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WarZ Server Setup Guide
Hi, RaGEZONE! Many of you have been wondering how to setup the WarZ Server Files. As you may know, my team has recently released a server and it works almost 100%.
Well, today we're going to show you how to set up a server close to what we have done. Obviously, we will be omitting some of the security details as the best security practice is done in secret.
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If you are interested in a server that is running using parts of this guide, look into DeadZ. Link coming soon.

I. Pre-Requisites.
1) Microsoft Windows Server 2008 or later.
2) Microsoft Windows SQL Server 2008 SP1.
3) Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition with all service packs. No other versions will work.
4) IIS Server or a webserver with ASP.NET support configured to work with PHP as well.
5) 1GB ram recommended per 64 players. Each server will hose a server core, so the more cores on the machine the better.
6) RedGate SQL Compare - 8.0 recommended
7) QuickBMS

II. Compiling the server and setting up your build environment.
1) Open src/RSBuild.sln, src/RSUpdate.sln, src/EclipseStudio/WarZ.sln, server/src/WarZ_Server.sln, server/src/WarZ_Server.sln, server/src/Scripts/WZBackend-ASP.NET.sln
2) Compile them all and make sure they are all compiling. Your binaries will be output to the bin folder automatically by the build system.
a) The WZBackend-ASP.NET.sln needs to be built as a compiled application. Move the Precompiled site contents to a location on your IIS server in (root)/api/ after building it now and any other times in this guide.
3) Tab to WZBackend-ASP.NET. Edit this file and fill in with your SQL information in "public SQLBase()".
4) 'Build' the site and put WZBackend-ASP.NET'scompiled folder on your IIS Server.
a) Remember to mark the IIS server application as an application so it can be executed. You can do this in control panel -> administrative tools -> IIS Management -> right click the folder in your www directory.
5) Change the location of the API to match in each of the solutions. Go into the solution and make sure the API base location (ctrl f -> gDomainBaseUrl ) looks like figure a in all solutions.
a)
Code:
const char* gDomainBaseUrl= "/api/"; //Keep this the same.
   int  gDomainPort   = 80; // Change this to the port of the API server.
   bool  gDomainUseSSL = false; //Change this if your IIS server uses SSL.
6) Open up WarZ.sln's, and look for this:

Code:
case Menu_AppSelect::bStartGamePublic:
 
 And make the contents of the case look like this, replacing the DNS with your own:

  // override API settings
  g_api_ip->SetString("YOURSERVERSDNSHERE.com");
7) While still in client, look for dictionary.txt and change it to look like this:
Code:
if(dictionaryHash_.Size() == 0)
 {
  r3dFile* f = r3d_open( "Data/LangPack/dictionary.txt", "rb" );
  if(f->IsValid())
  {
   char tmpStr[256];
   while(fgets(tmpStr, 256, f) != NULL)
   {
    size_t len = strlen(tmpStr);
    for(size_t i=0; i<len; ++i)
    {
     if(tmpStr[i]==13 || tmpStr[i]==10)
      tmpStr[i]=0;
    }
    dictionaryHash_.Add(tmpStr, tmpStr); 
   }
   fclose(f);
  }
 }
8) Build ALL the solutions except for the API, since that is already done. You are done configuring the base server compilation and the game server will work if the database is configured.

III. Building the database.
1) Open up RedGate SQL compare, and set it up so that the database is being compared on the left, and the scripts on the right of the window for the server\src\Scripts\sql_warz_svn folder. (PICTURE NEEDED.)
a) You will need a database already created to sync into. Create one in Microsoft SQL Server Management named WarZ.
2) Once compared, click the checkbox at the top and find a button that says Sync database at the top of the page. (PICTURE NEEDED)
3) Using all the default options, hit next a bunch of times until the schema is fixed.
4) Repeat the above for the server\src\Scripts\sql_breezenet_svn folder using a database named BreezeNet instead.
5) Done.
IV. Configuring the client for connection.
1) Go into the build folder, and edit the build/RSBuild.xml file. Remove or comment the 'base' element in the directory.
a) You NEED to do this or RSBuild.exe will crash in the next step.
2) Obtain a copy of Retail WarZ and use this quickBMS script to dump the shaders:

