 +684,7 @@ SET(common_headers
    net/servertalk_server.h
    net/servertalk_server_connection.h
    net/tcp_connection.h
+    net/tcp_connection_pooling.h
    net/tcp_server.h
    net/websocket_server.h
    net/websocket_server_connection.h
@@ -742,6 +745,7 @@ SOURCE_GROUP(Net FILES
    net/crc32.h
    net/daybreak_connection.cpp
    net/daybreak_connection.h
+    net/daybreak_pooling.h
    net/daybreak_structs.h
    net/dns.h
    net/endian.h
@@ -762,6 +766,7 @@ SOURCE_GROUP(Net FILES
    net/servertalk_server_connection.h
    net/tcp_connection.cpp
    net/tcp_connection.h
+    net/tcp_connection_pooling.h
    net/tcp_server.cpp
    net/tcp_server.h
    net/websocket_server.cpp
@@ -836,8 +841,8 @@ IF (UNIX)
    SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES("patches/sod.cpp" "patches/sof.cpp" "patches/rof.cpp" "patches/rof2.cpp" "patches/uf.cpp" PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS -O0)
 ENDIF (UNIX)

-IF (WIN32 AND EQEMU_BUILD_PCH)
-    TARGET_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS(common PRIVATE pch/pch.h)
+IF (EQEMU_BUILD_PCH)
+    TARGET_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS(common PRIVATE pch/std-pch.h)
 ENDIF ()

 SET(LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
@@ -279,7 +279,8 @@ Bazaar::GetSearchResults(
 		trader_items_ids,
 		std::string(search.item_name),
 		field_criteria_items,
-		where_criteria_items
+		where_criteria_items,
+		search.max_results
 	);

 	if (item_results.empty()) {
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ WorldContentService *WorldContentService::SetExpansionContext()
 	// pull expansion from rules
 	int expansion = RuleI(Expansion, CurrentExpansion);
 	if (expansion >= Expansion::Classic && expansion <= Expansion::MaxId) {
-		content_service.SetCurrentExpansion(expansion);
+		WorldContentService::Instance()->SetCurrentExpansion(expansion);
 	}

 	LogInfo(
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ WorldContentService *WorldContentService::SetExpansionContext()

 std::string WorldContentService::GetCurrentExpansionName()
 {
-	if (content_service.GetCurrentExpansion() == Expansion::EXPANSION_ALL) {
+	if (WorldContentService::Instance()->GetCurrentExpansion() == Expansion::EXPANSION_ALL) {
 		return "All Expansions";
 	}

 	if (current_expansion >= Expansion::Classic && current_expansion <= Expansion::MaxId) {
-		return Expansion::ExpansionName[content_service.GetCurrentExpansion()];
+		return Expansion::ExpansionName[WorldContentService::Instance()->GetCurrentExpansion()];
 	}

 	return "Unknown Expansion";
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ void WorldContentService::ReloadContentFlags()

 	SetContentFlags(set_content_flags);
 	LoadStaticGlobalZoneInstances();
-	zone_store.LoadZones(*m_content_database);
+	ZoneStore::Instance()->LoadZones(*m_content_database);
 }

 Database *WorldContentService::GetDatabase() const
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ WorldContentService *WorldContentService::LoadStaticGlobalZoneInstances()
 //   instance_list table entry for lavastorm has version = 1, is_global = 1, never_expires = 1
 WorldContentService::FindZoneResult WorldContentService::FindZone(uint32 zone_id, uint32 instance_id)
 {
-	for (const auto &z: zone_store.GetZones()) {
+	for (const auto &z: ZoneStore::Instance()->GetZones()) {
 		for (auto &i: m_zone_static_instances) {
 			if (
 				z.zoneidnumber == zone_id &&
@@ -181,6 +181,12 @@ public:
 	FindZoneResult FindZone(uint32 zone_id, uint32 instance_id);
 	bool IsInPublicStaticInstance(uint32 instance_id);

+	static WorldContentService* Instance()
+	{
+		static WorldContentService instance;
+		return &instance;
+	}
+
 private:
 	int current_expansion{};
 	std::vector<ContentFlagsRepository::ContentFlags> content_flags;
@@ -194,6 +200,4 @@ private:
 	std::vector<InstanceListRepository::InstanceList> m_zone_static_instances;
 };

-extern WorldContentService content_service;
-
 #endif //EQEMU_WORLD_CONTENT_SERVICE_H
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ void SendCrashReport(const std::string &crash_report)
 //		"http://localhost:3010/api/v1/analytics/server-crash-report", // development
 	};

+	EQEmuLogSys* log = EQEmuLogSys::Instance();
+
 	auto      config = EQEmuConfig::get();
 	for (auto &e: endpoints) {
 		uri u(e);
@@ -68,12 +70,12 @@ void SendCrashReport(const std::string &crash_report)
 		p["cpus"]              = cpus.size();
 		p["origination_info"]  = "";

-		if (!LogSys.origination_info.zone_short_name.empty()) {
+		if (!log->origination_info.zone_short_name.empty()) {
 			p["origination_info"] = fmt::format(
 				"{} ({}) instance_id [{}]",
-				LogSys.origination_info.zone_short_name,
-				LogSys.origination_info.zone_long_name,
-				LogSys.origination_info.instance_id
+				log->origination_info.zone_short_name,
+				log->origination_info.zone_long_name,
+				log->origination_info.instance_id
 			);
 		}

@@ -294,7 +296,7 @@ void print_trace()
 		SendCrashReport(crash_report);
 	}

-	LogSys.CloseFileLogs();
+	EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->CloseFileLogs();

 	exit(1);
 }
@@ -1,17 +1,23 @@
-#include "data_bucket.h"
-#include "zonedb.h"
-#include "mob.h"
-#include "worldserver.h"
+#include "../common/data_bucket.h"
+#include "database.h"
 #include <ctime>
 #include <cctype>
 #include "../common/json/json.hpp"

 using json = nlohmann::json;

-extern WorldServer worldserver;
-const std::string  NESTED_KEY_DELIMITER = ".";
+const std::string                               NESTED_KEY_DELIMITER = ".";
+std::vector<DataBucketsRepository::DataBuckets> g_data_bucket_cache  = {};

-std::vector<DataBucketsRepository::DataBuckets> g_data_bucket_cache = {};
+#if defined(ZONE)
+#include "../zone/zonedb.h"
+extern ZoneDatabase database;
+#elif defined(WORLD)
+#include "../world/worlddb.h"
+extern WorldDatabase database;
+#else
+#error "You must define either ZONE or WORLD"
+#endif

 void DataBucket::SetData(const std::string &bucket_key, const std::string &bucket_value, std::string expires_time)
 {
@@ -346,26 +352,6 @@ bool DataBucket::DeleteData(const std::string &bucket_key)
 	return DeleteData(DataBucketKey{.key = bucket_key});
 }

-// GetDataBuckets bulk loads all data buckets for a mob
-bool DataBucket::GetDataBuckets(Mob *mob)
-{
-	const uint32 id = mob->GetMobTypeIdentifier();
-
-	if (!id) {
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	if (mob->IsBot()) {
-		BulkLoadEntitiesToCache(DataBucketLoadType::Bot, {id});
-	}
-	else if (mob->IsClient()) {
-		BulkLoadEntitiesToCache(DataBucketLoadType::Account, {id});
-		BulkLoadEntitiesToCache(DataBucketLoadType::Client, {id});
-	}
-
-	return true;
-}
-
 bool DataBucket::DeleteData(const DataBucketKey &k)
 {
 	bool is_nested_key = k.key.find(NESTED_KEY_DELIMITER) != std::string::npos;
@@ -857,4 +843,4 @@ bool DataBucket::CanCache(const DataBucketKey &key)
 	}

 	return false;
-}
+}
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@
 #define EQEMU_DATABUCKET_H

 #include <string>
-#include "../common/types.h"
-#include "../common/repositories/data_buckets_repository.h"
-#include "mob.h"
-#include "../common/json/json_archive_single_line.h"
-#include "../common/servertalk.h"
+#include "types.h"
+#include "repositories/data_buckets_repository.h"
+#include "json/json_archive_single_line.h"

 struct DataBucketKey {
 	std::string key;
@@ -46,8 +44,6 @@ public:
 	static std::string GetDataExpires(const std::string &bucket_key);
 	static std::string GetDataRemaining(const std::string &bucket_key);

-	static bool GetDataBuckets(Mob *mob);
-
 	// scoped bucket methods
 	static void SetData(const DataBucketKey &k_);
 	static bool DeleteData(const DataBucketKey &k);
@@ -708,6 +708,20 @@ const std::string Database::GetNPCNameByID(uint32 npc_id)
 	return e.id ? e.name : std::string();
 }

+template<typename InputIterator, typename OutputIterator>
+inline auto CleanMobName(InputIterator first, InputIterator last, OutputIterator result)
+{
+	for (; first != last; ++first) {
+		if (*first == '_') {
+			*result = ' ';
+		}
+		else if (isalpha(*first) || *first == '`') {
+			*result = *first;
+		}
+	}
+	return result;
+}
+
 const std::string Database::GetCleanNPCNameByID(uint32 npc_id)
 {
 	const auto& e = NpcTypesRepository::FindOne(*this, npc_id);
@@ -1095,13 +1109,13 @@ void Database::SetLFP(uint32 character_id, bool is_lfp)
 	CharacterDataRepository::UpdateOne(*this, e);
 }

-void Database::SetLoginFlags(uint32 character_id, bool is_lfp, bool is_lfg, uint8 first_logon)
+void Database::SetLoginFlags(uint32 character_id, bool is_lfp, bool is_lfg, uint8 ingame)
 {
 	auto e = CharacterDataRepository::FindOne(*this, character_id);

-	e.firstlogon = first_logon;
-	e.lfg        = is_lfg ? 1 : 0;
-	e.lfp        = is_lfp ? 1 : 0;
+	e.ingame = ingame;
+	e.lfg    = is_lfg ? 1 : 0;
+	e.lfp    = is_lfp ? 1 : 0;

 	CharacterDataRepository::UpdateOne(*this, e);
 }
@@ -1115,11 +1129,11 @@ void Database::SetLFG(uint32 character_id, bool is_lfg)
 	CharacterDataRepository::UpdateOne(*this, e);
 }

-void Database::SetFirstLogon(uint32 character_id, uint8 first_logon)
+void Database::SetIngame(uint32 character_id, uint8 ingame)
 {
 	auto e = CharacterDataRepository::FindOne(*this, character_id);

-	e.firstlogon = first_logon;
+	e.ingame = ingame;

 	CharacterDataRepository::UpdateOne(*this, e);
 }
@@ -1920,6 +1934,7 @@ bool Database::CopyCharacter(
 	std::vector<std::string> tables_to_zero_id = {
 		"keyring",
 		"data_buckets",
+		"character_evolving_items",
 		"character_instance_safereturns",
 		"character_expedition_lockouts",
 		"character_instance_lockouts",
@@ -1951,6 +1966,12 @@ bool Database::CopyCharacter(
 			)
 		);

+		if (!results.Success()) {
+			LogError("Transaction failed [{}] rolling back", results.ErrorMessage());
+			TransactionRollback();
+			return false;
+		}
+
 		std::vector<std::string> columns      = {};
 		int                      column_count = 0;

@@ -1969,6 +1990,12 @@ bool Database::CopyCharacter(
 			)
 		);

+		if (!results.Success()) {
+			LogError("Transaction failed [{}] rolling back", results.ErrorMessage());
+			TransactionRollback();
+			return false;
+		}
+
 		std::vector<std::vector<std::string>> new_rows;

 		for (auto row : results) {
@@ -2036,13 +2063,18 @@ bool Database::CopyCharacter(
 			LogInfo("Copying table [{}] rows [{}]", table_name, Strings::Commify(rows_copied));

 			if (!insert.ErrorMessage().empty()) {
+				LogError("Error copying table [{}] [{}]", table_name, insert.ErrorMessage());
 				TransactionRollback();
 				return false;
 			}
 		}
 	}

-	TransactionCommit();
+	auto r = TransactionCommit();
+	if (!r.Success()) {
+		LogError("Transaction failed [{}] rolling back", r.ErrorMessage());
+		return false;
+	}

 	LogInfo(
 		"Character [{}] copied to [{}] total rows [{}]",
@@ -2212,7 +2244,7 @@ void Database::PurgeCharacterParcels()
 		pel.event_data = ss.str();
 		pel.created_at = std::time(nullptr);

-		player_event_logs.AddToQueue(pel);
+		PlayerEventLogs::Instance()->AddToQueue(pel);

 		ss.str("");
 		ss.clear();
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ public:
 	bool SaveTime(int8 minute, int8 hour, int8 day, int8 month, int16 year);
 	void ClearMerchantTemp();
 	void ClearPTimers(uint32 character_id);
-	void SetFirstLogon(uint32 character_id, uint8 first_logon);
+	void SetIngame(uint32 character_id, uint8 ingame);
 	void SetLFG(uint32 character_id, bool is_lfg);
 	void SetLFP(uint32 character_id, bool is_lfp);
 	void SetLoginFlags(uint32 character_id, bool is_lfp, bool is_lfg, uint8 first_logon);
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ bool DatabaseDumpService::IsMySQLInstalled()
 {
 	std::string version_output = GetMySQLVersion();

-	return version_output.find("mysql") != std::string::npos && version_output.find("Ver") != std::string::npos;
+	return version_output.find("mysql") != std::string::npos && (version_output.find("Ver") != std::string::npos || version_output.find("from") != std::string::npos);
 }

 /**
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ void DatabaseDumpService::DatabaseDump()
 	}

 	if (IsDumpOutputToConsole()) {
-		LogSys.SilenceConsoleLogging();
+		EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->SilenceConsoleLogging();
 	}

 	LogInfo("MySQL installed [{}]", GetMySQLVersion());
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ void DatabaseDumpService::DatabaseDump()
 	}

 	if (!IsDumpOutputToConsole()) {
-		LogSys.LoadLogSettingsDefaults();
+		EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->LoadLogSettingsDefaults();
 	}

 	if (!pipe_file.empty()) {
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ private:
 	bool        dump_system_tables          = false;
 	bool        dump_content_tables         = false;
 	bool        dump_player_tables          = false;
-	bool        dump_query_server_tables    = false;
 	bool        dump_login_server_tables    = false;
 	bool        dump_with_no_data           = false;
 	bool        dump_table_lock             = false;
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "../http/httplib.h"

 #include "database_update_manifest.cpp"
+#include "database_update_manifest_custom.cpp"
 #include "database_update_manifest_bots.cpp"
 #include "database_dump_service.h"

@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ constexpr int BREAK_LENGTH = 70;

 DatabaseVersion DatabaseUpdate::GetDatabaseVersions()
 {
-	auto results = m_database->QueryDatabase("SELECT `version`, `bots_version` FROM `db_version` LIMIT 1");
+	auto results = m_database->QueryDatabase("SELECT `version`, `bots_version`, `custom_version` FROM `db_version` LIMIT 1");
 	if (!results.Success() || !results.RowCount()) {
 		LogError("Failed to read from [db_version] table!");
 		return DatabaseVersion{};
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ DatabaseVersion DatabaseUpdate::GetDatabaseVersions()
 	return DatabaseVersion{
 		.server_database_version = Strings::ToInt(r[0]),
 		.bots_database_version = Strings::ToInt(r[1]),
+		.custom_database_version = Strings::ToInt(r[2]),
 	};
 }

@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ DatabaseVersion DatabaseUpdate::GetBinaryDatabaseVersions()
 	return DatabaseVersion{
 		.server_database_version = CURRENT_BINARY_DATABASE_VERSION,
 		.bots_database_version = (RuleB(Bots, Enabled) ? CURRENT_BINARY_BOTS_DATABASE_VERSION : 0),
+		.custom_database_version = CUSTOM_BINARY_DATABASE_VERSION,
 	};
 }

@@ -43,6 +46,7 @@ constexpr int LOOK_BACK_AMOUNT = 10;
 // this check will take action
 void DatabaseUpdate::CheckDbUpdates()
 {
+	InjectCustomVersionColumn();
 	InjectBotsVersionColumn();
 	auto v = GetDatabaseVersions();
 	auto b = GetBinaryDatabaseVersions();
@@ -59,6 +63,15 @@ void DatabaseUpdate::CheckDbUpdates()
 		m_database->QueryDatabase(fmt::format("UPDATE `db_version` SET `version` = {}", b.server_database_version));
 	}

+	if (UpdateManifest(manifest_entries_custom, v.custom_database_version, b.custom_database_version)) {
+		LogInfo(
+			"Updates ran successfully, setting database version to [{}] from [{}]",
+			b.custom_database_version,
+			v.custom_database_version
+		);
+		m_database->QueryDatabase(fmt::format("UPDATE `db_version` SET `custom_version` = {}", b.custom_database_version));
+	}
+
 	if (b.bots_database_version > 0) {
 		if (UpdateManifest(bot_manifest_entries, v.bots_database_version, b.bots_database_version)) {
 			LogInfo(
@@ -141,7 +154,7 @@ bool DatabaseUpdate::UpdateManifest(
 	std::vector<int> missing_migrations = {};
 	if (version_low != version_high) {

-		LogSys.DisableMySQLErrorLogs();
+		EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->DisableMySQLErrorLogs();
 		bool force_interactive = false;
 		for (int version = version_low + 1; version <= version_high; ++version) {
 			for (auto &e: entries) {
@@ -171,7 +184,7 @@ bool DatabaseUpdate::UpdateManifest(
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		LogSys.EnableMySQLErrorLogs();
+		EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->EnableMySQLErrorLogs();
 		LogInfo("{}", Strings::Repeat("-", BREAK_LENGTH));

 		if (!missing_migrations.empty() && m_skip_backup) {
@@ -344,6 +357,16 @@ bool DatabaseUpdate::CheckVersionsUpToDate(DatabaseVersion v, DatabaseVersion b)
 		);
 	}

+	if (b.custom_database_version > 0) {
+		LogInfo(
+			"{:>8} | database [{}] binary [{}] {}",
+			"Custom",
+			v.custom_database_version,
+			b.custom_database_version,
+			(v.custom_database_version == b.custom_database_version) ? "up to date" : "checking updates"
+		);
+	}
+
 	LogInfo("{:>8} | [server.auto_database_updates] [<green>true]", "Config");

 	LogInfo("{}", Strings::Repeat("-", BREAK_LENGTH));
@@ -353,7 +376,10 @@ bool DatabaseUpdate::CheckVersionsUpToDate(DatabaseVersion v, DatabaseVersion b)
 	// bots database version is optional, if not enabled then it is always up-to-date
 	bool bots_up_to_date   = RuleB(Bots, Enabled) ? v.bots_database_version >= b.bots_database_version : true;

-	return server_up_to_date && bots_up_to_date;
+	// custom database version is optional, if not enabled then it is always up-to-date
+	bool custom_up_to_date = v.custom_database_version >= b.custom_database_version;
+
+	return server_up_to_date && bots_up_to_date && custom_up_to_date;
 }

 // checks to see if there are pending updates
@@ -373,3 +399,12 @@ void DatabaseUpdate::InjectBotsVersionColumn()
 		m_database->QueryDatabase("ALTER TABLE db_version ADD bots_version int(11) DEFAULT '0' AFTER version");
 	}
 }
+
+void DatabaseUpdate::InjectCustomVersionColumn()
+{
+	auto results = m_database->QueryDatabase("SHOW COLUMNS FROM `db_version` LIKE 'custom_version'");
+	if (!results.Success() || results.RowCount() == 0) {
+		LogInfo("Adding custom_version column to db_version table");
+		m_database->QueryDatabase("ALTER TABLE `db_version` ADD COLUMN `custom_version` INT(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT 0");
+	}
+}
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ struct ManifestEntry {
 struct DatabaseVersion {
 	int server_database_version;
 	int bots_database_version;
+	int custom_database_version;
 };

 class DatabaseUpdate {
@@ -32,12 +33,20 @@ public:
 	DatabaseUpdate *SetContentDatabase(Database *db);
 	DatabaseUpdate *SetSkipBackup(bool skip);
 	bool HasPendingUpdates();
+
+	static DatabaseUpdate* Instance()
+	{
+		static DatabaseUpdate instance;
+		return &instance;
+	}
+
 private:
 	bool m_skip_backup = false;
 	Database *m_database;
 	Database *m_content_database;
 	static bool CheckVersionsUpToDate(DatabaseVersion v, DatabaseVersion b);
 	void InjectBotsVersionColumn();
+	void InjectCustomVersionColumn();

 };

@@ -6942,8 +6942,8 @@ CREATE TABLE `character_pet_name` (
 		.version = 9310,
 		.description = "2025_03_7_expand_horse_def.sql",
 		.check = "SHOW COLUMNS FROM `horses` LIKE 'helmtexture'",
-		.condition = "missing",
-		.match = "TINYINT(2)",
+		.condition = "empty",
+		.match = "",
 		.sql = R"(
 ALTER TABLE `horses`
 	ADD COLUMN `helmtexture` TINYINT(2) NOT NULL DEFAULT -1 AFTER `texture`;
@@ -7087,6 +7087,80 @@ CREATE INDEX `idx_expire_at` ON `instance_list` (`expire_at`);
 )",
 		.content_schema_update = false
 	},
+	ManifestEntry{
+		.version = 9322,
+		.description = "2025_04_24_add_npc_tint_id.sql",
+		.check = "SHOW COLUMNS FROM `npc_types` LIKE 'npc_tint_id'",
+		.condition = "empty",
+		.match = "",
+		.sql = R"(
+ALTER TABLE `npc_types`
+	ADD COLUMN `npc_tint_id` SMALLINT UNSIGNED NULL DEFAULT '0' AFTER `multiquest_enabled`;
+)",
+		.content_schema_update = true
+	},
+	ManifestEntry{
+		.version = 9323,
+		.description = "2025_04_16_character_data_first_login.sql",
+		.check = "SHOW COLUMNS FROM `character_data` LIKE 'first_login'",
+		.condition = "empty",
+		.match = "",
+		.sql = R"(
+ALTER TABLE `character_data`
+CHANGE COLUMN `firstlogon` `ingame` tinyint(1) UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT 0 AFTER `xtargets`,
+ADD COLUMN `first_login` int(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT 0 AFTER `xtargets`;
+)",
+		.content_schema_update = false
+	},
+	ManifestEntry{
+		.version = 9324,
+		.description = "2025_06_11_player_event_logs_table.sql",
+		.check = "SHOW CREATE TABLE `player_event_logs`",
+		.condition = "missing",
+		.match = "COMPRESS",
+		.sql = R"(
+ALTER TABLE player_event_logs ROW_FORMAT=COMPRESSED;
+CREATE INDEX idx_event_type_char_id ON player_event_logs (event_type_id, character_id);
+)",
+		.content_schema_update = false
+	},
+	ManifestEntry{
+		.version = 9325,
+		.description = "2025_06_10_character_corpses_entity_variables.sql",
+		.check = "SHOW COLUMNS FROM `character_corpses` LIKE 'entity_variables'",
+		.condition = "empty",
+		.match = "",
+		.sql = R"(
+ALTER TABLE `character_corpses`
+ADD COLUMN `entity_variables` TEXT DEFAULT NULL AFTER `rezzable`;
+)",
+		.content_schema_update = false
+	},
+	ManifestEntry{
+		.version = 9326,
+		.description = "2025_07_27_add_indexes_npc_spawns_loot.sql",
+		.check = "SHOW INDEX FROM npc_types",
+		.condition = "missing",
+		.match = "idx_npc_types_loottable_id",
+		.sql = R"(
+ALTER TABLE npc_types
+    ADD INDEX idx_npc_types_loottable_id (loottable_id);
+
+ALTER TABLE spawnentry
+    ADD INDEX idx_spawnentry_spawngroup_id (spawngroupID),
+    ADD INDEX idx_spawnentry_npc_id (npcID);
+
+ALTER TABLE lootdrop_entries
+    ADD INDEX idx_lootdrop_entries_lootdrop_id (lootdrop_id),
+    ADD INDEX idx_lootdrop_entries_item_id (item_id);
+
+ALTER TABLE loottable_entries
+    ADD INDEX idx_loottable_entries_lootdrop_id (lootdrop_id),
+    ADD INDEX idx_loottable_entries_loottable_id (loottable_id);
+)",
+		.content_schema_update = true
+	},
+
 // -- template; copy/paste this when you need to create a new entry
 //	ManifestEntry{
 //		.version = 9228,
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#include "database_update.h"
+
+std::vector<ManifestEntry> manifest_entries_custom = {
+	ManifestEntry{
+		.version = 1,
+		.description = "2025_05_16_new_database_check_test",
+		.check = "SHOW TABLES LIKE 'new_table'",
+		.condition = "empty",
+		.match = "",
+		.sql = R"(
+CREATE TABLE `new_table`  (
+  `id` int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
+);
+)",
+		.content_schema_update = false,
+	},
+// Used for testing
+//	ManifestEntry{
+//		.version = 9229,
+//		.description = "new_database_check_test",
+//		.check = "SHOW TABLES LIKE 'new_table'",
+//		.condition = "empty",
+//		.match = "",
+//		.sql = R"(
+//CREATE TABLE `new_table`  (
+//  `id` int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+//  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
+//);
+//CREATE TABLE `new_table1`  (
+//  `id` int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+//  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
+//);
+//CREATE TABLE `new_table2`  (
+//  `id` int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+//  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
+//);
+//CREATE TABLE `new_table3`  (
+//  `id` int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+//  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
+//);
+//)",
+//	}
+
+};
+
+// see struct definitions for what each field does
+// struct ManifestEntry {
+// 	int         version{};     // database version of the migration
+// 	std::string description{}; // description of the migration ex: "add_new_table" or "add_index_to_table"
+// 	std::string check{};       // query that checks against the condition
+// 	std::string condition{};   // condition or "match_type" - Possible values [contains|match|missing|empty|not_empty]
+// 	std::string match{};       // match field that is not always used, but works in conjunction with "condition" values [missing|match|contains]
+// 	std::string sql{};         // the SQL DDL that gets ran when the condition is true
+// };
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ namespace DatabaseSchema {
 			{"guild_members",                  "char_id"},
 			{"guilds",                         "id"},
 			{"instance_list_player",           "id"},
-			{"inventory",                      "charid"},
+			{"inventory",                      "character_id"},
 			{"inventory_snapshots",            "charid"},
 			{"keyring",                        "char_id"},
 			{"mail",                           "charid"},
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ MySQLRequestResult DBcore::QueryDatabase(const char *query, uint32 querylen, boo
 		(uint32) mysql_insert_id(mysql)
 	);

