Ragnarok Offline ~ Newbie Guide (EN)
This is an english guide. Kalo mau guide yg bahasa indonesia, klik di sini. Tp blom gw update, soalnya gw sibuk banget hari ini (guide ini bikinnya 5 jam lo).
Last Updated : May 19th 2007
Actually, this guide was made just for myself because i’m a forgetful person. I hope this guide could be useful in the future, so i could read it anytime if i’m going to make another offline server.
If you’re accidentally browsing into this blog and you’re an RO fan, i hope the guide will be useful for you too.
Notes :
- The private server mentioned here is used for my experimental purpose and self amusement only. Please keep in mind that Ragnarok Online (RO) is a licensed game, so do not ever try to make an RO private server for producing money or any kind of profit purposes, because it’s ILLEGAL.
- Everything written in this guide came from own my experience when i made offline RO for the first time. So there could be some differences with any similar offline RO guides out there. The SVN Eathena version was 8343 and the clients (RO/Sakray) version was 0711 when i made this guide. The latest client version is 0417 and 10453 for SVN EAthena Server.
- This guide only uses SVN eAthena Server for RO server. I won’t answer questions regarding any other server such as Vidar, Aegis etc etc.
- This guide could be updated anytime
- Move the mouse above the pictures to see the detail information
- Some links in this guide will direct you to eAthena Support Board/Forum. You should register to open some forum topics (it’s free).
OK, Let’s start !
1. The Basics
In fact, there were no major differencies between Ragnarok Online and the offline one. One aspect which separated the two came from the server side. When you’re playing RO (online), the RO client would be connected with RO official servers, such as Loki, Chaos, Fenrir or Sakray server. The simple thing is, if you want to play offline, the main thing you should modify is the server itself. So, by modifying the server, instead of connecting to RO official servers, the client will connect to your own RO server. Your own server could be located at any computer or just at your own computer. it will be said ‘offline server’ if the server was at a single computer which was not connected to any computers or networks.
2. Downloads
In order to play "correctly" you should download several things described below :
- Korean RO Clients (kRO). The clients are one of the main components to play RO. There are two clients, Ragnarok Online Client (ROC) and Ragnarok Sakray Client (RSC). You must download them all. The size of each clients is about 1 GB (2 GB in total size). The latest clients version is ver. 0417. You can download the clients here.
- EAthena Server. There are two types of server, the stable (SVN) and trunk. The trunk type is usually unstable and used for experimental purpose, so just use the SVN one. The server database system is divided into two types, Text and mySQL. Use the Text database because it’s easy to learn for newbies. The latest server version is ver.10453. You can download the server here.
- Diff and Sakexe files. Sakexe is the main file for loading the game. Diff is the pacther for sakexe. You can simply say this file as the "RO Crack" file. To "crack" the file, you should use Diff patcher utility. You can download the files (Diff and Sakexe) and the utility here. These files are quickly updated, so use the latest version.
- Translator Pack. Why should we use the translator pack ? Remember, the clients we used are the original korean version. So we need the translator pack for translating the korean words in there. There are 3 files, you must download them all here.
- Full Data Folder. This is the update for the translated data used in RO. The latest version is Ver.3. Download it here.
Still didn’t get what you have to download ? OK (–sigh–), i’ll give you the file lists i used before. You can find them within the links above. But remember, the files version could be updated anytime.
- RO Clients : RAG_SETUP0417.EXE (ROC), SAK_SETUP0417.EXE (RSC)
- EAthena Server : eAthena-TXT-10453[Stable].RAR
- Diff/Sakexe files : 2007-04-17a.RAR
- Diff patcher utility : diffpatcher.RAR
- Translation pack : v2-BMPs.RAR, v7-Texture.RAR, v444-Text.RAR
- Full Data : full_data_v3.7z (you’ll need 7zipper or winrar to extract this file)
3. Installations
OK, it’s time to install all of the stuffs. Actually, the installation process is really easy.
- Install the all RO clients, the location is up to you, but they must be in the same directory. Install ROC first and then RSC. Oh yeah, because of the korean language, i’ll give some screenshots of the clients installation (later…)
- Extract eathena server pack, the location is up to you.
- Extract translation pack inside RO installation folder. If you installed RO in C:\Program Files\Gravity\RO\, you have to extract the pack inside this folder.
- Extract everything in full data folder inside the data folder of RO installation directory. (eg : in C:\Program Files\Gravity\RO\data\). Overwrite everything if you asked to.
4. Patching sakexe file
Now, we’ll "crack" sakexe file. In order to do this, we should use diff patcher utility.
- Extract diff/sakexe file pack in any locations, it’s up to you.
