[Guide] Ascent 2.3.0

[Neth'zul]

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INSTALLATION GUIDE
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HOWTO SETUP AN ASCENT SERVER
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This server repack is designed for use with the client and server on the same machine...

MAKE SURE .NET FRAMEWORK 2.0 IS INSTALLED!!!

1. Extract all the files and folders from Ascent v2.3.0 RePack [COMPLETE].rar into the current directory...
[Assume the current directory is 'C:/Ascent/']...

2. Use SQLyog, and create 2 new databases on your SQL server call them 'ascent_char' & 'ascent_world'...

3. Import the file '/SQL/database_character.sql' into the 'ascent_char' database...

4. Import the file '/SQL/database_world.sql' into the 'ascent_world' database...

5. Copy 'ad_.exe' into your v2.3.0 wow client installation folder...

6. Create a folder called 'maps' in your v2.3.0 wow client installation folder...

7. Run 'ad_.exe'... This will take sum time to extract all the maps...

8. Place the 'maps' folder from your v2.3.0 wow client installation folder into 'C:/Ascent/'...

9. Now we are going to configure the server...

I WOULD SUGGEST YOU READ EACH CONF FILE THOROUGHLY...

Open up ascent.conf file... and the enter your SQL server login infomation...

#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#
# Database Section
#
# Database.Host - The hostname that the database is located on
# Database.Username - The username used for the mysql connection
# Database.Password - The password used for the mysql connection
# Database.Name - The database name
# Database.Port - Port that MySQL listens on. Usually 3306.
# Database.Type - Client to use. 1 = MySQL, 2 = PostgreSQL, 3 = Oracle 10g
#
#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#

<WorldDatabase Hostname = "host" Username = "username" Password = "passwd" Name = "database" Port = "3306" Type = "1">
<CharacterDatabase Hostname = "host" Username = "username" Password = "passwd" Name = "database" Port = "3306" Type = "1">

9. Open up logonserver.conf file... and the enter your SQL server login infomation...


Quote:
# LogonDatabase Section
#
# These directives are the location of the `realms` and `accounts`
# tables.
#
# LogonDatabase.Host - The hostname that the database is located on
# LogonDatabase.Username - The username used for the mysql connection
# LogonDatabase.Password - The password used for the mysql connection
# LogonDatabase.Name - The database name
# LogonDatabase.Port - Port that MySQL listens on. Usually 3306.
# LogonDatabase.Type - Client to use. 1 = MySQL, 2 = PostgreSQL, 3 = Oracle 10g
#

<LogonDatabase Hostname = "host"
Username = "user"
Password = "pass"
Name = "dbname"
Port = "3306"
Type = "1">

10. LOCAL or LAN or WAN Setup...
Here is the spot to edit if you want to get your server networking or online...
Open up realms.conf file... you can modify the names if you like, not important tho...


#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# -> To set this as a network server set this to ur LAN IP address
# eg. <LogonServer Address = "192.168.0.5"
# -> To set this as a online server set this to ur WAN IP address
# eg. <LogonServer Address = "210.55.66.248"
#
#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#

<LogonServer Address = "127.0.0.1"
Port = "8093"
Name = "WoWps.org Logon"
RealmCount = "1">

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# -> To set this as a network server set this to ur LAN IP address
# eg. Address = "192.168.0.5:8129"
# -> To set this as a online server set this to ur WAN IP address
# eg. Address = "210.55.66.248:8129"
#
#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#

<Realm1 Name = "WoWps.org"
Address = "127.0.0.1:8129"
Icon = "PVP"
Colour = "1"
Population = "1.0"
TimeZone = "1">

11. Load up logonserver.exe and antrix.exe... They should load and stay open...

LOG - ASCENT.EXE

Ascent 2.5-TRUNK r2422/Release-Win32-X86 :: World Server
Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Ascent Team. AscentEmu.com - Ascent Emulator
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, and is FREE SOFTWARE.
You are welcome to redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General
Public License, either version 3 or any later version. For a copy of
this license, see the COPYING file provided with this distribution.

The key combination <Ctrl-C> will safely shut down the server at any time.

