throzen Posted April 5, 2008 Posted April 5, 2008 [b]Geia se olous apolabste tis odigies :P[/b] This is my first guide so bear with me. Ok here is a guide that I wrote to help people make a mangos wow server without using a repack. The purpose is that repacks can be hard to update and can be buggy. if you use this guide you dont have to give credit or anything. ....although I will remove it if anyone leeches it. NEW: NOW INCLUDES INSTRUCTIONS FOR VMAPS Ok lets get started. First you'll need to download the following files sqlyog - to manage your mysql. link - http://www.download.com/SQLyog/3000-10255_4-10389670.html?tag=lst-1 ad.exe - used to extract maps. link - http://www.freewebs.com/dagamerc13/ad.rar dbc extractor - extracts dbc files from client. link - http://www.freewebs.com/dagamerc13/dbc_extractor.rar mangos core - obviously the main component. link - http://filebeam.com/folder/246 udb - the database. link - http://www.udbforums.org/ note: you have to make an account to get. mysql - needed for db - http://mysql.blic.net/downloads/mysql/5.0.html#win32 first extract the mangos core just so we can put stuff in it as we go. ok second we will extract the dbc files by copying the dbc extractor files (not folder) into C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\data\enUS for more help with this read the readme in the dbc extractor folder. when its done you should see a dbc folder and copy it into your mangos core folder. next we need maps. server will not work without them. so first we add a folder in our wow client called maps (so original) and copy ad.exe into the wow folder (not the maps folder). Run ad.exe and it will extract all the maps. when its finished copy the maps folder and add it to the mangos folder. NEW: Now this is optional so if you want it feel free to do it. How to install Vmaps. Download the vmap extractor in the download list at the top of this guide. Extract it and place all of its files into your wow client folder. Run makevmaps_SIMPLE.bat and it will start to extract them from your client. Note: this will take a very long time to do. When it is finally finished copy the new vmaps folder from the client to your mangos folder. Now that we have the dbc files and maps we need the mysql database software installed. when you install mysql almost any settings will work for it just make sure you remember your password if you set one. i recomend making the name and pass both root. Ok now to add the database to mysql. install sqlyog and run the program. It should ask you to put in some details on first run. in the mysql host address box simply put in localhost or 127.0.0.1 both work the same. put in the name and password you set for mysql in the next fields and click connect. nothing needs to go into the database field. next we need to load the udb database into it. right click on NAME@localhost and click create database and name it realmd. After you've got that done right click on it and click on restore from sql dump and open realmd.sql found inside your mangos file folder. now create another database the same way only name it mangos and restore it from the database found in your udb files. remember that file you downloaded from udbforums.org those ones. Also you will need to do the same for the characters.sql found in your mangos folder and name it characters. Now to configure your mangos so that it will know how to read the databases, use the maps, and run. So first open up your Mangos.conf file and find mangos. Code: DataDir = "@prefix@/share/mangos" and instead of "@prefix@/share/mangos" make it just " " so that it is blank. It should end up looking like this Code: # Data directory setting. # Important: DataDir needs to be quoted, as it is a string which may # contain space characters. DataDir = "" This will enable it to find the maps and vmaps folder to use. After that we now move on to configuring for the database. While still in mangos.conf find Code: LoginDatabaseInfo = "127.0.0.1;3306;mangos;mangos;realmd" WorldDatabaseInfo = "127.0.0.1;3306;mangos;mangos;mangos" CharacterDatabaseInfo = "127.0.0.1;3306;mangos;mangos;characters" and change it to look like Code: LoginDatabaseInfo = "127.0.0.1;3306;"your mysql name";"your mysql pass";realmd" WorldDatabaseInfo = "127.0.0.1;3306;"your mysql name";"your mysql pass";mangos" CharacterDatabaseInfo = "127.0.0.1;3306;"your mysql name";"your mysql pass";characters" now save and exit mangos.conf and open up realmd.conf All you need to do for this conf file is find Code: LoginDatabaseInfo = "127.0.0.1;3306;mangos;mangos;realmd" and set it up how you did with the last 3 for mangos.conf After you have that all set. Your done configuring everything and your ready to run it for yourself. Read on to learn how to make your server public for use on the internet. Ok now onto how to make it public. first you need to forward ports 8085 and 3724. to learn how to port forward go to the website of your router and find out. ok now gets the part many people often get confused with and that is configuring your database for public use. Open up sqlyog again and go to your realmd database. Look at the picture for how to modify it. when you see the data modify mangos to your servers name modify the address to your external ip (go to whatismyip.com to find your ip) thats all you need to modify. now you should be able to have people outside your router play on your server. Note: make sure you click the save button above the server name or it wont work. For LAN just make the ip your computers LAN ip. Now if you want a website for account creation download this from Spora The Burning Crusade Edition - MaNGOS community forums note: You may have to register to download it. read the readme and open the correct files and the setup is pretty self explanatory. I would recomend using Wamp for it. google it and you'll find it. all the setup for this is all self explanatory. if you have any questions about setting it up dont hesitate to pm me about it. by throzen Quote
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