- Extract diff patcher utility pack in any location. Idem.
- Go to the diff pacther utility folder, run it, then open the diff and sakexe file with this tool.
- After the files have been loaded, you’ll see two patch option lists. Ignore these options, choose the output directory for the patched file and press "Write the Patch" button.
- Go to the output folder which contains the patched sakexe, copy the file, then paste it in the RO installation folder. (eg: in C:\Program Files\Gravity\RO\).
- Make a shortcut for the file, and place it on the desktop.
5. Server Setup
OK, this is another easy process. Just follow the instructions and everything will be ok.
- Go to eathena folder, open \conf folder. You’ll see some configuration files. There are 4 main configuration files there : char_athena.conf, login_athena.conf, map_athena.conf and grf-files.txt. You’ll edit these files with notepad.
- Open char_athena.conf. Find the "Character Server IP" and "Login Server IP" section and remove double slash (\\) in front of the char_ip/login_ip/bind_ip comments. If your computer is not connected to any network, just leave the IP address (127.0.0.1). If you’re in the network/LAN, change the IP address to your current IP. Don’t change the port.If you finished, save the file.
- Open login_athena.conf. Find the "bind_ip" section, remove double slash in front of the bind_ip comments. Idem.
- Open map_athena.conf (remember, not maps_athena.conf !). Idem. Find the section contains IP 127.0.0.1 and remove double slash in front of char_ip/bind_ip/map_ip comments.
- Open grf-files.txt. This file contains the RO grf files path. Change the path if you choose different installation folder. Save it.
- Now we can test the server. Go to the main server folder and run the runserver.bat file. There will be 3 pop-up windows : login server, char server and map server window. Keep attenttion to every server window during the loading process. Normal process is written in green colored fonts, and error process is written in red colored fonts.
- Watch the loading process of map server. If there are too many errors when it loads maps from grf files, then there should be something wrong with grf-files.txt file. You could have written the wrong path of grf files. The pictures below show some errors during the loading process.
- The pictures below show the normal process of each servers. One or two errors could be occured but it’s OK.
- If there are not many errors when loading the maps, make sure that other servers are online and ready. If every thing’s OK, congratulations ! You’ve finished the main process.
- Close all server windows. Make a shortcut for runserver.bat file and place it on the desktop.
6. Modifying sclientinfo file.
Now, just few steps remaining. We’ll edit sclientinfo.xml file. This file is used for logging-in to your server.
- Open RO installation folder. Go to data folder. If you’ve copy full data into this folder before (look installation section of this guide), you’ll see sclientinfo.xml file in there.
- Open the file with notepad. Find display tag : <display>YOUR SERVER DISPLAY NAME HERE</display>, and change the phrase between the tags. eg : <display>Ardhi’s Private Server</display>.
- Find address tag : <address>YOUR IP HERE</address>, and change the phrase between the tags with your IP number. eg : <address>127.0.0.1</address>. The IP number must be the same as the servers IP number.
- Save the file.
7. Testing the game and make an account.
OK everything’s finished. Now is the time for testing the game.
- Run all servers with runserver.bat shortcut on the desktop. Wait until all servers finish the loading process.
- Run the game with patched sakexe shortcut on the desktop.
- You should see a login screen now. To make an account, type a username, add underscore sign after it, and type m for male or f for female gender. eg : Username –> ardhi108_m. (username is ardhi108, it’s a male account).
- Type your password normally. Then click ok. If everything goes right, you’ll se the characters selection window and you can start playing RO.
- Next time you logging in, just type your username without m or f sign. eg : ardhi108.
Well … it’s not so difficult isn’t it ? As long as you follow the step-by-step instructions, everything will be OK. So have a nice play with your new offline server 
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Credits :
- Gravity for the awesome game.
- Ricardo (http://www.ricardoea.deltaanime.net/) for your compiled servers and tools
- Zephiris, -0- and maldiablo for diff files and patcher
- Poki#3, midas and friends for translator packs
- Banned for the updated full data
- All member of EAthena Support Board
- and finally you, for reading this guide.
the char server login server and maps server is all fine and i got sc client but every time i open a hexed.exe i get a sprite shadow error =/ help please =]
Comment by silentcows — May 12, 2007 @ 3:41 am
por favor eu estou iniciando o hexed.exe ( cliente pra iniciar o jogo ) mais so da erro gravity eu não estou nem conseguindo entrar no jogo mais me ajude por favor
e queria saber como fazer um hexed com icone e nome do meu servidor tipo o do xilero.
