<html> <head><title>eAthena 1.0 RC5 Readme</title> <meta http-equiv="expires" content="-1" /> <meta http-equiv="pragma" content="no-cache" /> <meta name="author" content="eAthena Development Team" / <meta name="description" content="eAthena, ro server emulator" /> <meta name="keywords" content="eathena, ro, ragnarok online, server emulator, server software" /> <link href="./rc5.css" media="screen" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> </head> <body> <table class="wrapper"> <tr class="topbanner"> <td class="topnav"><b><a href="../readme.html">Intro</a></b></td> <td class="topnav"><b><a href="./changelog.html">Changelog</a></b></td> <td class="topnav"><b><a href="./features.html">Features</a></b></td> <td class="topnav"><b><a href="./Npcfeatures.html">Npc Features</a></b></td> <td class="topnav"><b><a href="./settingup.html">Setting Up</a></b></td> <td class="topnav"><b><a href="./gmcommands.html">GM Commands</a></b></td> <td class="topnav"><b><a href="./faq.html">FAQ</a></b></td> <td class="topnav"><b><a href="./support.html"> Support</a></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="banner" colspan="8"> <div align="right"><img src="./midbanner.jpg" border="0"></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="omgspacer"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="middle" colspan="8"> <table class="content"> <tr> <td class="contenttitle"><b>How to setup eAthena</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="contentbg"> <ol> <li>Edit motd.txt, grf-files.txt & .conf files as neccessary.</li> <li>If you want to add a user, run adduser.exe in the main eAthena directory before starting the server.<br> </li> <li>Run the login-server.exe, char-server.exe and map-server.exe in the main eAthena directory.</li> <li>You're done!<br> </li> </ol> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="omgspacer"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="middle" colspan="8"> <table class="content"> <tr> <td class="contenttitle"><b>Upgrading eAthena</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="contentbg"> <span style="font-weight: bold;"> <br> From a release newer than 953 or 817:</span><br> <ol> <li>Transfer your old /save/ folder contents (Athena.txt, Account.txt, Storage.txt, etc.) to the new /save/ folder.</li> <li>Transfer/Edit grf-files.txt, gm-account.txt and motd.txt as neccessary.</li> <li>Transfer any extra custom NPCs to the /npc/ folder and edit if neccessary.</li> <li>Edit .conf files to setup your server.</li> <li>You're done!</li> </ol> <span style="font-style: italic;">NOTE</span>: It is not recommended to transfer your DB files<br> as the DB files are constantly updated by the eAthena/jAthena<br> team. Just readd your changes to the new DB files instead of<br> replacing the new DB file with your old one.<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br> From a release older than 670:</span><br> <ol> <li>Transfer your old /save/ folder contents (Athena.txt, Account.txt, Storage.txt, etc.) to the new /save/ folder.</li> <li>Transfer/Edit grf-files.txt, gm-account.txt and motd.txt as neccessary.</li> <li>Transfer any extra custom NPCs to the /npc/ folder and edit if neccessary.</li> <li>Edit .conf files to setup your server.</li> <li>You're done!</li> </ol> <span style="font-style: italic;">NOTE</span>: It is not recommended to transfer your .conf files from<br> your old eAthena setup to this new one because there are always<br> changes and new additions to these .conf files all the time<br> <br> <span style="font-style: italic;">NOTE 2</span>: It is also not recommended to transfer your DB files<br> as the DB files are constantly updated by the eAthena/jAthena<br> team. Just readd your changes to the new DB files instead of<br> replacing the new DB file with your old one.<br> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="spaceromg"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="copyright" colspan="8">© Copyright 2004 eAthena Development Team<br>Design © Copyright 2004 Evera</td> </tr> </table> </body>