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Server setup

kaczy93 edited this page Jan 18, 2023 · 9 revisions

Table of contents

  1. Server Setup
    1. Building
    2. Running
    3. Example config
  2. Config entries
  3. Map sizes
  4. CentrED/CentrED+ Migration
    1. CentrED
    2. CentrED+

Server Setup

Building

Simply run in terminal:

dotnet build

To build a release

dotnet build -c release

Running

Just run the application.
It will look for xml config file with the same name as executable (eg. cedserver.exe and cedserver.xml)
If config file is absent, it will guide you through basic configuration

CentrED+ mode

To enable compatibility with CentrED+ client, change flag CentrEdPlus in configuration file

Example config

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<CEDConfig xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" Version="3">
  <CentrEdPlus>false</CentrEdPlus>
  <Port>2597</Port>
  <Map>
    <Map>map0.mul</Map>
    <StaIdx>staidx0.mul</StaIdx>
    <Statics>statics0.mul</Statics>
    <Width>896</Width>
    <Height>512</Height>
  </Map>
  <Tiledata>tiledata.mul</Tiledata>
  <Radarcol>radarcol.mul</Radarcol>
  <Accounts>
    <Account>
      <Name>admin</Name>
      <PasswordHash>password</PasswordHash>
      <AccessLevel>255</AccessLevel>
      <LastPos x="0" y="0" />
      <Regions />
      <LastLogon>2023-01-17T10:00:23.8229516+01:00</LastLogon>
    </Account>
    <Account>
      <Name>user</Name>
      <PasswordHash>password</PasswordHash>
      <AccessLevel>2</AccessLevel>
      <LastPos x="100" y="100" />
      <Regions>
        <Region>region1</Region>
      </Regions>
      <LastLogon>0001-01-01T00:00:00</LastLogon>
    </Account>
  </Accounts>
  <Regions>
    <Region>
      <Name>region1</Name>
      <Area>
        <Rect x1="0" x2="0" y1="10" y2="10" />
        <Rect x1="100" x2="100" y1="110" y2="120" />
      </Area>
    </Region>
  </Regions>
</CEDConfig>

Config entries

  • CEDConfig
    • CentrEdPlus - [boolean] Indicator if server should handle CentrED 0.6.3 or CentrED+ 0.7.9 client
    • Map
      • Map - [string] path to mapX file
      • StaIdx - [string] path to staidxX file
      • Statics - [string] path to staticsX file
      • Width - [int] width of map in blocks
      • Height - [int] height of map in blocks
    • Tiledata - [string] path to tiledata file
    • Radarcol - [string] path to radarcol file
    • Accounts - [array] stores information about accounts
      • Account
        • Name - [string] username
        • PasswordHash - [string] md5 hash of user password
        • AccessLevel [byte] user access level
          • 0 - none (block someone from accessing the server without removing the account)
          • 1 - viewer (allow someone to only view the map and chat with others)
          • 2 - normal/editor (view + edit the map)
          • 3 - developer (editor + large scale operations + server flush)
          • 255 - admin (full access)
        • LastPos - (x,y) user last position
        • Regions - [array] List of regions that users can edit, empty means no restriction
          • Region - [string] Region name
        • LastLogon - [datetime] Last login date
    • Regions [array] - list of defined regions
      • Region - region definition
        • Name - [string] region name
        • Area - [array] region area list
          • Rect - (x1,x2,y1,y2) rectangular area of region

Standard Map Sizes:

# Facet Size(tiles) Size(blocks) Files
0 Pre-Alpha 1024x1024 128x128 map0.mul
staidx0.mul
statics0.mul
0 Felucca(Pre-ML) 6144x4096 768x512 map0.mul
staidx0.mul
statics0.mul
0 Felucca 7168x4096 896x512 map0.mul
staidx0.mul
statics0.mul
1 Trammel(Pre-ML) 6144x4096 768x512 map1.mul
staidx1.mul
statics1.mul
1 Trammel 7168x4096 896x512 map1.mul
staidx1.mul
statics1.mul
2 Ilshenar 2304x1600 288x200 map2.mul
staidx2.mul
statics2.mul
3 Malas 2560x2048 320x256 map3.mul
staidx3.mul
statics3.mul
4 Tokuno 1448x1448 181x181 map4.mul
staidx4.mul
statics4.mul
5 TerMur 1280x4096 160x512 map5.mul
staidx5.mul
statics5.mul

Migration

CentrED# server config is based on original CentrED config.

CentrED

Users of CentrED can reuse their exisitng config without changes.
Simply replace cedserver.exe and you're ready to go

CentrED+

Users of CentrED+ have to adapt their config in a predfined way:

  • Remove Language, Map.Prefix and Map.Format
  • Add CentrEdPlus flag
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