Well, the community patches only work with the expansion, Immortal Throne (which I can recommend). The last bugfix patch will be launched soon, then we'll start on a balance patch.
Look here for which patch you need, if you never patched before you want the 1.01 to 1.30 patch;
http://www.gamershell.com/patch_download_archive_T.html http://www.gamershell.com/patch_download_archive_T.html