-	if (LogSys.log_settings[Logs::MySQLQuery].is_category_enabled == 1) {
+	if (EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->log_settings[Logs::MySQLQuery].is_category_enabled == 1) {
 		if ((strncasecmp(query, "select", 6) == 0)) {
 			LogMySQLQuery(
 				"{0} -- ({1} row{2} returned) ({3}s)",
@@ -189,9 +189,9 @@ void DBcore::TransactionBegin()
 	QueryDatabase("START TRANSACTION");
 }

-void DBcore::TransactionCommit()
+MySQLRequestResult DBcore::TransactionCommit()
 {
-	QueryDatabase("COMMIT");
+	return QueryDatabase("COMMIT");
 }

 void DBcore::TransactionRollback()
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public:
 	MySQLRequestResult QueryDatabase(const std::string& query, bool retryOnFailureOnce = true);
 	MySQLRequestResult QueryDatabaseMulti(const std::string &query);
 	void TransactionBegin();
-	void TransactionCommit();
+	MySQLRequestResult TransactionCommit();
 	void TransactionRollback();
 	std::string Escape(const std::string& s);
 	uint32 DoEscapeString(char *tobuf, const char *frombuf, uint32 fromlen);
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@

 #include <string>
 #include "../types.h"
-#include "../http/httplib.h"
 #include "../repositories/player_event_logs_repository.h"
 #include "../events/player_events.h"

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ void DiscordManager::ProcessMessageQueue()
 			continue;
 		}

-		auto        webhook  = LogSys.GetDiscordWebhooks()[q.first];
+		auto        webhook  = EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->GetDiscordWebhooks()[q.first];
 		std::string message;

 		for (auto &m: q.second) {
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ void DiscordManager::ProcessMessageQueue()

 void DiscordManager::QueuePlayerEventMessage(const PlayerEvent::PlayerEventContainer& e)
 {
-	auto w = player_event_logs.GetDiscordWebhookUrlFromEventType(e.player_event_log.event_type_id);
+	auto w = PlayerEventLogs::Instance()->GetDiscordWebhookUrlFromEventType(e.player_event_log.event_type_id);
 	if (!w.empty()) {
 		Discord::SendPlayerEventMessage(e, w);
 	}
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ public:
 	void QueueWebhookMessage(uint32 webhook_id, const std::string& message);
 	void ProcessMessageQueue();
 	void QueuePlayerEventMessage(const PlayerEvent::PlayerEventContainer& e);
+
+	static DiscordManager* Instance()
+	{
+		static DiscordManager instance;
+		return &instance;
+	}
 private:
 	std::mutex webhook_queue_lock{};
 	std::map<uint32, std::vector<std::string>> webhook_message_queue{};
@@ -988,7 +988,8 @@ enum StartZoneIndex {
    Felwithe,
    Akanon,
    Cabilis,
-    SharVahl
+    SharVahl,
+    RatheMtn
 };

 enum FVNoDropFlagRule
@@ -324,6 +324,8 @@ union
 	bool guild_show;
 	bool trader;
 	bool buyer;
+	bool untargetable;
+	uint32 npc_tint_id;
 };

 struct PlayerState_Struct {
@@ -545,13 +545,13 @@ void EQStream::SendPacket(uint16 opcode, EQApplicationPacket *p)
 	uint32 chunksize, used;
 	uint32 length;

-	if (LogSys.log_settings[Logs::Server_Client_Packet].is_category_enabled == 1){
+	if (EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->log_settings[Logs::Server_Client_Packet].is_category_enabled == 1){
 		if (p->GetOpcode() != OP_SpecialMesg){
 			Log(Logs::General, Logs::Server_Client_Packet, "[%s - 0x%04x] [Size: %u]", OpcodeManager::EmuToName(p->GetOpcode()), p->GetOpcode(), p->Size());
 		}
 	}

-	if (LogSys.log_settings[Logs::Server_Client_Packet_With_Dump].is_category_enabled == 1){
+	if (EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->log_settings[Logs::Server_Client_Packet_With_Dump].is_category_enabled == 1){
 		if (p->GetOpcode() != OP_SpecialMesg){
 			Log(Logs::General, Logs::Server_Client_Packet_With_Dump, "[%s - 0x%04x] [Size: %u] %s", OpcodeManager::EmuToName(p->GetOpcode()), p->GetOpcode(), p->Size(), DumpPacketToString(p).c_str());
 		}
@@ -177,6 +177,21 @@ void EQEmuConfig::parse_config()
 	SharedMemDir = _root["server"]["directories"].get("shared_memory", "shared/").asString();
 	LogDir       = _root["server"]["directories"].get("logs", "logs/").asString();

+	auto load_paths = [&](const std::string& key, std::vector<std::string>& target) {
+		const auto& paths = _root["server"]["directories"][key];
+		if (paths.isArray()) {
+			for (const auto& dir : paths) {
+				if (dir.isString()) {
+					target.push_back(dir.asString());
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	};
+
+	load_paths("quest_paths", m_quest_directories);
+	load_paths("plugin_paths", m_plugin_directories);
+	load_paths("lua_module_paths", m_lua_module_directories);
+
 	/**
 	 * Logs
 	 */
@@ -421,11 +436,11 @@ void EQEmuConfig::CheckUcsConfigConversion()
 		LogInfo("Migrating old [eqemu_config] UCS configuration to new configuration");

 		std::string config_file_path = std::filesystem::path{
-			path.GetServerPath() + "/eqemu_config.json"
+			PathManager::Instance()->GetServerPath() + "/eqemu_config.json"
 		}.string();

 		std::string config_file_bak_path = std::filesystem::path{
-			path.GetServerPath() + "/eqemu_config.ucs-migrate-json.bak"
+			PathManager::Instance()->GetServerPath() + "/eqemu_config.ucs-migrate-json.bak"
 		}.string();

 		// copy eqemu_config.json to eqemu_config.json.bak
@@ -120,6 +120,22 @@ class EQEmuConfig
 		const std::string &GetUCSHost() const;
 		uint16 GetUCSPort() const;

+		std::vector<std::string> GetQuestDirectories() const
+		{
+			return m_quest_directories;
+		}
+
+		std::vector<std::string> GetPluginsDirectories() const
+		{
+			return m_plugin_directories;
+		}
+
+		std::vector<std::string> GetLuaModuleDirectories() const
+		{
+			return m_lua_module_directories;
+		}
+
+
 //	uint16 DynamicCount;

 //	map<string,uint16> StaticZones;
@@ -133,6 +149,11 @@ class EQEmuConfig
 		Json::Value _root;
 		static std::string ConfigFile;

+		std::vector<std::string> m_quest_directories = {};
+		std::vector<std::string> m_plugin_directories = {};
+		std::vector<std::string> m_lua_module_directories = {};
+
+	protected:
 		void parse_config();

 		EQEmuConfig()
@@ -170,7 +191,7 @@ class EQEmuConfig

 			std::string file = fmt::format(
 				"{}/{}",
-				(file_path.empty() ? path.GetServerPath() : file_path),
+				(file_path.empty() ? PathManager::Instance()->GetServerPath() : file_path),
 				EQEmuConfig::ConfigFile
 			);

@@ -537,9 +537,9 @@ void EQEmuLogSys::StartFileLogs(const std::string &log_name)
 {
 	EQEmuLogSys::CloseFileLogs();

-	if (!File::Exists(path.GetLogPath())) {
-		LogInfo("Logs directory not found, creating [{}]", path.GetLogPath());
-		File::Makedir(path.GetLogPath());
+	if (!File::Exists(PathManager::Instance()->GetLogPath())) {
+		LogInfo("Logs directory not found, creating [{}]", PathManager::Instance()->GetLogPath());
+		File::Makedir(PathManager::Instance()->GetLogPath());
 	}

 	/**
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ EQEmuLogSys *EQEmuLogSys::LoadLogDatabaseSettings(bool silent_load)
 		// If we go through this whole loop and nothing is set to any debug level, there
 		// is no point to create a file or keep anything open
 		if (log_settings[c.log_category_id].log_to_file > 0) {
-			LogSys.m_file_logs_enabled = true;
+			m_file_logs_enabled = true;
 		}

 		db_categories.emplace_back(c.log_category_id);
@@ -682,14 +682,33 @@ EQEmuLogSys *EQEmuLogSys::LoadLogDatabaseSettings(bool silent_load)
 		if (is_missing_in_database && !is_deprecated_category) {
 			LogInfo("Automatically adding new log category [{}] ({})", Logs::LogCategoryName[i], i);

-			auto new_category = LogsysCategoriesRepository::NewEntity();
-			new_category.log_category_id          = i;
-			new_category.log_category_description = Strings::Escape(Logs::LogCategoryName[i]);
-			new_category.log_to_console           = log_settings[i].log_to_console;
-			new_category.log_to_gmsay             = log_settings[i].log_to_gmsay;
-			new_category.log_to_file              = log_settings[i].log_to_file;
-			new_category.log_to_discord           = log_settings[i].log_to_discord;
-			db_categories_to_add.emplace_back(new_category);
+			auto e = LogsysCategoriesRepository::NewEntity();
+			e.log_category_id          = i;
+			e.log_category_description = Strings::Escape(Logs::LogCategoryName[i]);
+			e.log_to_console           = log_settings[i].log_to_console;
+			e.log_to_gmsay             = log_settings[i].log_to_gmsay;
+			e.log_to_file              = log_settings[i].log_to_file;
+			e.log_to_discord           = log_settings[i].log_to_discord;
+			db_categories_to_add.emplace_back(e);
+		}
+
+		// look to see if the category name is different in the database
+		auto it = std::find_if(
+			categories.begin(),
+			categories.end(),
+			[i](const auto &c) { return c.log_category_id == i; }
+		);
+		if (it != categories.end()) {
+			if (it->log_category_description != Logs::LogCategoryName[i]) {
+				LogInfo(
+					"Updating log category [{}] ({}) to new name [{}]",
+					it->log_category_description,
+					i,
+					Logs::LogCategoryName[i]
+				);
+				it->log_category_description = Logs::LogCategoryName[i];
+				LogsysCategoriesRepository::ReplaceOne(*m_database, *it);
+			}
 		}
 	}

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ namespace Logs {
 		Spawns,
 		Spells,
 		Status, // deprecated
-		TCPConnection,
+		TCPConnection, // deprecated
 		Tasks,
 		Tradeskills,
 		Trading,
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ namespace Logs {
 		BotSpellTypeChecks,
 		NpcHandin,
 		ZoneState,
+		NetClient,
+		NetTCP,
 		MaxCategoryID /* Don't Remove this */
 	};

@@ -183,7 +185,7 @@ namespace Logs {
 		"Spawns",
 		"Spells",
 		"Status (Deprecated)",
-		"TCP Connection",
+		"TCP Connection (Deprecated)",
 		"Tasks",
 		"Tradeskills",
 		"Trading",
@@ -192,8 +194,8 @@ namespace Logs {
 		"Web Interface (Deprecated)",
 		"World Server (Deprecated)",
 		"Zone Server (Deprecated)",
-		"QueryErr",
-		"Query",
+		"MySQL Error",
+		"MySQL Query",
 		"Mercenaries",
 		"Quest Debug",
 		"Legacy Packet Logging (Deprecated)",
@@ -209,15 +211,15 @@ namespace Logs {
 		"Traps",
 		"NPC Roam Box",
 		"NPC Scaling",
-		"MobAppearance",
+		"Mob Appearance",
 		"Info",
 		"Warning",
 		"Critical (Deprecated)",
 		"Emergency (Deprecated)",
 		"Alert (Deprecated)",
 		"Notice (Deprecated)",
-		"AI Scan",
-		"AI Yell",
+		"AI Scan Close",
+		"AI Yell For Help",
 		"AI CastBeneficial",
 		"AOE Cast",
 		"Entity Management",
@@ -235,7 +237,7 @@ namespace Logs {
 		"DialogueWindow",
 		"HTTP",
 		"Saylink",
-		"ChecksumVer",
+		"Checksum Verification",
 		"CombatRecord",
 		"Hate",
 		"Discord",
@@ -258,12 +260,12 @@ namespace Logs {
 		"Bot Spell Checks",
 		"Bot Spell Type Checks",
 		"NpcHandin",
-		"ZoneState"
+		"ZoneState",
+		"Net Server <-> Client",
+		"Net TCP"
 	};
 }

-#include "eqemu_logsys_log_aliases.h"
-
 class Database;

 constexpr uint16 MAX_DISCORD_WEBHOOK_ID = 300;
@@ -281,6 +283,12 @@ public:
 	EQEmuLogSys *LoadLogSettingsDefaults();
 	EQEmuLogSys *LoadLogDatabaseSettings(bool silent_load = false);

+	static EQEmuLogSys *Instance()
+	{
+		static EQEmuLogSys instance;
+		return &instance;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @param directory_name
 	 */
@@ -346,7 +354,7 @@ public:
 	/**
 	 * Internally used memory reference for all log settings per category
 	 * These are loaded via DB and have defaults loaded in LoadLogSettingsDefaults
-	 * Database loaded via LogSys.SetDatabase(&database)->LoadLogDatabaseSettings();
+	 * Database loaded via EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->SetDatabase(&database)->LoadLogDatabaseSettings();
 	*/
 	LogSettings log_settings[Logs::LogCategory::MaxCategoryID]{};

@@ -430,7 +438,7 @@ private:
 	void InjectTablesIfNotExist();
 };

-extern EQEmuLogSys LogSys;
+#include "eqemu_logsys_log_aliases.h"

 /**
 template<typename... Args>
@@ -452,7 +460,7 @@ void OutF(

 #define OutF(ls, debug_level, log_category, file, func, line, formatStr, ...) \
 do { \
-    ls.Out(debug_level, log_category, file, func, line, fmt::format(formatStr, ##__VA_ARGS__).c_str()); \
+    ls->Out(debug_level, log_category, file, func, line, fmt::format(formatStr, ##__VA_ARGS__).c_str()); \
 } while(0)

 #endif
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ std::string PlayerEventDiscordFormatter::FormatNPCHandinEvent(
 			);

 			for (int i = 0; i < h.augment_ids.size(); i++) {
-				if (!Strings::EqualFold(h.augment_names[i], "None")) {
+				if (!h.augment_names[i].empty()) {
 					const uint8 slot_id = (i + 1);
 					handin_items_info += fmt::format(
 						"Augment {}: {} ({})\n",
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ std::string PlayerEventDiscordFormatter::FormatNPCHandinEvent(
 			);

 			for (int i = 0; i < r.augment_ids.size(); i++) {
-				if (!Strings::EqualFold(r.augment_names[i], "None")) {
+				if (!r.augment_names[i].empty()) {
 					const uint8 slot_id = (i + 1);
 					return_items_info += fmt::format(
 						"Augment {}: {} ({})\n",
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ const uint32 PROCESS_RETENTION_TRUNCATION_TIMER_INTERVAL = 60 * 60 * 1000; // 1
 // general initialization routine
 void PlayerEventLogs::Init()
 {
-
 	m_process_batch_events_timer.SetTimer(RuleI(Logging, BatchPlayerEventProcessIntervalSeconds) * 1000);
 	m_process_retention_truncation_timer.SetTimer(PROCESS_RETENTION_TRUNCATION_TIMER_INTERVAL);
+	m_database_ping_timer.SetTimer(10 * 1000); // 10 seconds

 	ValidateDatabaseConnection();

@@ -195,10 +195,12 @@ void PlayerEventLogs::ProcessBatchQueue()
 	};

 	// Helper to assign ETL table ID
-	auto                                                                                                          AssignEtlId      = [&](
-		PlayerEventLogsRepository::PlayerEventLogs &r,
-		PlayerEvent::EventType type
-	) {
+
+	auto AssignEtlId = [&](
+		PlayerEventLogsRepository::PlayerEventLogs& r,
+		PlayerEvent::EventType                      type
+	)
+	{
 		if (m_etl_settings.contains(type)) {
 			r.etl_table_id = m_etl_settings.at(type).next_id++;
 		}
@@ -406,7 +408,6 @@ void PlayerEventLogs::ProcessBatchQueue()
 			auto it = event_processors.find(static_cast<PlayerEvent::EventType>(r.event_type_id));
 			if (it != event_processors.end()) {
 				it->second(r);  // Call the appropriate lambda
-				r.event_data = "{}"; // Clear event data
 			}
 			else {
 				LogPlayerEventsDetail("Non-Implemented ETL routing [{}]", r.event_type_id);
@@ -508,7 +509,7 @@ bool PlayerEventLogs::IsEventDiscordEnabled(int32_t event_type_id)
 	}

 	// ensure there is a matching webhook to begin with
-	if (!LogSys.GetDiscordWebhooks()[m_settings[event_type_id].discord_webhook_id].webhook_url.empty()) {
+	if (!EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->GetDiscordWebhooks()[m_settings[event_type_id].discord_webhook_id].webhook_url.empty()) {
 		return true;
 	}

@@ -528,13 +529,27 @@ std::string PlayerEventLogs::GetDiscordWebhookUrlFromEventType(int32_t event_typ
 	}

 	// ensure there is a matching webhook to begin with
-	if (!LogSys.GetDiscordWebhooks()[m_settings[event_type_id].discord_webhook_id].webhook_url.empty()) {
-		return LogSys.GetDiscordWebhooks()[m_settings[event_type_id].discord_webhook_id].webhook_url;
+	if (!EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->GetDiscordWebhooks()[m_settings[event_type_id].discord_webhook_id].webhook_url.empty()) {
+		return EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->GetDiscordWebhooks()[m_settings[event_type_id].discord_webhook_id].webhook_url;
 	}

 	return "";
 }

+void PlayerEventLogs::LoadPlayerEventSettingsFromQS(
+	const std::vector<PlayerEventLogSettingsRepository::PlayerEventLogSettings> &settings
+)
+{
+	for (const auto &e : settings) {
+		if (e.id >= PlayerEvent::MAX || e.id < 0) {
+			continue;
+		}
+		m_settings[e.id] = e;
+	}
+
+	LogInfo("Applied [{}] player event log settings from QS", settings.size());
+}
+
 // GM_COMMAND           | [x] Implemented Formatter
 // ZONING               | [x] Implemented Formatter
 // AA_GAIN              | [x] Implemented Formatter
@@ -916,6 +931,10 @@ std::string PlayerEventLogs::GetDiscordPayloadFromEvent(const PlayerEvent::Playe
 // general process function, used in world or QS depending on rule Logging:PlayerEventsQSProcess
 void PlayerEventLogs::Process()
 {
+	if (m_database_ping_timer.Check()) {
+		m_database->ping();
+	}
+
 	if (m_process_batch_events_timer.Check() ||
 		m_record_batch_queue.size() >= RuleI(Logging, BatchPlayerEventProcessChunkSize)) {
 		ProcessBatchQueue();
@@ -73,9 +73,11 @@ public:
 		return BuildPlayerEventPacket(c);
 	}

-	[[nodiscard]] const PlayerEventLogSettingsRepository::PlayerEventLogSettings *GetSettings() const;
-	bool IsEventDiscordEnabled(int32_t event_type_id);
-	std::string GetDiscordWebhookUrlFromEventType(int32_t event_type_id);
+	[[nodiscard]] const PlayerEventLogSettingsRepository::PlayerEventLogSettings * GetSettings() const;
+	bool                                                                           IsEventDiscordEnabled(int32_t event_type_id);
+	std::string                                                                    GetDiscordWebhookUrlFromEventType(int32_t event_type_id);
+
+	void LoadPlayerEventSettingsFromQS(const std::vector<PlayerEventLogSettingsRepository::PlayerEventLogSettings>& settings);

 	static std::string GetDiscordPayloadFromEvent(const PlayerEvent::PlayerEventContainer &e);

@@ -94,6 +96,12 @@ public:
 		std::vector<PlayerEventAaPurchaseRepository::PlayerEventAaPurchase>             aa_purchase;
 	};

+	static PlayerEventLogs* Instance()
+	{
+		static PlayerEventLogs instance;
+		return &instance;
+	}
+
 private:
 	struct EtlSettings {
 		bool        enabled;
@@ -113,6 +121,7 @@ private:
 	std::map<PlayerEvent::EventType, EtlSettings>  m_etl_settings{};

 	// timers
+	Timer m_database_ping_timer; // database ping timer
 	Timer m_process_batch_events_timer; // events processing timer
 	Timer m_process_retention_truncation_timer; // timer for truncating events based on retention settings

@@ -126,6 +135,4 @@ public:
 	std::map<PlayerEvent::EventType, EtlSettings> &GetEtlSettings() { return m_etl_settings;}
 };

-extern PlayerEventLogs player_event_logs;
-
 #endif //EQEMU_PLAYER_EVENT_LOGS_H
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ void EvolvingItemsManager::LoadEvolvingItems() const
 		results.begin(),
 		results.end(),
 		std::inserter(
-			evolving_items_manager.GetEvolvingItemsCache(),
-			evolving_items_manager.GetEvolvingItemsCache().end()
+			EvolvingItemsManager::Instance()->GetEvolvingItemsCache(),
+			EvolvingItemsManager::Instance()->GetEvolvingItemsCache().end()
 		),
 		[](const ItemsEvolvingDetailsRepository::ItemsEvolvingDetails &x) {
 			return std::make_pair(x.item_id, x);
@@ -42,18 +42,22 @@ void EvolvingItemsManager::SetContentDatabase(Database *db)

 double EvolvingItemsManager::CalculateProgression(const uint64 current_amount, const uint32 item_id)
 {
-	if (!evolving_items_manager.GetEvolvingItemsCache().contains(item_id)) {
+	if (!EvolvingItemsManager::Instance()->GetEvolvingItemsCache().contains(item_id)) {
 		return 0;
 	}

-	return evolving_items_manager.GetEvolvingItemsCache().at(item_id).required_amount > 0
+	return EvolvingItemsManager::Instance()->GetEvolvingItemsCache().at(item_id).required_amount > 0
 		? static_cast<double>(current_amount)
-		  / static_cast<double>(evolving_items_manager.GetEvolvingItemsCache().at(item_id).required_amount) * 100
+		  / static_cast<double>(EvolvingItemsManager::Instance()->GetEvolvingItemsCache().at(item_id).required_amount) * 100
 		: 0;
 }

 void EvolvingItemsManager::DoLootChecks(const uint32 char_id, const uint16 slot_id, const EQ::ItemInstance &inst) const
 {
+	if (!inst) {
+		return;
+	}
+
 	inst.SetEvolveEquipped(false);
 	if (inst.IsEvolving() && slot_id <= EQ::invslot::EQUIPMENT_END && slot_id >= EQ::invslot::EQUIPMENT_BEGIN) {
 		inst.SetEvolveEquipped(true);
@@ -69,7 +73,7 @@ void EvolvingItemsManager::DoLootChecks(const uint32 char_id, const uint16 slot_
 		e.character_id  = char_id;
 		e.item_id       = inst.GetID();
 		e.equipped      = inst.GetEvolveEquipped();
-		e.final_item_id = evolving_items_manager.GetFinalItemID(inst);
+		e.final_item_id = EvolvingItemsManager::Instance()->GetFinalItemID(inst);

 		auto r = CharacterEvolvingItemsRepository::InsertOne(*m_db, e);
 		e.id   = r.id;
@@ -87,21 +91,25 @@ void EvolvingItemsManager::DoLootChecks(const uint32 char_id, const uint16 slot_

 uint32 EvolvingItemsManager::GetFinalItemID(const EQ::ItemInstance &inst) const
 {
+	if (!inst) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	const auto start_iterator = std::ranges::find_if(
-		evolving_items_manager.GetEvolvingItemsCache().cbegin(),
-		evolving_items_manager.GetEvolvingItemsCache().cend(),
+		EvolvingItemsManager::Instance()->GetEvolvingItemsCache().cbegin(),
+		EvolvingItemsManager::Instance()->GetEvolvingItemsCache().cend(),
 		[&](const std::pair<uint32, ItemsEvolvingDetailsRepository::ItemsEvolvingDetails> &a) {
 			return a.second.item_evo_id == inst.GetEvolveLoreID();
 		}
 	);

-	if (start_iterator == std::end(evolving_items_manager.GetEvolvingItemsCache())) {
+	if (start_iterator == std::end(EvolvingItemsManager::Instance()->GetEvolvingItemsCache())) {
 		return 0;
 	}

 	const auto final_id = std::ranges::max_element(
 		start_iterator,
-		evolving_items_manager.GetEvolvingItemsCache().cend(),
+		EvolvingItemsManager::Instance()->GetEvolvingItemsCache().cend(),
 		[&](
 		const std::pair<uint32, ItemsEvolvingDetailsRepository::ItemsEvolvingDetails> &a,
 		const std::pair<uint32, ItemsEvolvingDetailsRepository::ItemsEvolvingDetails> &b
@@ -116,18 +124,22 @@ uint32 EvolvingItemsManager::GetFinalItemID(const EQ::ItemInstance &inst) const

 uint32 EvolvingItemsManager::GetNextEvolveItemID(const EQ::ItemInstance &inst) const
 {
+	if (!inst) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	int8 const current_level = inst.GetEvolveLvl();

 	const auto iterator = std::ranges::find_if(
-		evolving_items_manager.GetEvolvingItemsCache().cbegin(),
-		evolving_items_manager.GetEvolvingItemsCache().cend(),
+		EvolvingItemsManager::Instance()->GetEvolvingItemsCache().cbegin(),
+		EvolvingItemsManager::Instance()->GetEvolvingItemsCache().cend(),
 		[&](const std::pair<uint32, ItemsEvolvingDetailsRepository::ItemsEvolvingDetails> &a) {
 			return a.second.item_evo_id == inst.GetEvolveLoreID() &&
 			       a.second.item_evolve_level == current_level + 1;
 		}
 	);

