Issue 24

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Tools Needed

• An installation of Windows (verified working: 10 Pro, Server 2019 Standard)
• Visual Studio 2010 Professional Web download
• Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Express
• SQL Server Management Studio (SMSS)

Useful Information

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Known Common Issues

Player.txt Error

When running mapserver.exe you'll come across "Player.txt error message" To fix it, you'll need to comment out line 438 in MapServer\srv_init.c:

Under mapserver in srv_init.c, look for the following (specifically line 438)

if (write_templates) {
    playerCreatdStoryArc_GenerateData();
    containerWriteTemplates(template_dir);
    exit(0);
}

and change it to

if (write_templates) {
    //playerCreatdStoryArc_GenerateData();
    containerWriteTemplates(template_dir);
    exit(0);
}

Loading Costumes

If you really want to use costumes.bin, delete "InternalProducts" from ParseMaskSet[], ParseCostumeCostumeTexSet[], ParseCostumeCostumeGeoSet[], and ParseCostumeBone[] in Common/gameData/costume_data.c and fix whatever compile errors you get as a result. Client-side modification is required too.

Loading templates for DBServer.exe

tl;dr use templates.zip.

You may notice errors when attempting to load DBServer.exe it may hang around "Loading Templates..." To resolve this issue, run mapserver.exe -productionmode -templates to generate new templates and attribute files. Copy attributes (C:\CoH_Data\Attributes) into <gamedatadir.txt>\server\db\templates.

Missing maps.db

Use this pre-generated maps.db.

Version difference between client/server

Add version.ini in the server executable directory, containing

Version=XYZ

Where XYZ is the client version.

Character slot issue

Change line 1044 in clientcomm.c to

if (con) {
    con->logged_in = 1;
    con->slot_count = 20;
}