Windows Server Setup

Table of contents

• Client Data Files (Download Pre-Extracted)
• Client Data Extractors (Extract Files Yourself)
• Config Files: Worldserver and Authserver

Now that you have the source compiled, you need to add the necessary client data. You can either download pre-extracted files or use the compiled extractors to extract the files yourself. Once the data is ready, you must update the DataDir option in your worldserver.conf file to point to the directory containing the data.

Some files are optional but highly recommended:

Option 1: Download Pre-Extracted Files

If you intend to use an enUS client you can download the data files below. If you intend to use any other language client you will need to extract the data yourself.

Data files enUS (AC Data v16)

1. Download the files above.

2. Create a new folder within the build folder called Data. i.e C:\Build\bin\RelWithDebInfo\Data

3. Extract the files from the zip file and place them within the Data folder.

4. Edit your the DataDir config option to the location of your folder.

Option 2: Extract Files Yourself

(Not needed if you downloaded the files above)

1. Browse into your build directory (C:\Build\bin\RelWithDebInfo\) and copy the following files into your World of Warcraft folder (where the wow.exe is located).

mapextractor.exe
mmaps_generator.exe
vmap4extractor.exe
vmap4assembler.exe

2. Browse into C:\Azerothcore\apps\extractor and copy "extractor.bat" into your World of Warcraft folder with the previous files.

3. Create mmaps and vmaps folders in your World of Warcraft directory.

4. Launch extractor.bat and select your extractor options.

5. Create a new folder in C:\Build\bin\RelWithDebInfo called Data

6. Move the vmaps, maps, dbc, cameras into the Data folder.

Config Files: Worldserver and Authserver

First of all you need to find the two default config files (named worldserver.conf.dist and authserver.conf.dist) and copy them. Then rename the copies their namesakes without the .dist extension. You can find them within C:\Build\bin\RelWithDebInfo\configs\ (may vary).

Open the .conf files and scroll down to LoginDatabaseInfo, WorldDatabaseInfo, and CharacterDatabaseInfo and enter MySQL login information for the server to be able to access your database.

On a newly compiled configuration, you will have the following values by default

LoginDatabaseInfo     = "127.0.0.1;3306;acore;acore;acore_auth" worldserver.conf / authserver.conf
WorldDatabaseInfo     = "127.0.0.1;3306;acore;acore;acore_world" worldserver.conf
CharacterDatabaseInfo = "127.0.0.1;3306;acore;acore;acore_characters" worldserver.conf

They follow this structure:

Variablename = "MySQLIP;Port;Username;Password;database"  

The following steps must be verified:

• The hostname (127.0.0.1) can stay the same if AzerothCore is being installed on the same computer that you run WoW on. If not, follow the instruction in Realmlist Table.

• The port (3306) is the standard configured value. If you changed the default port in your MySQL settings, you must change it accordingly. The username and password can be variable. You can choose to either:

  • use default acore / acore username and password pair.

  • create a unique login within a User Manager within your preferred database management tool (commonly identified by an icon that looks like a person or people) and give it the necessary permissions (SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE permissions are sufficient, and is much safer).

Updating DataDir

1. In your worldserver.conf file locate the DataDir option.

2. Edit it to the path of your folder. i.e C:\Build\bin\RelWithDebInfo\Data

(Optional) Config options by environment variable

It is possible to load config options via environment variables, which you can read about here.

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