-	if (iterator == std::end(evolving_items_manager.GetEvolvingItemsCache())) {
+	if (iterator == std::end(EvolvingItemsManager::Instance()->GetEvolvingItemsCache())) {
 		return 0;
 	}

@@ -191,6 +203,10 @@ uint64 EvolvingItemsManager::GetTotalEarnedXP(const EQ::ItemInstance &inst)
 EvolveGetNextItem EvolvingItemsManager::GetNextItemByXP(const EQ::ItemInstance &inst_in, const int64 in_xp)
 {
 	EvolveGetNextItem ets{};
+	if (!inst_in) {
+		return ets;
+	}
+
 	const auto        evolve_items   = GetEvolveIDItems(inst_in.GetEvolveLoreID());
 	uint32            max_transfer_level = 0;
 	int64             xp                  = in_xp;
@@ -235,9 +251,12 @@ EvolveTransfer EvolvingItemsManager::DetermineTransferResults(
 )
 {
 	EvolveTransfer ets{};
+	if (!inst_from || !inst_to) {
+		return ets;
+	}

-	auto evolving_details_inst_from = evolving_items_manager.GetEvolveItemDetails(inst_from.GetID());
-	auto evolving_details_inst_to   = evolving_items_manager.GetEvolveItemDetails(inst_to.GetID());
+	auto evolving_details_inst_from = EvolvingItemsManager::Instance()->GetEvolveItemDetails(inst_from.GetID());
+	auto evolving_details_inst_to   = EvolvingItemsManager::Instance()->GetEvolveItemDetails(inst_to.GetID());

 	if (!evolving_details_inst_from.id || !evolving_details_inst_to.id) {
 		return ets;
@@ -253,10 +272,10 @@ EvolveTransfer EvolvingItemsManager::DetermineTransferResults(
 			compatibility = 30;
 		}

-		xp           = evolving_items_manager.GetTotalEarnedXP(inst_from) * compatibility / 100;
-		auto results = evolving_items_manager.GetNextItemByXP(inst_to, xp);
+		xp           = EvolvingItemsManager::Instance()->GetTotalEarnedXP(inst_from) * compatibility / 100;
+		auto results = EvolvingItemsManager::Instance()->GetNextItemByXP(inst_to, xp);

-		ets.item_from_id             = evolving_items_manager.GetFirstItemInLoreGroup(inst_from.GetEvolveLoreID());
+		ets.item_from_id             = EvolvingItemsManager::Instance()->GetFirstItemInLoreGroup(inst_from.GetEvolveLoreID());
 		ets.item_from_current_amount = results.from_current_amount;
 		ets.item_to_id               = results.new_item_id;
 		ets.item_to_current_amount   = results.new_current_amount;
@@ -295,6 +314,10 @@ uint32 EvolvingItemsManager::GetFirstItemInLoreGroupByItemID(const uint32 item_i

 void EvolvingItemsManager::LoadPlayerEvent(const EQ::ItemInstance &inst, PlayerEvent::EvolveItem &e)
 {
+	if (!inst) {
+		return;
+	}
+
 	e.item_id     = inst.GetID();
 	e.item_name   = inst.GetItem() ? inst.GetItem()->Name : std::string();
 	e.level       = inst.GetEvolveLvl();
@@ -53,15 +53,18 @@ public:
 	ItemsEvolvingDetailsRepository::ItemsEvolvingDetails GetEvolveItemDetails(uint64 id);
 	EvolveTransfer DetermineTransferResults(const EQ::ItemInstance& inst_from, const EQ::ItemInstance& inst_to);
 	EvolveGetNextItem GetNextItemByXP(const EQ::ItemInstance &inst_in, int64 in_xp);
-	std::map<uint32, ItemsEvolvingDetailsRepository::ItemsEvolvingDetails>& GetEvolvingItemsCache() { return evolving_items_cache; }
+	std::map<uint32, ItemsEvolvingDetailsRepository::ItemsEvolvingDetails>& GetEvolvingItemsCache() { return m_evolving_items_cache; }
 	std::vector<ItemsEvolvingDetailsRepository::ItemsEvolvingDetails> GetEvolveIDItems(uint32 evolve_id);

+	static EvolvingItemsManager* Instance()
+	{
+		static EvolvingItemsManager instance;
+		return &instance;
+	}
 private:
-	std::map<uint32, ItemsEvolvingDetailsRepository::ItemsEvolvingDetails> evolving_items_cache;
+	std::map<uint32, ItemsEvolvingDetailsRepository::ItemsEvolvingDetails> m_evolving_items_cache;
 	Database *                                                             m_db;
 	Database *                                                             m_content_db;
 };

-extern EvolvingItemsManager evolving_items_manager;
-
 #endif //EVOLVING_H
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ namespace EQ {
 			EQ_EXCEPT("IPC Mutex", "Could not create mutex.");
 		}
 #else
-		std::string final_name = fmt::format("{}/{}.lock", path.GetSharedMemoryPath(), name);
+		std::string final_name = fmt::format("{}/{}.lock", PathManager::Instance()->GetSharedMemoryPath(), name);

 #ifdef __DARWIN
 #if __DARWIN_C_LEVEL < 200809L
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ EQ::ItemInstance* EQ::ItemInstance::GetOrnamentationAugment() const
 uint32 EQ::ItemInstance::GetOrnamentHeroModel(int32 material_slot) const
 {
 	// Not a Hero Forge item.
-	if (m_ornament_hero_model == 0 || material_slot < 0) {
+	if (m_ornament_hero_model == 0) {
 		return 0;
 	}

@@ -1799,7 +1799,7 @@ std::vector<std::string> EQ::ItemInstance::GetAugmentNames() const

 	for (uint8 slot_id = invaug::SOCKET_BEGIN; slot_id <= invaug::SOCKET_END; slot_id++) {
 		const auto augment = GetAugment(slot_id);
-		augment_names.push_back(augment ? augment->GetItem()->Name : "None");
+		augment_names.push_back(augment ? augment->GetItem()->Name : "");
 	}

 	return augment_names;
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ namespace EQ
 		void             SetEvolveAddToCurrentAmount(const uint64 in) const { m_evolving_details.current_amount += in; }
 		void             SetEvolveFinalItemID(const uint32 in) const { m_evolving_details.final_item_id = in; }
 		bool             TransferOwnership(Database& db, const uint32 to_char_id) const;
-		void             CalculateEvolveProgression() const { m_evolving_details.progression = evolving_items_manager.CalculateProgression(GetEvolveCurrentAmount(), GetID()); }
+		void             CalculateEvolveProgression() const { m_evolving_details.progression = EvolvingItemsManager::Instance()->CalculateProgression(GetEvolveCurrentAmount(), GetID()); }

 	protected:
 		//////////////////////////
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 #include "daybreak_connection.h"
 #include "../event/event_loop.h"
-#include "../event/task.h"
 #include "../data_verification.h"
 #include "crc32.h"
-#include "../eqemu_logsys.h"
 #include <zlib.h>
 #include <fmt/format.h>
-#include <sstream>
+
+// observed client receive window is 300 packets, 140KB
+constexpr size_t MAX_CLIENT_RECV_PACKETS_PER_WINDOW = 300;
+constexpr size_t MAX_CLIENT_RECV_BYTES_PER_WINDOW   = 140 * 1024;
+
+// buffer pools
+SendBufferPool send_buffer_pool;

 EQ::Net::DaybreakConnectionManager::DaybreakConnectionManager()
 {
@@ -53,16 +57,22 @@ void EQ::Net::DaybreakConnectionManager::Attach(uv_loop_t *loop)
 		uv_ip4_addr("0.0.0.0", m_options.port, &recv_addr);
 		int rc = uv_udp_bind(&m_socket, (const struct sockaddr *)&recv_addr, UV_UDP_REUSEADDR);

-		rc = uv_udp_recv_start(&m_socket,
-			[](uv_handle_t* handle, size_t suggested_size, uv_buf_t* buf) {
-			buf->base = new char[suggested_size];
-			memset(buf->base, 0, suggested_size);
-			buf->len = suggested_size;
-		},
+		rc = uv_udp_recv_start(
+			&m_socket,
+			[](uv_handle_t *handle, size_t suggested_size, uv_buf_t *buf) {
+				if (suggested_size > 65536) {
+					buf->base = new char[suggested_size];
+					buf->len  = suggested_size;
+					return;
+				}
+
+				static thread_local char temp_buf[65536];
+				buf->base = temp_buf;
+				buf->len  = 65536;
+			},
 			[](uv_udp_t* handle, ssize_t nread, const uv_buf_t* buf, const struct sockaddr* addr, unsigned flags) {
 			DaybreakConnectionManager *c = (DaybreakConnectionManager*)handle->data;
 			if (nread < 0 || addr == nullptr) {
-				delete[] buf->base;
 				return;
 			}

@@ -70,7 +80,10 @@ void EQ::Net::DaybreakConnectionManager::Attach(uv_loop_t *loop)
 			uv_ip4_name((const sockaddr_in*)addr, endpoint, 16);
 			auto port = ntohs(((const sockaddr_in*)addr)->sin_port);
 			c->ProcessPacket(endpoint, port, buf->base, nread);
-			delete[] buf->base;
+
+			if (buf->len > 65536) {
+				delete[] buf->base;
+			}
 		});

 		m_attached = loop;
@@ -310,7 +323,7 @@ EQ::Net::DaybreakConnection::DaybreakConnection(DaybreakConnectionManager *owner
 	m_last_session_stats = Clock::now();
 	m_outgoing_budget = owner->m_options.outgoing_data_rate;

-	LogNetcode("New session [{}] with encode key [{}]", m_connect_code, HostToNetwork(m_encode_key));
+	LogNetClient("New session [{}] with encode key [{}]", m_connect_code, HostToNetwork(m_encode_key));
 }

 //new connection made as client
@@ -342,16 +355,16 @@ EQ::Net::DaybreakConnection::~DaybreakConnection()

 void EQ::Net::DaybreakConnection::Close()
 {
-	if (m_status == StatusConnected) {
+	if (m_status != StatusDisconnected && m_status != StatusDisconnecting) {
 		FlushBuffer();
 		SendDisconnect();
+	}

+	if (m_status != StatusDisconnecting) {
 		m_close_time = Clock::now();
-		ChangeStatus(StatusDisconnecting);
-	}
-	else {
-		ChangeStatus(StatusDisconnecting);
 	}
+
+	ChangeStatus(StatusDisconnecting);
 }

 void EQ::Net::DaybreakConnection::QueuePacket(Packet &p)
@@ -634,7 +647,7 @@ void EQ::Net::DaybreakConnection::ProcessDecodedPacket(const Packet &p)
 					p.PutSerialize(0, reply);
 					InternalSend(p);

-					LogNetcode("[OP_SessionRequest] Session [{}] started with encode key [{}]", m_connect_code, HostToNetwork(m_encode_key));
+					LogNetClient("[OP_SessionRequest] Session [{}] started with encode key [{}]", m_connect_code, HostToNetwork(m_encode_key));
 				}

 				break;
@@ -653,7 +666,7 @@ void EQ::Net::DaybreakConnection::ProcessDecodedPacket(const Packet &p)
 						m_max_packet_size = reply.max_packet_size;
 						ChangeStatus(StatusConnected);

-						LogNetcode(
+						LogNetClient(
 							"[OP_SessionResponse] Session [{}] refresh with encode key [{}]",
 							m_connect_code,
 							HostToNetwork(m_encode_key)
@@ -782,7 +795,7 @@ void EQ::Net::DaybreakConnection::ProcessDecodedPacket(const Packet &p)
 					SendDisconnect();
 				}

-				LogNetcode(
+				LogNetClient(
 					"[OP_SessionDisconnect] Session [{}] disconnect with encode key [{}]",
 					m_connect_code,
 					HostToNetwork(m_encode_key)
@@ -852,7 +865,7 @@ bool EQ::Net::DaybreakConnection::ValidateCRC(Packet &p)
 	}

 	if (p.Length() < (size_t)m_crc_bytes) {
-		LogNetcode("Session [{}] ignored packet (crc bytes invalid on session)", m_connect_code);
+		LogNetClient("Session [{}] ignored packet (crc bytes invalid on session)", m_connect_code);
 		return false;
 	}

@@ -1043,7 +1056,7 @@ void EQ::Net::DaybreakConnection::Decompress(Packet &p, size_t offset, size_t le
 		return;
 	}

-	static uint8_t new_buffer[4096];
+	static thread_local uint8_t new_buffer[4096];
 	uint8_t *buffer = (uint8_t*)p.Data() + offset;
 	uint32_t new_length = 0;

@@ -1064,7 +1077,7 @@ void EQ::Net::DaybreakConnection::Decompress(Packet &p, size_t offset, size_t le

 void EQ::Net::DaybreakConnection::Compress(Packet &p, size_t offset, size_t length)
 {
-	uint8_t new_buffer[2048] = { 0 };
+	static thread_local uint8_t new_buffer[2048] = { 0 };
 	uint8_t *buffer = (uint8_t*)p.Data() + offset;
 	uint32_t new_length = 0;
 	bool send_uncompressed = true;
@@ -1091,10 +1104,6 @@ void EQ::Net::DaybreakConnection::ProcessResend()
 	}
 }

-// observed client receive window is 300 packets, 140KB
-constexpr size_t MAX_CLIENT_RECV_PACKETS_PER_WINDOW = 300;
-constexpr size_t MAX_CLIENT_RECV_BYTES_PER_WINDOW   = 140 * 1024;
-
 void EQ::Net::DaybreakConnection::ProcessResend(int stream)
 {
 	if (m_status == DbProtocolStatus::StatusDisconnected) {
@@ -1117,34 +1126,57 @@ void EQ::Net::DaybreakConnection::ProcessResend(int stream)
 		auto &first_packet = s->sent_packets.begin()->second;
 		auto time_since_first_sent = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(now - first_packet.first_sent).count();

+		if (time_since_first_sent >= m_owner->m_options.resend_timeout) {
+			auto now_ms = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(now.time_since_epoch()).count();
+			auto first_sent_ms = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(first_packet.first_sent.time_since_epoch()).count();
+			LogNetClient(
+				"Closing connection for m_endpoint [{}] m_port [{}] time_since_first_sent [{}] >= m_owner->m_options.resend_timeout [{}] now [{}] first_packet.first_sent [{}]",
+				m_endpoint,
+				m_port,
+				time_since_first_sent,
+				m_owner->m_options.resend_timeout,
+				now_ms,
+				first_sent_ms
+			);
+			Close();
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if (m_last_ack - now > std::chrono::milliseconds(1000)) {
+			LogNetClient(
+				"Resetting m_acked_since_last_resend flag for m_endpoint [{}] m_port [{}]",
+				m_endpoint,
+				m_port
+			);
+			m_acked_since_last_resend = true;
+		}
+
 		// make sure that the first_packet in the list first_sent time is within the resend_delay and now
 		// if it is not, then we need to resend all packets in the list
 		if (time_since_first_sent <= first_packet.resend_delay && !m_acked_since_last_resend) {
-			LogNetcodeDetail(
-				"Not resending packets for stream [{}] time since first sent [{}] resend delay [{}] m_acked_since_last_resend [{}]",
-				stream,
+			LogNetClientDetail(
+				"Not resending packets for m_endpoint [{}] m_port [{}] packets [{}] time_first_sent [{}] resend_delay [{}] m_acked_since_last_resend [{}]",
+				m_endpoint,
+				m_port,
+				s->sent_packets.size(),
 				time_since_first_sent,
 				first_packet.resend_delay,
 				m_acked_since_last_resend
 			);
 			return;
 		}
-
-		if (time_since_first_sent >= m_owner->m_options.resend_timeout) {
-			Close();
-			return;
-		}
 	}

-	if (LogSys.IsLogEnabled(Logs::Detail, Logs::Netcode)) {
+	if (EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->IsLogEnabled(Logs::General, Logs::NetClient)) {
 		size_t    total_size = 0;
 		for (auto &e: s->sent_packets) {
 			total_size += e.second.packet.Length();
 		}

-		LogNetcodeDetail(
-			"Resending packets for stream [{}] packet count [{}] total packet size [{}] m_acked_since_last_resend [{}]",
-			stream,
+		LogNetClientDetail(
+			"Resending packets for m_endpoint [{}] m_port [{}] packet count [{}] total packet size [{}] m_acked_since_last_resend [{}]",
+			m_endpoint,
+			m_port,
 			s->sent_packets.size(),
 			total_size,
 			m_acked_since_last_resend
@@ -1154,10 +1186,13 @@ void EQ::Net::DaybreakConnection::ProcessResend(int stream)
 	for (auto &e: s->sent_packets) {
 		if (m_resend_packets_sent >= MAX_CLIENT_RECV_PACKETS_PER_WINDOW ||
 			m_resend_bytes_sent >= MAX_CLIENT_RECV_BYTES_PER_WINDOW) {
-			LogNetcodeDetail(
-				"Stopping resend because we hit thresholds m_resend_packets_sent [{}] max [{}] m_resend_bytes_sent [{}] max [{}]",
+			LogNetClient(
+				"Stopping resend because we hit thresholds for m_endpoint [{}] m_port [{}]  m_resend_packets_sent [{}] max [{}] in_queue [{}] m_resend_bytes_sent [{}] max [{}]",
+				m_endpoint,
+				m_port,
 				m_resend_packets_sent,
 				MAX_CLIENT_RECV_PACKETS_PER_WINDOW,
+				s->sent_packets.size(),
 				m_resend_bytes_sent,
 				MAX_CLIENT_RECV_BYTES_PER_WINDOW
 			);
@@ -1194,11 +1229,11 @@ void EQ::Net::DaybreakConnection::ProcessResend(int stream)
 	}

 	m_acked_since_last_resend = false;
+	m_last_ack = now;
 }

 void EQ::Net::DaybreakConnection::Ack(int stream, uint16_t seq)
 {
-
 	auto now = Clock::now();
 	auto s = &m_streams[stream];
 	auto iter = s->sent_packets.begin();
@@ -1214,12 +1249,14 @@ void EQ::Net::DaybreakConnection::Ack(int stream, uint16_t seq)
 			m_rolling_ping = (m_rolling_ping * 2 + round_time) / 3;

 			iter = s->sent_packets.erase(iter);
-			m_acked_since_last_resend = true;
 		}
 		else {
 			++iter;
 		}
 	}
+
+	m_acked_since_last_resend = true;
+	m_last_ack = now;
 }

 void EQ::Net::DaybreakConnection::OutOfOrderAck(int stream, uint16_t seq)
@@ -1237,6 +1274,9 @@ void EQ::Net::DaybreakConnection::OutOfOrderAck(int stream, uint16_t seq)

 		s->sent_packets.erase(iter);
 	}
+
+	m_acked_since_last_resend = true;
+	m_last_ack = now;
 }

 void EQ::Net::DaybreakConnection::UpdateDataBudget(double budget_add)
@@ -1333,99 +1373,97 @@ void EQ::Net::DaybreakConnection::SendKeepAlive()
 	InternalSend(p);
 }

-void EQ::Net::DaybreakConnection::InternalSend(Packet &p)
-{
+void EQ::Net::DaybreakConnection::InternalSend(Packet &p) {
 	if (m_owner->m_options.outgoing_data_rate > 0.0) {
 		auto new_budget = m_outgoing_budget - (p.Length() / 1024.0);
 		if (new_budget <= 0.0) {
 			m_stats.dropped_datarate_packets++;
 			return;
-		}
-		else {
+		} else {
 			m_outgoing_budget = new_budget;
 		}
 	}

 	m_last_send = Clock::now();

-	auto send_func = [](uv_udp_send_t* req, int status) {
-		delete[](char*)req->data;
-		delete req;
-	};
+	auto pooled_opt = send_buffer_pool.acquire();
+	if (!pooled_opt) {
+		m_stats.dropped_datarate_packets++;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	auto [send_req, data, ctx] = *pooled_opt;
+	ctx->pool = &send_buffer_pool; // set pool pointer
+
+	sockaddr_in send_addr{};
+	uv_ip4_addr(m_endpoint.c_str(), m_port, &send_addr);
+	uv_buf_t send_buffers[1];

 	if (PacketCanBeEncoded(p)) {
-
 		m_stats.bytes_before_encode += p.Length();

 		DynamicPacket out;
 		out.PutPacket(0, p);

-		for (int i = 0; i < 2; ++i) {
-			switch (m_encode_passes[i]) {
-			case EncodeCompression:
-				if (out.GetInt8(0) == 0)
-					Compress(out, DaybreakHeader::size(), out.Length() - DaybreakHeader::size());
-				else
-					Compress(out, 1, out.Length() - 1);
-				break;
-			case EncodeXOR:
-				if (out.GetInt8(0) == 0)
-					Encode(out, DaybreakHeader::size(), out.Length() - DaybreakHeader::size());
-				else
-					Encode(out, 1, out.Length() - 1);
-				break;
-			default:
-				break;
+		for (auto &m_encode_passe: m_encode_passes) {
+			switch (m_encode_passe) {
+				case EncodeCompression:
+					if (out.GetInt8(0) == 0) {
+						Compress(out, DaybreakHeader::size(), out.Length() - DaybreakHeader::size());
+					} else {
+						Compress(out, 1, out.Length() - 1);
+					}
+					break;
+				case EncodeXOR:
+					if (out.GetInt8(0) == 0) {
+						Encode(out, DaybreakHeader::size(), out.Length() - DaybreakHeader::size());
+					} else {
+						Encode(out, 1, out.Length() - 1);
+					}
+					break;
+				default:
+					break;
 			}
 		}

 		AppendCRC(out);
-
-		uv_udp_send_t *send_req = new uv_udp_send_t;
-		memset(send_req, 0, sizeof(*send_req));
-		sockaddr_in send_addr;
-		uv_ip4_addr(m_endpoint.c_str(), m_port, &send_addr);
-		uv_buf_t send_buffers[1];
-
-		char *data = new char[out.Length()];
 		memcpy(data, out.Data(), out.Length());
 		send_buffers[0] = uv_buf_init(data, out.Length());
-		send_req->data = send_buffers[0].base;
-
-		m_stats.sent_bytes += out.Length();
-		m_stats.sent_packets++;
-		if (m_owner->m_options.simulated_out_packet_loss && m_owner->m_options.simulated_out_packet_loss >= m_owner->m_rand.Int(0, 100)) {
-			delete[](char*)send_req->data;
-			delete send_req;
-			return;
-		}
-
-		uv_udp_send(send_req, &m_owner->m_socket, send_buffers, 1, (sockaddr*)&send_addr, send_func);
-		return;
+	} else {
+		memcpy(data, p.Data(), p.Length());
+		send_buffers[0] = uv_buf_init(data, p.Length());
 	}

-	m_stats.bytes_before_encode += p.Length();
-
-	uv_udp_send_t *send_req = new uv_udp_send_t;
-	sockaddr_in send_addr;
-	uv_ip4_addr(m_endpoint.c_str(), m_port, &send_addr);
-	uv_buf_t send_buffers[1];
-
-	char *data = new char[p.Length()];
-	memcpy(data, p.Data(), p.Length());
-	send_buffers[0] = uv_buf_init(data, p.Length());
-	send_req->data = send_buffers[0].base;
-
 	m_stats.sent_bytes += p.Length();
 	m_stats.sent_packets++;

-	if (m_owner->m_options.simulated_out_packet_loss && m_owner->m_options.simulated_out_packet_loss >= m_owner->m_rand.Int(0, 100)) {
-		delete[](char*)send_req->data;
-		delete send_req;
+	if (m_owner->m_options.simulated_out_packet_loss &&
+		m_owner->m_options.simulated_out_packet_loss >= m_owner->m_rand.Int(0, 100)) {
+		send_buffer_pool.release(ctx);
 		return;
 	}

