ACE Tutorials

Step-by-step ACE Online guides written by RaGEZONE members, covering EP3, EP2 and 3.5 - server setup, database configuration and client edits.

Guides here take you from a downloaded file set to a running ACE Online server: installing the database engine, importing the database, editing the config files and ports, pointing the client at your own address, and setting rates. Several also cover hosting on a VPS and opening the ports a public server needs.

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 EP3EP23.5

Common questions

How do I set up a ACE Online private server?

The usual order is: get the server files, install the database engine, import the database, edit the config files with your address and ports, start the server processes in the right sequence, then point the client at your server. The guides in this section walk through each step for ACE Online.

Do I need to compile ACE Online from source?

Not always. Many ACE Online releases ship precompiled, so you only have to configure them. Compiling matters when you want to change how the server behaves, and there are guides here for that too.

Can I run a ACE Online server on my own PC?

Yes, for testing, and most guides here recommend doing exactly that first - ideally in a virtual machine. Making it reachable from the internet needs a public address or a VPS and the right ports open.

Tags used in ACE Tutorials

• private server ace online