14:16 S Rnd: Initialized Random Number Generators.
14:16 D ThreadPool: Thread 9128 entered the free pool.
14:16 D ThreadPool: Startup, launched 5 threads.
14:16 D ThreadPool: Thread 9504 entered the free pool.
14:16 D ThreadPool: Thread 9620 entered the free pool.
14:16 D ThreadPool: Thread 8408 entered the free pool.
14:16 D ThreadPool: Thread 9200 entered the free pool.
14:16 D ThreadPool: IntegrityCheck: Perfect!
14:16 N Config: Loading Config Files...

14:16 S Config: >> ascent.conf
14:16 S Config: >> realms.conf
14:16 N Database: Connecting to MySQL on ********* with (********* : *********)
14:16 D ThreadPool: Thread 9128 left the thread pool.
14:16 D ThreadPool: Thread 9128 is now executing task at 0x01C76CE8.
14:16 N Database: Connecting to MySQL on ********* with (********* : *********)
14:16 D ThreadPool: Thread 8408 left the thread pool.
14:16 D ThreadPool: Thread 8408 is now executing task at 0x01C76E78.



14:16 N World: Loading DBC files...
14:16 N DBC: Loading DBC/ItemSet.dbc.
14:16 N DBC: Loading DBC/Lock.dbc.
14:16 N DBC: Loading DBC/EmotesText.dbc.
14:16 N DBC: Loading DBC/SkillLineAbility.dbc.
14:16 N DBC: Loading DBC/SpellItemEnchantment.dbc.
14:16 N DBC: Loading DBC/GemProperties.dbc.
14:16 N DBC: Loading DBC/SkillLine.dbc.
14:16 N DBC: Loading DBC/Spell.dbc.
14:16 N DBC: Loading DBC/ItemExtendedCost.dbc.
14:16 N DBC: Loading DBC/Talent.dbc.
14:16 N DBC: Loading DBC/SpellCastTimes.dbc.
14:16 N DBC: Loading DBC/SpellRadius.dbc.
14:16 N DBC: Loading DBC/SpellRange.dbc.
14:16 N DBC: Loading DBC/SpellDuration.dbc.
14:16 N DBC: Loading DBC/ItemRandomProperties.dbc.
14:16 N DBC: Loading DBC/AreaTable.dbc.
14:16 N DBC: Loading DBC/FactionTemplate.dbc.
14:16 N DBC: Loading DBC/Faction.dbc.
14:16 N DBC: Loading DBC/TaxiNodes.dbc.
14:16 N DBC: Loading DBC/TaxiPath.dbc.
14:16 N DBC: Loading DBC/TaxiPathNode.dbc.
14:16 N DBC: Loading DBC/CreatureSpellData.dbc.
14:16 N DBC: Loading DBC/CreatureFamily.dbc.
14:16 N DBC: Loading DBC/ChrRaces.dbc.
14:16 N DBC: Loading DBC/ChrClasses.dbc.
14:16 N DBC: Loading DBC/Map.dbc.
14:16 N DBC: Loading DBC/AuctionHouse.dbc.
14:16 N DBC: Loading DBC/ItemRandomSuffix.dbc.

14:16 N World: Beginning parallel server startup with 4 threads.