-	uv_udp_send(send_req, &m_owner->m_socket, send_buffers, 1, (sockaddr*)&send_addr, send_func);
+	int send_result = uv_udp_send(
+		send_req, &m_owner->m_socket, send_buffers, 1, (sockaddr *)&send_addr,
+		[](uv_udp_send_t *req, int status) {
+			auto *ctx = reinterpret_cast<EmbeddedContext *>(req->data);
+			if (!ctx) {
+				std::cerr << "Error: send_req->data is null in callback!" << std::endl;
+				return;
+			}
+
+			if (status < 0) {
+				std::cerr << "uv_udp_send failed: " << uv_strerror(status) << std::endl;
+			}
+
+			ctx->pool->release(ctx);
+		}
+	);
+
+	if (send_result < 0) {
+		std::cerr << "uv_udp_send() failed: " << uv_strerror(send_result) << std::endl;
+		send_buffer_pool.release(ctx);
+	}
 }

 void EQ::Net::DaybreakConnection::InternalQueuePacket(Packet &p, int stream_id, bool reliable)
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "../random.h"
 #include "packet.h"
 #include "daybreak_structs.h"
+#include "daybreak_pooling.h"
 #include <uv.h>
 #include <chrono>
 #include <functional>
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ namespace EQ
 			size_t m_resend_packets_sent = 0;
 			size_t m_resend_bytes_sent = 0;
 			bool m_acked_since_last_resend = false;
+			Timestamp m_last_ack;

 			struct DaybreakSentPacket
 			{
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <optional>
+#include <atomic>
+#include <memory>
+#include <array>
+#include <vector>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <iostream>
+#include "../eqemu_logsys.h"
+#include <uv.h>
+
+constexpr size_t UDP_BUFFER_SIZE = 512;
+
+struct EmbeddedContext {
+	size_t pool_index;
+	class SendBufferPool* pool;
+};
+
+class SendBufferPool {
+public:
+	explicit SendBufferPool(size_t initial_capacity = 64)
+		: m_capacity(initial_capacity), m_head(0)
+	{
+		LogNetClient("[SendBufferPool] Initializing with capacity [{}]", (int)m_capacity);
+
+		m_pool.reserve(m_capacity);
+		m_locks = std::make_unique<std::atomic_bool[]>(m_capacity);
+
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < m_capacity; ++i) {
+			auto* req = new PooledUdpSend();
+			req->context.pool_index = i;
+			req->context.pool = this;
+			req->uv_req.data = &req->context;
+
+			m_pool.emplace_back(std::unique_ptr<PooledUdpSend>(req));
+			m_locks[i].store(false, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+		}
+	}
+
+	std::optional<std::tuple<uv_udp_send_t*, char*, EmbeddedContext*>> acquire() {
+		size_t cap = m_capacity.load(std::memory_order_acquire);
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < cap; ++i) {
+			size_t index = m_head.fetch_add(1, std::memory_order_relaxed) % cap;
+			bool expected = false;
+			if (m_locks[index].compare_exchange_strong(expected, true)) {
+				auto* req = m_pool[index].get();
+				LogNetClientDetail("[SendBufferPool] Acquired [{}]", index);
+				return std::make_tuple(&req->uv_req, req->buffer.data(), &req->context);
+			}
+		}
+
+		LogNetClient("[SendBufferPool] Growing from [{}] to [{}]", cap, cap * 2);
+		grow();
+		return acquireAfterGrowth();
+	}
+
+	void release(EmbeddedContext* ctx) {
+		if (!ctx || ctx->pool != this || ctx->pool_index >= m_capacity.load(std::memory_order_acquire)) {
+			LogNetClient("[SendBufferPool] Invalid context release [{}]", ctx ? ctx->pool_index : -1);
+			return;
+		}
+		m_locks[ctx->pool_index].store(false, std::memory_order_release);
+		LogNetClientDetail("[SendBufferPool] Released [{}]", ctx->pool_index);
+	}
+
+private:
+	struct PooledUdpSend {
+		uv_udp_send_t                     uv_req;
+		std::array<char, UDP_BUFFER_SIZE> buffer;
+		EmbeddedContext                   context;
+	};
+
+	std::vector<std::unique_ptr<PooledUdpSend>> m_pool;
+	std::unique_ptr<std::atomic_bool[]> m_locks;
+	std::atomic<size_t> m_capacity;
+	std::atomic<size_t> m_head;
+	std::mutex m_grow_mutex;
+
+	void grow() {
+		std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(m_grow_mutex);
+
+		size_t old_cap = m_capacity.load(std::memory_order_acquire);
+		size_t new_cap = old_cap * 2;
+
+		m_pool.reserve(new_cap);
+		for (size_t i = old_cap; i < new_cap; ++i) {
+			auto* req = new PooledUdpSend();
+			req->context.pool_index = i;
+			req->context.pool = this;
+			req->uv_req.data = &req->context;
+
+			m_pool.emplace_back(std::unique_ptr<PooledUdpSend>(req));
+		}
+
+		auto new_locks = std::make_unique<std::atomic_bool[]>(new_cap);
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < old_cap; ++i) {
+			new_locks[i].store(m_locks[i].load(std::memory_order_acquire));
+		}
+		for (size_t i = old_cap; i < new_cap; ++i) {
+			new_locks[i].store(false, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+		}
+
+		m_locks = std::move(new_locks);
+		m_capacity.store(new_cap, std::memory_order_release);
+
+		LogNetClient("[SendBufferPool] Grew to [{}] from [{}]", new_cap, old_cap);
+	}
+
+	std::optional<std::tuple<uv_udp_send_t*, char*, EmbeddedContext*>> acquireAfterGrowth() {
+		size_t cap = m_capacity.load(std::memory_order_acquire);
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < cap; ++i) {
+			size_t index = m_head.fetch_add(1, std::memory_order_relaxed) % cap;
+			bool expected = false;
+			if (m_locks[index].compare_exchange_strong(expected, true)) {
+				auto* req = m_pool[index].get();
+				LogNetClient("[SendBufferPool] Acquired after grow [{}]", index);
+				return std::make_tuple(&req->uv_req, req->buffer.data(), &req->context);
+			}
+		}
+		return std::nullopt;
+	}
+};
@@ -171,3 +171,4 @@ namespace EQ
 		};
 	}
 }
+
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ void EQ::Net::EQStream::QueuePacket(const EQApplicationPacket *p, bool ack_req)
 		OpcodeManager::EmuToName(p->GetOpcode()),
 		(*m_opcode_manager)->EmuToEQ(p->GetOpcode()),
 		p->Size(),
-		(LogSys.IsLogEnabled(Logs::Detail, Logs::PacketServerClient) ? DumpPacketToString(p) : "")
+		(EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->IsLogEnabled(Logs::Detail, Logs::PacketServerClient) ? DumpPacketToString(p) : "")
 	);

 	if (m_opcode_manager && *m_opcode_manager) {
@@ -62,15 +62,15 @@ void EQ::Net::ServertalkClient::Connect()
 	m_connecting = true;
 	EQ::Net::TCPConnection::Connect(m_addr, m_port, false, [this](std::shared_ptr<EQ::Net::TCPConnection> connection) {
 		if (connection == nullptr) {
-			LogF(Logs::General, Logs::TCPConnection, "Error connecting to {0}:{1}, attempting to reconnect...", m_addr, m_port);
+			LogNetTCP("Error connecting to {0}:{1}, attempting to reconnect...", m_addr, m_port);
 			m_connecting = false;
 			return;
 		}

-		LogF(Logs::General, Logs::TCPConnection, "Connected to {0}:{1}", m_addr, m_port);
+		LogNetTCP("Connected to {0}:{1}", m_addr, m_port);
 		m_connection = connection;
 		m_connection->OnDisconnect([this](EQ::Net::TCPConnection *c) {
-			LogF(Logs::General, Logs::TCPConnection, "Connection lost to {0}:{1}, attempting to reconnect...", m_addr, m_port);
+			LogNetTCP("Connection lost to {0}:{1}, attempting to reconnect...", m_addr, m_port);
 			m_connection.reset();
 		});

@@ -58,15 +58,15 @@ void EQ::Net::ServertalkLegacyClient::Connect()
 	m_connecting = true;
 	EQ::Net::TCPConnection::Connect(m_addr, m_port, false, [this](std::shared_ptr<EQ::Net::TCPConnection> connection) {
 		if (connection == nullptr) {
-			LogF(Logs::General, Logs::TCPConnection, "Error connecting to {0}:{1}, attempting to reconnect...", m_addr, m_port);
+			LogNetTCP("Error connecting to {0}:{1}, attempting to reconnect...", m_addr, m_port);
 			m_connecting = false;
 			return;
 		}

-		LogF(Logs::General, Logs::TCPConnection, "Connected to {0}:{1}", m_addr, m_port);
+		LogNetTCP("Connected to {0}:{1}", m_addr, m_port);
 		m_connection = connection;
 		m_connection->OnDisconnect([this](EQ::Net::TCPConnection *c) {
-			LogF(Logs::General, Logs::TCPConnection, "Connection lost to {0}:{1}, attempting to reconnect...", m_addr, m_port);
+			LogNetTCP("Connection lost to {0}:{1}, attempting to reconnect...", m_addr, m_port);
 			m_connection.reset();
 		});

@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ void EQ::Net::ServertalkLegacyClient::ProcessReadBuffer()
 		}
 		else {
 			EQ::Net::StaticPacket p(&m_buffer[current + 4], length);
-			
+
 			auto cb = m_message_callbacks.find(opcode);
 			if (cb != m_message_callbacks.end()) {
 				cb->second(opcode, p);
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ void EQ::Net::ServertalkServerConnection::ProcessMessage(EQ::Net::Packet &p)
 			size_t message_len = length;
 			EQ::Net::StaticPacket packet(&data[0], message_len);

-			const auto is_detail_enabled = LogSys.IsLogEnabled(Logs::Detail, Logs::PacketServerToServer);
+			const auto is_detail_enabled = EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->IsLogEnabled(Logs::Detail, Logs::PacketServerToServer);
 			if (opcode != ServerOP_KeepAlive || is_detail_enabled) {
 				LogPacketServerToServer(
 					"[{:#06x}] Size [{}] {}",
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #include "tcp_connection.h"
 #include "../event/event_loop.h"
+#include <iostream>
+
+WriteReqPool tcp_write_pool;

 void on_close_handle(uv_handle_t* handle) {
 	delete (uv_tcp_t *)handle;
@@ -64,36 +67,37 @@ void EQ::Net::TCPConnection::Connect(const std::string &addr, int port, bool ipv
 	});
 }

-void EQ::Net::TCPConnection::Start() {
-	uv_read_start((uv_stream_t*)m_socket, [](uv_handle_t* handle, size_t suggested_size, uv_buf_t* buf) {
-		buf->base = new char[suggested_size];
-		buf->len = suggested_size;
-	}, [](uv_stream_t* stream, ssize_t nread, const uv_buf_t* buf) {
+void EQ::Net::TCPConnection::Start()
+{
+	uv_read_start(
+		(uv_stream_t *) m_socket, [](uv_handle_t *handle, size_t suggested_size, uv_buf_t *buf) {
+			if (suggested_size > 65536) {
+				buf->base = new char[suggested_size];
+				buf->len  = suggested_size;
+				return;
+			}

-		TCPConnection *connection = (TCPConnection*)stream->data;
+			static thread_local char temp_buf[65536];
+			buf->base = temp_buf;
+			buf->len  = 65536;
+		}, [](uv_stream_t *stream, ssize_t nread, const uv_buf_t *buf) {
+			auto *connection = (TCPConnection *) stream->data;

-		if (nread > 0) {
-			connection->Read(buf->base, nread);
+			if (nread > 0) {
+				connection->Read(buf->base, nread);
+			}
+			else if (nread == UV_EOF) {
+				connection->Disconnect();
+			}
+			else if (nread < 0) {
+				connection->Disconnect();
+			}

-			if (buf->base) {
-				delete[] buf->base;
+			if (buf->len > 65536) {
+				delete [] buf->base;
 			}
 		}
-		else if (nread == UV_EOF) {
-			connection->Disconnect();
-
-			if (buf->base) {
-				delete[] buf->base;
-			}
-		}
-		else if (nread < 0) {
-			connection->Disconnect();
-
-			if (buf->base) {
-				delete[] buf->base;
-			}
-		}
-	});
+	);
 }

 void EQ::Net::TCPConnection::OnRead(std::function<void(TCPConnection*, const unsigned char*, size_t)> cb)
@@ -130,43 +134,92 @@ void EQ::Net::TCPConnection::Read(const char *data, size_t count)
 	}
 }

-void EQ::Net::TCPConnection::Write(const char *data, size_t count)
-{
-	if (!m_socket) {
+void EQ::Net::TCPConnection::Write(const char* data, size_t count) {
+	if (!m_socket || !data || count == 0) {
+		std::cerr << "TCPConnection::Write - Invalid socket or data\n";
 		return;
 	}

-	struct WriteBaton
-	{
-		TCPConnection *connection;
-		char *buffer;
-	};
-
-	WriteBaton *baton = new WriteBaton;
-	baton->connection = this;
-	baton->buffer = new char[count];
-
-	uv_write_t *write_req = new uv_write_t;
-	memset(write_req, 0, sizeof(uv_write_t));
-	write_req->data = baton;
-	uv_buf_t send_buffers[1];
-
-	memcpy(baton->buffer, data, count);
-	send_buffers[0] = uv_buf_init(baton->buffer, count);
-
-	uv_write(write_req, (uv_stream_t*)m_socket, send_buffers, 1, [](uv_write_t* req, int status) {
-		WriteBaton *baton = (WriteBaton*)req->data;
-		delete[] baton->buffer;
-		delete req;
-
-		if (status < 0) {
-			baton->connection->Disconnect();
+	if (count <= TCP_BUFFER_SIZE) {
+		// Fast path: use pooled request with embedded buffer
+		auto req_opt = tcp_write_pool.acquire();
+		if (!req_opt) {
+			std::cerr << "TCPConnection::Write - Out of write requests\n";
+			return;
 		}

-		delete baton;
-	});
+		TCPWriteReq* write_req = *req_opt;
+
+		// Fill buffer and set context
+		memcpy(write_req->buffer.data(), data, count);
+		write_req->connection = this;
+		write_req->magic = 0xC0FFEE;
+
+		uv_buf_t buf = uv_buf_init(write_req->buffer.data(), static_cast<unsigned int>(count));
+
+		int result = uv_write(
+			&write_req->req,
+			reinterpret_cast<uv_stream_t*>(m_socket),
+			&buf,
+			1,
+			[](uv_write_t* req, int status) {
+				auto* full_req = reinterpret_cast<TCPWriteReq*>(req);
+				if (full_req->magic != 0xC0FFEE) {
+					std::cerr << "uv_write callback - invalid magic, skipping release\n";
+					return;
+				}
+
+				tcp_write_pool.release(full_req);
+
+				if (status < 0 && full_req->connection) {
+					std::cerr << "uv_write failed: " << uv_strerror(status) << std::endl;
+					full_req->connection->Disconnect();
+				}
+			}
+		);
+
+		if (result < 0) {
+			std::cerr << "uv_write() failed immediately: " << uv_strerror(result) << std::endl;
+			tcp_write_pool.release(write_req);
+		}
+
+	} else {
+		// Slow path: allocate heap buffer for large write
+		LogNetTCP("[TCPConnection] Large write of [{}] bytes, using heap buffer", count);
+
+		char* heap_buffer = new char[count];
+		memcpy(heap_buffer, data, count);
+
+		uv_write_t* write_req = new uv_write_t;
+		write_req->data = heap_buffer;
+
+		uv_buf_t buf = uv_buf_init(heap_buffer, static_cast<unsigned int>(count));
+
+		int result = uv_write(
+			write_req,
+			reinterpret_cast<uv_stream_t*>(m_socket),
+			&buf,
+			1,
+			[](uv_write_t* req, int status) {
+				char* data = static_cast<char*>(req->data);
+				delete[] data;
+				delete req;
+
+				if (status < 0) {
+					std::cerr << "uv_write (large) failed: " << uv_strerror(status) << std::endl;
+				}
+			}
+		);
+
+		if (result < 0) {
+			std::cerr << "uv_write() (large) failed immediately: " << uv_strerror(result) << std::endl;
+			delete[] heap_buffer;
+			delete write_req;
+		}
+	}
 }

+
 std::string EQ::Net::TCPConnection::LocalIP() const
 {
 	sockaddr_storage addr;
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once

+#include "tcp_connection_pooling.h"
 #include <functional>
 #include <string>
 #include <memory>
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ namespace EQ
 			~TCPConnection();

 			static void Connect(const std::string &addr, int port, bool ipv6, std::function<void(std::shared_ptr<TCPConnection>)> cb);
-			
+
 			void Start();
 			void OnRead(std::function<void(TCPConnection*, const unsigned char *, size_t)> cb);
 			void OnDisconnect(std::function<void(TCPConnection*)> cb);
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../eqemu_logsys.h"
+#include <vector>
+#include <array>
+#include <atomic>
+#include <memory>
+#include <optional>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <uv.h>
+#include <iostream>
+
+namespace EQ { namespace Net { class TCPConnection; } }
+
+constexpr size_t TCP_BUFFER_SIZE = 8192;
+
+struct TCPWriteReq {
+	uv_write_t req{};
+	std::array<char, TCP_BUFFER_SIZE> buffer{};
+	size_t buffer_index{};
+	EQ::Net::TCPConnection* connection{};
+	uint32_t magic = 0xC0FFEE;
+};
+
+class WriteReqPool {
+public:
+	explicit WriteReqPool(size_t initial_capacity = 512)
+		: m_capacity(initial_capacity), m_head(0) {
+		initialize_pool(m_capacity);
+	}
+
+	std::optional<TCPWriteReq*> acquire() {
+		size_t cap = m_capacity.load(std::memory_order_acquire);
+
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < cap; ++i) {
+			size_t index = m_head.fetch_add(1, std::memory_order_relaxed) % cap;
+
+			bool expected = false;
+			if (m_locks[index].compare_exchange_strong(expected, true, std::memory_order_acquire)) {
+				LogNetTCPDetail("[WriteReqPool] Acquired buffer index [{}]", index);
+				return m_reqs[index].get();
+			}
+		}
+
+		LogNetTCP("[WriteReqPool] Growing from [{}] to [{}]", cap, cap * 2);
+		grow();
+		return acquireAfterGrow();
+	}
+
+	void release(TCPWriteReq* req) {
+		if (!req) return;
+
+		const size_t index = req->buffer_index;
+		const size_t cap = m_capacity.load(std::memory_order_acquire);
+
+		if (index >= cap || m_reqs[index].get() != req) {
+			std::cerr << "WriteReqPool::release - Invalid or stale pointer (index=" << index << ")\n";
+			return;
+		}
+
+		m_locks[index].store(false, std::memory_order_release);
+		LogNetTCPDetail("[WriteReqPool] Released buffer index [{}]", index);
+	}
+
+private:
+	std::vector<std::unique_ptr<TCPWriteReq>> m_reqs;
+	std::unique_ptr<std::atomic_bool[]> m_locks;
+	std::atomic<size_t> m_capacity;
+	std::atomic<size_t> m_head;
+	std::mutex m_grow_mutex;
+
+	void initialize_pool(size_t count) {
+		m_reqs.reserve(count);
+		m_locks = std::make_unique<std::atomic_bool[]>(count);
+
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
+			auto req = std::make_unique<TCPWriteReq>();
+			req->buffer_index = i;
+			req->req.data = req.get(); // optional: for use in libuv callbacks
+			m_locks[i].store(false, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+			m_reqs.emplace_back(std::move(req));
+		}
+
+		m_capacity.store(count, std::memory_order_release);
+	}
+
+	void grow() {
+		std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(m_grow_mutex);
+
+		const size_t old_cap = m_capacity.load(std::memory_order_acquire);
+		const size_t new_cap = old_cap * 2;
+
+		m_reqs.reserve(new_cap);
+		for (size_t i = old_cap; i < new_cap; ++i) {
+			auto req = std::make_unique<TCPWriteReq>();
+			req->buffer_index = i;
+			req->req.data = req.get(); // optional
+			m_reqs.emplace_back(std::move(req));
+		}
+
+		auto new_locks = std::make_unique<std::atomic_bool[]>(new_cap);
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < old_cap; ++i) {
+			new_locks[i].store(m_locks[i].load(std::memory_order_acquire));
+		}
+		for (size_t i = old_cap; i < new_cap; ++i) {
+			new_locks[i].store(false, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+		}
+
+		m_locks = std::move(new_locks);
+		m_capacity.store(new_cap, std::memory_order_release);
+	}
+
+	std::optional<TCPWriteReq*> acquireAfterGrow() {
+		const size_t cap = m_capacity.load(std::memory_order_acquire);
+
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < cap; ++i) {
+			bool expected = false;
+			if (m_locks[i].compare_exchange_strong(expected, true, std::memory_order_acquire)) {
+				LogNetTCP("[WriteReqPool] Acquired buffer index [{}] after grow", i);
+				return m_reqs[i].get();
+			}
+		}
+		return std::nullopt;
+	}
+};
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ namespace RoF
 	{
 		//create our opcode manager if we havent already
 		if (opcodes == nullptr) {
-			std::string opfile = fmt::format("{}/patch_{}.conf", path.GetPatchPath(), name);
+			std::string opfile = fmt::format("{}/patch_{}.conf", PathManager::Instance()->GetPatchPath(), name);

 			//load up the opcode manager.
 			//TODO: figure out how to support shared memory with multiple patches...
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ namespace RoF
 		//we need to go to every stream and replace it's manager.

 		if (opcodes != nullptr) {
-			std::string opfile = fmt::format("{}/patch_{}.conf", path.GetPatchPath(), name);
+			std::string opfile = fmt::format("{}/patch_{}.conf", PathManager::Instance()->GetPatchPath(), name);
 			if (!opcodes->ReloadOpcodes(opfile.c_str())) {
 				LogNetcode("[OPCODES] Error reloading opcodes file [{}] for patch [{}]", opfile.c_str(), name);
 				return;
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ namespace RoF2
 		//create our opcode manager if we havent already
 		if (opcodes == nullptr) {

-			std::string opfile = fmt::format("{}/patch_{}.conf", path.GetPatchPath(), name);
+			std::string opfile = fmt::format("{}/patch_{}.conf", PathManager::Instance()->GetPatchPath(), name);

 			//load up the opcode manager.
 			//TODO: figure out how to support shared memory with multiple patches...
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ namespace RoF2
 		//we need to go to every stream and replace it's manager.

 		if (opcodes != nullptr) {
-			std::string opfile = fmt::format("{}/patch_{}.conf", path.GetPatchPath(), name);
+			std::string opfile = fmt::format("{}/patch_{}.conf", PathManager::Instance()->GetPatchPath(), name);
 			if (!opcodes->ReloadOpcodes(opfile.c_str())) {
 				LogNetcode("[OPCODES] Error reloading opcodes file [{}] for patch [{}]", opfile.c_str(), name);
 				return;
@@ -4688,7 +4688,7 @@ namespace RoF2
 			Bitfields->linkdead               = 0;
 			Bitfields->showhelm               = emu->showhelm;
 			Bitfields->trader                 = emu->trader ? 1 : 0;
-			Bitfields->targetable             = 1;
+			Bitfields->targetable             = emu->NPC ? emu->untargetable : 1;
 			Bitfields->targetable_with_hotkey = emu->targetable_with_hotkey ? 1 : 0;
 			Bitfields->showname               = ShowName;

@@ -4839,13 +4839,13 @@ namespace RoF2

 			VARSTRUCT_ENCODE_TYPE(uint32, Buffer, emu->petOwnerId);

-			VARSTRUCT_ENCODE_TYPE(uint8, Buffer, 0); // FindBits MQ2 name
+			VARSTRUCT_ENCODE_TYPE(uint8, Buffer, 0);                 // FindBits MQ2 name
 			VARSTRUCT_ENCODE_TYPE(uint32, Buffer, emu->PlayerState);
-			VARSTRUCT_ENCODE_TYPE(uint32, Buffer, 0); // NpcTintIndex
-			VARSTRUCT_ENCODE_TYPE(uint32, Buffer, 0); // PrimaryTintIndex
-			VARSTRUCT_ENCODE_TYPE(uint32, Buffer, 0); // SecondaryTintIndex
-			VARSTRUCT_ENCODE_TYPE(uint32, Buffer, 0xffffffff); // These do something with OP_WeaponEquip1
-			VARSTRUCT_ENCODE_TYPE(uint32, Buffer, 0xffffffff); // ^
+			VARSTRUCT_ENCODE_TYPE(uint32, Buffer, emu->npc_tint_id); // NpcTintIndex
+			VARSTRUCT_ENCODE_TYPE(uint32, Buffer, 0);                // PrimaryTintIndex
+			VARSTRUCT_ENCODE_TYPE(uint32, Buffer, 0);                // SecondaryTintIndex
+			VARSTRUCT_ENCODE_TYPE(uint32, Buffer, 0xffffffff);       // These do something with OP_WeaponEquip1
+			VARSTRUCT_ENCODE_TYPE(uint32, Buffer, 0xffffffff);       // ^

 			if ((emu->NPC == 0) || (emu->race <= Race::Gnome) || (emu->race == Race::Iksar) ||
 					(emu->race == Race::VahShir) || (emu->race == Race::Froglok2) || (emu->race == Race::Drakkin)
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ namespace SoD
 	{
 		//create our opcode manager if we havent already
 		if (opcodes == nullptr) {
-			std::string opfile = fmt::format("{}/patch_{}.conf", path.GetPatchPath(), name);
+			std::string opfile = fmt::format("{}/patch_{}.conf", PathManager::Instance()->GetPatchPath(), name);
 			//load up the opcode manager.
 			//TODO: figure out how to support shared memory with multiple patches...
 			opcodes = new RegularOpcodeManager();
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ namespace SoD
 		//we need to go to every stream and replace it's manager.

 		if (opcodes != nullptr) {
-			std::string opfile = fmt::format("{}/patch_{}.conf", path.GetPatchPath(), name);
+			std::string opfile = fmt::format("{}/patch_{}.conf", PathManager::Instance()->GetPatchPath(), name);
 			if (!opcodes->ReloadOpcodes(opfile.c_str())) {
 				LogNetcode("[OPCODES] Error reloading opcodes file [{}] for patch [{}]", opfile.c_str(), name);
 				return;
@@ -3966,12 +3966,12 @@ namespace SoD
 			SoDSlot = serverSlot - 2;
 		}

