RaiderZ Tutorials

Step-by-step RaiderZ guides written by RaGEZONE members, covering server setup, database configuration and client edits.

Guides here take you from a downloaded file set to a running RaiderZ 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.

RaiderZ releases cover the Maiet SDK source, the 2013 Bola server files with the RaiderZ Brasil client, and a 2016 package of NA client, Jan 2016 build and Visual Studio 2015 source needing no API server. The source produced SoulHunterZ; Bolas server files carry Project Everlasting content. Servers are Windows executables (MasterServer, LoginServer, AppServer, GameServer) set in server.ini over an ODBC DSN on MSSQL 2008 R2; 2008 Express cannot restore R2 backups. The 2013 files need telnet to a Linux API server, later rebuilt on XAMPP; runtest.bat carries the server IP. MRF Unpacker, z3ResEx and rzfswizard open .mrf and fileindex.msf, with .elu model source and a system XML editor.

Common questions

How do I set up a RaiderZ 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 RaiderZ.

Do I need to compile RaiderZ from source?

Not always. Many RaiderZ 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 RaiderZ 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.