How Do You Create A Graal PC Server?
 

This is one of the noobiest questions oever but I can't figure it out, how do you create a Graal PC server? Thanks =] -Cigam

Buy developer gold subscription

http://graalonline.com/playerworlds/...?page=Creation
Glad to help! :)

Thanks Shannon! Im still roaming around the links and stuff, learning more about development.

Man wish I had 50 dollars. Wait... I might actually.

If I were you, I wouldn't create one, it takes more work than you think. You would need a huge tileset which takes a long time, then you gotta create the levels. Then there's the scripting which you need for stuff you want to make come to life or whatever. The ganis are extremely hard. You need a main sfx for walking into the server(if you want) and so on...

Wicked idea: Create everything offline that you can. This means create all your levels/ graphics and ganis offline. Next, plan your scripting systems: what you want to do, how you will achieve it, style and such. Create an implementation plan. Try and script as much as you can offline.

When it gets to the point you think you're ready, buy the server and go for it. Upload all your content. New players will be impressed by your well structured gmap rather than an isolated town of suck in a sea of green grass. Get your script systems going and boom! You're done!

Saves hosted time :D

In addition to this, it's also best to get the staff team planned out. (This means actually making sure people will work for you, not just writing their name down for staff.)

I will absolutely follow you and Bboy's posts. I was thinking about making a server in the future.

Or finish the basic scripts on Testbed ;)

I was thinking I would be able to ask for Testbed access and test scripts on there.

If you do end up buying a server, please don't hire terrible level admins, and when people see their monstrosities say, "Oh, yeah, I was going for a classic style..."

Because I've noticed using a 'Classic' style is in some cases becoming an excuse for a bad level.

I wouldn't hire terrible LAT's don't worry. If I do go for a Classic style then I would atleast create my own Classic tileset, not using the given tileset.

Good boy :D.

Another thing I've noticed is that if you make a tileset, and you make it good, it'll help the server get a lot of people wanting to play. Take Europa for example - it had pretty much no content, all it had was pretty graphics. But I remember around ten people on sometimes, looking at those pretty graphics.

People say, "It's not the graphics that makes a server good - its the content!"
But they still flock to whatever new server is pretty enough for them to like.

Which leads to my belief that graphics can make or break a brand new server.

I agree.

interesting thanks for making this thread i was also wondering this ^^

No. Part of the rules is that you do not develop a server on Testbed.

This reminds me, Twinny. Do you have to have gold to script on Testbed?

You can use RC with a classic subscription but you will need some form of subscription

Ah. Classic subscription is how many gelets per month? (Same as gold?)

Classic subscriptions are no longer available. They were a lifetime guarantee to allow us oldbies to always access Classic Servers.

Oh ok. So I couldn't test my scripts on Testbed, with a trial account?

You don't want to.

That's your opinion and I respect that but, i'm interested in learning how to create a server and the development of a server.

Honestly, not trying to be rude here or anything, but unless you are absolutely SURE you can get 5-10 people dedicated to helping you whenever you need them, or at all times really, I wouldn't take the risk. I mean, I have seen countless servers just completely fail, and people being upset for loosing all that money over and over and over again. Go with Twinny's idea. If you can get a structured team of a decent amount of people efficiently developing offline content before you even start up the server, then you might be safe for developing. But, you gotta remember this is graal we are talking about. barley any servers get over 20 people, so if your server is extremely successful (which is, really, really, rare these days) you may get that much.

Testbed is only for learning, not for developing a server or creating scripts with the intention of deploying to a server.

That said, you won't be able to do anything with a trial account on Testbed.

Hmm... ok. Thanks.

How would you create levels offline?

There's an offline level editor O.o

Where do you find this "offline level editor"?

Graal.exe>Log In>Start>Install Packages>Development>Offline Level Editor

Ok, thanks!