-		else if (serverSlot <= EQ::invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_8_END && serverSlot >= EQ::invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN) {
-			SoDSlot = serverSlot + 11;
+		else if (serverSlot <= EQ::invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_END && serverSlot >= EQ::invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN) {
+			SoDSlot = serverSlot - (EQ::invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN - invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN) - ((EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT - invbag::SLOT_COUNT) * ((serverSlot - EQ::invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN) / EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT));;
 		}

 		else if (serverSlot <= EQ::invbag::CURSOR_BAG_END && serverSlot >= EQ::invbag::CURSOR_BAG_BEGIN) {
-			SoDSlot = serverSlot - 9;
+			SoDSlot = serverSlot - (EQ::invbag::CURSOR_BAG_BEGIN - invbag::CURSOR_BAG_BEGIN);
 		}

 		else if (serverSlot <= EQ::invslot::TRIBUTE_END && serverSlot >= EQ::invslot::TRIBUTE_BEGIN) {
@@ -3991,7 +3991,7 @@ namespace SoD
 		}

 		else if (serverSlot <= EQ::invbag::BANK_BAGS_END && serverSlot >= EQ::invbag::BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) {
-			SoDSlot = serverSlot + 1;
+			SoDSlot = serverSlot - (EQ::invbag::BANK_BAGS_BEGIN - invbag::BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) - ((EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT - invbag::SLOT_COUNT) * ((serverSlot - EQ::invbag::BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) / EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT));;
 		}

 		else if (serverSlot <= EQ::invslot::SHARED_BANK_END && serverSlot >= EQ::invslot::SHARED_BANK_BEGIN) {
@@ -3999,7 +3999,7 @@ namespace SoD
 		}

 		else if (serverSlot <= EQ::invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_END && serverSlot >= EQ::invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) {
-			SoDSlot = serverSlot + 1;
+			SoDSlot = serverSlot - (EQ::invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_BEGIN - invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) - ((EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT - invbag::SLOT_COUNT) * ((serverSlot - EQ::invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) / EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT));
 		}

 		else if (serverSlot <= EQ::invslot::TRADE_END && serverSlot >= EQ::invslot::TRADE_BEGIN) {
@@ -4007,7 +4007,7 @@ namespace SoD
 		}

 		else if (serverSlot <= EQ::invbag::TRADE_BAGS_END && serverSlot >= EQ::invbag::TRADE_BAGS_BEGIN) {
-			SoDSlot = serverSlot;
+			SoDSlot = serverSlot - (EQ::invbag::TRADE_BAGS_BEGIN - invbag::TRADE_BAGS_BEGIN) - ((EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT - invbag::SLOT_COUNT) * ((serverSlot - EQ::invbag::TRADE_BAGS_BEGIN) / EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT));
 		}

 		else if (serverSlot <= EQ::invslot::WORLD_END && serverSlot >= EQ::invslot::WORLD_BEGIN) {
@@ -4049,11 +4049,11 @@ namespace SoD
 		}

 		else if (sod_slot <= invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_END && sod_slot >= invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN) {
-			server_slot = sod_slot - 11;
+			server_slot = sod_slot + (EQ::invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN - invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN) + ((EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT - invbag::SLOT_COUNT) * ((sod_slot - invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN) / invbag::SLOT_COUNT));
 		}

 		else if (sod_slot <= invbag::CURSOR_BAG_END && sod_slot >= invbag::CURSOR_BAG_BEGIN) {
-			server_slot = sod_slot + 9;
+			server_slot = sod_slot + (EQ::invbag::CURSOR_BAG_BEGIN - invbag::CURSOR_BAG_BEGIN);
 		}

 		else if (sod_slot <= invslot::TRIBUTE_END && sod_slot >= invslot::TRIBUTE_BEGIN) {
@@ -4073,7 +4073,7 @@ namespace SoD
 		}

 		else if (sod_slot <= invbag::BANK_BAGS_END && sod_slot >= invbag::BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) {
-			server_slot = sod_slot - 1;
+			server_slot = sod_slot + (EQ::invbag::BANK_BAGS_BEGIN - invbag::BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) + ((EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT - invbag::SLOT_COUNT) * ((sod_slot - invbag::BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) / invbag::SLOT_COUNT));
 		}

 		else if (sod_slot <= invslot::SHARED_BANK_END && sod_slot >= invslot::SHARED_BANK_BEGIN) {
@@ -4081,7 +4081,7 @@ namespace SoD
 		}

 		else if (sod_slot <= invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_END && sod_slot >= invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) {
-			server_slot = sod_slot - 1;
+			server_slot = sod_slot + (EQ::invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_BEGIN - invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) + ((EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT - invbag::SLOT_COUNT) * ((sod_slot - invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) / invbag::SLOT_COUNT));
 		}

 		else if (sod_slot <= invslot::TRADE_END && sod_slot >= invslot::TRADE_BEGIN) {
@@ -4089,7 +4089,7 @@ namespace SoD
 		}

 		else if (sod_slot <= invbag::TRADE_BAGS_END && sod_slot >= invbag::TRADE_BAGS_BEGIN) {
-			server_slot = sod_slot;
+			server_slot = sod_slot + (EQ::invbag::TRADE_BAGS_BEGIN - invbag::TRADE_BAGS_BEGIN) + ((EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT - invbag::SLOT_COUNT) * ((sod_slot - invbag::TRADE_BAGS_BEGIN) / invbag::SLOT_COUNT));
 		}

 		else if (sod_slot <= invslot::WORLD_END && sod_slot >= invslot::WORLD_BEGIN) {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ namespace SoF
 	{
 		//create our opcode manager if we havent already
 		if (opcodes == nullptr) {
-			std::string opfile = fmt::format("{}/patch_{}.conf", path.GetPatchPath(), name);
+			std::string opfile = fmt::format("{}/patch_{}.conf", PathManager::Instance()->GetPatchPath(), name);
 			//load up the opcode manager.
 			//TODO: figure out how to support shared memory with multiple patches...
 			opcodes = new RegularOpcodeManager();
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ namespace SoF
 		//we need to go to every stream and replace it's manager.

 		if (opcodes != nullptr) {
-			std::string opfile = fmt::format("{}/patch_{}.conf", path.GetPatchPath(), name);
+			std::string opfile = fmt::format("{}/patch_{}.conf", PathManager::Instance()->GetPatchPath(), name);
 			if (!opcodes->ReloadOpcodes(opfile.c_str())) {
 				LogNetcode("[OPCODES] Error reloading opcodes file [{}] for patch [{}]", opfile.c_str(), name);
 				return;
@@ -3355,12 +3355,12 @@ namespace SoF
 			sof_slot = server_slot - 2;
 		}

-		else if (server_slot <= EQ::invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_8_END && server_slot >= EQ::invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN) {
-			sof_slot = server_slot + 11;
+		else if (server_slot <= EQ::invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_END && server_slot >= EQ::invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN) {
+			sof_slot = server_slot - (EQ::invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN - invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN) - ((EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT - invbag::SLOT_COUNT) * ((server_slot - EQ::invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN) / EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT));;
 		}

 		else if (server_slot <= EQ::invbag::CURSOR_BAG_END && server_slot >= EQ::invbag::CURSOR_BAG_BEGIN) {
-			sof_slot = server_slot - 9;
+			sof_slot = server_slot - (EQ::invbag::CURSOR_BAG_BEGIN - invbag::CURSOR_BAG_BEGIN);
 		}

 		else if (server_slot <= EQ::invslot::TRIBUTE_END && server_slot >= EQ::invslot::TRIBUTE_BEGIN) {
@@ -3380,7 +3380,7 @@ namespace SoF
 		}

 		else if (server_slot <= EQ::invbag::BANK_BAGS_END && server_slot >= EQ::invbag::BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) {
-			sof_slot = server_slot + 1;
+			sof_slot = server_slot - (EQ::invbag::BANK_BAGS_BEGIN - invbag::BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) - ((EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT - invbag::SLOT_COUNT) * ((server_slot - EQ::invbag::BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) / EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT));
 		}

 		else if (server_slot <= EQ::invslot::SHARED_BANK_END && server_slot >= EQ::invslot::SHARED_BANK_BEGIN) {
@@ -3388,7 +3388,7 @@ namespace SoF
 		}

 		else if (server_slot <= EQ::invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_END && server_slot >= EQ::invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) {
-			sof_slot = server_slot + 1;
+			sof_slot = server_slot - (EQ::invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_BEGIN - invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) - ((EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT - invbag::SLOT_COUNT) * ((server_slot - EQ::invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) / EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT));
 		}

 		else if (server_slot <= EQ::invslot::TRADE_END && server_slot >= EQ::invslot::TRADE_BEGIN) {
@@ -3396,7 +3396,7 @@ namespace SoF
 		}

 		else if (server_slot <= EQ::invbag::TRADE_BAGS_END && server_slot >= EQ::invbag::TRADE_BAGS_BEGIN) {
-			sof_slot = server_slot;
+			sof_slot = server_slot - (EQ::invbag::TRADE_BAGS_BEGIN - invbag::TRADE_BAGS_BEGIN) - ((EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT - invbag::SLOT_COUNT) * ((server_slot - EQ::invbag::TRADE_BAGS_BEGIN) / EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT));
 		}

 		else if (server_slot <= EQ::invslot::WORLD_END && server_slot >= EQ::invslot::WORLD_BEGIN) {
@@ -3442,11 +3442,11 @@ namespace SoF
 		}

 		else if (sof_slot <= invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_END && sof_slot >= invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN) {
-			server_slot = sof_slot - 11;
+			server_slot = sof_slot + (EQ::invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN - invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN) + ((EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT - invbag::SLOT_COUNT) * ((sof_slot - invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN) / invbag::SLOT_COUNT));;
 		}

 		else if (sof_slot <= invbag::CURSOR_BAG_END && sof_slot >= invbag::CURSOR_BAG_BEGIN) {
-			server_slot = sof_slot + 9;
+			server_slot = sof_slot + (EQ::invbag::CURSOR_BAG_BEGIN - invbag::CURSOR_BAG_BEGIN);
 		}

 		else if (sof_slot <= invslot::TRIBUTE_END && sof_slot >= invslot::TRIBUTE_BEGIN) {
@@ -3466,7 +3466,7 @@ namespace SoF
 		}

 		else if (sof_slot <= invbag::BANK_BAGS_END && sof_slot >= invbag::BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) {
-			server_slot = sof_slot - 1;
+			server_slot = sof_slot + (EQ::invbag::BANK_BAGS_BEGIN - invbag::BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) + ((EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT - invbag::SLOT_COUNT) * ((sof_slot - invbag::BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) / invbag::SLOT_COUNT));;
 		}

 		else if (sof_slot <= invslot::SHARED_BANK_END && sof_slot >= invslot::SHARED_BANK_BEGIN) {
@@ -3474,7 +3474,7 @@ namespace SoF
 		}

 		else if (sof_slot <= invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_END && sof_slot >= invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) {
-			server_slot = sof_slot - 1;
+			server_slot = sof_slot + (EQ::invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_BEGIN - invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) + ((EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT - invbag::SLOT_COUNT) * ((sof_slot - invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) / invbag::SLOT_COUNT));;
 		}

 		else if (sof_slot <= invslot::TRADE_END && sof_slot >= invslot::TRADE_BEGIN) {
@@ -3482,7 +3482,7 @@ namespace SoF
 		}

 		else if (sof_slot <= invbag::TRADE_BAGS_END && sof_slot >= invbag::TRADE_BAGS_BEGIN) {
-			server_slot = sof_slot;
+			server_slot = sof_slot + (EQ::invbag::TRADE_BAGS_BEGIN - invbag::TRADE_BAGS_BEGIN) + ((EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT - invbag::SLOT_COUNT) * ((sof_slot - invbag::TRADE_BAGS_BEGIN) / invbag::SLOT_COUNT));;
 		}

 		else if (sof_slot <= invslot::WORLD_END && sof_slot >= invslot::WORLD_BEGIN) {
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ namespace Titanium
 		auto Config = EQEmuConfig::get();
 		//create our opcode manager if we havent already
 		if (opcodes == nullptr) {
-			std::string opfile = fmt::format("{}/patch_{}.conf", path.GetPatchPath(), name);
+			std::string opfile = fmt::format("{}/patch_{}.conf", PathManager::Instance()->GetPatchPath(), name);
 			//load up the opcode manager.
 			//TODO: figure out how to support shared memory with multiple patches...
 			opcodes = new RegularOpcodeManager();
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ namespace Titanium
 		//we need to go to every stream and replace it's manager.

 		if (opcodes != nullptr) {
-			std::string opfile = fmt::format("{}/patch_{}.conf", path.GetPatchPath(), name);
+			std::string opfile = fmt::format("{}/patch_{}.conf", PathManager::Instance()->GetPatchPath(), name);
 			if (!opcodes->ReloadOpcodes(opfile.c_str())) {
 				LogNetcode("[OPCODES] Error reloading opcodes file [{}] for patch [{}]", opfile.c_str(), name);
 				return;
@@ -3596,12 +3596,12 @@ namespace Titanium
 		else if (server_slot == (EQ::invslot::POSSESSIONS_COUNT + EQ::invslot::slotAmmo)) {
 			titanium_slot = server_slot - 4;
 		}
-		else if (server_slot <= EQ::invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_8_END &&
+		else if (server_slot <= EQ::invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_END &&
 				 server_slot >= EQ::invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN) {
-			titanium_slot = server_slot;
+			titanium_slot = server_slot - (EQ::invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN - invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN) - ((EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT - invbag::SLOT_COUNT) * ((server_slot - EQ::invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN) / EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT));
 		}
 		else if (server_slot <= EQ::invbag::CURSOR_BAG_END && server_slot >= EQ::invbag::CURSOR_BAG_BEGIN) {
-			titanium_slot = server_slot - 20;
+			titanium_slot = server_slot - (EQ::invbag::CURSOR_BAG_BEGIN - invbag::CURSOR_BAG_BEGIN);
 		}
 		else if (server_slot <= EQ::invslot::TRIBUTE_END && server_slot >= EQ::invslot::TRIBUTE_BEGIN) {
 			titanium_slot = server_slot;
@@ -3616,21 +3616,21 @@ namespace Titanium
 		else if (server_slot <= EQ::invslot::BANK_END && server_slot >= EQ::invslot::BANK_BEGIN) {
 			titanium_slot = server_slot;
 		}
-		else if (server_slot <= EQ::invbag::BANK_BAGS_16_END && server_slot >= EQ::invbag::BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) {
-			titanium_slot = server_slot;
+		else if (server_slot <= EQ::invbag::BANK_BAGS_END && server_slot >= EQ::invbag::BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) {
+			titanium_slot = server_slot - (EQ::invbag::BANK_BAGS_BEGIN - invbag::BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) - ((EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT - invbag::SLOT_COUNT) * ((server_slot - EQ::invbag::BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) / EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT));
 		}
 		else if (server_slot <= EQ::invslot::SHARED_BANK_END && server_slot >= EQ::invslot::SHARED_BANK_BEGIN) {
 			titanium_slot = server_slot;
 		}
 		else if (server_slot <= EQ::invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_END &&
 				 server_slot >= EQ::invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) {
-			titanium_slot = server_slot;
+			titanium_slot = server_slot - (EQ::invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_BEGIN - invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) - ((EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT - invbag::SLOT_COUNT) * ((server_slot - EQ::invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) / EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT));
 		}
 		else if (server_slot <= EQ::invslot::TRADE_END && server_slot >= EQ::invslot::TRADE_BEGIN) {
 			titanium_slot = server_slot;
 		}
 		else if (server_slot <= EQ::invbag::TRADE_BAGS_END && server_slot >= EQ::invbag::TRADE_BAGS_BEGIN) {
-			titanium_slot = server_slot;
+			titanium_slot = server_slot - (EQ::invbag::TRADE_BAGS_BEGIN - invbag::TRADE_BAGS_BEGIN) - ((EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT - invbag::SLOT_COUNT) * ((server_slot - EQ::invbag::TRADE_BAGS_BEGIN) / EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT));
 		}
 		else if (server_slot <= EQ::invslot::WORLD_END && server_slot >= EQ::invslot::WORLD_BEGIN) {
 			titanium_slot = server_slot;
@@ -3687,10 +3687,10 @@ namespace Titanium
 			server_slot = titanium_slot + 4;
 		}
 		else if (titanium_slot <= invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_END && titanium_slot >= invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN) {
-			server_slot = titanium_slot;
+			server_slot = titanium_slot + (EQ::invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN - invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN) + ((EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT - invbag::SLOT_COUNT) * ((titanium_slot - invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN) / invbag::SLOT_COUNT));
 		}
 		else if (titanium_slot <= invbag::CURSOR_BAG_END && titanium_slot >= invbag::CURSOR_BAG_BEGIN) {
-			server_slot = titanium_slot + 20;
+			server_slot = titanium_slot + (EQ::invbag::CURSOR_BAG_BEGIN - invbag::CURSOR_BAG_BEGIN);
 		}
 		else if (titanium_slot <= invslot::TRIBUTE_END && titanium_slot >= invslot::TRIBUTE_BEGIN) {
 			server_slot = titanium_slot;
@@ -3705,19 +3705,19 @@ namespace Titanium
 			server_slot = titanium_slot;
 		}
 		else if (titanium_slot <= invbag::BANK_BAGS_END && titanium_slot >= invbag::BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) {
-			server_slot = titanium_slot;
+			server_slot = titanium_slot + (EQ::invbag::BANK_BAGS_BEGIN - invbag::BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) + ((EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT - invbag::SLOT_COUNT) * ((titanium_slot - invbag::BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) / invbag::SLOT_COUNT));
 		}
 		else if (titanium_slot <= invslot::SHARED_BANK_END && titanium_slot >= invslot::SHARED_BANK_BEGIN) {
 			server_slot = titanium_slot;
 		}
 		else if (titanium_slot <= invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_END && titanium_slot >= invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) {
-			server_slot = titanium_slot;
+			server_slot = titanium_slot + (EQ::invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_BEGIN - invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) + ((EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT - invbag::SLOT_COUNT) * ((titanium_slot - invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) / invbag::SLOT_COUNT));
 		}
 		else if (titanium_slot <= invslot::TRADE_END && titanium_slot >= invslot::TRADE_BEGIN) {
 			server_slot = titanium_slot;
 		}
 		else if (titanium_slot <= invbag::TRADE_BAGS_END && titanium_slot >= invbag::TRADE_BAGS_BEGIN) {
-			server_slot = titanium_slot;
+			server_slot = titanium_slot + (EQ::invbag::TRADE_BAGS_BEGIN - invbag::TRADE_BAGS_BEGIN) + ((EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT - invbag::SLOT_COUNT) * ((titanium_slot - invbag::TRADE_BAGS_BEGIN) / invbag::SLOT_COUNT));
 		}
 		else if (titanium_slot <= invslot::WORLD_END && titanium_slot >= invslot::WORLD_BEGIN) {
 			server_slot = titanium_slot;
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ namespace UF
 	{
 		//create our opcode manager if we havent already
 		if (opcodes == nullptr) {
-			std::string opfile = fmt::format("{}/patch_{}.conf", path.GetPatchPath(), name);
+			std::string opfile = fmt::format("{}/patch_{}.conf", PathManager::Instance()->GetPatchPath(), name);
 			//load up the opcode manager.
 			//TODO: figure out how to support shared memory with multiple patches...
 			opcodes = new RegularOpcodeManager();
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ namespace UF
 		//we need to go to every stream and replace it's manager.

 		if (opcodes != nullptr) {
-			std::string opfile = fmt::format("{}/patch_{}.conf", path.GetPatchPath(), name);
+			std::string opfile = fmt::format("{}/patch_{}.conf", PathManager::Instance()->GetPatchPath(), name);
 			if (!opcodes->ReloadOpcodes(opfile.c_str())) {
 				LogNetcode("[OPCODES] Error reloading opcodes file [{}] for patch [{}]", opfile.c_str(), name);
 				return;
@@ -4908,12 +4908,12 @@ namespace UF
 			UFSlot = serverSlot - 2;
 		}

-		else if (serverSlot <= EQ::invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_8_END && serverSlot >= EQ::invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN) {
-			UFSlot = serverSlot + 11;
+		else if (serverSlot <= EQ::invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_END && serverSlot >= EQ::invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN) {
+			UFSlot = serverSlot - (EQ::invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN - invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN)/*3748*/ - ((EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT - invbag::SLOT_COUNT) * ((serverSlot - EQ::invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN) / EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT)); // + 11;
 		}

 		else if (serverSlot <= EQ::invbag::CURSOR_BAG_END && serverSlot >= EQ::invbag::CURSOR_BAG_BEGIN) {
-			UFSlot = serverSlot - 9;
+			UFSlot = serverSlot - (EQ::invbag::CURSOR_BAG_BEGIN - invbag::CURSOR_BAG_BEGIN)/*5668*/; // - 9;
 		}

 		else if (serverSlot <= EQ::invslot::TRIBUTE_END && serverSlot >= EQ::invslot::TRIBUTE_BEGIN) {
@@ -4933,7 +4933,7 @@ namespace UF
 		}

 		else if (serverSlot <= EQ::invbag::BANK_BAGS_END && serverSlot >= EQ::invbag::BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) {
-			UFSlot = serverSlot + 1;
+			UFSlot = serverSlot - (EQ::invbag::BANK_BAGS_BEGIN - invbag::BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) - ((EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT - invbag::SLOT_COUNT) * ((serverSlot - EQ::invbag::BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) / EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT)); // + 1;
 		}

 		else if (serverSlot <= EQ::invslot::SHARED_BANK_END && serverSlot >= EQ::invslot::SHARED_BANK_BEGIN) {
@@ -4941,7 +4941,7 @@ namespace UF
 		}

 		else if (serverSlot <= EQ::invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_END && serverSlot >= EQ::invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) {
-			UFSlot = serverSlot + 1;
+			UFSlot = serverSlot - (EQ::invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_BEGIN - invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) - ((EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT - invbag::SLOT_COUNT) * ((serverSlot - EQ::invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) / EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT)); // + 1;
 		}

 		else if (serverSlot <= EQ::invslot::TRADE_END && serverSlot >= EQ::invslot::TRADE_BEGIN) {
@@ -4949,7 +4949,7 @@ namespace UF
 		}

 		else if (serverSlot <= EQ::invbag::TRADE_BAGS_END && serverSlot >= EQ::invbag::TRADE_BAGS_BEGIN) {
-			UFSlot = serverSlot;
+			UFSlot = serverSlot - (EQ::invbag::TRADE_BAGS_BEGIN - invbag::TRADE_BAGS_BEGIN) - ((EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT - invbag::SLOT_COUNT) * ((serverSlot - EQ::invbag::TRADE_BAGS_BEGIN) / EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT)); // + 0;
 		}

 		else if (serverSlot <= EQ::invslot::WORLD_END && serverSlot >= EQ::invslot::WORLD_BEGIN) {
@@ -4991,11 +4991,11 @@ namespace UF
 		}

 		else if (ufSlot <= invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_END && ufSlot >= invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN) {
-			ServerSlot = ufSlot - 11;
+			ServerSlot = ufSlot + (EQ::invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN - invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN)/*3748*/ + ((EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT - invbag::SLOT_COUNT) * ((ufSlot - invbag::GENERAL_BAGS_BEGIN) / invbag::SLOT_COUNT)); // - 11;
 		}

 		else if (ufSlot <= invbag::CURSOR_BAG_END && ufSlot >= invbag::CURSOR_BAG_BEGIN) {
-			ServerSlot = ufSlot + 9;
+			ServerSlot = ufSlot + (EQ::invbag::CURSOR_BAG_BEGIN - invbag::CURSOR_BAG_BEGIN)/*5668*/; // + 9;
 		}

 		else if (ufSlot <= invslot::TRIBUTE_END && ufSlot >= invslot::TRIBUTE_BEGIN) {
@@ -5015,7 +5015,7 @@ namespace UF
 		}

 		else if (ufSlot <= invbag::BANK_BAGS_END && ufSlot >= invbag::BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) {
-			ServerSlot = ufSlot - 1;
+			ServerSlot = ufSlot + (EQ::invbag::BANK_BAGS_BEGIN - invbag::BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) + ((EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT - invbag::SLOT_COUNT) * ((ufSlot - invbag::BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) / invbag::SLOT_COUNT)); // - 1;
 		}

 		else if (ufSlot <= invslot::SHARED_BANK_END && ufSlot >= invslot::SHARED_BANK_BEGIN) {
@@ -5023,7 +5023,7 @@ namespace UF
 		}

 		else if (ufSlot <= invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_END && ufSlot >= invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) {
-			ServerSlot = ufSlot - 1;
+			ServerSlot = ufSlot + (EQ::invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_BEGIN - invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) + ((EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT - invbag::SLOT_COUNT) * ((ufSlot - invbag::SHARED_BANK_BAGS_BEGIN) / invbag::SLOT_COUNT)); // - 1;
 		}

 		else if (ufSlot <= invslot::TRADE_END && ufSlot >= invslot::TRADE_BEGIN) {
@@ -5031,7 +5031,7 @@ namespace UF
 		}

 		else if (ufSlot <= invbag::TRADE_BAGS_END && ufSlot >= invbag::TRADE_BAGS_BEGIN) {
-			ServerSlot = ufSlot;
+			ServerSlot = ufSlot + (EQ::invbag::TRADE_BAGS_BEGIN - invbag::TRADE_BAGS_BEGIN) + ((EQ::invbag::SLOT_COUNT - invbag::SLOT_COUNT) * ((ufSlot - invbag::TRADE_BAGS_BEGIN) / invbag::SLOT_COUNT)); // - 0;
 		}

 		else if (ufSlot <= invslot::WORLD_END && ufSlot >= invslot::WORLD_BEGIN) {
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@

 namespace fs = std::filesystem;

-void PathManager::LoadPaths()
+void PathManager::Init()
 {
 	m_server_path = File::FindEqemuConfigPath();

@@ -48,10 +48,23 @@ void PathManager::LoadPaths()
 		return dir;
 	};

