How to make a Ragnarok Online private server

[Balistix]

How to Make a Ragnarok Private Server

Step 1 - Installing the programme

-First of all you will need a copy of the eAthena SVN.Download the latest from the download link below.Make sure you download the TXT version if you are new at this.

Download Link : [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

-Once you finish downloading that, extract it to anywhere in your computer.

Step 2 - Configuring the programme

Knowing your LAN ip
-Go to Start -- > Run then type cmd and click ok then a MSDOS window will come out.In that window, type ipconfig then press enter.Remember this details.

-Open up your conf then edit your conf folder

Getting a No-ip [a fix ip]
-Go to [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] and register
-Download the no-ip client and update it everytime you online your server.
[Like Below]


Replacing the IPs Correctly
Open your conf folder in your athena folder
Replace as following:

athena/conf/login_athena
login_ip : IP Address

athena/conf/char_athena
login_ip : IP Address
*IP adress is the ip that is shown in the MSDos Window

char_ip : WAN IP or No-ip
*No-ip is the ip that you have by registering with [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

athena/conf/map_athena
char_ip : IP Address

map_ip : WAN IP or No-ip

athena/conf/lan_support
lan_char_ip: IP Address

lan_map_ip: IP Address

subnet: Default Gateway
subnetmask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway check at the MsDOS batch window

Step 3 - How to let other people play // let yourself play on your server

*Download the hexed client from this following link:
Download Link : [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

*Download sclientinfo.xml here:
Download Link : [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

-Put the HexedRO into your RO folder
-Create one folder named "Data" in your RO folder
-Put the sclientinfo in the data folder
-Open the sclientinfo and type in your ip

**NOTE :
*If you want to play in your own server.Replace them with ur lan IP [The ip that you get from the MSDOS window]
*If you want others to play.Replace them with ur No-ip or ur Wan-ip

P/S :
If you have problems related to this guide please post in this topic.Do not start a new thread.

Originaly posted at Aphrodite Forum
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

[SHaW]

oh nice nice...this is like the first clean and easy to read guide i have seen/read..lol..nice find.

[z_brood]

thanks for the guide dude ^_^

[Balistix]

lol i was the poster friend ;) he gave me permission .

[Tctack323]

Can some1 tell me how to fix this??

[Error]LAN IP of the char-server doesn't belong to the specified Sub-network

[The Source]

Wow dude, really nice and detailed guide. The cool part is that it is easy to use :D

[Runar]

hey is there a way that i could pay a company to host my server? :)
if so wuold someone post a link? and tell me what is the best way to do it?

[harriganw]

im tryin to follow this guide but when i go into the eathena my computer cant open the files because it dose not know what made them what do i do plz i need help

[ultima40]

does this make ur computer the private server?

[Lazer1234]

how do i type the name of the server and how to write everything else when i open the the file called:sclientinfo??