Lineage 2 Private Server Setup (L2J) — Start to Login in 15 Min — Transcript

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1. 0:00You want an L2J server, but you don't
2. 0:01want to waste a whole day jumping
3. 0:03between dead tutorials. In 15 minutes,
4. 0:06I'll help you build a Lineage 2 server
5. 0:08that actually works. In this episode,
6. 0:10we'll set it up locally and test it. And
7. 0:12after that, we'll take it online step by
8. 0:14step so you can launch it or play
9. 0:15[music] with your friends. Let's get
10. 0:17started.
11. 0:19Step one, JDK25.
12. 0:23If you already have Java installed,
13. 0:25double check the version so you're not
14. 0:26accidentally running an older JDK. The
15. 0:29goal is when we build and run everything
16. 0:32uses the same Java version.
17. 0:40[music]
18. 0:53A Lineage 2 server setup has three big
19. 0:55[music] parts. the login server, the
20. 0:58game server, and the database. The
21. 1:01server pack [music] is basically the
22. 1:02login server plus game server code and
23. 1:05configs. The database is what they talk
24. 1:07to for accounts, characters, items,
25. 1:10[music] everything. Once you understand
26. 1:12that tree, the whole setup becomes
27. 1:14simple. Install dependencies, build the
28. 1:16pack, wire it to the DB, then point your
29. 1:19client to the login server.
30. 1:21Next, [music] the server pack. Download
31. 1:24and extract it somewhere clean. For this
32. 1:26tutorial, we're using the L2J Lisbus
33. 1:28server pack because it's open- source
34. 1:30and actively maintained. To download it,
35. 1:33you've [music] got two options. Clone
36. 1:35the repository if you want the clean dev
37. 1:37workflow, or just hit [music] download
38. 1:39zip on GitLab if you want the fastest
39. 1:40setup. I'll use the zippy method here so
40. 1:43anyone can follow along.
41. 1:49[music]
42. 2:02>> [music]
43. 2:09>> Quick tour of the pack. You'll usually
44. 2:11see folders like login server, game
45. 2:13server, tools, and sometimes SQL or data
46. 2:16pack folders.
47. 2:18The tools folder is important because
48. 2:20that's where we'll initialize the
49. 2:21database later.
50. 2:24Now, IntelliJ Idea, we'll use this IDE
51. 2:28to compile and build our server pack.
52. 2:30Download and install it. It's free.
53. 2:33Then, open the server pack as a project.
54. 2:35If IntelligJ asks about trusting the
55. 2:37project or importing build configs,
56. 2:39accept it.
57. 2:42[music]
58. 2:50>> [music]
59. 3:28>> In order to build the server files,
60. 3:29depending on your pack, you'll have
61. 3:31either Gradel/Maven or ANT scripts.
62. 3:34This pack is using Ant Build scripts
63. 3:36that generate the runnable jars and
64. 3:38required outputs. Therefore, we'll go to
65. 3:41the plug-in sections of the IDE and
66. 3:43install the ANT plugin required to
67. 3:45execute the build command. While the
68. 3:48build runs, keep an eye on errors. If
69. 3:50you see missing SDK or cannot find Java,
70. 3:53it's almost always because your project
71. 3:55SDK is pointing to the wrong version. In
72. 3:59this case, we need to point it to use
73. 4:00JDK25.
74. 4:19to execute the build. Go to the ANT tool
75. 4:22view and doubleclick on the disc option.
76. 4:25This triggers the complete build and
77. 4:27packaging process. Once the build
78. 4:29finishes, you should see a build folder
79. 4:31for both core and data pack folders.
80. 4:33Extract the archive you find in each
81. 4:35build folder and copy the contents in
82. 4:37[music] a new folder.
83. 4:45I've named it my dash server. That will
84. 4:48be our final server folder.
85. 5:30>> [music]
86. 5:35[music]
87. 6:00[music]
88. 6:12[music]
89. 6:14>> Cool. Now we move to the database layer.
90. 6:17MySQL server plus client. For this
91. 6:20video, I'm installing MySQL Server and
92. 6:22I'll be using MySQL Workbench as a DB
93. 6:24client to see and manage the tables.
94. 7:12myself.
95. 7:25Myself.
96. 8:03myself.
