ACE Online Help

Troubleshooting for ACE Online server owners across EP3, 3.3, 3.5, 4.3, EP4, 4.2 and 2.2 - connection errors, database problems, client crashes and configuration mistakes.

Most problems posted here come down to a handful of causes: the client pointing at the wrong address, a database the server cannot reach, a missing runtime library, or a port that was never opened. Search before posting - the same ACE Online errors come up often and usually already have an answer.

ACE Online - also Air Rivals and AceOnline - keeps its private server files by episode, with EP2, EP3, EP3.2, EP3.3, EP3.5, 4.2, 4.3 and 4.6 recurring. Named sets: ACE-Pack Spoonfeed Edition, NewAce, X-Rivals files V2, a VMware Ep4.6 server/client, and the EP_35_Source, EP_43_Source_DA and EP_46_Source_VS2019 sources, retargeted to Visual Studio 2013, 2019 and 2022 with MFC. Setup is Windows with MSSQL 2005 or 2008 R2: restore atum2_db_account and atum2_db_1, use atum/callweb, put the ODBC names in global.cfg, copy AceOnline.atm to the client Res-tex/Res-exe and .obj/.dat back to the server. Server executables and admin tools need IPs XOR-patched; HackShield, Omi.tex edited with DatEdit, and .sma, .dat and .map editing recur.

Episodes covered here EP33.33.54.3EP44.22.2

Common questions

Why will my ACE Online client not connect to the server?

Nearly always the address the client is pointed at. On many builds the server address sits inside a packed client file rather than a plain text config, so it has to be edited there. Check as well that the server is listening and the port is actually open.

Why will my ACE Online server not start?

Usually a database it cannot log in to, a missing runtime, or a port already in use by something else. The server console or log normally names the cause on the first failure, and the processes often have to be started in a particular order.

How do I get a useful answer about ACE Online here?

Post the ACE Online build you are running, the file set you used, the exact error text and what you have already tried. Threads with that detail get answered; vague ones usually do not.

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