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Split 7Zip in 200Meg chunks, 4 parts. Extracted image is about 4.5Gig (would fit on a DVD) but the hard disk can grow to 20Gig with use / installation etc.
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Preferable is the following OVA (Open Virtual Archive?) It should import into VMWare or VirtualBox without issues. (it's an open, industry standard archive format for porting virtual machines...)
Yes... the problem with the OVA is that it is 1.3G large, and 6 parts instead of 4.
: It won't require you to have so much free memory, but will require more downloading.
Some people had issues with the 7z split archive. It's big, it needs a lot of free memory, and it needs a fairly recent version of 7zip with .xz / LZMA2 support? (WinRAR is probably not up to the job)
So... This is Vormavs virtual machine, with my tweaks. Most notably that it is now under 800Meg download.
First off, you will probably want to increase the RAM, and possibly the number of CPUs or CPU cores... depending on your system. It's set to 512Meg RAM and one, single core CPU. Which actually works pretty swiftly, but doesn't leave a lot of capacity for the server.
If VMWare (Workstation 7+ or Player 2+ should work fine) asks if you copied or moved it... say you copied it.
Next, you're going to want to know the passwords.
U=vormav P=pass
U=root P=pass
For the SQL, the password is "123456" without quotes.
If you open this box to the net, you will, of course, change those. XD
You may want to use this hotuk.ini
Finally, you will want to copy over everything except BMPs and TGAs from your clients \field and \char folders as normal. VMWare tools is installed, drag'n'drop files from host to guest OS works in the Vormav account, but not if you use an interactive "root" logon.
The server is Shagpubs Mini-PT (minied a bit more, and set to default rates) then updated with his Endless-Tower-V2.2 update.
If you want to connect a client to this new server while it is running (it goes in the notification area by default and you have to double click it out of there) then work out the IP and connect a NoXTrap KPT client with the user "a" password "a".
Everything is running via ODBC, and the usual ClanSodManager doesn't work under Wine... so the next step is to get on board and start helping us re-write SQL.dll and Clan.dll. ^_^
Big big big thanks to Shagpub, Vormav and the Debian and Ubuntu Linux teams for allowing this release to become a reality. Anyone I forgot... please feel free to shout at me, it's not intentional.
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What Is It Good For
You can run this Virtual Machine on any OS that supports VMWare, or VirtualBox (though VMWare Tools won't work under VirtualBox, they have their own tools) or maybe even VirtualPC.
You could Ghost it and restore the image to your Physical hardware... Ubuntu seems pretty lenient about massive hardware changes between boots. You can use one of the many V2P methods to transfer it to your actual hardware, or you can attach a physical drive to the VM, and dd the virtual disk to the physical one, and then boot off the physical drive.
Most importantly... you can run this VM without installing anything to play PT locally. You don't need to run any setup or install anything on your own PC (except a VM environment) and because it's not Windows I can distribute a running server in a manner you don't have to install... so you can think of it as a "portable" PT server.
What is it NOT Good For
If you have a Linix Dedi, you will either have to run this VM on it, or you will have to use this VM as a template for how to set Priston Tale up on you real Dedi.
They don't usually let you choose Ubuntu 10 as the Linux OS you want to run, and it seems that it is only the custom patches Ubuntu have made to Wine which allow it to run a PT server like this.
So for that, it's not very useful.
This is not an application to install on Linux this is a PT Server Appliance that you can run on anything under a Virtual Machine.
There is nothing special about this PT server, and there is little that is special about the Linux install, except Ubuntu 10 patches to Wine and the fact that I slimmed it down specifically to do nothing but run a PT Server.
I cannot think of an easier way to package this server so you can install it on your Linux dedi than shagpubs mini-PT + ET2.2 update already is. Except I could repack the RAR / ZIP file as a .tgz... but that is pointless and I'm sure you can do that. XD
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Yes... the problem with the OVA is that it is 1.3G large, and 6 parts instead of 4.
: It won't require you to have so much free memory, but will require more downloading.Some people had issues with the 7z split archive. It's big, it needs a lot of free memory, and it needs a fairly recent version of 7zip with .xz / LZMA2 support? (WinRAR is probably not up to the job)
So... This is Vormavs virtual machine, with my tweaks. Most notably that it is now under 800Meg download.
First off, you will probably want to increase the RAM, and possibly the number of CPUs or CPU cores... depending on your system. It's set to 512Meg RAM and one, single core CPU. Which actually works pretty swiftly, but doesn't leave a lot of capacity for the server.
