ok all sorry i been gone but i had to pund out a BETA just to see what the outcome would be and it was a very educating experience.
the ending result is a mud engine that doesnt need BTRIEVE whatsoever its completely SQL driven using ODBC.
i created the database in ms-access 2003 then create a game engine to read from it.
and it worked flawlessly.
the only downside is unlike my new Tele-Arena engine you cannot edit the database while it is in use, but the upsides far outweigh the downs.
with the engine done im back to getting the TA patch live tonight, anyone that wants to see this new game engine all you need is WGNT and drop me a PM ill send ya copy.