DragonSoul

This zip is your whole game world: the server program, the game's content, a database that builds itself, and GoMMO Manager, the window you run it all from. There is nothing else to install first.

1. Download DragonSoul v0.1.5 below. It is 57 MB.
2. Unzip it into a folder of your own, such as C:\Games\ds.
3. Not inside Program Files: the server saves its database and logs beside itself, and Windows blocks that there.

Technical details

• Check the download: its SHA-256 is 38407578e6e29068ba01ed891f3bf4e5665b5643076b4ba6fc68a535591d3527.
• On Linux, run server/start-server.sh, or sudo sh server/linux/install.sh to install it as a service.

The DragonSoul client, the game program you play, is its own larger download, already installed and set up for your server.

1. Download the client below.
2. Unzip it to a folder you can write to, such as C:\Games\DragonSoul.

Technical details

• Already have DragonSoul from the original installer? Copy dslauncher.exe and launcher.ini from the server zip's client folder beside gameclient_release.exe instead.

GoMMO Manager sits at the top of the folder you unzipped. It is the control panel for your server: it starts and stops it, shows you what it is doing, and sets it up the first time.

1. Double-click GoMMO_Manager.exe.
2. Press Start. If Windows asks about the firewall, allow it.
3. The first time, Server Setup opens by itself. Create your owner account: that is you, the administrator.
4. Watch the log. When it says the server is listening, your world is up.

Technical details

• Switch Auto on and the manager restarts a server that stops on its own.
• It backs up every database each day into backups/, and updates the server when a new release is out.
• The first start takes longest: the server builds its database and imports the game content.

Your server is running on your own computer. Now point the game at it and log in. Your computer is both the server and the player, so the address is 127.0.0.1, which means "this machine".

1. Run dslauncher.exe in your client folder. It shows whether your server is online.
2. Start the game and sign in with any name and password. The account is created the first time you use it.

Technical details

• To let friends join, GoMMO Manager's Server Setup writes your public address into the client files, and Check Ports opens the firewall. Forward the same ports on your router.

Every server here is built in the open, and the people running them are the best help you will find. Ask when you are stuck, report what breaks, and follow the game so you hear about each new version.

1. Something broke? Report a bug with what you did, what happened and a screenshot. Fixes land for everybody.
2. Stuck on a step? Ask on Discord or the forum. Say which game and which step.