Conquer Online Privat Server

[harris]

Hi there,

after alot of googleing, reading and punching my brain .. im here to make my final try.

I started playing Co as a Kid, like many people did. Many many Years later, i still cant get this game out of my Head. Im 35 now and i still love to play on Privat Servers so i can get the feeling from the past. My biggest Wish always was to have or make my own little World. I tried to find a working Guide out there that holds me at my Hand, and guides me throu the Way but i did not find anything that my Brain did understand or was the Guide broken etc.

So what do i want ? I want YOU! - Kidding :D All i want is to have my own little World to play on and maybe some friends like my World and want to play along. So what DO i want ? A little help. I would love to have someone that builds something with me and shows me how things work. Or if the first Way isnt an Option, im searching someone thats interessted and capable in building my own Way of Conquer Online.

So yes, if YOU think that you can help me learn what it takes to forfill my Wish than please dont hasitate and do so. :)

OR if YOU are the Person that is capable of building my Dream, please talk to me :]

Thanks for your time and a Happy New Year !

(No, English isnt my first Language)

Cheers, Harris !

[Spirited]

Hey Harris! I think I might make an announcement for the section that answers a lot of your questions. Firstly, I'm really happy to see a new face in the community excited about private servers. Unfortunately, these types of threads asking for help usually lead to a lot of abuse. There're a lot of people I try to keep out of this community who will try and sell you leaked / freely available source code, or servers with backdoors. Please be very careful when navigating private conversations (encourage members to post publicly to this thread if you're unsure).

That said, our community has members willing to help you out, but we need a lot more information first. Like what servers you've tried out or at least what patch you want to run a server for. Server development for Conquer Online sorta died off long ago, so the good servers run on older patches, just fyi. But if you give us an idea of what you're looking for, then maybe we can guide you in the right direction. Asking for people to do the work for you is a bit frowned upon. I might need to do a better job setting expectations for new members of the section - Servers will require programming and some work, and that time is very valuable to most programmers (it's a lot of work). I also don't want to encourage members in our community to just ask for private help (public information on how people can help themselves is a lot more valuable). But anyways, let us know what you're looking for and how we can best help you.

[harris]

Hey Harris! .......

Hey there and thanks for the fast reply,

There're a lot of people I try to keep out of this community who will try and sell you leaked / freely available source code, or servers with backdoors. Please be very careful when navigating private conversations (encourage members to post publicly to this thread if you're unsure).

Thats the reason why i asked here. After i found this Forum it looked to me that you keep an eye on whats going on here. To keep it clean ;)

Asking for people to do the work for you is a bit frowned upon. I might need to do a better job setting expectations for new members of the section - Servers will require programming and some work, and that time is very valuable to most programmers (it's a lot of work).

Ofc i dont want to leech the work from someone thats puts hours into "my dream" for no compensation.

But anyways, let us know what you're looking for and how we can best help you.

So now the "Fun Part" :) So im playing atm on an 5165 Privat Server if this is important.

The Things that i know i want:

- Just the 4 Main Classes

- No Tower / Fans / Horses etc..

- No Battlepower or atleast no Benefit from it

- Easy Leveling Up / Easy Start Items to get into playing BUT hard to master perfection

My Vision is a Privat Server with a classic touch and quality of Life improvements. I dont want to focus on leveling or hour/week long farming sessions to get even started. In my Mind, People come to this place to have fun and enjoy themselves. IF, you want to me the TOP of the TOP, then you have to put in the Hours of course. So i want that easy Start und fun envoirement but still have your items to have a meaning. That little something to show off like we did back in the days :D

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Im more then willing to learn myself as much as i can. I did participate in some JavaScript courses, some Python Calculators, a bit HTML & CSS (i know :D) and ALOT of the good old "Hello World!". So im really thankful for everyone that thinks the he/she/it/they/them wants to go this Road with me.

Again, thanks for even reading this.

Cheers.

Harris

[Spirited]

Huh, it sounds to me like you want something like version 5065. Dealing with Flash is sorta a pain in the ass though, and the game client uses flash for the watercolor login theme in patches 5032+. You can try working with patches around 5017. It should be the least painful option that has everything you want. I think I need to update my server downloads thread as well... it's missing a lot that never got moved over to Cooldown. Here are a few you can try out:

• https://gitlab.com/conquer-online/servers/cops-v6-emulator (Patch 5016)
  
• https://gitlab.com/conquer-online/servers/cops-v6-emulator-enhanced-edition (Patch 4330)
  

And in terms of learning, don't be afraid to take it slow and ask questions. And don't beat yourself up if you don't get something right away. The first month or two is the hardest with learning how to program in another language.

[harris]

Ok so i get that 5065 with Flash is not great in any way. Is there a Way to use a newer/better Version of Co and just disable Features and Classes i dont want ? Or is it still better to use 5065 for my Idea ?

Cheers.

[Rezlind]

Ok so i get that 5065 with Flash is not great in any way. Is there a Way to use a newer/better Version of Co and just disable Features and Classes i dont want ? Or is it still better to use 5065 for my Idea ?

