RF Online 1.5

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 RF Online 1.5 v0.3.3 below. It is 183 MB.
2. Unzip it into a folder of your own, such as C:\Games\rf15.
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 354a9a93809185ba0ed3b9b4317bcc181fb4c54366ae8af3c8046e8221c97fb0.
• On Linux, run server/start-server.sh, or sudo sh server/linux/install.sh to install it as a service.

The server is the world; the client is the game program you see it through. RF Online's client is the original game, and you bring your own copy. Each server speaks to exactly one client build, so this is the step to get right.

1. You need the client whose RF_Online.bin is exactly 10.2M bytes, built 2013-03-13. Right-click the file, then Properties, to see its size.
2. This client needs one patch before it will start. Open tools\GoMMO_Client_Patcher.exe from the zip you downloaded.
3. Drop RF_Online.bin on its window and press Patch client. It backs the file up first, and Restore original undoes it.

Technical details

• What the patcher switches off on this build: HackShield; "HS Err 8" box; Intro movies; Monster auras.

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. Copy everything inside the zip's client folder into your RF Online folder, beside RF_Online.bin.
2. Run rflauncher.exe from your RF Online folder. It should say your server is online.
3. Register an account in the launcher, sign in, and press Play.

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.