danielezra

Unfortunately, I have a Windows VPS, not Linux. How much time do you think I’d need to invest in programming and configuration to get everything working well and fully featured

I have no idea how to do that, I wish someone with linux server will make a project of of game server for that game that you just need to download files and play

I don't have a solution you can download. CptSky is really the main person behind this section. I didn't even know this game existed before him. But yeah, you can host a server just fine with this, but you'll need to program the features and NPC dialogs, etc. If you don't have experience doing that, then it's not too late to learn... but this is a very advanced first project. You don't need to bypass login, to my understanding. You just have to insert the records into the database. But again, this may be a difficult first project. Learning how to set up a Conquer Online private server may be a bit easier. Conquer Online private server? To be honest with you, I am not a big fan of Conquer Online. I played it a lot during 2004-2005 and also during 2013-2014, and I have had enough of that game. It's nothing special to me; and that game still exists, you can still play it, Unlike Era of Faint. Era of Faith means a lot to me. I liked it a lot when I was a teenager, and I miss that game a lot; it's very nostalgic for me. Every 1-2 years, I check on Google about that game, that's how I found the cooldown.dev website. I have a lot of spare time this month, and I know C# very well. I can learn C+/C++ and use ChatGPT if I need help in C+/C++ coding. I want to try making a private server for Era of Faint or at least make the game playable on my PC. However, I don't even know how to start or what programs to use for that.

Thank you very much, is there a guide how to run that emulator?

Hm... CptSky's server isn't going to be an out-of-box solution. It's going to need quite a huge amount of work, to my understanding. I'd love to see what you come up with, though. A registration website would be a good addition... but my guess is that you can create an account through the database for now. It's based on his COPSv7 source, so you can look that up for Conquer Online and probably get some more detailed setup instructions. Best of luck! What about your solution? Is there a way to play on my own PC, just for myself, without others, just for playing alone? If the answer is yes, how can I bypass the login? I am a web developer, but I lack experience with any private server games. I have zero knowledge about that.

Oh! That's neat, if you have any old clients you wanna upload / share, then I can help mirror them. Just let me know. I have the same version as you v2107. Is it the latest version of the game with the market and all the new features they added later? By the way, I have various other media, such as multiple clip arts and the game trailer video. You can download it from here: https://mega.nz/folder/ajpizZDI#6fzeI2_LI5JqKVA6He8Xew

You should be able to start belief.exe from command line using the command-line argument "blacknull". So you can run "belief.exe blacknull" in a command-line terminal, or you can create a shortcut to the executable and add "blacknull" to the target. Blacknull was the name of a developer for the shell TQ used for that game, and it bypasses the play.exe requirement. Thanks, I did that and it worked for me as you can see here: https://i.imgur.com/FCtpoht.png However, when I click on "server 1," it leads me to an Acct and a Code login area, as shown here: https://i.imgur.com/GFiikgA.png What account and password do I need to use here to create a new account and start playing? By the way, I have a good Windows VPS server. Can we use it to create a game server for that game so people can play through it as a server so some people can play together?

It isn't working for me, and I've been attempting to use CptSky's modified 'belief.exe' file. I received an error message, probably telling me that I need to run 'Play.exe' first. How can I make it work please? the error message: https://imgur.com/a/U1nz1Rg

Wow, that's nostalgic! I used to play that game back in 2004-2005, and it holds a lot of nostalgia for me. I've saved numerous files related to this game over the last decade, including the game installation files, various media such as screenshots, and photos from different forums and websites and some from the official website using the Wayback Machine, Around 200 photos: https://imgur.com/a/RCuAy5H