Cheers.

Yes, it is possible to downgrade the a later client to a lower version. It does involve becoming familiar with the login sequence changes that happened over time. Spirited has documented the login sequence changes for various versions. You can compare it by switching branches in the Gitlabs UI here:

https://gitlab.com/spirited/comet/-/blob/5187/doc/LoginSequence.md

[Spirited]

Ok so i get that 5065 with Flash is not great in any way. Is there a Way to use a newer/better Version of Co and just disable Features and Classes i dont want ? Or is it still better to use 5065 for my Idea ?

Cheers.

Yep. Just to add to what Rezlind said, that's more or less what I'm doing with my server as well. I develop on version 5615, but I don't plan to use a lot of the modern features. It's more or less just for stability and access to various new skills, items, bosses, and effects. If you want to disable a class the easy way (until you replace the Flash character creation screen), you can have the MsgRegister packet return an error like what I did here in Comet:

https://gitlab.com/spirited/comet/-/blob/5187/src/Comet.Game/Packets/MsgRegister.cs#L80

[Rezlind]

Ok so i get that 5065 with Flash is not great in any way. Is there a Way to use a newer/better Version of Co and just disable Features and Classes i dont want ? Or is it still better to use 5065 for my Idea ?

Cheers.

Yep. Just to add to what Rezlind said, that's more or less what I'm doing with my server as well. I develop on version 5615, but I don't plan to use a lot of the modern features. It's more or less just for stability and access to various new skills, items, bosses, and effects. If you want to disable a class the easy way (until you replace the Flash character creation screen), you can have the MsgRegister packet return an error like what I did here in Comet:

https://gitlab.com/spirited/comet/-/blob/5187/src/Comet.Game/Packets/MsgRegister.cs#L80

Coincidentally the register invalid msg talk message solves one of the remaining tasks on our server project. Thanks

[harris]

Ok great.

So lets say i would like to start with Version 5615 and later disable all the Crap that i dont want. Whats the first steps and buy that i mean, i know i need to Download a Client Vers. 5615 then i need The 5615 Source if im right but then how do i actually setup the server so i can create an acc and start look into things ?

And again i have to say THANKS that you guys take your time to answear my really beginner Questions.

Cheers.

harris

[Rezlind]

Ok great.

So lets say i would like to start with Version 5615 and later disable all the Crap that i dont want. Whats the first steps and buy that i mean, i know i need to Download a Client Vers. 5615 then i need The 5615 Source if im right but then how do i actually setup the server so i can create an acc and start look into things ?

And again i have to say THANKS that you guys take your time to answear my really beginner Questions.

Cheers.

harris

Each source will have instructions on how to register an account (and/or require you to create an account manually in the database.) Pick a source from Spirited's server list and find it's appropriate client from the link Spirited provided then begin from there.

[harris]

Ok great.

So lets say i would like to start with Version 5615 and later disable all the Crap that i dont want. Whats the first steps and buy that i mean, i know i need to Download a Client Vers. 5615 then i need The 5615 Source if im right but then how do i actually setup the server so i can create an acc and start look into things ?

And again i have to say THANKS that you guys take your time to answear my really beginner Questions.

Cheers.

harris

Each source will have instructions on how to register an account (and/or require you to create an account manually in the database.) Pick a source from Spirited's server list and find it's appropriate client from the link Spirited provided then begin from there.

Ok, so i found the 5615 Client but i didnt found the 5615 Source for that. Did i miss something or do i have to find it somewhere else ?

cheers.

[Rezlind]

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Ok great.

So lets say i would like to start with Version 5615 and later disable all the Crap that i dont want. Whats the first steps and buy that i mean, i know i need to Download a Client Vers. 5615 then i need The 5615 Source if im right but then how do i actually setup the server so i can create an acc and start look into things ?

And again i have to say THANKS that you guys take your time to answear my really beginner Questions.

Cheers.

harris

Each source will have instructions on how to register an account (and/or require you to create an account manually in the database.) Pick a source from Spirited's server list and find it's appropriate client from the link Spirited provided then begin from there.

Ok, so i found the 5615 Client but i didnt found the 5615 Source for that. Did i miss something or do i have to find it somewhere else ?

cheers.

 

I don't know that a source for 5615 exists. You would have to figure out how the login sequence works for 5615 and then upgrade a server source to match it, or find a higher source and downgrade it to match it.

I would recommend looking at https://staging.cooldown.dev/topic/5-guide-server-downloads and selecting a version from the server side first, then finding it's respective client. There is a lot to learn and it would be better for you to start off with same version client to server by selecting the server source first.

[Spirited]

Yeah, unfortunately a lot of server projects died quickly in Conquer Online. They were mostly release-and-done projects that people would either privately develop on or later redistribute with modifications. The community is really late to the Git game. Something I did back in the day was start lower (like around patch 5187) and then work my way up. I know there're a few 5517 sources you can use as well (that's pretty close). I'll work on updating my server sources list today... I never got around to finishing it.