Comment by Renan — May 13, 2007 @ 7:07 pm
To silentcows : I think there’s nothing wrong with your servers. Have you downloaded the latest kRO clients (ver. 0417) ? If you have, check your sakexe version to be patched. You must use the latest sakexe file compatible with the client.
Comment by A3 — May 14, 2007 @ 6:40 am
To Renan : I’m sorry, but could you speak in english ? I could not understand what you said ^^.
Comment by A3 — May 14, 2007 @ 6:43 am
thanks for the guide.. now i can make my own offline RO game.. if i have a questions regarding to it i post it immediately.. thanks bro..
Comment by kim — July 15, 2007 @ 3:23 pm
To Kim : I also glad that you’ve made it. Of course, you could post quetions about the guide, and i’ll asnwer them as long as i know about the solutions.
Comment by A3 — July 17, 2007 @ 10:28 am
Sir,. im finish on configurations and others but i cant connect to my server..
ResourceError: Can’t find file ************login_interfacewin_transbtn.bmp
so, what the possible problem sir?
Comment by Kim — July 20, 2007 @ 7:37 am
Sir.. hehe thanks.. i finally got it..whew… but i only have a little problem how can i make a GM account??
Comment by Kim — July 20, 2007 @ 7:54 am
thank you sir….i’m done. All i have to do is to know all item id’s and other details of every things in RO..
Comment by Kim — July 20, 2007 @ 1:13 pm
Bro.. where i can change the rates of my server
Comment by Kim — July 21, 2007 @ 4:25 am
hehe.. sry bro if i have a lot of questions huh.. cuz im very excited..lol
Comment by Kim — July 21, 2007 @ 4:39 am
where i can download an edited configurations cuz i didnt know how to edit configs.. can u help me bro… and one more thing.. my server doesnt not support Lord Kaho’s Horn or Special Wings at all…
Comment by Kim — July 21, 2007 @ 9:20 am
To Kim : You can change the rates of your server at : your_athena_folder/conf/. You’ll find some conf file for drops rate, experience rate etc. (ie. drops.cfg). Oh yeah, about additional script/conf for unsupported items (i.e. Lord Kaho horn etc), you can find them at http://eathena.ws/board/.
Comment by A3 — July 21, 2007 @ 7:30 pm
Ok, sir thanks a lot….
Comment by Kim — July 22, 2007 @ 8:10 am
Sir.. its kinda hard to find the Updated Configuration using Text Database.. im you dont mind.. hehe do you have a preferred site for it?..
Comment by Kim — July 23, 2007 @ 5:50 am
i just want to ask,how i can update my offline?
i already buy the offline edition in cd,but i only have 2-1 profession,i wan more jobs and item,plzz help me..
Comment by Krezz — August 17, 2007 @ 7:03 am
i just want to ask,how i can update my offline?
i already have it…. plzzz1000x help me ny telling me… i have Iro server and i sure u know about it.. plz1000x.. i wan 2 know…
Comment by krezzz — August 28, 2007 @ 7:35 am
When i open 2007-10-09a_Sakexe_ it shows tat ijl15.dll missing. And i have reinstall whole program many times but it din help .
Help me plz. THX
Comment by LYS — December 29, 2007 @ 1:37 pm
@LYS : ijl15.dll is is the library that provides JPG compression functionality for Intel machines. So it’s one of the system files. You should downloaded the dll file in order to run RO game on your computer. You can download the file for free at many dll sites. You can search them with google using the file name as the keyword. OK, good luck.
Comment by A3 — January 9, 2008 @ 11:16 am
Sir, How can I make a GM accounts on my own ragnarok private server? tnx mOre pOwer..!!
Comment by james — May 7, 2008 @ 9:59 am
i trust you that this doesnt have virus
Comment by Carlos — May 12, 2008 @ 4:44 pm
i really wanna play Ragnarok Offline because i dont want to pay for online…this guide is actually really good and helpfull! thank you so much!
Comment by Carlos — May 14, 2008 @ 4:37 pm
how come it doesnt say how to use the translator packs??
Comment by Carlos — May 14, 2008 @ 4:39 pm
is this compatible with windows vista? >__
Comment by hannah — May 21, 2008 @ 1:18 am
Sorry to bug you, but may I ask something regarding my offline RO?
I’ve followed the guide and have been successful in creating my own private server, but it keeps lagging heavily when I want to play.
I’m quite sure that my computer meet up with the standard requirements, so I think maybe there are some settings I have to change. So, can you give me any suggestions? ^^
Also, I have another little problem, but since it is not crucial, I won’t ask for now.
So, thanks for reading and I am looking forward to your suggestion. ^^
Comment by Shin — May 26, 2008 @ 9:36 am
Oh, lol, don’t mind it. I managed to solve the lagging by making it full screen. XD
Btw, why does my Ro crashed after I choose my character when I used the latest sakexe (2008-3-25 version)(patched already with DIFF)?
