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| − | This tutorial will help you compile your very own [[CyanWorlds.com Engine|CWE]] client.
| + | These instructions will help you compile your very own [[CyanWorlds.com Engine|CWE]] client. |
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| − | If you need an Internal client to connect to MO:ULa, you can use the GoW-provided [http://forum.guildofwriters.org/viewtopic.php?t=6113 CWE Testing Build bundle]. Simply run the <code>plclient_moula.vbs</code> script after copying the <code>dat</code> and <code>sfx</code> files from your Uru Live installation.
| + | <big>Please see the [https://h-uru.github.io/Plasma/building.html Plasma build instructions on GitHub].</big> |
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| − | == Prerequisites ==
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| − | You'll need the following software to successfully build CWE:
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| − | * [http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/downloads/list?can=3 Git] for fetching the source code. If you're not familiar with Git, you might want to read up on it thanks to some of [http://help.github.com/ Github's excellent articles].
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| − | * [http://cmake.org CMake] to configure your build of CWE for Visual Studio. When you install, make sure you tell the installer to add CMake to the system PATH.
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| − | * PhysX 2.6.4. This is available from NVIDIA's [http://www.nvidia.com/object/physx_archives.html#SDK PhysX Archives]. Please use 2.6.4. ''Newer versions will not work correctly.''
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| − | * [http://connect.creativelabs.com/openal/Downloads/OpenAL11CoreSDK.zip Creative Labs' OpenAL SDK 1.1]
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| − | * The June 2010 [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=3021d52b-514e-41d3-ad02-438a3ba730ba DirectX SDK]
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| − | * Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 to compile CWE.
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| − | ** '''Students''': Download the full version from [https://www.dreamspark.com/default.aspx Microsoft DreamSpark] for free.
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| − | ** '''Everyone Else''': [http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/visual-cpp-express Visual C++ 2010 Express Edition] can be downloaded for free.
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| − | * The [http://guildofwriters.org/tools/devlibs.zip CWE development libraries bundle]
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| − | The sources for CWE (also called Plasma) can be found [https://github.com/H-uru/Plasma on Github]. To download them, use Git as follows:
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| − | # Start git-bash in a folder where the source repository should be downloaded.
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| − | # Enter:
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| − | git clone https://github.com/H-uru/Plasma
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| − | This will download the source code to a folder named <code>Plasma</code> in the aforementioned directory.
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| − | Also, do not forget to update your client's build ID to match the build ID of the server (e.g. as of this writing, MO:ULa's build ID is 906). This number is set in <code>Sources/Plasma/NucleusLib/pnProduct/Private/pnPrBuildId.cpp</code> under "#define BUILD_ID XXX" where XXX is the actual build ID.
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| − | == Building an Internal Client ==
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| − | If you want to build only a client useful for testing, for example, you might want to build the Internal Client.
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| − | === Compiling ===
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| − | The first step is to compile the source code:
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| − | # '''Start Cmake'''
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| − | # '''Set''' the ''Where is the source code'' option to the location where you cloned the repository.
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| − | # '''Set''' the ''Where to build the binaries'' option to a subfolder of the aforementioned location called ''build''.
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| − | # '''Check''' the ''Grouped'' and ''Advanced'' options.
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| − | # '''Press ''Configure'''''. Select ''Visual Studio 10 2010'' as the generator.
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| − | # '''Set''' the ''CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX'' option under ''Cmake'' to the ''cwe-prefix'' folder that you extracted from the [http://guildofwriters.org/tools/devlibs.zip ''development libraries bundle''].
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| − | # '''Press ''Configure''''' again.
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| − | # '''Set''' the OpenAL include and library path options under ''OpenAL''.
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| − | #* '''Default Include Path''': <code>C:\Program Files\OpenAL 1.1 SDK\include</code>
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| − | #* '''Default Library Path''': <code>C:\Program Files\OpenAL 1.1 SDK\lib\win32\OpenAL32.lib</code>
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| − | # '''Press ''Configure''''' again.
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| − | # '''Set''' the ''PHYSX_SDK_PATH'' option under ''PHYSX''. The default value is <code>C:\Program Files\AGEIA Technologies\AGEIA PhysX SDK\v2.6.4\SDKs</code>.
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| − | # '''Press ''Configure...''''' For the last time!
