serverType

serverType <value>

Network parser module to use with your server.

The following documentation describes a feature that was greatly changed in SVN trunk (latest development version) since the last release. It may work differently or not be available if you're using 2.0.7 or any older version.

ServerTypes overview

Supported

Named serverTypes can be loaded since r6870 and begin to appear in r7066 (not counting kRO serverType tree which started all that madness).

Server	serverType	revision	Last used numeric ST
Official, Korea	kRO_RagexeRE_0		8_1
Official, Taiwan	twRO		21, 22
Official, Japan	none
Official, Thailand	tRO		21
Official, China	none
Official, International	iRO		22
	iRO_Classic (Classic Pre-Renewal)	added in r8046	none
Official, Philippines	pRO		22
Official, Indonesia	idRO		22
Official, Malaysia	mRO		22
Official, Brazil	bRO (Odin)		0
	bRO_Thor (Thor)	removed in r7929	22
Official, Russia	rRO		0
Official, France	fRO		0
Official, Middle East	aRO		22
Private servers	kRO_RagexeRE_* kRO_Sakexe_*		*

Implementation of this feature is expected to become outdated with server updates. As OpenKore is a free project, if you stumble upon such updates, you are expected to fix the problem and contribute your changes back. Usually, server supporters will do that, but there isn't any for random private servers, and some official ones may not always be covered.

Legacy

Numeric serverTypes (0-22, 8_1-8_5) are outdated and aren't being updated to follow server updates, so they probably will not work correctly - that's a real reason to update from OpenKore 2.0.7 and stop using them, if you don't want to update them by yourself. Don't complain that there's just "some problems" with them if you don't have solutions too.

They're kept in OpenKore for use with really outdated official and private servers.

serverType 0 is also used as a base for serverTypes for official servers (except kRO).

kRO serverTypes for private servers

OpenKore 2.0.7 and previous versions does not have kRO serverType and aren't capable of loading it without changes in source. To configure for an up to date pserver, you need svn trunk (or 2.1 when it becomes released), not 2.0.7.

Only official servers have their own serverType, so other servers (private ones) must find the server's executable compilation date and use the appropriate kRO serverType (newer versions) or Sakray serverTypes (older versions)

Currently, kRO serverTypes syntax is:

kRO_RagexeRE_<year>_<month>_<date><letter>

And Sakray ones is:

kRO_Sakexe_<year>_<month>_<date><letter>

You can find all serverType files in src/Network/Receive. Only serverTypes whose files actually do exist would work.

Determining kRO serverType

There are several ways to determine kRO serverType for your server.

Server Version

Server version changes when there are incompatible changes in protocol (usually game_login packet changes at that point). Try serverTypes corresponding to the server's version. Use openkore source or eAthena's packet_db as reference.

version	serverType	game_login
31+	Patches Welcome
?	kRO_RagexeRE_2012-06-18a (N/A, N/A in rAthena, Patches Welcome)	022D
30	kRO_RagexeRE_2012_04_10a (unfinished, Patches Welcome)	094B
29	kRO_RagexeRE_2012_03_07f+ (unfinished, Patches Welcome)	086A
28	kRO_RagexeRE_2011_11_02a+ (unfinished, Patches Welcome)	083C
27	kRO_RagexeRE_2011_10_05a+	0436 (no change)
26	kRO_RagexeRE_2010_11_24a+	0436 (no change)
25	kRO_RagexeRE_2008_09_10a+	0436
24	kRO_RagexeRE_2008_08_27a+	009B
23	kRO_Sakexe_2008_09_10a+	0436
22	kRO_Sakexe_2007_02_12a+	009B
21	kRO_Sakexe_2007_01_08a+	...
20	kRO_Sakexe_2006_03_27a+
19	kRO_Sakexe_2005_07_19b+
18	kRO_Sakexe_2005_07_18a+
17	kRO_Sakexe_2005_06_28a+
16	kRO_Sakexe_2005_05_09a+
15	kRO_Sakexe_2005_01_10b+
14	kRO_Sakexe_2004_11_29a+
13	kRO_Sakexe_2004_10_25a+
12	kRO_Sakexe_2004_10_05a+
11	kRO_Sakexe_2004_09_20a+
10	kRO_Sakexe_2004_09_06a+
9	kRO_Sakexe_2004_08_09a+
8	kRO_Sakexe_2004_07_26a+
7	kRO_Sakexe_2004_07_13a+
6	kRO_Sakexe_2004_07_05a+
5	kRO_Sakexe_0+

Packets

(Reliable)

Since there are packets being continually introduced, you may inspect packets (and packet lengths) used on the server (either from already generated recvpackets.txt or from warnings on unknown packets) and compare that with serverType's data in openkore sourec.

Compilation Date

(Not reliable: Executable's compilation date can be changed easily.)

1. Download [1].

2. Open it and go the File > Open or just press F2. Select your server's executable.

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3. Go to PE Header tab.

4. Beside the Time Data Stamp box, see the executable's compilation date.

5. Find the most suitable serverType file in src/Network/Receive/kRO.

For example, if the date was January 26, 2010, file name would be RagexeRE_2010_01_26a.pm.

6. Set serverType to "kRO_" and file name without extension.

For example, if file name was RagexeRE_2010_01_26a.pm, serverType would be kRO_RagexeRE_2010_01_26a.

If there is no file with exact compilation date, try the ones near to that date, or the latest available.

Notes

• If you bot on a private server that uses eAthena, DO NOT use kRO_RagexeRE_0, as it is only meant to be used for the official kRO server.

Links

• OpenKore's serverType files
• eAthena's packet_db.txt
• rAthena's packet_db.txt