+	auto load_many_paths_fallback = [&](const std::vector<std::string>& dirs, const std::string& fallback, std::vector<std::string>& target) {
+		target.clear();
+		if (!dirs.empty()) {
+			for (const auto& path : dirs) {
+				target.push_back(resolve_path(path));
+			}
+		} else {
+			target.push_back(resolve_path(fallback));
+		}
+	};
+
+	load_many_paths_fallback(c->GetQuestDirectories(), c->QuestDir, m_quests_paths);
+	load_many_paths_fallback(c->GetPluginsDirectories(), c->PluginDir, m_plugin_paths);
+	load_many_paths_fallback(c->GetLuaModuleDirectories(), c->LuaModuleDir, m_lua_module_paths);
+
+	// resolve all paths
 	m_maps_path          = resolve_path(c->MapDir, {"maps", "Maps"});
-	m_quests_path        = resolve_path(c->QuestDir);
-	m_plugins_path       = resolve_path(c->PluginDir);
-	m_lua_modules_path   = resolve_path(c->LuaModuleDir);
 	m_lua_mods_path      = resolve_path("mods");
 	m_patch_path         = resolve_path(c->PatchDir);
 	m_opcode_path        = resolve_path(c->OpcodeDir);
@@ -62,13 +75,10 @@ void PathManager::LoadPaths()
 	std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string>> paths = {
 		{"server", m_server_path},
 		{"logs", m_log_path},
-		{"lua mods", m_lua_mods_path},
-		{"lua_modules", m_lua_modules_path},
 		{"maps", m_maps_path},
+		{"lua mods", m_lua_mods_path},
 		{"patches", m_patch_path},
 		{"opcode", m_opcode_path},
-		{"plugins", m_plugins_path},
-		{"quests", m_quests_path},
 		{"shared_memory", m_shared_memory_path}
 	};

@@ -83,6 +93,17 @@ void PathManager::LoadPaths()
 			LogInfo("{:>{}} > [{:<{}}]", name, name_width, in_path, path_width);
 		}
 	}
+
+	auto log_paths = [&](const std::string& label, const std::vector<std::string>& paths) {
+		if (!paths.empty()) {
+			LogInfo("{:>{}} > [{:<{}}]", label, name_width - 1, Strings::Join(paths, ";"), path_width);
+		}
+	};
+
+	log_paths("quests", m_quests_paths);
+	log_paths("plugins", m_plugin_paths);
+	log_paths("lua_modules", m_lua_module_paths);
+
 	LogInfo("{}", Strings::Repeat("-", break_length));
 }

@@ -96,21 +117,26 @@ const std::string &PathManager::GetMapsPath() const
 	return m_maps_path;
 }

-const std::string &PathManager::GetQuestsPath() const
-{
-	return m_quests_path;
-}
-
-const std::string &PathManager::GetPluginsPath() const
-{
-	return m_plugins_path;
-}
-
 const std::string &PathManager::GetSharedMemoryPath() const
 {
 	return m_shared_memory_path;
 }

+std::vector<std::string> PathManager::GetQuestPaths() const
+{
+	return m_quests_paths;
+}
+
+std::vector<std::string> PathManager::GetPluginPaths() const
+{
+	return m_plugin_paths;
+}
+
+std::vector<std::string> PathManager::GetLuaModulePaths() const
+{
+	return m_lua_module_paths;
+}
+
 const std::string &PathManager::GetLogPath() const
 {
 	return m_log_path;
@@ -126,11 +152,6 @@ const std::string &PathManager::GetOpcodePath() const
 	return m_opcode_path;
 }

-const std::string &PathManager::GetLuaModulesPath() const
-{
-	return m_lua_modules_path;
-}
-
 const std::string &PathManager::GetLuaModsPath() const
 {
 	return m_lua_mods_path;
@@ -3,10 +3,17 @@


 #include <string>
+#include <vector>

 class PathManager {
 public:
-	void LoadPaths();
+	void Init();
+
+	static PathManager *Instance()
+	{
+		static PathManager instance;
+		return &instance;
+	}

 	[[nodiscard]] const std::string &GetLogPath() const;
 	[[nodiscard]] const std::string &GetLuaModsPath() const;
@@ -14,24 +21,27 @@ public:
 	[[nodiscard]] const std::string &GetMapsPath() const;
 	[[nodiscard]] const std::string &GetPatchPath() const;
 	[[nodiscard]] const std::string &GetOpcodePath() const;
-	[[nodiscard]] const std::string &GetPluginsPath() const;
-	[[nodiscard]] const std::string &GetQuestsPath() const;
 	[[nodiscard]] const std::string &GetServerPath() const;
 	[[nodiscard]] const std::string &GetSharedMemoryPath() const;
+	[[nodiscard]] std::vector<std::string> GetQuestPaths() const;
+	[[nodiscard]] std::vector<std::string> GetPluginPaths() const;
+	[[nodiscard]] std::vector<std::string> GetLuaModulePaths() const;

 private:
-	std::string m_log_path;
-	std::string m_lua_mods_path;
-	std::string m_lua_modules_path;
-	std::string m_maps_path;
-	std::string m_patch_path;
-	std::string m_opcode_path;
-	std::string m_plugins_path;
-	std::string m_quests_path;
-	std::string m_server_path;
-	std::string m_shared_memory_path;
+	std::string              m_log_path;
+	std::string              m_lua_mods_path;
+	std::string              m_maps_path;
+	std::string              m_patch_path;
+	std::string              m_opcode_path;
+	std::string              m_quests_path;
+	std::vector<std::string> m_quests_paths;
+	std::vector<std::string> m_plugin_paths;
+	std::vector<std::string> m_lua_module_paths;
+
+
+private:
+	std::string              m_server_path;
+	std::string              m_shared_memory_path;
 };

-extern PathManager path;
-
 #endif //EQEMU_PATH_MANAGER_H
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../types.h"
+#include "../database.h"
+#include "../strings.h"
+#include "../eqemu_logsys.h"
+#include "../eqemu_logsys_log_aliases.h"
+#include "../features.h"
+#include "../global_define.h"
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-// types
-#include <limits>
-#include <string>
-#include <cctype>
-#include <sstream>
-
-// containers
-#include <iterator>
-#include <set>
-#include <unordered_set>
-#include <map>
-#include <unordered_map>
-#include <list>
-#include <vector>
-
-// utilities
-#include <iostream>
-#include <cassert>
-#include <cmath>
-#include <memory>
-#include <functional>
-#include <algorithm>
-#include <utility>
-#include <tuple>
-#include <fstream>
-#include <cstdio>
-
-// fmt
-#include <fmt/format.h>
-
-// lua
-#include "lua.hpp"
-#include <luabind/luabind.hpp>
-#include <luabind/object.hpp>
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#pragma once
+
+// Lightweight, widely used
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include <map>
+#include <unordered_map>
+#include <memory>
+#include <limits>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <cassert>
+
+// fmt
+#include <fmt/format.h>
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <memory>
 #include "process.h"
+#include <fmt/format.h>

 std::string Process::execute(const std::string &cmd)
 {
@@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ namespace EQ {
 			Reseed();
 		}

+		static Random* Instance()
+		{
+			static Random instance;
+			return &instance;
+		}
+
 	private:
 #ifndef BIASED_INT_DIST
 		typedef std::uniform_int_distribution<int>::param_type int_param_t;
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ public:
 		uint32_t    gm_exp;
 		uint32_t    killed_by;
 		uint8_t     rezzable;
+		std::string entity_variables;
 	};

 	static std::string PrimaryKey()
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ public:
 			"gm_exp",
 			"killed_by",
 			"rezzable",
+			"entity_variables",
 		};
 	}

@@ -188,6 +190,7 @@ public:
 			"gm_exp",
 			"killed_by",
 			"rezzable",
+			"entity_variables",
 		};
 	}

@@ -279,6 +282,7 @@ public:
 		e.gm_exp           = 0;
 		e.killed_by        = 0;
 		e.rezzable         = 0;
+		e.entity_variables = "";

 		return e;
 	}
@@ -366,6 +370,7 @@ public:
 			e.gm_exp           = row[48] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[48], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
 			e.killed_by        = row[49] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[49], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
 			e.rezzable         = row[50] ? static_cast<uint8_t>(strtoul(row[50], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
+			e.entity_variables = row[51] ? row[51] : "";

 			return e;
 		}
@@ -449,6 +454,7 @@ public:
 		v.push_back(columns[48] + " = " + std::to_string(e.gm_exp));
 		v.push_back(columns[49] + " = " + std::to_string(e.killed_by));
 		v.push_back(columns[50] + " = " + std::to_string(e.rezzable));
+		v.push_back(columns[51] + " = '" + Strings::Escape(e.entity_variables) + "'");

 		auto results = db.QueryDatabase(
 			fmt::format(
@@ -521,6 +527,7 @@ public:
 		v.push_back(std::to_string(e.gm_exp));
 		v.push_back(std::to_string(e.killed_by));
 		v.push_back(std::to_string(e.rezzable));
+		v.push_back("'" + Strings::Escape(e.entity_variables) + "'");

 		auto results = db.QueryDatabase(
 			fmt::format(
@@ -601,6 +608,7 @@ public:
 			v.push_back(std::to_string(e.gm_exp));
 			v.push_back(std::to_string(e.killed_by));
 			v.push_back(std::to_string(e.rezzable));
+			v.push_back("'" + Strings::Escape(e.entity_variables) + "'");

 			insert_chunks.push_back("(" + Strings::Implode(",", v) + ")");
 		}
@@ -685,6 +693,7 @@ public:
 			e.gm_exp           = row[48] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[48], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
 			e.killed_by        = row[49] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[49], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
 			e.rezzable         = row[50] ? static_cast<uint8_t>(strtoul(row[50], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
+			e.entity_variables = row[51] ? row[51] : "";

 			all_entries.push_back(e);
 		}
@@ -760,6 +769,7 @@ public:
 			e.gm_exp           = row[48] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[48], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
 			e.killed_by        = row[49] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[49], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
 			e.rezzable         = row[50] ? static_cast<uint8_t>(strtoul(row[50], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
+			e.entity_variables = row[51] ? row[51] : "";

 			all_entries.push_back(e);
 		}
@@ -885,6 +895,7 @@ public:
 		v.push_back(std::to_string(e.gm_exp));
 		v.push_back(std::to_string(e.killed_by));
 		v.push_back(std::to_string(e.rezzable));
+		v.push_back("'" + Strings::Escape(e.entity_variables) + "'");

 		auto results = db.QueryDatabase(
 			fmt::format(
@@ -958,6 +969,7 @@ public:
 			v.push_back(std::to_string(e.gm_exp));
 			v.push_back(std::to_string(e.killed_by));
 			v.push_back(std::to_string(e.rezzable));
+			v.push_back("'" + Strings::Escape(e.entity_variables) + "'");

 			insert_chunks.push_back("(" + Strings::Implode(",", v) + ")");
 		}
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ public:
 		uint8_t     lfg;
 		std::string mailkey;
 		uint8_t     xtargets;
-		int8_t      firstlogon;
+		uint8_t     ingame;
+		uint32_t    first_login;
 		uint32_t    e_aa_effects;
 		uint32_t    e_percent_to_aa;
 		uint32_t    e_expended_aa_spent;
@@ -230,7 +231,8 @@ public:
 			"lfg",
 			"mailkey",
 			"xtargets",
-			"firstlogon",
+			"ingame",
+			"first_login",
 			"e_aa_effects",
 			"e_percent_to_aa",
 			"e_expended_aa_spent",
@@ -341,7 +343,8 @@ public:
 			"lfg",
 			"mailkey",
 			"xtargets",
-			"firstlogon",
+			"ingame",
+			"first_login",
 			"e_aa_effects",
 			"e_percent_to_aa",
 			"e_expended_aa_spent",
@@ -486,7 +489,8 @@ public:
 		e.lfg                     = 0;
 		e.mailkey                 = "";
 		e.xtargets                = 5;
-		e.firstlogon              = 0;
+		e.ingame                  = 0;
+		e.first_login             = 0;
 		e.e_aa_effects            = 0;
 		e.e_percent_to_aa         = 0;
 		e.e_expended_aa_spent     = 0;
@@ -627,15 +631,16 @@ public:
 			e.lfg                     = row[93] ? static_cast<uint8_t>(strtoul(row[93], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
 			e.mailkey                 = row[94] ? row[94] : "";
 			e.xtargets                = row[95] ? static_cast<uint8_t>(strtoul(row[95], nullptr, 10)) : 5;
-			e.firstlogon              = row[96] ? static_cast<int8_t>(atoi(row[96])) : 0;
-			e.e_aa_effects            = row[97] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[97], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
-			e.e_percent_to_aa         = row[98] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[98], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
-			e.e_expended_aa_spent     = row[99] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[99], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
-			e.aa_points_spent_old     = row[100] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[100], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
-			e.aa_points_old           = row[101] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[101], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
-			e.e_last_invsnapshot      = row[102] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[102], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
-			e.deleted_at              = strtoll(row[103] ? row[103] : "-1", nullptr, 10);
-			e.illusion_block          = row[104] ? static_cast<uint8_t>(strtoul(row[104], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
+			e.ingame                  = row[96] ? static_cast<uint8_t>(strtoul(row[96], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
+			e.first_login             = row[97] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[97], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
+			e.e_aa_effects            = row[98] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[98], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
+			e.e_percent_to_aa         = row[99] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[99], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
+			e.e_expended_aa_spent     = row[100] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[100], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
+			e.aa_points_spent_old     = row[101] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[101], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
+			e.aa_points_old           = row[102] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[102], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
+			e.e_last_invsnapshot      = row[103] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[103], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
+			e.deleted_at              = strtoll(row[104] ? row[104] : "-1", nullptr, 10);
+			e.illusion_block          = row[105] ? static_cast<uint8_t>(strtoul(row[105], nullptr, 10)) : 0;

 			return e;
 		}
@@ -764,15 +769,16 @@ public:
 		v.push_back(columns[93] + " = " + std::to_string(e.lfg));
 		v.push_back(columns[94] + " = '" + Strings::Escape(e.mailkey) + "'");
 		v.push_back(columns[95] + " = " + std::to_string(e.xtargets));
-		v.push_back(columns[96] + " = " + std::to_string(e.firstlogon));
-		v.push_back(columns[97] + " = " + std::to_string(e.e_aa_effects));
-		v.push_back(columns[98] + " = " + std::to_string(e.e_percent_to_aa));
-		v.push_back(columns[99] + " = " + std::to_string(e.e_expended_aa_spent));
-		v.push_back(columns[100] + " = " + std::to_string(e.aa_points_spent_old));
-		v.push_back(columns[101] + " = " + std::to_string(e.aa_points_old));
-		v.push_back(columns[102] + " = " + std::to_string(e.e_last_invsnapshot));
-		v.push_back(columns[103] + " = FROM_UNIXTIME(" + (e.deleted_at > 0 ? std::to_string(e.deleted_at) : "null") + ")");
-		v.push_back(columns[104] + " = " + std::to_string(e.illusion_block));
+		v.push_back(columns[96] + " = " + std::to_string(e.ingame));
+		v.push_back(columns[97] + " = " + std::to_string(e.first_login));
+		v.push_back(columns[98] + " = " + std::to_string(e.e_aa_effects));
+		v.push_back(columns[99] + " = " + std::to_string(e.e_percent_to_aa));
+		v.push_back(columns[100] + " = " + std::to_string(e.e_expended_aa_spent));
+		v.push_back(columns[101] + " = " + std::to_string(e.aa_points_spent_old));
+		v.push_back(columns[102] + " = " + std::to_string(e.aa_points_old));
+		v.push_back(columns[103] + " = " + std::to_string(e.e_last_invsnapshot));
+		v.push_back(columns[104] + " = FROM_UNIXTIME(" + (e.deleted_at > 0 ? std::to_string(e.deleted_at) : "null") + ")");
+		v.push_back(columns[105] + " = " + std::to_string(e.illusion_block));

 		auto results = db.QueryDatabase(
 			fmt::format(
@@ -890,7 +896,8 @@ public:
 		v.push_back(std::to_string(e.lfg));
 		v.push_back("'" + Strings::Escape(e.mailkey) + "'");
 		v.push_back(std::to_string(e.xtargets));
-		v.push_back(std::to_string(e.firstlogon));
+		v.push_back(std::to_string(e.ingame));
+		v.push_back(std::to_string(e.first_login));
 		v.push_back(std::to_string(e.e_aa_effects));
 		v.push_back(std::to_string(e.e_percent_to_aa));
 		v.push_back(std::to_string(e.e_expended_aa_spent));
@@ -1024,7 +1031,8 @@ public:
 			v.push_back(std::to_string(e.lfg));
 			v.push_back("'" + Strings::Escape(e.mailkey) + "'");
 			v.push_back(std::to_string(e.xtargets));
-			v.push_back(std::to_string(e.firstlogon));
+			v.push_back(std::to_string(e.ingame));
+			v.push_back(std::to_string(e.first_login));
 			v.push_back(std::to_string(e.e_aa_effects));
 			v.push_back(std::to_string(e.e_percent_to_aa));
 			v.push_back(std::to_string(e.e_expended_aa_spent));
@@ -1162,15 +1170,16 @@ public:
 			e.lfg                     = row[93] ? static_cast<uint8_t>(strtoul(row[93], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
 			e.mailkey                 = row[94] ? row[94] : "";
 			e.xtargets                = row[95] ? static_cast<uint8_t>(strtoul(row[95], nullptr, 10)) : 5;
-			e.firstlogon              = row[96] ? static_cast<int8_t>(atoi(row[96])) : 0;
-			e.e_aa_effects            = row[97] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[97], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
-			e.e_percent_to_aa         = row[98] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[98], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
-			e.e_expended_aa_spent     = row[99] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[99], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
-			e.aa_points_spent_old     = row[100] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[100], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
-			e.aa_points_old           = row[101] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[101], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
-			e.e_last_invsnapshot      = row[102] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[102], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
-			e.deleted_at              = strtoll(row[103] ? row[103] : "-1", nullptr, 10);
-			e.illusion_block          = row[104] ? static_cast<uint8_t>(strtoul(row[104], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
+			e.ingame                  = row[96] ? static_cast<uint8_t>(strtoul(row[96], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
+			e.first_login             = row[97] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[97], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
+			e.e_aa_effects            = row[98] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[98], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
+			e.e_percent_to_aa         = row[99] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[99], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
+			e.e_expended_aa_spent     = row[100] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[100], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
+			e.aa_points_spent_old     = row[101] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[101], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
+			e.aa_points_old           = row[102] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[102], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
+			e.e_last_invsnapshot      = row[103] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[103], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
+			e.deleted_at              = strtoll(row[104] ? row[104] : "-1", nullptr, 10);
+			e.illusion_block          = row[105] ? static_cast<uint8_t>(strtoul(row[105], nullptr, 10)) : 0;

 			all_entries.push_back(e);
 		}
@@ -1291,15 +1300,16 @@ public:
 			e.lfg                     = row[93] ? static_cast<uint8_t>(strtoul(row[93], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
 			e.mailkey                 = row[94] ? row[94] : "";
 			e.xtargets                = row[95] ? static_cast<uint8_t>(strtoul(row[95], nullptr, 10)) : 5;
-			e.firstlogon              = row[96] ? static_cast<int8_t>(atoi(row[96])) : 0;
-			e.e_aa_effects            = row[97] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[97], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
-			e.e_percent_to_aa         = row[98] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[98], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
-			e.e_expended_aa_spent     = row[99] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[99], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
-			e.aa_points_spent_old     = row[100] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[100], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
-			e.aa_points_old           = row[101] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[101], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
-			e.e_last_invsnapshot      = row[102] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[102], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
-			e.deleted_at              = strtoll(row[103] ? row[103] : "-1", nullptr, 10);
-			e.illusion_block          = row[104] ? static_cast<uint8_t>(strtoul(row[104], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
+			e.ingame                  = row[96] ? static_cast<uint8_t>(strtoul(row[96], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
+			e.first_login             = row[97] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[97], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
+			e.e_aa_effects            = row[98] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[98], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
+			e.e_percent_to_aa         = row[99] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[99], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
+			e.e_expended_aa_spent     = row[100] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[100], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
+			e.aa_points_spent_old     = row[101] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[101], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
+			e.aa_points_old           = row[102] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[102], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
+			e.e_last_invsnapshot      = row[103] ? static_cast<uint32_t>(strtoul(row[103], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
+			e.deleted_at              = strtoll(row[104] ? row[104] : "-1", nullptr, 10);
+			e.illusion_block          = row[105] ? static_cast<uint8_t>(strtoul(row[105], nullptr, 10)) : 0;

 			all_entries.push_back(e);
 		}
@@ -1470,7 +1480,8 @@ public:
 		v.push_back(std::to_string(e.lfg));
 		v.push_back("'" + Strings::Escape(e.mailkey) + "'");
 		v.push_back(std::to_string(e.xtargets));
-		v.push_back(std::to_string(e.firstlogon));
+		v.push_back(std::to_string(e.ingame));
+		v.push_back(std::to_string(e.first_login));
 		v.push_back(std::to_string(e.e_aa_effects));
 		v.push_back(std::to_string(e.e_percent_to_aa));
 		v.push_back(std::to_string(e.e_expended_aa_spent));
@@ -1597,7 +1608,8 @@ public:
 			v.push_back(std::to_string(e.lfg));
 			v.push_back("'" + Strings::Escape(e.mailkey) + "'");
 			v.push_back(std::to_string(e.xtargets));
-			v.push_back(std::to_string(e.firstlogon));
+			v.push_back(std::to_string(e.ingame));
+			v.push_back(std::to_string(e.first_login));
 			v.push_back(std::to_string(e.e_aa_effects));
 			v.push_back(std::to_string(e.e_percent_to_aa));
 			v.push_back(std::to_string(e.e_expended_aa_spent));
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ public:
 		uint8_t     keeps_sold_items;
 		uint8_t     is_parcel_merchant;
 		uint8_t     multiquest_enabled;
+		uint16_t    npc_tint_id;
 	};

 	static std::string PrimaryKey()
@@ -289,6 +290,7 @@ public:
 			"keeps_sold_items",
 			"is_parcel_merchant",
 			"multiquest_enabled",
+			"npc_tint_id",
 		};
 	}

@@ -425,6 +427,7 @@ public:
 			"keeps_sold_items",
 			"is_parcel_merchant",
 			"multiquest_enabled",
+			"npc_tint_id",
 		};
 	}

@@ -595,6 +598,7 @@ public:
 		e.keeps_sold_items       = 1;
 		e.is_parcel_merchant     = 0;
 		e.multiquest_enabled     = 0;
+		e.npc_tint_id            = 0;

 		return e;
 	}
@@ -761,6 +765,7 @@ public:
 			e.keeps_sold_items       = row[127] ? static_cast<uint8_t>(strtoul(row[127], nullptr, 10)) : 1;
 			e.is_parcel_merchant     = row[128] ? static_cast<uint8_t>(strtoul(row[128], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
 			e.multiquest_enabled     = row[129] ? static_cast<uint8_t>(strtoul(row[129], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
+			e.npc_tint_id            = row[130] ? static_cast<uint16_t>(strtoul(row[130], nullptr, 10)) : 0;

 			return e;
 		}
@@ -923,6 +928,7 @@ public:
 		v.push_back(columns[127] + " = " + std::to_string(e.keeps_sold_items));
 		v.push_back(columns[128] + " = " + std::to_string(e.is_parcel_merchant));
 		v.push_back(columns[129] + " = " + std::to_string(e.multiquest_enabled));
+		v.push_back(columns[130] + " = " + std::to_string(e.npc_tint_id));

 		auto results = db.QueryDatabase(
 			fmt::format(
@@ -1074,6 +1080,7 @@ public:
 		v.push_back(std::to_string(e.keeps_sold_items));
 		v.push_back(std::to_string(e.is_parcel_merchant));
 		v.push_back(std::to_string(e.multiquest_enabled));
+		v.push_back(std::to_string(e.npc_tint_id));

 		auto results = db.QueryDatabase(
 			fmt::format(
@@ -1233,6 +1240,7 @@ public:
 			v.push_back(std::to_string(e.keeps_sold_items));
 			v.push_back(std::to_string(e.is_parcel_merchant));
 			v.push_back(std::to_string(e.multiquest_enabled));
+			v.push_back(std::to_string(e.npc_tint_id));

 			insert_chunks.push_back("(" + Strings::Implode(",", v) + ")");
 		}
@@ -1396,6 +1404,7 @@ public:
 			e.keeps_sold_items       = row[127] ? static_cast<uint8_t>(strtoul(row[127], nullptr, 10)) : 1;
 			e.is_parcel_merchant     = row[128] ? static_cast<uint8_t>(strtoul(row[128], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
 			e.multiquest_enabled     = row[129] ? static_cast<uint8_t>(strtoul(row[129], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
+			e.npc_tint_id            = row[130] ? static_cast<uint16_t>(strtoul(row[130], nullptr, 10)) : 0;

 			all_entries.push_back(e);
 		}
@@ -1550,6 +1559,7 @@ public:
 			e.keeps_sold_items       = row[127] ? static_cast<uint8_t>(strtoul(row[127], nullptr, 10)) : 1;
 			e.is_parcel_merchant     = row[128] ? static_cast<uint8_t>(strtoul(row[128], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
 			e.multiquest_enabled     = row[129] ? static_cast<uint8_t>(strtoul(row[129], nullptr, 10)) : 0;
+			e.npc_tint_id            = row[130] ? static_cast<uint16_t>(strtoul(row[130], nullptr, 10)) : 0;

 			all_entries.push_back(e);
 		}
@@ -1754,6 +1764,7 @@ public:
 		v.push_back(std::to_string(e.keeps_sold_items));
 		v.push_back(std::to_string(e.is_parcel_merchant));
 		v.push_back(std::to_string(e.multiquest_enabled));
+		v.push_back(std::to_string(e.npc_tint_id));

 		auto results = db.QueryDatabase(
 			fmt::format(
@@ -1906,6 +1917,7 @@ public:
 			v.push_back(std::to_string(e.keeps_sold_items));
 			v.push_back(std::to_string(e.is_parcel_merchant));
 			v.push_back(std::to_string(e.multiquest_enabled));
+			v.push_back(std::to_string(e.npc_tint_id));

 			insert_chunks.push_back("(" + Strings::Implode(",", v) + ")");
 		}
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include "../../database.h"
 #include "../../strings.h"
 #include <ctime>
-
+#include <cereal/cereal.hpp>
 class BasePlayerEventLogSettingsRepository {
 public:
 	struct PlayerEventLogSettings {
@@ -25,6 +25,20 @@ public:
 		int32_t     retention_days;
 		int32_t     discord_webhook_id;
 		uint8_t     etl_enabled;
+
+		// cereal
+		template<class Archive>
+		void serialize(Archive &ar)
+		{
+			ar(
+				CEREAL_NVP(id),
+				CEREAL_NVP(event_name),
+				CEREAL_NVP(event_enabled),
+				CEREAL_NVP(retention_days),
+				CEREAL_NVP(discord_webhook_id),
+				CEREAL_NVP(etl_enabled)
+			);
+		}
 	};

 	static std::string PrimaryKey()
@@ -106,13 +106,8 @@ public:
 				return false;
 			}