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| − | # '''Press ''Generate.''''' You will now have a Visual Studio solution file (<code>.sln</code>) in the folder that you specified to build the binaries in under the name <code>Plasma.sln</code>.
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| − | # '''Open the solution''' in Visual Studio. You can compile CyanWorlds.com Engine by pressing ''Build'' -> ''Build Solution''. This will take some time. Choose "Release" as build-type (there's a drop-down menu at the top of the window) to make dll hell slightly less worse.
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| − | You now have a fully functional client under <code>''BUILD FOLDER''\bin\Release</code>. '''<code>plClient.exe</code>''' is the actual game client whereas '''<code>plUruLauncher.exe</code>''' is the patcher for your shard and '''<code>plCrashHandler.exe</code>''' is the executable used to handle crashes by outputting to a <code>crash.dmp</code> file.
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| − | === Setting Up ===
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| − | Once you have your three executables, you'll need to setup a directory from which you can actually use it:
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| − | # Create a folder on your computer (e.g. "Documents\Internal") and copy into this folder all three executables (if you're only going to use the client in "-LocalData" mode, you just need to copy <code>plClient.exe</code> and <code>plCrashHandler.exe</code>).
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| − | # Copy from your Uru Live installation the <code>dat</code> and <code>sfx</code> folders.
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| − | # Copy the <code>dat</code>, <code>Python</code> and <code>SDL</code> folders from the [https://github.com/H-uru/moul-scripts moul-scripts repository] (clone it as you did for the client).
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| − | # Copy the <code>server.ini</code> file for the shard you are trying to connect to into your client's folder.
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| − | # Obtain and copy the following files into your client's folder (you can copy them from the [http://forum.guildofwriters.org/viewtopic.php?t=6113 CWE Testing Build bundle] if links aren't provided):
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| − | #* <code>NxCharacter.dll</code>,
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| − | #* <code>PhysXLoader.dll</code>,
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| − | #* <code>python27.dll</code>,
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| − | #* <code>[http://www.guildofwriters.org/tools/resource.dat resource.dat]</code>.
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| − | You can now start your client by starting <code>plUruLauncher.exe</code>, which will connect to the appropriate server and download the latest files; to use only the data files available on your local computer (which is useful if you don't want the server to overwrite your own files when you connect to it), start <code>plClient.exe</code> instead with the option "-LocalData".
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| − | As an additional note, if you have a <code>TOS.txt</code> file in your client's folder, the client, after having succesfully logged in the user, will display the contents of this file.
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| − | == Building an External Client ==
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| − | The steps required to build such a client are more or less the same as for an Internal client.
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| − | === Compiling ===
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| − | Compiling follows the exact same procedure, except that you'll need to check under CMake the option ''PLASMA_EXTERNAL_RELEASE'' under ''PLASMA''. Also note that the three files you'll obtain in the end are '''<code>UruExplorer.exe</code>''', '''<code>UruLauncher.exe</code>''' and '''<code>UruCrashHandler.exe</code>'''.
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| − | === Setting Up ===
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| − | The process for setting up your External client is the same as for an Internal client. The only difference is in the execution: you cannot run an External client in "-LocalData" mode, and starting <code>UruExplorer.exe</code> (<code>plClient.exe</code>'s equivalent) will force you to use <code>UruLauncher.exe</code>. The External client will thus always use the latest files as provided by the server.
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| − | == Editing <code>server.ini</code> ==
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| − | For your client to be able to connect to your own Shard, you'll need to provide it with a <code>server.ini</code> file. The options are entered in the following form:
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| − | Server.''Option'' ''Value''
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| − | This file will need to contain the following options:
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| − | * <code>Server.Auth.N</code>, <code>Server.Auth.X</code>, <code>Server.Game.N</code>, <code>Server.Game.X</code>, <code>Server.Gate.N</code> and <code>Server.Gate.X</code>: if you followed [[DIRTSAND:Getting Started|these]] instructions, you'll have to use the keys provided by the <code>keygen new</code> command. If you are following the minimal setup guide, you don't need to provide these keys.
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| − | * <code>Server.Gate.Host</code>: your Shard's IP address or domain name.
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| − | * <code>Server.DispName</code> ''(optional)'': the name of the client displayed to the user.
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| − | * <code>Server.Status</code> ''(optional)'': a URL for the status message of your Shard.
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| − | * <code>Server.Signup</code> ''(optional)'': a URL for a signup page to your Shard, linked to by the appropriately-named button.
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