14:16 N ObjectMgr: 1 players loaded.
14:16 N Storage: 14107 entries loaded from table creature_names.
14:16 N Storage: 12412 entries loaded from table gameobject_names.
14:16 N Storage: 710 entries loaded from table areatriggers.
14:16 N Storage: 912 entries loaded from table itempages.
14:16 N Storage: 13818 entries loaded from table creature_proto.
14:16 N Storage: 384 entries loaded from table graveyards.
14:16 N Storage: 59 entries loaded from table teleport_coords.
14:16 N Storage: 328 entries loaded from table fishing.
14:16 N Storage: 2987 entries loaded from table npc_text.
14:16 N Storage: 61 entries loaded from table worldmap_info.
14:16 N Storage: 22 entries loaded from table zoneguards.
14:16 N ObjectMgr: 52 player create infos loaded.
14:16 N ObjectMgr: 52 level up informations generated.
14:16 N Storage: 5173 entries loaded from table quests.
14:16 N Storage: 22217 entries loaded from table items.
14:16 N ObjectMgr: 107 totem spells loaded.
14:16 N ObjectMgr: 6659 spell skills loaded.
14:16 N ObjectMgr: 0 disabled spells.
14:16 N ObjectMgr: 43 spell overrides loaded.
14:16 N ObjectMgr: 1386 vendors loaded.
14:16 N ObjectMgr: 69 spell threats loaded.
14:16 N ObjectMgr: HighGuid(CORPSE) = 0
14:16 N ObjectMgr: HighGuid(PLAYER) = 1
14:16 N ObjectMgr: HighGuid(GAMEOBJ) = 33874
14:16 N ObjectMgr: HighGuid(UNIT) = 85672
14:16 N ObjectMgr: HighGuid(ITEM) = 7
14:16 N ObjectMgr: HighGuid(CONTAINER) = 7
14:16 N ObjectMgr: HighGuid(GROUP) = 0
14:16 N ObjectMgr: HighGuid(CHARTER) = 0
14:16 N ObjectMgr: 981 reputation modifiers on reputation_creature_onkill.
14:16 N ObjectMgr: 0 reputation modifiers on reputation_faction_onkill.
14:16 N ObjectMgr: 223 monster say events loaded.
14:16 N WeatherMgr: Loaded weather information for 51 zones.
14:16 N ObjectMgr: 0 groups loaded.
14:16 N ObjectMgr: 89 NPC Gossip TextIds loaded.
14:16 N ObjectMgr: 40639 waypoints cached.
14:16 N ObjectMgr: 678 trainers loaded.
14:16 N ObjectMgr: 456 spell fixes loaded.

14:16 N World: Database loaded in 9312ms.