-			auto buy_lines = BaseBuyerBuyLinesRepository::GetWhere(
-				db,
-				fmt::format("`buyer_id` = '{}'", buyer.front().id)
-			);
-			if (buy_lines.empty()) {
-				return false;
-			}
+			auto buy_lines =
+				BaseBuyerBuyLinesRepository::GetWhere(db, fmt::format("`buyer_id` = {}", buyer.front().id));

 			std::vector<std::string> buy_line_ids{};
 			for (auto const &bl: buy_lines) {
@@ -121,23 +116,65 @@ public:

 			DeleteWhere(db, fmt::format("`char_id` = '{}';", char_id));
 			if (buy_line_ids.empty()) {
-				return false;
+				return true;
 			}

 			BaseBuyerBuyLinesRepository::DeleteWhere(
-				db,
-				fmt::format("`id` IN({})", Strings::Implode(", ", buy_line_ids))
+				db, fmt::format("`id` IN({})", Strings::Implode(", ", buy_line_ids))
 			);
 			BaseBuyerTradeItemsRepository::DeleteWhere(
-				db,
-				fmt::format(
-					"`buyer_buy_lines_id` IN({})",
-					Strings::Implode(", ", buy_line_ids))
+				db, fmt::format("`buyer_buy_lines_id` IN({})", Strings::Implode(", ", buy_line_ids))
 			);
 		}

 		return true;
 	}
+
+	static bool DeleteBuyers(Database &db, uint32 char_zone_id, uint32 char_zone_instance_id)
+	{
+		auto buyers = GetWhere(
+			db,
+			fmt::format(
+				"`char_zone_id` = {} AND `char_zone_instance_id` = {}", char_zone_id, char_zone_instance_id
+			)
+		);
+		if (buyers.empty()) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		std::vector<std::string> buyer_ids{};
+		std::vector<std::string> buy_line_ids{};
+
+		for (auto const &b: buyers) {
+			buyer_ids.push_back(std::to_string(b.id));
+		}
+
+		auto buy_lines = BaseBuyerBuyLinesRepository::GetWhere(
+			db, fmt::format("`buyer_id` IN({})", Strings::Implode(", ", buyer_ids))
+		);
+
+		if (!buy_lines.empty()) {
+			for (auto const &bl: buy_lines) {
+				buy_line_ids.push_back(std::to_string(bl.id));
+			}
+		}
+
+		DeleteWhere(db, fmt::format("`id` IN({});", Strings::Implode(", ", buyer_ids)));
+		if (buy_line_ids.empty()) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		BaseBuyerBuyLinesRepository::DeleteWhere(
+			db,
+			fmt::format("`id` IN({})", Strings::Implode(", ", buy_line_ids))
+		);
+		BaseBuyerTradeItemsRepository::DeleteWhere(
+			db,
+			fmt::format("`buyer_buy_lines_id` IN({})", Strings::Implode(", ", buy_line_ids))
+		);
+
+		return true;
+	}
 };

 #endif //EQEMU_BUYER_REPOSITORY_H
@@ -231,6 +231,21 @@ public:

 		return UpdateOne(db, corpse);
 	}
+
+	static int UpdateEntityVariables(Database& db, uint32 corpse_id, const std::string& json_string)
+	{
+		auto results = db.QueryDatabase(
+			fmt::format(
+				"UPDATE `{}` SET `entity_variables` = '{}' WHERE `{}` = {}",
+				TableName(),
+				Strings::Escape(json_string),
+				PrimaryKey(),
+				corpse_id
+			)
+		);
+
+		return results.Success() ? results.RowsAffected() : 0;
+	}
 };

 #endif //EQEMU_CHARACTER_CORPSES_REPOSITORY_H
@@ -167,6 +167,30 @@ public:

 		return zone_player_counts;
 	}
+
+	static std::vector<uint32_t> GetCharacterIDsByAccountID(
+		Database& db,
+		uint32_t  account_id
+	)
+	{
+		std::vector<uint32_t> character_ids;
+
+		auto query = fmt::format(
+			"SELECT id FROM character_data WHERE account_id = {} AND deleted_at IS NULL",
+			account_id
+		);
+
+		auto results = db.QueryDatabase(query);
+		if (results.Success()) {
+			for (auto row : results) {
+				if (row[0]) {
+					character_ids.push_back(static_cast<uint32_t>(std::stoul(row[0])));
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		return character_ids;
+	}
 };

 #endif //EQEMU_CHARACTER_DATA_REPOSITORY_H
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ public:
 			{.parent_command = "show", .sub_command = "hatelist", .access_level = AccountStatus::QuestTroupe, .top_level_aliases = "hatelist"},
 			{.parent_command = "show", .sub_command = "inventory", .access_level = AccountStatus::QuestTroupe, .top_level_aliases = "peekinv"},
 			{.parent_command = "show", .sub_command = "ip_lookup", .access_level = AccountStatus::QuestTroupe, .top_level_aliases = "iplookup"},
+			{.parent_command = "show", .sub_command = "keyring", .access_level = AccountStatus::QuestTroupe, .top_level_aliases = "showkeyring"},
 			{.parent_command = "show", .sub_command = "line_of_sight", .access_level = AccountStatus::QuestTroupe, .top_level_aliases = "checklos"},
 			{.parent_command = "show", .sub_command = "network", .access_level = AccountStatus::QuestTroupe, .top_level_aliases = "network"},
 			{.parent_command = "show", .sub_command = "network_stats", .access_level = AccountStatus::QuestTroupe, .top_level_aliases = "netstats"},
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace ContentFilterCriteria {
 			table_prefix = table_prefix + ".";
 		}

-		int current_expansion_filter_criteria = content_service.GetCurrentExpansion();
+		int current_expansion_filter_criteria = WorldContentService::Instance()->GetCurrentExpansion();
 		if (current_expansion_filter_criteria == Expansion::EXPANSION_ALL) {
 			current_expansion_filter_criteria = Expansion::EXPANSION_FILTER_MAX;
 		}
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ namespace ContentFilterCriteria {
 			table_prefix
 		);

-		std::vector<std::string> flags_disabled = content_service.GetContentFlagsDisabled();
-		std::vector<std::string> flags_enabled  = content_service.GetContentFlagsEnabled();
+		std::vector<std::string> flags_disabled = WorldContentService::Instance()->GetContentFlagsDisabled();
+		std::vector<std::string> flags_enabled  = WorldContentService::Instance()->GetContentFlagsEnabled();
 		std::string              flags_in_filter_enabled;
 		std::string              flags_in_filter_disabled;
 		if (!flags_enabled.empty()) {
@@ -43,6 +43,47 @@ public:
     * method and encapsulate filters there
     */

+	template<typename T1, typename T2, typename T3, typename T4>
+	static std::vector<std::string> join_tuple(
+		const std::string &glue,
+		const std::pair<char, char> &encapsulation,
+		const std::vector<std::tuple<T1, T2, T3, T4>> &src
+	)
+	{
+		if (src.empty()) {
+			return {};
+		}
+
+		std::vector<std::string> output;
+
+		for (const std::tuple<T1, T2, T3, T4> &src_iter: src) {
+
+			output.emplace_back(
+
+				fmt::format(
+					"{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}",
+					encapsulation.first,
+					std::get<0>(src_iter),
+					encapsulation.second,
+					glue,
+					encapsulation.first,
+					std::get<1>(src_iter),
+					encapsulation.second,
+					glue,
+					encapsulation.first,
+					std::get<2>(src_iter),
+					encapsulation.second,
+					glue,
+					encapsulation.first,
+					std::get<3>(src_iter),
+					encapsulation.second
+				)
+			);
+		}
+
+		return output;
+	}
+
 	// Custom extended repository methods here
 	static std::vector<std::string> GetRuleNames(Database &db, int rule_set_id)
 	{
@@ -87,12 +128,28 @@ public:
 		return v;
 	}

+	template<typename T>
+	static std::string
+	ImplodePair(const std::string &glue, const std::pair<char, char> &encapsulation, const std::vector<T> &src)
+	{
+		if (src.empty()) {
+			return {};
+		}
+		std::ostringstream oss;
+		for (const T &src_iter: src) {
+			oss << encapsulation.first << src_iter << encapsulation.second << glue;
+		}
+		std::string output(oss.str());
+		output.resize(output.size() - glue.size());
+		return output;
+	}
+
 	static bool DeleteOrphanedRules(Database& db, std::vector<std::string>& v)
 	{
 		const auto query = fmt::format(
 			"DELETE FROM {} WHERE rule_name IN ({})",
 			TableName(),
-			Strings::ImplodePair(",", std::pair<char, char>('\'', '\''), v)
+			ImplodePair(",", std::pair<char, char>('\'', '\''), v)
 		);

 		return db.QueryDatabase(query).Success();
@@ -103,7 +160,7 @@ public:
 		const auto query = fmt::format(
 			"REPLACE INTO {} (`ruleset_id`, `rule_name`, `rule_value`, `notes`) VALUES {}",
 			TableName(),
-			Strings::ImplodePair(
+			ImplodePair(
 				",",
 				std::pair<char, char>('(', ')'),
 				join_tuple(",", std::pair<char, char>('\'', '\''), v)
@@ -54,17 +54,30 @@ public:
 	{
 		BulkTraders_Struct                  all_entries{};
 		std::vector<DistinctTraders_Struct> distinct_traders;
+		MySQLRequestResult                  results;

-		auto results = db.QueryDatabase(fmt::format(
-			"SELECT DISTINCT(t.char_id), t.char_zone_id, t.char_zone_instance_id, t.char_entity_id, c.name "
-			"FROM trader AS t "
-			"JOIN character_data AS c ON t.char_id = c.id "
-			"WHERE t.char_zone_instance_id = {} "
-			"ORDER BY t.char_zone_instance_id ASC "
-			"LIMIT {}",
-			char_zone_instance_id,
-			max_results)
-		);
+		if (RuleB(Bazaar, UseAlternateBazaarSearch)) {
+			results = db.QueryDatabase(fmt::format(
+				"SELECT DISTINCT(t.char_id), t.char_zone_id, t.char_zone_instance_id, t.char_entity_id, c.name "
+				"FROM trader AS t "
+				"JOIN character_data AS c ON t.char_id = c.id "
+				"WHERE t.char_zone_instance_id = {} "
+				"ORDER BY t.char_zone_instance_id ASC "
+				"LIMIT {}",
+				char_zone_instance_id,
+				max_results)
+			);
+		}
+		else {
+			results = db.QueryDatabase(fmt::format(
+				"SELECT DISTINCT(t.char_id), t.char_zone_id, t.char_zone_instance_id, t.char_entity_id, c.name "
+				"FROM trader AS t "
+				"JOIN character_data AS c ON t.char_id = c.id "
+				"ORDER BY t.char_zone_instance_id ASC "
+				"LIMIT {}",
+				max_results)
+			);
+		}

 		distinct_traders.reserve(results.RowCount());

@@ -502,6 +502,19 @@ bool RuleManager::UpdateInjectedRules(Database *db, const std::string &rule_set_
 		}
 	}

+	// update rules in the database where the description is different
+	for (auto &e : RuleValuesRepository::All(*db)) {
+		auto i = rule_data.find(e.rule_name);
+		if (i != rule_data.end()) {
+			// if notes are different, update them
+			if (i->second.second != nullptr && *i->second.second != e.notes) {
+				LogInfo("Updating rule [{}] notes to [{}]", i->first, *i->second.second);
+				e.notes = *i->second.second;
+				RuleValuesRepository::ReplaceOne(*db, e);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (injected_rule_entries.size()) {
 		if (!RuleValuesRepository::InjectRules(*db, injected_rule_entries)) {
 			return false;
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ RULE_REAL(Character, TradeskillUpPottery, 4.0, "Pottery skillup rate adjustment.
 RULE_REAL(Character, TradeskillUpResearch, 1.0, "Research skillup rate adjustment. Lower is faster")
 RULE_REAL(Character, TradeskillUpTinkering, 2.0, "Tinkering skillup rate adjustment. Lower is faster")
 RULE_REAL(Character, TradeskillUpTailoring, 2.0, "Tailoring skillup rate adjustment. Lower is faster")
+RULE_REAL(Character, TradeskillUpMinChance, 2.5, "Determines the minimum percentage chance to gain a skill increase from a tradeskill.  Cannot go below 2.5")
 RULE_BOOL(Character, MarqueeHPUpdates, false, "Will show health percentage in center of screen if health lesser than 100%")
 RULE_INT(Character, IksarCommonTongue, 95, "Starting value for Common Tongue for Iksars")
 RULE_INT(Character, OgreCommonTongue, 95, "Starting value for Common Tongue for Ogres")
@@ -232,6 +233,12 @@ RULE_BOOL(Character, SneakAlwaysSucceedOver100, false, "When sneak skill is over
 RULE_INT(Character, BandolierSwapDelay, 0, "Bandolier swap delay in milliseconds, default is 0")
 RULE_BOOL(Character, EnableHackedFastCampForGM, false, "Enables hacked fast camp for GM clients, if the GM doesn't have a hacked client they'll camp like normal")
 RULE_BOOL(Character, AlwaysAllowNameChange, false, "Enable this option to allow /changename to work without enabling a name change via scripts.")
+RULE_BOOL(Character, EnableAutoAFK, false, "Enable or disable the auto AFK feature, cuts down on packet spam")
+RULE_BOOL(Character, AutoIdleFilterPackets, true, "Enable or disable filtering packets when auto AFK is enabled, heavily cuts down on packet spam in zones with lots of players")
+RULE_INT(Character, SecondsBeforeIdleCombatZone, 600, "Seconds before a player is considered idle in combat zones (600 = 10 minutes)")
+RULE_INT(Character, SecondsBeforeIdleNonCombatZone, 60, "Seconds before a player is considered idle in non-combat zones (60 = 1 minute)")
+RULE_INT(Character, SecondsBeforeAFKCombatZone, 1800, "Seconds before a player is considered AFK in combat zones (1800 = 30 minutes)")
+RULE_INT(Character, SecondsBeforeAFKNonCombatZone, 600, "Seconds before a player is considered AFK in non-combat zones (600 = 10 minutes)")
 RULE_CATEGORY_END()

 RULE_CATEGORY(Mercs)
@@ -347,6 +354,7 @@ RULE_STRING(World, SupportedClients, "RoF2", "Comma-delimited list of clients to
 RULE_STRING(World, CustomFilesKey, "", "Enable if the server requires custom files and sends a key to validate. Empty string to disable. Example: eqcustom_v1")
 RULE_STRING(World, CustomFilesUrl, "github.com/knervous/eqnexus/releases", "URL to display at character select if client is missing custom files")
 RULE_INT(World, CustomFilesAdminLevel, 20, "Admin level at which custom file key is not required when CustomFilesKey is specified")
+RULE_BOOL(World, RealTimeCalculateGuilds, false, "(Temp feature flag) If true, guilds will be calculated in real time instead of at zone boot. This is a performance hit but allows for more dynamic guilds.")
 RULE_CATEGORY_END()

 RULE_CATEGORY(Zone)
@@ -857,12 +865,6 @@ RULE_BOOL(Bots, BotArcheryConsumesAmmo, true, "Set to false to disable Archery A
 RULE_BOOL(Bots, BotThrowingConsumesAmmo, true, "Set to false to disable Throwing Ammo Consumption")
 RULE_INT(Bots, StackSizeMin, 20, "20 Default. -1 to disable and use default max stack size. Minimum stack size to give a bot (Arrows/Throwing).")
 RULE_INT(Bots, HasOrMayGetAggroThreshold, 90, "90 Default. Percent threshold of total hate where bots will stop casting spells that generate hate if they are set to try to not pull aggro via spells.")
-RULE_REAL(Bots, LowerMeleeDistanceMultiplier, 0.35, "Closest % of the hit box a melee bot will get to the target. Default 0.35")
-RULE_REAL(Bots, LowerTauntingMeleeDistanceMultiplier, 0.25, "Closest % of the hit box a taunting melee bot will get to the target. Default 0.25")
-RULE_REAL(Bots, LowerMaxMeleeRangeDistanceMultiplier, 0.80, "Closest % of the hit box a max melee range melee bot will get to the target. Default 0.80")
-RULE_REAL(Bots, UpperMeleeDistanceMultiplier, 0.55, "Furthest % of the hit box a melee bot will get from the target. Default 0.55")
-RULE_REAL(Bots, UpperTauntingMeleeDistanceMultiplier, 0.45, "Furthest % of the hit box a taunting melee bot will get from the target. Default 0.45")
-RULE_REAL(Bots, UpperMaxMeleeRangeDistanceMultiplier, 0.95, "Furthest % of the hit box a max melee range melee bot will get from the target. Default 0.95")
 RULE_BOOL(Bots, DisableSpecialAbilitiesAtMaxMelee, true, "If true, when bots are at max melee distance, special abilities including taunt will be disabled. Default True.")
 RULE_INT(Bots, MinJitterTimer, 500, "Minimum ms between bot movement jitter checks.")
 RULE_INT(Bots, MaxJitterTimer, 2500, "Maximum ms between bot movement jitter checks. Set to 0 to disable timer checks.")
@@ -883,6 +885,7 @@ RULE_INT(Bots, MinStatusToBypassSpawnLimit, 100, "Minimum status to bypass spawn
 RULE_INT(Bots, MinStatusBypassSpawnLimit, 120, "Spawn limit with status bypass. Default 120.")
 RULE_INT(Bots, MinStatusToBypassCreateLimit, 100, "Minimum status to bypass create limit. Default 100.")
 RULE_INT(Bots, MinStatusBypassCreateLimit, 120, "Create limit with status bypass. Default 120.")
+RULE_INT(Bots, MinStatusToBypassBotLevelRequirement, 100, "Minimum status to bypass level requirement for bots. Default 100.")
 RULE_BOOL(Bots, EnableBotTGB, true, "If enabled bots will cast group buffs as TGB.")
 RULE_BOOL(Bots, DoResponseAnimations, true, "If enabled bots will do animations to certain responses or commands.")
 RULE_INT(Bots, DefaultFollowDistance, 20, "Default 20. Distance a bot will follow behind.")
@@ -928,6 +931,7 @@ RULE_BOOL(Chat, AutoInjectSaylinksToSay, true, "Automatically injects saylinks i
 RULE_BOOL(Chat, AutoInjectSaylinksToClientMessage, true, "Automatically injects saylinks into dialogue that has [brackets in them]")
 RULE_BOOL(Chat, QuestDialogueUsesDialogueWindow, false, "Pipes all quest dialogue to dialogue window")
 RULE_BOOL(Chat, DialogueWindowAnimatesNPCsIfNoneSet, true, "If there is no animation specified in the dialogue window markdown then it will choose a random greet animation such as wave or salute")
+RULE_BOOL(Chat, AlwaysCaptureCommandText, false, "Consume command text (# and ^ by default), regardless of which channel it is sent to")
 RULE_CATEGORY_END()

 RULE_CATEGORY(Merchant)
@@ -1075,6 +1079,7 @@ RULE_CATEGORY(Logging)
 RULE_BOOL(Logging, PrintFileFunctionAndLine, false, "Ex: [World Server] [net.cpp::main:309] Loading variables...")
 RULE_BOOL(Logging, WorldGMSayLogging, true, "Relay worldserver logging to zone processes via GM say output")
 RULE_BOOL(Logging, PlayerEventsQSProcess, false, "Have query server process player events instead of world. Useful when wanting to use a dedicated server and database for processing player events on separate disk")
+RULE_STRING(Logging, PlayerEventsIgnoreGMCommands, "help,show", "This is a comma delimited list of commands to ignore when recording GM command player events.")
 RULE_INT(Logging, BatchPlayerEventProcessIntervalSeconds, 5, "This is the interval in which player events are processed in world or qs")
 RULE_INT(Logging, BatchPlayerEventProcessChunkSize, 10000, "This is the cap of events that can be inserted into the queue before a force flush. This is to keep from hitting MySQL max_allowed_packet and killing the connection")
 RULE_CATEGORY_END()
@@ -273,8 +273,9 @@
 #define ServerOP_WWTaskUpdate 0x4758

 // player events
-#define ServerOP_QSSendQuery		0x5000
+#define ServerOP_QSSendQuery 0x5000
 #define ServerOP_PlayerEvent 0x5100
+#define ServerOP_SendPlayerEventSettings 0x5101

 enum {
 	CZUpdateType_Character,
@@ -1778,6 +1779,7 @@ struct BazaarPurchaseMessaging_Struct {
 	uint32           id;
 };

+
 #pragma pack()

 #endif
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ enum class SharedTaskRequestGroupType {
 struct ServerSharedTaskRequest_Struct {
 	uint32 requested_character_id;
 	uint32 requested_task_id;
-	uint32 requested_npc_type_id; // original task logic passthrough
+	uint32 requested_npc_entity_id; // original task logic passthrough
 	uint32 accept_time;
 };

@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ bool SharedDatabase::GetInventory(Client *c)
 				e.character_id  = char_id;
 				e.item_id       = item_id;
 				e.equipped      = inst->GetEvolveEquipped();
-				e.final_item_id = evolving_items_manager.GetFinalItemID(*inst);
+				e.final_item_id = EvolvingItemsManager::Instance()->GetFinalItemID(*inst);

 				auto r = CharacterEvolvingItemsRepository::InsertOne(*this, e);
 				e.id = r.id;
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ bool SharedDatabase::LoadItems(const std::string &prefix) {
 		const auto Config = EQEmuConfig::get();
 		EQ::IPCMutex mutex("items");
 		mutex.Lock();
-		std::string file_name = fmt::format("{}/{}{}", path.GetSharedMemoryPath(), prefix, std::string("items"));
+		std::string file_name = fmt::format("{}/{}{}", PathManager::Instance()->GetSharedMemoryPath(), prefix, std::string("items"));
 		items_mmf = std::make_unique<EQ::MemoryMappedFile>(file_name);
 		items_hash = std::make_unique<EQ::FixedMemoryHashSet<EQ::ItemData>>(static_cast<uint8*>(items_mmf->Get()), items_mmf->Size());
 		mutex.Unlock();
@@ -1544,12 +1544,60 @@ bool SharedDatabase::GetCommandSettings(std::map<std::string, std::pair<uint8, s
 	return true;
 }

+template<typename T1, typename T2>
+inline std::vector<std::string> join_pair(
+	const std::string &glue,
+	const std::pair<char, char> &encapsulation,
+	const std::vector<std::pair<T1, T2>> &src
+)
+{
+	if (src.empty()) {
+		return {};
+	}
+
+	std::vector<std::string> output;
+
+	for (const std::pair<T1, T2> &src_iter: src) {
+		output.emplace_back(
+
+			fmt::format(
+				"{}{}{}{}{}{}{}",
+				encapsulation.first,
+				src_iter.first,
+				encapsulation.second,
+				glue,
+				encapsulation.first,
+				src_iter.second,
+				encapsulation.second
+			)
+		);
+	}
+
+	return output;
+}
+
+template<typename T>
+inline std::string
+ImplodePair(const std::string &glue, const std::pair<char, char> &encapsulation, const std::vector<T> &src)
+{
+	if (src.empty()) {
+		return {};
+	}
+	std::ostringstream oss;
+	for (const T &src_iter: src) {
+		oss << encapsulation.first << src_iter << encapsulation.second << glue;
+	}
+	std::string output(oss.str());
+	output.resize(output.size() - glue.size());
+	return output;
+}
+
 bool SharedDatabase::UpdateInjectedCommandSettings(const std::vector<std::pair<std::string, uint8>> &injected)
 {
 	if (injected.size()) {
 		const std::string query = fmt::format(
 			"REPLACE INTO `command_settings`(`command`, `access`) VALUES {}",
-			Strings::ImplodePair(
+			ImplodePair(
 				",",
 				std::pair<char, char>('(', ')'),
 				join_pair(",", std::pair<char, char>('\'', '\''), injected)
@@ -1576,7 +1624,7 @@ bool SharedDatabase::UpdateOrphanedCommandSettings(const std::vector<std::string
 	if (orphaned.size()) {
 		std::string query = fmt::format(
 			"DELETE FROM `command_settings` WHERE `command` IN ({})",
-			Strings::ImplodePair(",", std::pair<char, char>('\'', '\''), orphaned)
+			ImplodePair(",", std::pair<char, char>('\'', '\''), orphaned)
 		);

 		auto results = QueryDatabase(query);
@@ -1586,7 +1634,7 @@ bool SharedDatabase::UpdateOrphanedCommandSettings(const std::vector<std::string

 		query = fmt::format(
 			"DELETE FROM `command_subsettings` WHERE `parent_command` IN ({})",
-			Strings::ImplodePair(",", std::pair<char, char>('\'', '\''), orphaned)
+			ImplodePair(",", std::pair<char, char>('\'', '\''), orphaned)
 		);

 		auto results_two = QueryDatabase(query);
@@ -1665,7 +1713,7 @@ bool SharedDatabase::LoadSpells(const std::string &prefix, int32 *records, const
 		EQ::IPCMutex mutex("spells");
 		mutex.Lock();