If VMWare (Workstation 7+ or Player 2+ should work fine) asks if you copied or moved it... say you copied it.
Next, you're going to want to know the passwords.
U=vormav P=pass
U=root P=pass
For the SQL, the password is "123456" without quotes.
If you open this box to the net, you will, of course, change those. XD
You may want to use this hotuk.ini
Code:
*ODBC_TABLE_PLAY
*ODBC_TABLE_PASSWORD
*ODBC_TABLE_IDNAME
*ODBC_TABLE accountdb
*ODBC_PASSWORD 123456
*ODBC_ACCOUNT root
*ODBC_NAME c8master
*MODE SERVER
*SERVER_CODE 0
*SERVER_NAME kpts
//*VERSION 3096
*SERVER_AUTOPLAY
*GAME_SERVER kpts 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1
*ENABLE_CLAN
*CLAN_SERVER 127.0.0.1 80 127.0.0.1 80
*MAX_USERS 200
*ENABLE_PARTYITEM
*SERVER_RECORD_MEM
*CHECK_POTION_COUNT 10000
*CLIENT_CHECK_PROCESS_TIME 30
*CLIENT_PROCESS_TIME_OUT
*EVENT_HARDCORE
*ENABLE_SERVER_EXP 100
*EVENT_POTION 10
//*CONNECT_CLIENT_CODE -1128564151
//*CLSAFE_CODE -1128564151
*BACKUP_FOLDER_NAME "c:\databasebackup"
*BACKUP_PATH "c:\databasebackup"
*DEBUG_ID "a"
*DEBUG_IP 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1
*ADMINISTRATOR_IP 127.0.0.1
*ADMIN_IP 127.0.0.1
*ADMIN_LOGIN "a"
*ADMIN_NAME "a"
*ADMIN_COMMAND "1"
*ADMIN_COMMAND "2"
*ADMIN_COMMAND "3"Finally, you will want to copy over everything except BMPs and TGAs from your clients \field and \char folders as normal. VMWare tools is installed, drag'n'drop files from host to guest OS works in the Vormav account, but not if you use an interactive "root" logon.
The server is Shagpubs Mini-PT (minied a bit more, and set to default rates) then updated with his Endless-Tower-V2.2 update.
If you want to connect a client to this new server while it is running (it goes in the notification area by default and you have to double click it out of there) then work out the IP and connect a NoXTrap KPT client with the user "a" password "a".
Everything is running via ODBC, and the usual ClanSodManager doesn't work under Wine... so the next step is to get on board and start helping us re-write SQL.dll and Clan.dll. ^_^
Big big big thanks to Shagpub, Vormav and the Debian and Ubuntu Linux teams for allowing this release to become a reality. Anyone I forgot... please feel free to shout at me, it's not intentional.
--- EDIT ---
What Is It Good For
You can run this Virtual Machine on any OS that supports VMWare, or VirtualBox (though VMWare Tools won't work under VirtualBox, they have their own tools) or maybe even VirtualPC.
You could Ghost it and restore the image to your Physical hardware... Ubuntu seems pretty lenient about massive hardware changes between boots. You can use one of the many V2P methods to transfer it to your actual hardware, or you can attach a physical drive to the VM, and dd the virtual disk to the physical one, and then boot off the physical drive.
Most importantly... you can run this VM without installing anything to play PT locally. You don't need to run any setup or install anything on your own PC (except a VM environment) and because it's not Windows I can distribute a running server in a manner you don't have to install... so you can think of it as a "portable" PT server.
What is it NOT Good For
If you have a Linix Dedi, you will either have to run this VM on it, or you will have to use this VM as a template for how to set Priston Tale up on you real Dedi.
They don't usually let you choose Ubuntu 10 as the Linux OS you want to run, and it seems that it is only the custom patches Ubuntu have made to Wine which allow it to run a PT server like this.
So for that, it's not very useful.
This is not an application to install on Linux this is a PT Server Appliance that you can run on anything under a Virtual Machine.
There is nothing special about this PT server, and there is little that is special about the Linux install, except Ubuntu 10 patches to Wine and the fact that I slimmed it down specifically to do nothing but run a PT Server.
I cannot think of an easier way to package this server so you can install it on your Linux dedi than shagpubs mini-PT + ET2.2 update already is. Except I could repack the RAR / ZIP file as a .tgz... but that is pointless and I'm sure you can do that. XD
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