Code:
# War Inc. Battle Zone (script 0.1.1)
  # script for QuickBMS http://quickbms.aluigi.org

  getdstring SIGN 4
  if SIGN != "arfl"
   print "you must open only the first file, WO_00.bin"
   cleanexit
  endif

  get VER long
  get DUMMY long
  get FILES long
  get SIZE long
  get DUMMY long
  savepos OFFSET
  comtype unzip_dynamic
  clog MEMORY_FILE OFFSET SIZE SIZE
  comtype zlib

  get PACK_EXT extension
  get PACK_BASENAME basename
  string PACK_BASENAME >>= "_"

  math LAST_PACK = -1
  for i = 0 < FILES
   getdstring NAME 260 MEMORY_FILE
   get TYPE byte MEMORY_FILE
   get PACK byte MEMORY_FILE
   get OFFSET long MEMORY_FILE
   get SIZE long MEMORY_FILE
   get ZSIZE long MEMORY_FILE
   get CRC long MEMORY_FILE
   getdstring DUMMY 0x12 MEMORY_FILE
   math PACK += 1

   if PACK != LAST_PACK
    string PACK_NAME p= "%s_%02d.%s" PACK_BASENAME PACK PACK_EXT
    open FDSE PACK_NAME 1
    math LAST_PACK = PACK
   endif
   math OFFSET += 4    # arfd

   if TYPE == 2
    clog NAME OFFSET ZSIZE SIZE 1
   elif TYPE == 1
    log NAME OFFSET SIZE 1
   else
    print "unknown TYPE %TYPE%, contact me"
    cleanexit
   endif
  next i
4) Move the folder Data/Shaders/Cache into your own Data/Shaders/Cache. (MAYBE PROVIDE LINK HERE)
a) Optionally generate them using studio.
5) 2) Run bin/RSBuild.exe. This step takes at least 5-10 minutes on an SSD, so be warned!
6) Move the built contents of RSBuild in bin/build/data (.bin/xml file) to your webserver under the directory "wz".
7) Run the batch file bin/build/updater/CreateUpdater.bat and generate a launcher. Copy that launcher andwoupd.xml to /wz/updater on the webserver.
8) Run the launcher and create an account.
a) Follow this guide to remove the need for serials: http://forum.ragezone.com/f789/remov...erials-923814/
9) Copy the bin folder to your server. 
10) Edit game.ini and make it look similar to this:
Code:
d_walk_speed_scale 5
  d_sun_rotate   0
  r_near_plane   0.5
  r_far_plane   64000
  r_cloud_lod_start  9000
  r_cloud_lod_end  15000
  g_serverip   YOURAPIDNSHERE.net
  g_api_ip  YOURAPIDNSHERE.net
11) Edit MasterServer.cfg and make it look like this. Change numGames to the number of servers you want to launch.
Code:
[MasterServer]
  masterPort = 34000
  clientPort = 34001
  masterCCU = 3000
  serverId = 1

  [WarZGames]
  numGames = 1
  maxPlayers = 64
12) Edit SupervisorServer.cfg and make it look like this.
Code:
 [SupervisorServer]
  masterPort=34000
  masterIp=IP OF MASTERSERVER
  serverGroup=1
  serverName=WarZGames
  maxPlayers=1024
  maxGames=32
  portStart=34010
  gameServerExe=WZ_GameServer.exe
  externalIp=IP OF THIS SERVER
  uploadLogs=0
13) Run MasterServer.exe and SupervisorServer.exe. Then, log in using the client.

You should be able to login and get ingame. Congrats, isn't that easy?

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