-		std::string file_name = fmt::format("{}/{}{}", path.GetSharedMemoryPath(), prefix, std::string("spells"));
+		std::string file_name = fmt::format("{}/{}{}", PathManager::Instance()->GetSharedMemoryPath(), prefix, std::string("spells"));
 		spells_mmf = std::make_unique<EQ::MemoryMappedFile>(file_name);
 		LogInfo("Loading [{}]", file_name);
 		*records = *static_cast<uint32*>(spells_mmf->Get());
@@ -16,12 +16,16 @@ public:
 	static int32_t GetSkillCapMaxLevel(uint8 class_id, EQ::skills::SkillType skill_id);

 	SkillCaps *SetContentDatabase(Database *db);
+
+	static SkillCaps* Instance()
+	{
+		static SkillCaps instance;
+		return &instance;
+	}
 private:
 	Database                                    *m_content_database{};
 	std::map<uint64, SkillCapsRepository::SkillCaps> m_skill_caps = {};
 };

-extern SkillCaps skill_caps;
-

 #endif //CODE_SKILL_CAPS_H
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ bool RequiresStackCheck(uint16 spell_type) {
 		case BotSpellTypes::CompleteHeal:
 		case BotSpellTypes::PetCompleteHeals:
 		case BotSpellTypes::GroupCompleteHeals:
+		case BotSpellTypes::Resurrect:
 			return false;
 		default:
 			return true;
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 */

 #include "strings.h"
+#include <cereal/external/rapidjson/document.h>
 #include <fmt/format.h>
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cctype>
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <sstream>

 #include <random>
 #include <string>
@@ -49,6 +51,12 @@
 #include "strings_legacy.cpp" // legacy c functions
 #include "strings_misc.cpp" // anything non "Strings" scoped

+#ifdef _WINDOWS
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <functional>
+#include <algorithm>
+#endif
+
 std::string Strings::Random(size_t length)
 {
 	static auto &chrs = "0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
@@ -701,6 +709,18 @@ std::string &Strings::Trim(std::string &str, const std::string &chars)
 	return LTrim(RTrim(str, chars), chars);
 }

+const std::string NUM_TO_ENGLISH_X[] = {
+	"", "One ", "Two ", "Three ", "Four ",
+	"Five ", "Six ", "Seven ", "Eight ", "Nine ", "Ten ", "Eleven ",
+	"Twelve ", "Thirteen ", "Fourteen ", "Fifteen ",
+	"Sixteen ", "Seventeen ", "Eighteen ", "Nineteen "
+};
+
+const std::string NUM_TO_ENGLISH_Y[] = {
+	"", "", "Twenty ", "Thirty ", "Forty ",
+	"Fifty ", "Sixty ", "Seventy ", "Eighty ", "Ninety "
+};
+
 // Function to convert single digit or two digit number into words
 std::string Strings::ConvertToDigit(int n, const std::string& suffix)
 {
@@ -36,53 +36,19 @@
 #define _STRINGUTIL_H_

 #include <charconv>
-#include <sstream>
-#include <string.h>
+#include <cstring>
 #include <string_view>
+#include <string>
 #include <vector>
 #include <cstdarg>
-#include <tuple>
 #include <type_traits>

-#include <fmt/format.h>
-#include <cereal/external/rapidjson/document.h>
-
-#ifndef _WIN32
-// this doesn't appear to affect linux-based systems..need feedback for _WIN64
-
-#endif
-
-#ifdef _WINDOWS
+#ifdef _WIN32
 #include <ctype.h>
-#include <functional>
-#include <algorithm>
 #endif

 #include "types.h"

-namespace detail {
-	// template magic to check if std::from_chars floating point functions exist
-	template <typename T, typename = void>
-	struct has_from_chars_float : std::false_type { };
-
-	// basically it "uses" this template if they do exist because reasons
-	template <typename T>
-	struct has_from_chars_float < T,
-	std::void_t<decltype(std::from_chars(std::declval<const char *>(), std::declval<const char *>(),
-						 std::declval<T &>()))>> : std::true_type { };
-}; // namespace detail
-
-namespace EQ {
-// lame -- older GCC's didn't define this, clang's libc++ however does, even though they lack FP support
-#if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ < 11) && !defined(__clang__)
-	enum class chars_format {
-		scientific = 1, fixed = 2, hex = 4, general = fixed | scientific
-	};
-#else
-	using chars_format = std::chars_format;
-#endif
-}; // namespace EQ
-
 class Strings {
 public:
 	static bool Contains(std::vector<std::string> container, const std::string& element);
@@ -133,61 +99,6 @@ public:
 	static bool BeginsWith(const std::string& subject, const std::string& search);
 	static bool EndsWith(const std::string& subject, const std::string& search);
 	static std::string ZoneTime(const uint8 hours, const uint8 minutes);
-
-	template<typename T>
-	static std::string
-	ImplodePair(const std::string &glue, const std::pair<char, char> &encapsulation, const std::vector<T> &src)
-	{
-		if (src.empty()) {
-			return {};
-		}
-		std::ostringstream oss;
-		for (const T &src_iter: src) {
-			oss << encapsulation.first << src_iter << encapsulation.second << glue;
-		}
-		std::string output(oss.str());
-		output.resize(output.size() - glue.size());
-		return output;
-	}
-
-	// basic string_view overloads that just use std stuff since they work!
-	template <typename T>
-	std::enable_if_t<std::is_floating_point_v<T> && detail::has_from_chars_float<T>::value, std::from_chars_result>
-	static from_chars(std::string_view str, T& value, EQ::chars_format fmt = EQ::chars_format::general)
-	{
-		return std::from_chars(str.data(), str.data() + str.size(), value, fmt);
-	}
-
-	template <typename T>
-	std::enable_if_t<std::is_integral_v<T>, std::from_chars_result>
-	static from_chars(std::string_view str, T& value, int base = 10)
-	{
-		return std::from_chars(str.data(), str.data() + str.size(), value, base);
-	}
-
-	// fallback versions of floating point in case they're not implemented
-	// TODO: add error handling ...
-	// This does have to allocate since from_chars doesn't need a null terminated string and neither does string_view
-	template <typename T>
-	std::enable_if_t<std::is_floating_point_v<T> && !detail::has_from_chars_float<T>::value && std::is_same_v<T, float>, std::from_chars_result>
-	static from_chars(std::string_view str, T& value, EQ::chars_format fmt = EQ::chars_format::general)
-	{
-		std::from_chars_result res{};
-		std::string tmp_str(str.data(), str.size());
-		value = strtof(tmp_str.data(), nullptr);
-		return res;
-	}
-
-	template <typename T>
-	std::enable_if_t<std::is_floating_point_v<T> && !detail::has_from_chars_float<T>::value && std::is_same_v<T, double>, std::from_chars_result>
-	static from_chars(std::string_view str, T& value, EQ::chars_format fmt = EQ::chars_format::general)
-	{
-		std::from_chars_result res{};
-		std::string tmp_str(str.data(), str.size());
-		value = strtod(tmp_str.data(), nullptr);
-		return res;
-	}
-
 	static std::string Slugify(const std::string &input, const std::string &separator = "-");
 	static bool IsValidJson(const std::string& json);
 };
@@ -199,93 +110,6 @@ const std::string vStringFormat(const char *format, va_list args);
 // Used for grid nodes, as NPC names remove numerals.
 // But general purpose

-const std::string NUM_TO_ENGLISH_X[] = {
-	"", "One ", "Two ", "Three ", "Four ",
-	"Five ", "Six ", "Seven ", "Eight ", "Nine ", "Ten ", "Eleven ",
-	"Twelve ", "Thirteen ", "Fourteen ", "Fifteen ",
-	"Sixteen ", "Seventeen ", "Eighteen ", "Nineteen "
-};
-
-const std::string NUM_TO_ENGLISH_Y[] = {
-	"", "", "Twenty ", "Thirty ", "Forty ",
-	"Fifty ", "Sixty ", "Seventy ", "Eighty ", "Ninety "
-};
-
-// _WIN32 builds require that #include<fmt/format.h> be included in whatever code file the invocation is made from (no header files)
-template<typename T1, typename T2>
-std::vector<std::string> join_pair(
-	const std::string &glue,
-	const std::pair<char, char> &encapsulation,
-	const std::vector<std::pair<T1, T2>> &src
-)
-{
-	if (src.empty()) {
-		return {};
-	}
-
-	std::vector<std::string> output;
-
-	for (const std::pair<T1, T2> &src_iter: src) {
-		output.emplace_back(
-
-			fmt::format(
-				"{}{}{}{}{}{}{}",
-				encapsulation.first,
-				src_iter.first,
-				encapsulation.second,
-				glue,
-				encapsulation.first,
-				src_iter.second,
-				encapsulation.second
-			)
-		);
-	}
-
-	return output;
-}
-
-// _WIN32 builds require that #include<fmt/format.h> be included in whatever code file the invocation is made from (no header files)
-template<typename T1, typename T2, typename T3, typename T4>
-std::vector<std::string> join_tuple(
-	const std::string &glue,
-	const std::pair<char, char> &encapsulation,
-	const std::vector<std::tuple<T1, T2, T3, T4>> &src
-)
-{
-	if (src.empty()) {
-		return {};
-	}
-
-	std::vector<std::string> output;
-
-	for (const std::tuple<T1, T2, T3, T4> &src_iter: src) {
-
-		output.emplace_back(
-
-			fmt::format(
-				"{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}",
-				encapsulation.first,
-				std::get<0>(src_iter),
-				encapsulation.second,
-				glue,
-				encapsulation.first,
-				std::get<1>(src_iter),
-				encapsulation.second,
-				glue,
-				encapsulation.first,
-				std::get<2>(src_iter),
-				encapsulation.second,
-				glue,
-				encapsulation.first,
-				std::get<3>(src_iter),
-				encapsulation.second
-			)
-		);
-	}
-
-	return output;
-}
-
 // misc functions
 std::string SanitizeWorldServerName(std::string server_long_name);
 std::vector<std::string> GetBadWords();
@@ -310,18 +134,4 @@ std::string FormatName(const std::string &char_name);
 bool IsAllowedWorldServerCharacterList(char c);
 void SanitizeWorldServerName(char *name);

-template<typename InputIterator, typename OutputIterator>
-auto CleanMobName(InputIterator first, InputIterator last, OutputIterator result)
-{
-	for (; first != last; ++first) {
-		if (*first == '_') {
-			*result = ' ';
-		}
-		else if (isalpha(*first) || *first == '`') {
-			*result = *first;
-		}
-	}
-	return result;
-}
-
 #endif
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@

 // Build variables
 // these get injected during the build pipeline
-#define CURRENT_VERSION "23.4.0-dev" // always append -dev to the current version for custom-builds
+#define CURRENT_VERSION "23.9.0-dev" // always append -dev to the current version for custom-builds
 #define LOGIN_VERSION "0.8.0"
 #define COMPILE_DATE    __DATE__
 #define COMPILE_TIME    __TIME__
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@
 * Manifest: https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/blob/master/utils/sql/db_update_manifest.txt
 */

-#define CURRENT_BINARY_DATABASE_VERSION 9321
+#define CURRENT_BINARY_DATABASE_VERSION 9326
 #define CURRENT_BINARY_BOTS_DATABASE_VERSION 9054
+#define CUSTOM_BINARY_DATABASE_VERSION 0

 #endif

@@ -104,36 +104,39 @@ public:
 	uint8 GetZoneIdleWhenEmpty(uint32 zone_id, int version = 0);
 	uint32 GetZoneSecondsBeforeIdle(uint32 zone_id, int version = 0);

+	static ZoneStore* Instance()
+	{
+		static ZoneStore instance;
+		return &instance;
+	}
 private:
 	std::vector<ZoneRepository::Zone> m_zones;
 };

-extern ZoneStore zone_store;
-
 /**
 * Global helpers
 */
-inline uint32 ZoneID(const char *in_zone_name) { return zone_store.GetZoneID(in_zone_name); }
-inline uint32 ZoneID(const std::string& zone_name) { return zone_store.GetZoneID(zone_name); }
+inline uint32 ZoneID(const char *in_zone_name) { return ZoneStore::Instance()->GetZoneID(in_zone_name); }
+inline uint32 ZoneID(const std::string& zone_name) { return ZoneStore::Instance()->GetZoneID(zone_name); }
 inline const char *ZoneName(uint32 zone_id, bool error_unknown = false)
 {
-	return zone_store.GetZoneName(
+	return ZoneStore::Instance()->GetZoneName(
 		zone_id,
 		error_unknown
 	);
 }
 inline const char *ZoneLongName(uint32 zone_id, bool error_unknown = false)
 {
-	return zone_store.GetZoneLongName(
+	return ZoneStore::Instance()->GetZoneLongName(
 		zone_id,
 		error_unknown
 	);
 }
-inline ZoneRepository::Zone *GetZone(uint32 zone_id, int version = 0) { return zone_store.GetZone(zone_id, version); };
-inline ZoneRepository::Zone *GetZone(const char *in_zone_name) { return zone_store.GetZone(in_zone_name); };
+inline ZoneRepository::Zone *GetZone(uint32 zone_id, int version = 0) { return ZoneStore::Instance()->GetZone(zone_id, version); };
+inline ZoneRepository::Zone *GetZone(const char *in_zone_name) { return ZoneStore::Instance()->GetZone(in_zone_name); };
 inline ZoneRepository::Zone *GetZone(const char *in_zone_name, int version = 0)
 {
-	return zone_store.GetZone(
+	return ZoneStore::Instance()->GetZone(
 		ZoneID(
 			in_zone_name
 		), version
@@ -141,7 +144,7 @@ inline ZoneRepository::Zone *GetZone(const char *in_zone_name, int version = 0)
 };
 inline ZoneRepository::Zone *GetZoneVersionWithFallback(uint32 zone_id, int version = 0)
 {
-	return zone_store.GetZoneWithFallback(
+	return ZoneStore::Instance()->GetZoneWithFallback(
 		zone_id,
 		version
 	);
@@ -33,19 +33,16 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <time.h>

-EQEmuLogSys LogSys;
-PathManager path;
-
 bool RunLoops = false;

 void CatchSignal(int sig_num);

 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	RegisterExecutablePlatform(ExePlatformLaunch);
-	LogSys.LoadLogSettingsDefaults();
+	EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->LoadLogSettingsDefaults();
 	set_exception_handler();

-	path.LoadPaths();
+	PathManager::Instance()->Init();

 	std::string launcher_name;
 	if(argc == 2) {
@@ -169,7 +166,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 		delete zone->second;
 	}

-	LogSys.CloseFileLogs();
+	EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->CloseFileLogs();

 	return 0;
 }
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ bool Client::Process()
 			OpcodeManager::EmuToName(app->GetOpcode()),
 			o->EmuToEQ(app->GetOpcode()) == 0 ? app->GetProtocolOpcode() : o->EmuToEQ(app->GetOpcode()),
 			app->Size(),
-			(LogSys.IsLogEnabled(Logs::Detail, Logs::PacketClientServer) ? DumpPacketToString(app) : "")
+			(EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->IsLogEnabled(Logs::Detail, Logs::PacketClientServer) ? DumpPacketToString(app) : "")
 		);

 		if (m_client_status == cs_failed_to_login) {
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ ClientManager::ClientManager()

 	std::string opcodes_path = fmt::format(
 		"{}/{}",
-		path.GetOpcodePath(),
+		PathManager::Instance()->GetOpcodePath(),
 		"login_opcodes.conf"
 	);

@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ ClientManager::ClientManager()

 	opcodes_path = fmt::format(
 		"{}/{}",
-		path.GetOpcodePath(),
+		PathManager::Instance()->GetOpcodePath(),
 		"login_opcodes_sod.conf"
 	);

@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ ClientManager::ClientManager()

 	opcodes_path = fmt::format(
 		"{}/{}",
-		path.GetOpcodePath(),
+		PathManager::Instance()->GetOpcodePath(),
 		"login_opcodes_larion.conf"
 	);

@@ -22,12 +22,8 @@
 #include <thread>

 LoginServer     server;
-EQEmuLogSys     LogSys;
 bool            run_server = true;
-PathManager     path;
 Database        database;
-PlayerEventLogs player_event_logs;
-ZoneStore       zone_store;

 void CatchSignal(int sig_num)
 {
@@ -52,7 +48,7 @@ void LoadDatabaseConnection()
 void LoadServerConfig()
 {
 	server.config = EQ::JsonConfigFile::Load(
-		fmt::format("{}/login.json", path.GetServerPath())
+		fmt::format("{}/login.json", PathManager::Instance()->GetServerPath())
 	);
 	LogInfo("Config System Init");

@@ -159,21 +155,21 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	LogInfo("Logging System Init");

 	if (argc == 1) {
-		LogSys.LoadLogSettingsDefaults();
+		EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->LoadLogSettingsDefaults();
 	}

-	path.LoadPaths();
+	PathManager::Instance()->Init();

 	// command handler
 	if (argc > 1) {
-		LogSys.SilenceConsoleLogging();
+		EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->SilenceConsoleLogging();

 		LoadServerConfig();
 		LoadDatabaseConnection();

-		LogSys.LoadLogSettingsDefaults();
-		LogSys.log_settings[Logs::Debug].log_to_console = static_cast<uint8>(Logs::General);
-		LogSys.log_settings[Logs::Debug].is_category_enabled = 1;
+		EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->LoadLogSettingsDefaults();
+		EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->log_settings[Logs::Debug].log_to_console = static_cast<uint8>(Logs::General);
+		EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->log_settings[Logs::Debug].is_category_enabled = 1;

 		LoginserverCommandHandler::CommandHandler(argc, argv);
 	}
@@ -182,7 +178,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	LoadDatabaseConnection();

 	if (argc == 1) {
-		LogSys.SetDatabase(&database)
+		EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->SetDatabase(&database)
 			->SetLogPath("logs")
 			->LoadLogDatabaseSettings()
 			->StartFileLogs();
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public:
 	inline void DefaultLoginServerName(const std::string &v) { m_default_loginserver_name = v; }
 	inline std::string GetDefaultLoginServerName() const { return m_default_loginserver_name; }
 	inline bool IsShowPlayerCountEnabled() const { return m_show_player_count; }
-	inline void SetShowPlayerCount(bool show_player_count) { show_player_count = show_player_count; }
+	inline void SetShowPlayerCount(bool show_player_count) { m_show_player_count = show_player_count; }
 	inline bool IsWorldDevTestServersListBottom() const { return m_world_dev_list_bottom; }
 	inline void SetWorldDevTestServersListBottom(bool list_bottom) { m_world_dev_list_bottom = list_bottom; }
 	inline bool IsWorldSpecialCharacterStartListBottom() const { return m_special_char_list_bottom; }
@@ -155,7 +155,11 @@ void WorldServer::ProcessUserToWorldResponseLegacy(uint16_t opcode, const EQ::Ne
 	auto *res = (UsertoWorldResponseLegacy *) packet.Data();

 	LogDebug("Trying to find client with user id of [{}]", res->lsaccountid);
-	Client *c = server.client_manager->GetClient(res->lsaccountid, "eqemu");
+	std::string db_loginserver = "local";
+	if (std::getenv("LSPX")) {
+		db_loginserver = "eqemu";
+	}
+	Client *c = server.client_manager->GetClient(res->lsaccountid, db_loginserver);
 	if (c) {
 		LogDebug(
 			"Found client with user id of [{}] and account name of [{}]",
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "eqemu-server",
-  "version": "23.4.0",
+  "version": "23.9.0",
  "repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "https://github.com/EQEmu/Server.git"
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ public:
 	bool LoadDatabase();
 	void HandlePacket(ServerPacket *pack);
 	void ExpireEntries();
+
+	static LFGuildManager* Instance()
+	{
+		static LFGuildManager instance;
+		return &instance;
+	}
 private:
 	void SendPlayerMatches(uint32 FromZoneID, uint32 FromInstanceID, char *From, uint32 FromLevel, uint32 ToLevel, uint32 MinAA, uint32 TimeZone, uint32 Classes);
 	void SendGuildMatches(uint32 FromZoneID, uint32 FromInstanceID, char *From, uint32 Level, uint32 AAPoints, uint32 TimeZone, uint32 Class);
@@ -20,23 +20,15 @@
 #include "../common/net/console_server.h"
 #include "../queryserv/zonelist.h"
 #include "../queryserv/zoneserver.h"
-#include "../common/discord/discord_manager.h"

 volatile bool RunLoops = true;

 QSDatabase            qs_database;
 Database              database;
-LFGuildManager        lfguildmanager;
 std::string           WorldShortName;
 const queryservconfig *Config;
 WorldServer           *worldserver = 0;
-EQEmuLogSys           LogSys;
-PathManager           path;
-ZoneStore             zone_store;
-PlayerEventLogs       player_event_logs;
-ZSList                zs_list;
 uint32                numzones     = 0;
-DiscordManager        discord_manager;

 void CatchSignal(int sig_num)
 {
@@ -46,11 +38,11 @@ void CatchSignal(int sig_num)
 int main()
 {
 	RegisterExecutablePlatform(ExePlatformQueryServ);
-	LogSys.LoadLogSettingsDefaults();
+	EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->LoadLogSettingsDefaults();
 	set_exception_handler();
 	Timer LFGuildExpireTimer(60000);

-	path.LoadPaths();
+	PathManager::Instance()->Init();

 	LogInfo("Starting EQEmu QueryServ");
 	if (!queryservconfig::LoadConfig()) {
@@ -85,8 +77,8 @@ int main()
 		return 1;
 	}

-	LogSys.SetDatabase(&database)
-		->SetLogPath(path.GetLogPath())
+	EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->SetDatabase(&database)
+		->SetLogPath(PathManager::Instance()->GetLogPath())
 		->LoadLogDatabaseSettings()
 		->StartFileLogs();

@@ -129,7 +121,7 @@ int main()
 	server_connection->OnConnectionIdentified(
 		"Zone", [&console](std::shared_ptr<EQ::Net::ServertalkServerConnection> connection) {
 			numzones++;
-			zs_list.Add(new ZoneServer(connection, console.get()));
+			ZSList::Instance()->Add(new ZoneServer(connection, console.get()));

 			LogInfo(
 				"New Zone Server connection from [{}] at [{}:{}] zone_count [{}]",
@@ -144,7 +136,7 @@ int main()
 	server_connection->OnConnectionRemoved(
 		"Zone", [](std::shared_ptr<EQ::Net::ServertalkServerConnection> connection) {
 			numzones--;
-			zs_list.Remove(connection->GetUUID());
+			ZSList::Instance()->Remove(connection->GetUUID());

 			LogInfo(
 				"Removed Zone Server connection from [{}] total zone_count [{}]",
@@ -159,10 +151,10 @@ int main()
 	worldserver->Connect();

 	/* Load Looking For Guild Manager */
-	lfguildmanager.LoadDatabase();
+	LFGuildManager::Instance()->LoadDatabase();

 	Timer player_event_process_timer(1000);
-	player_event_logs.SetDatabase(&qs_database)->Init();
+	PlayerEventLogs::Instance()->SetDatabase(&qs_database)->Init();

 	auto loop_fn = [&](EQ::Timer *t) {
 		Timer::SetCurrentTime();
@@ -173,11 +165,11 @@ int main()
 		}

 		if (LFGuildExpireTimer.Check()) {
-			lfguildmanager.ExpireEntries();
+			LFGuildManager::Instance()->ExpireEntries();
 		}

 		if (player_event_process_timer.Check()) {
-			player_event_logs.Process();
+			PlayerEventLogs::Instance()->Process();
 		}
 	};

@@ -187,7 +179,7 @@ int main()
 	EQ::EventLoop::Get().Run();

 	safe_delete(worldserver);
-	LogSys.CloseFileLogs();
+	EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->CloseFileLogs();
 }

 void UpdateWindowTitle(char *iNewTitle)
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <time.h>

+#include "zonelist.h"
+
 extern WorldServer           worldserver;
 extern const queryservconfig *Config;
 extern QSDatabase            qs_database;
-extern LFGuildManager        lfguildmanager;

 WorldServer::WorldServer()
 {
@@ -76,8 +77,9 @@ void WorldServer::HandleMessage(uint16 opcode, const EQ::Net::Packet &p)
 		case ServerOP_ServerReloadRequest: {
 			auto o = (ServerReload::Request*) p.Data();
 			if (o->type == ServerReload::Type::Logs) {
-				LogSys.LoadLogDatabaseSettings();
-				player_event_logs.ReloadSettings();
+				EQEmuLogSys::Instance()->LoadLogDatabaseSettings();
+				PlayerEventLogs::Instance()->ReloadSettings();
+				ZSList::Instance()->SendPlayerEventLogSettings();
 			}

 			break;
@@ -112,7 +114,7 @@ void WorldServer::HandleMessage(uint16 opcode, const EQ::Net::Packet &p)
 					pack.pBuffer = (uchar *) p.Data();
 					pack.opcode  = opcode;
 					pack.size    = (uint32) p.Length();
-					lfguildmanager.HandlePacket(&pack);
+					LFGuildManager::Instance()->HandlePacket(&pack);
 					pack.pBuffer = nullptr;
 					break;
 				}
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 void ZSList::Add(ZoneServer* zoneserver) {
 	zone_server_list.emplace_back(std::unique_ptr<ZoneServer>(zoneserver));
 	zoneserver->SetIsZoneConnected(true);
+
+	zoneserver->SendPlayerEventLogSettings();
 }

 void ZSList::Remove(const std::string &uuid)
@@ -18,3 +20,10 @@ void ZSList::Remove(const std::string &uuid)
 		iter++;
 	}
 }
+
+void ZSList::SendPlayerEventLogSettings()
+{
+	for (auto &zs : zone_server_list) {
+		zs->SendPlayerEventLogSettings();
+	}
+}
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+++ b/Show More