But it’s not important since I can still play with older sakexe, I’m just asking out of curiosity, so if you are really busy, don’t bother to answer my question. ^^
Thank you.
Comment by Shin — May 26, 2008 @ 10:53 am
@ James : Go to your eathena folder, to the subfolder ’save’. Open file ‘account.txt’ with notepad. You’ll see the account information of each user. Just copy the user ID on the left side of the username (for example : 2000002), then close the file. Go to the ‘conf’ subfolder, then open the ‘GM_Account.txt’ with notepad. Paste your user ID on the new line, and add the GM level on the right side of user ID (for example : 2000002 99). You could also simply remove the double-slash mark (//) in the file to activate your ID as GM.
@ Carlos : You’re wellcome. Of course there will be no virus, otherwise you copy it from the PC which was infected by the virus.
@ Hannah : I’ve never tried to play RO-offline with Windows Vista. But i think it’ll be compatible.
@ Shin : You can set the configuration of display and sound settings in the ragnarok. I don’t remember the name of the shortcut, but if you have installed ragnarok and sakray, there will be 3 icons on your desktop. The first one is ragnarok, the second is sakray, and the third should be the icon for the display/sound config. Just click on it (i guess you could also find it from the start menu). The configuration setup also appeared if you ran ragnarok for the first time.
If you want the best performance, you can use the low-settings e.g. Use the full-screen mode, use 2D sound, lower the sound frequency, bits and channel, lower the details for sprites and texture etc. So, just find the settings which suit your PC the best
If those settings don’t help, you could turn off some programs which run on the windows background eg. Windows firewall, antivirus, instant messenger etc (just look at your system tray or task manager).
Comment by A3 — May 26, 2008 @ 11:05 am
@ Shin : Buddy, if you want to update the sakexe file, you should be update the RO client too. It seems that your new sakexe was not compatibe with your old client
Comment by A3 — May 26, 2008 @ 11:08 am
Hehehe, I’ve solved the lagging problem before. Still, thanks for your suggestions. ^^
Well, actually, I used the newest client available which is 0305, but yeah, it’s still few weeks older than the sakexe.
And the EAthena Server link you provided can’t be opened (at least by me), so I’m just telling you. Maybe it was too old already.
Thanks for the tutorial though. ^^
Comment by Shin — May 27, 2008 @ 3:44 am
ahm…how will i add some npcs?
just like job changer npc, warper, healer, etc.
Comment by nowerkie — June 27, 2008 @ 7:10 am
its cool and it looks like so easy to make, however it would be nice if i can download a ready made offline server with max level of 99, so i can come up with somethng before i start making my own, for some negotations you can send an email to me thnaks! hope i get one
Comment by raphil bautista — June 29, 2008 @ 11:14 am
@ nowerkie : Go to the npc folder of your server directory. Place the custom npc script inside custom directory (/npc/custom). Go up to npc directory and edit the scripts_custom.conf to add your custom npc.
@ raphil bautista : By default, eathena is ready to play as long as you install RO clients in directory C:/Program Files/, you understand koreans and you use local IP address (127.0.0.1)
Comment by A3 — July 2, 2008 @ 6:19 am
sir the server link here is currently dead! plz do something about it!!
Comment by Gautham — July 2, 2008 @ 11:52 am
the steps mentioned above for the server configuration dosen’t works for other eathena txt 100000[stable] .rar! what to do? help plz
Comment by Gautham — July 2, 2008 @ 12:31 pm
sir the error report is “unknown packet 0x2b26 from map server,disconnecting” plz help me out
Comment by Gautham — July 2, 2008 @ 1:10 pm
i just want to play RO becouse it may the best game i never see!
Comment by boloy — July 2, 2008 @ 10:56 pm
I have the same problem gautham, when i try to conect. appears “disconected from server”. And the same error ” unknown packet 0x2b26 bla bla bla… help plz I’m spanish and I don’t find nothing in spanish. I have the wish , HERE!!! xD so..
Comment by jordi — July 3, 2008 @ 5:06 pm
i have the same problem of the unknown packet 0x2b26 plz help me plz
Comment by Fulo — July 8, 2008 @ 11:53 pm
why my server wont load properly??help me pls T_T thx
Comment by Ceres — July 22, 2008 @ 12:03 pm
After i make my char and i try to log into the game,it says disconnected from server?and mapserv.bat [info] receive fame list of 0 characters
[Warning]map server disconnected from char server
Comment by Cichie — July 24, 2008 @ 7:05 am