C9 Tutorials

Step-by-step C9 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 C9 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.

C9 private server setup runs the CHS C9 server files, the 2018 five-class release with client, patch, launcher and reg, or C9 version 1222 with loginserver and c9.exe. Setups need Windows Server, MSSQL 2008 R2 or 2014, restored DatabaseBackup .bak files, .NET, and bat files run as Administrator to repoint ODBC. External IP goes in max_config/LMSConfig.dat: LMS 10900, GMS 10001, AdminToolPort 21000. CHSC9FileManager handles C9CfsInfo.dat, .cfs and c9t, alongside a c9d class editor, a C9U text decompiler, C9ServerStarter, GM Tool and C9CMS, AuraC9 or Web C9 sites. Cash shop and exp rate edits recur, newer c9d content needed cracking, and a 2025 client and server source arrived password locked.

Common questions

How do I set up a C9 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 C9.

Do I need to compile C9 from source?

Not always. Many C9 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 C9 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.