97. 8:22My
98. 8:45during install. Set your root password
99. 8:47and make sure the server is actually
100. 8:49running afterward. To do that, open your
101. 8:51DB client and confirm you can connect.
102. 9:01>> [crying]
103. 9:08>> Christmas.
104. 9:35You know who made it.
105. 10:00Now the important part, initialize
106. 10:02server DB. Inside the server pack tools
107. 10:06folder, we have the database installer
108. 10:08scripts. These scripts will create
109. 10:10tables and import all the SQL files for
110. 10:13both login server and game server.
111. 10:38You know who made it.
112. 10:45>> We'll use one database name for both
113. 10:47login and game tables. Hit enter for to
114. 10:50accept the default values presented. If
115. 10:53you're on Windows and your MySQL is
116. 10:55installed under program files, paths
117. 10:57with spaces can break these scripts
118. 10:59unless the right parts are quoted. So if
119. 11:01your installer fails, don't panic. It's
120. 11:03almost always a path quoting issue.
121. 11:13>> Open the installer config file, usually
122. 11:15something like ve.txt,
123. 11:18and add quotes at the beginning and at
124. 11:19the end of the MySQL path.
125. 11:35Now edit the database installer script.
126. 11:38You need to search and replace the MySQL
127. 11:40path variable and remove the quotes
128. 11:41around it.
129. 12:07Now run the installer again. Select yes
130. 12:09to create the login server database. You
131. 12:12should see it executing lots of SQL
132. 12:14files. When it finishes, go back to your
133. 12:16DB client and hit refresh. You should
134. 12:18see a big list of tables.
135. 12:56For both game server and login server,
136. 12:58we need to edit the config file and make
137. 13:00sure the Maria DB driver is enabled
138. 13:02along with its database path such that
139. 13:04it points to our newly created database.
140. 13:07Please note that Maria DB is compatible
141. 13:09with MySQL, so our connection will be
142. 13:12fine. Don't forget to fill in your
143. 13:13database user password. In my example, I
144. 13:16have used root user and test as the
145. 13:19password during the MySQL server
146. 13:21installation.
147. 13:32All
148. 13:49right, we are almost there. Last thing
149. 13:52we need to do is to register the game
150. 13:53server. To do that, head over to the
151. 13:56login folder and execute the register
152. 13:58game server file. When prompted, select
153. 14:01clean and then type one. This will
154. 14:04register our Bart server and produce the
155. 14:06hexid.txt
156. 14:07file. You need to copy that one in the
157. 14:10config folder of your game server
158. 14:12directory.
159. 14:25All done. Now we start login server.
160. 14:27First watch the console. It should say
161. 14:30it's listening on port 21106. It loads
162. 14:32server names and it registers the game
163. 14:34server slots. Then start the game
164. 14:36server. On a clean run, you'll see it
165. 14:39connects to the database, load scripts,
166. 14:41load data, and finally say it's ready.
167. 14:44If both are up, you're basically done.
168. 14:56To test your server, install a clean
169. 14:57Lineage 2 client matching your server
170. 14:59Chronicle. In this case, C4 Science of
171. 15:02Destiny is what we need.
172. 15:20>> [music]
173. 15:38>> You now need a system folder that comes
174. 15:40with an L2.ini
175. 15:42file where the server address variable
176. 15:44already points to the local host.
177. 15:46IP127.0.0
178. 15:490.1.
179. 15:50You can grab one from the L2J Lisbus
180. 15:53forum. If you search the form using this
181. 15:55exact text, you'll then find a post
182. 15:57where this was requested.
183. 16:04[music]
184. 16:29>> [music]
185. 16:31>> Now for the real test. Launch the
186. 16:33client, hit the login screen, and try
187. 16:35logging in.
188. 16:37Autocreate accounts is enabled. So on
189. 16:39your first login attempt, it creates the
190. 16:41account on the fly. Congrats, you have
191. 16:44successfully created your own L2J
192. 16:46server. [music]
193. 16:47In the upcoming episodes, we'll see how
194. 16:48to configure various rates for our
195. 16:50server, make our character a GM, take
196. 16:53this server from local host to public so
197. 16:55your friends can test it, and many more
198. 16:57cool stuff. If you enjoyed this episode,
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204. 17:08debug it. Thanks for watching, and let's
205. 17:11keep going.
206. 17:12>> [music]