14:16 N Map: 363 creatures / 2 gameobjects on map 532 cached.
14:16 N Map: 22 creatures / 51 gameobjects on map 369 cached.
14:16 N InstanceMgr: Creating static instance 1 on map 369.
14:16 N Map: 90 creatures / 2 gameobjects on map 34 cached.
14:16 N Map: 5 creatures / 44 gameobjects on map 249 cached.
14:16 N Map: 502 creatures / 373 gameobjects on map 229 cached.
14:16 N Map: 306 creatures / 103 gameobjects on map 469 cached.
14:16 N Map: 222 creatures / 25 gameobjects on map 48 cached.
14:16 N Map: 1065 creatures / 432 gameobjects on map 230 cached.
14:16 N Map: 211 creatures / 26 gameobjects on map 36 cached.
14:16 N Map: 811 creatures / 90 gameobjects on map 429 cached.
14:16 N Map: 404 creatures / 89 gameobjects on map 90 cached.
14:16 N Map: 22515 creatures / 12468 gameobjects on map 0 cached.
14:16 N InstanceMgr: Creating static instance 2 on map 0.
14:16 N Map: 182 creatures / 3 gameobjects on map 409 cached.
14:16 N Map: 611 creatures / 24 gameobjects on map 349 cached.
14:16 N Map: 206 creatures / 47 gameobjects on map 47 cached.
14:16 N Map: 272 creatures / 64 gameobjects on map 129 cached.
14:16 N Map: 25223 creatures / 8327 gameobjects on map 530 cached.
14:16 N Map: 329 creatures / 90 gameobjects on map 189 cached.
14:16 N InstanceMgr: Creating static instance 3 on map 530.
14:16 N Map: 404 creatures / 62 gameobjects on map 289 cached.
14:16 N Map: 143 creatures / 32 gameobjects on map 33 cached.
14:16 N Map: 377 creatures / 163 gameobjects on map 329 cached.
14:16 N Map: 356 creatures / 74 gameobjects on map 109 cached.
14:16 N Map: 25397 creatures / 10455 gameobjects on map 1 cached.
14:16 N InstanceMgr: Creating static instance 4 on map 1.
14:16 N Map: 313 creatures / 76 gameobjects on map 43 cached.
14:16 N Map: 260 creatures / 55 gameobjects on map 209 cached.
14:16 N Map: 261 creatures / 180 gameobjects on map 70 cached.
14:16 N Map: 724 creatures / 125 gameobjects on map 309 cached.
14:16 N Map: 143 creatures / 11 gameobjects on map 389 cached.
14:16 N Map: 13 creatures / 20 gameobjects on map 449 cached.
14:16 N InstanceMgr: Creating static instance 5 on map 449.
14:16 N Map: 1152 creatures / 136 gameobjects on map 533 cached.
14:16 N Map: 98 creatures / 16 gameobjects on map 554 cached.
14:16 N Map: 13 creatures / 0 gameobjects on map 450 cached.
14:16 N InstanceMgr: Creating static instance 6 on map 450.
14:16 N Map: 156 creatures / 0 gameobjects on map 547 cached.
14:16 N Map: 242 creatures / 0 gameobjects on map 534 cached.
14:16 N Map: 295 creatures / 1 gameobjects on map 564 cached.
14:16 N Map: 73 creatures / 0 gameobjects on map 543 cached.
14:16 N Map: 9 creatures / 1 gameobjects on map 557 cached.
14:16 N Map: 9 creatures / 0 gameobjects on map 30 cached.
14:16 N Map: 333 creatures / 171 gameobjects on map 560 cached.
14:16 N Map: 3 creatures / 0 gameobjects on map 562 cached.
14:16 N Map: 9 creatures / 0 gameobjects on map 529 cached.
14:16 N Map: 181 creatures / 15 gameobjects on map 553 cached.
14:16 N Map: 175 creatures / 15 gameobjects on map 545 cached.
14:16 N Map: 65 creatures / 2 gameobjects on map 269 cached.
14:16 N Map: 94 creatures / 0 gameobjects on map 542 cached.
14:16 N Map: 175 creatures / 0 gameobjects on map 550 cached.
14:16 N Map: 95 creatures / 0 gameobjects on map 540 cached.
14:16 N Map: 151 creatures / 1 gameobjects on map 555 cached.
14:16 N Map: 60 creatures / 1 gameobjects on map 552 cached.
14:16 N Map: 22 creatures / 0 gameobjects on map 565 cached.
14:16 N Map: 17 creatures / 0 gameobjects on map 544 cached.
14:16 N Map: 78 creatures / 2 gameobjects on map 548 cached.
14:16 N Map: 146 creatures / 0 gameobjects on map 509 cached.
14:16 N Map: 113 creatures / 0 gameobjects on map 531 cached.
14:16 N Map: 92 creatures / 0 gameobjects on map 556 cached.
14:16 N Map: 36 creatures / 0 gameobjects on map 558 cached.
14:16 N Map: 5 creatures / 0 gameobjects on map 546 cached.
14:16 N Map: 0 creatures / 0 gameobjects on map 568 cached.
14:16 N Map: 0 creatures / 0 gameobjects on map 489 cached.
14:16 N Map: 0 creatures / 0 gameobjects on map 35 cached.
14:16 N Map: 0 creatures / 0 gameobjects on map 169 cached.
14:16 N InstanceMgr: Creating static instance 7 on map 169.
14:16 N InstanceMgr: Deleting Expired Instances...
14:16 N InstanceMgr: Loading 0 saved instances.

14:16 N World: Processing 32833 spells...
14:16 N World: Starting Transport System...
14:16 N ObjectMgr: Loading Transports...
14:16 N World: Starting Auction System...
14:16 N AuctionMgr: Loading Auction Houses...
14:16 N World: Backgrounding loot loading...
14:16 N BattlegroundManager: Starting...
14:16 N DayWatcherThread: Started.
Starting network subsystem...
IOCP: Spawning 2 worker threads.
Loading External Script Libraries...

GossipScripts.dll : 0x02290000 : v3.0 : loaded.
InstanceScripts.dll : 0x00A70000 : v3.0 : loaded.
ServerStatusPlugin.dll : 0x02370000 : v3.0 : loaded.
SpellHandlers.dll : 0x015E0000 : v3.0 : loaded.

Loaded 4 external libraries.


Server is ready for connections. Startup time: 12391ms

14:16 N LogonCommClient: Attempting to connect to logon server...
14:16 N LogonCommClient: Connecting to logonserver on `127.0.0.1:8093`...
14:16 N LogonCommClient: Authenticating...
14:16 N LogonCommClient: Authentication succeeded.
14:16 N LogonCommClient: Registering Realms...
14:16 N LogonCommClient: Realm `WoWps.org Realm` registered as realm 2.
14:16 N LogonCommClient: Build character mapping in 0ms. (1)
14:16 N LogonCommClient: Logonserver latency is 0ms.
> DJRAVINE authenticated from 127.0.0.1:56805 [32ms]
Player Djravine logged in.

