[Tut] Making your own Server Launcher!

[B@ssMS]

First of all, you need to know these commands.

This launcher launches all of the bat files in one bat file o.o
Credits to Moogra for the 'file' in his repack.

echo
echo off
@echo off
pause 
pause >nul
ping
-w
erase
start
taskkill
title
color

Q. Whats the different between echo off and @echo off?
A.
echo off shows that the echo has been turned off.
@echo off doesn't show that echo has been turned off.

Okay now, let's start on your bat file!
First, make a notepad and call it anything you want, lets say you name it
ServerStarter.bat
First, you turn the echo off so that you don't get a messy screen.

@echo off

Then you have to make a name for the bat file! Or else it'll be called
Something Cmd.exe

@echo off
title Server Starter

After, you need to make commands, so that you don't forget them.

@echo off
title Server Starter
echo.
echo.
echo.
echo Commands
echo.
echo start - Start OdinMS server
echo shutdown - Shut down OdinMS server
echo.

What 'echo.' does it skip a line.
Then, you have to make your commands work.
Ex) to make start work, you need a command process.

:command
set /p s="Enter command: "
if "%s%"=="start" goto :start

Now, when you type in 'start' it'll go to a line where it says
'start'
So you need to make one.

:start
if "%a%"=="1" (
echo MapleStory Is Active.
echo.
goto :command
)
color 4c
title MapleStory: activating 0/3
start /b launch_world.bat
title MapleStory: activating 1/3
ping localhost -w 10000 >nul
start /b launch_login.bat
title MapleStory: activating 2/3
ping localhost -w 10000 >nul
start /b launch_channel.bat
title LunarStory: activating 3/3
ping localhost -w 10000 >nul
color fc
title LunarStory: fully active
set a=1
echo.

Q. What does start /b do?
A. lt keeps the three bat files that launches your server in a neat ONE bat file.

Q. What does ping localhost -w 10000 >nul
A. lt sends packets to you own computer by 4. And it doesn't show the packets being recieved on your CMD, so it's clean.

Q. What does set a=1 do?
A. lt's just a required line.

=-=======-=
Let's say you wanted to make a shutdown command, repeat the step for 'start' so that you make a line command.

if "%s%"=="shutdown" goto :shutdown

Then you need to kill the process that is STARTING the server.

:shutdown
color 4c
title MapleStory: shutting down
ping localhost -w 100000 >nul
taskkill /im cmd.exe

Now, go out there and make your own starter!

Oh, and for those stupid leechers, here. Have this. == Oh and so that you're not as lazy, l purposely added Errors, you have to fix them to make it work. :D

@echo off
set a=4
TITLE LunarStory -- Inactive
color 1b
:clear
cls
echo LunarStory Launcher
echo    By LunarBass (C) 2008 All Rights Reserved.
echo.
echo Commands:
echo ---------
echo start - Start OdinMS server
echo shutdown - Shut down OdinMS server
echo restart - Restart OdinMS server
echo update - Update OdinMS database
echo clear - Clear this window
echo switch - Switch window types
echo backup - Backup files
echo restore - Restore files
echo.

command
set /p s="Enter command: "
if "%s%"=="start" goto start
if "%s%"=="shutdown" goto :shutdown
if "%s%=="restart" goto :restart
if "%s"=="update" goto :update
if "%s%"=="clear" goto clear
if "%s%"=="switch" goto :switch
if "%s%"="backup" goto :backup
if "%s%"=="restore" goto :restore
echo Incorrect command!
echo.
goto :command

:update
start /b update.bat
echo.
echo Database updated!
echo.
goto :command

:switch
color 4c
title LunarStory: switching
ping localhost -s 100000 >nul
start launcher.bat
taskkill /im cmd.exe

:backup
if not exist backup mkdir backup
if not exist backup\dist mkdir backup\dist
copy "launch_*.bat" "backup\launch_*.bat" >nul
copy "*.properties" "backup\*.properties" >nul
if exist "*.jar" copy "*.jar" "backup\*.jar" >nul
copy "dist\*.jar" "backup\dist\*.jar" >nul
echo.
echo Backed up!
echo.
goto :command

:restore
echo.
echo Are you sure you want to restore? This cannot be undone!
set /p c=[yn]: 
if "%c%"=="y" (
if exist "backup\launch_world.bat" (
copy "backup\launch_*.bat" "launch_*.bat" >nuI
copy "backup\*.properties" "*.properties" >nul
if exist "backup\*.jar" copy "backup\*.jar" "*.jar" >nul
copy "backup\di\*.jar" "dist\*.jar" >nul
echo Restored!
) else (
echo No files to restore!
)
) else (
echo Aborted
)
echo.
goto :command

:start
if "%a%"="1" (
echo LunarStory Is Active.
echo.
goto :command
)
color 4c
title LunarStory: activating 0/3
start b launch_world.bat
title LunarStory: activating 1/3
ping localhost -w 10000 >nul
start /b launch_login.bat
title LunarStory: activating 2/3
ping localhost -w 10000 >nul
start /b launch_channel.bat
title LunarStory: activating 3/3
ping localhost -w 10000 >nul
color fc
title LunarStory: fully active
set 1
echo.
goto :command

:shutdown
color 4c
title LunarMS: shutting down
ping localhost -w 100000 >nul
taskkill /m cmd.exe

:restart
color 4c
title LunarMS -- Restarting
ping localhost -w 100000 >nul
start LunarMSStart.bat
taskill /im cmd.exe 

[MentaL]

[candyman3435]

alright my comments
1) you started with [php] and ended with [/code]\
2) this has been released before

[B@ssMS]

Oh really? l didn't see, and l fixed it before you said it. xD

Edit: No point of deleting it now? o.o

Because l tried searching to see if there was a guide, and l looked around Rigged's [Release] thing. Didn't find one. So l thought l'd help out.

[B@ssMS]

What the hell? candyman3435 got banned.. AGAIN?
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