LOG - LOGONSERVER.EXE

Ascent 2.5-TRUNK r2422/Release-Win32 (X86) :: Logon Server
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The key combination <Ctrl-C> will safely shut down the server at any time.

14:09 N System: Initializing Random Number Generators...
14:09 N Config: Loading Config Files...
14:09 S Config: >> logonserver.conf
14:09 N ThreadMgr: Starting...
14:09 D ThreadPool: Startup, launched 5 threads.
14:09 D ThreadPool: Thread 8424 entered the free pool.
14:09 D ThreadPool: Thread 8868 entered the free pool.
14:09 D ThreadPool: Thread 7588 entered the free pool.
14:09 D ThreadPool: Thread 10084 entered the free pool.
14:09 D ThreadPool: Thread 9172 entered the free pool.
14:09 D ThreadPool: IntegrityCheck: Perfect!
14:09 N Database: Connecting to MySQL on ********* with (********* : *********)
14:09 D ThreadPool: Thread 7588 left the thread pool.
14:09 D ThreadPool: Thread 7588 is now executing task at 0x02731DE8.
14:09 N AccountMgr: Starting...
14:09 N InfoCore: Starting...
14:09 N PatchMgr: Loading Patches...
14:09 N AccountMgr: Precaching accounts...
14:09 N AccountMgr: 1 accounts are loaded and ready.

14:09 D ThreadPool: Thread 8868 left the thread pool.
14:09 D ThreadPool: Thread 8868 is now executing task at 0x0056A450.
14:09 D ThreadPool: Thread 9172 left the thread pool.
14:09 D ThreadPool: Thread 9172 is now executing task at 0x005615D8.
IOCP: Spawning 2 worker threads.
14:09 D ThreadPool: Thread 8424 left the thread pool.
14:09 D ThreadPool: Thread 8424 is now executing task at 0x005650E0.
14:09 D ThreadPool: Thread 10084 left the thread pool.
14:09 D ThreadPool: Thread 10084 is now executing task at 0x00560FD0.
14:09 D ThreadPool: Thread 6888 is now executing task at 0x027309D8.
14:09 D ThreadPool: Thread 9260 is now executing task at 0x02730B40.
Hooking signals...
Authentication request from 127.0.0.1, result OK.
Key: A3B6B0D4DC50BC5C263EE44F9F9867C4F0B13FBD
Registering realm `WoWps.org Realm` under ID 1.

12. Open up your SQL Server and create a new entry in the 'accounts' table...
Check the premade entries if you need help...
Make sure you set the 'flags' field to '8'... or BC will not be enabled...

13. LOCAL or LAN or WAN Setup...
Now to setup ur client for connection...

Quote:
For a Local game only...
Set your clients realmlist to 127.0.0.1...

----------- OR -----------

For a Network game setup...
Set your clients realmlist to the server's LAN IP...

----------- OR -----------

For a Online game setup...
Set your clients realmlist to the server's WAN IP...
NOTE: You dont have to worry about the patchlist...
Tho if you want to change it its fine to stop auto updates...

14. Then connect ... Enjoy...


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[Neth'zul]

Post plz no Leechers.

[nikey_007]

gg. nice post+Rep

[Zpim]

i dont even see the link to download ascent 2.3.0 repack, is it there?

[Hewit]

gg. nice post+Rep

one little prob...

U CAN'T REP

[Ukrajinc]

Dude nice.i would +rep you if i could

[Sonic Waffle]

Dude nice.i would +rep you if i could

But you can!

Nice guide +Rep

[Ukrajinc]

lol forgot i got some rep to spread around.been up 24 hours non stop +rep dude

[Neth'zul]

i dont even see the link to download ascent 2.3.0 repack, is it there?

this is just a guide srry

and thx for the rep guys!


Edit: I spelled and wrong...my bad hehe

[boone2515]

Cool helped me alot +rep