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Installing PvPGN server on Windows

Software and files you need:

• the pvpgn server files
  
• the pvpgn server support files
  
• the mysql server ( optional )
  

You can get the pvpgn server files from the official website ( http://pvpgn.berlios.de/ ).
At the time the latest pvpgn server files are:

• stable – version 1.8.5
  
• pvpgn support files - version 1.2.

Downloading the software and files:
From the http://pvpgn.berlios.de/ website:

• point your browser to the above website
  
• click Download
  
• select your required files ( pvpgn server type and pvpgn support files )
  
• save them on your local hard-drive.
  

*since this is a Windows installation tutorial we’ll get the *.zip files ( so that we can work with them easily in Windows ).

After getting pvpgn files, we also need to download the mysql server ( optional ).
From the http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.1.html website:

• point your browser to the above website
  
• scroll down to the Windows downloads section
  
• pick a download mirror for your required file ( Windows MSI Installer for required Windows platform )
  
• save it on your local hard-drive.
  

Extracting and installing the software and files:

After we have all this files in one place we’ll start the real job.
Extract the files from their archives, this we will be done using the Windows unzip tool.
( comes as part of Windows ):

First we'll extract the pvpgn server:

• right click on PvPGN-1.8.5-0-Win32-*.zip --> Extract All...
  
• extract the files to C:\Program Files\
  

Second we'll extract the pvpgn support files:

• right click on pvpgn-support-1.2.zip --> Extract All...
  
• extract the files to C:\Program Files\pvpgn-1.8.5\
  
• browse into C:\Program Files\pvpgn-1.8.5\pvpgn-support-1.2\
• select all files and copy them into C:\Program Files\pvpgn-1.8.5\files\

Third we'll install mysql ( optional ):

• double click on mysql-5.1.32-win32.msi
  
• follow install prompts
  

Configuring the software and files:

After completing the above steps, you need to edit the /conf/bnetd.conf file for the pvpgn server to start.
You must enter the mysql server information so that the pvpgn server can use it as a storage method ( optional ):

• First you must create an empty database in the mysql server, so that it can be used be pvpgn server.
  

You can do that by login into your mysql server:

Update: More info to come about setting up MySQL User Account, Password, and Database.

• Second you must create a proper entry in your /conf/bnetd.conf, which will allow pvpgn server to
  

use the mysql server and database ( optional ):

Open the /conf/bnetd.conf file in your preferred editor ( I’ll use edit, a text based editor ):

• click Start --> Run --> cmd
• Ok

C:\> cd C:\Program Files\pvpgn-1.8.5\conf\
C:\Program Files\pvpgn-1.8.5\conf> edit bnetd.conf

After opening the file in the editor, search for the default settings for storage engine.
This is a line that is starts with:

storage_path = file:mode=plain;dir=

After you find it, you must comment it so that the pvpgn server ignores it. You can do this by a placing a #
character in front, like:

# storage_path = file:mode=plain;dir=

Now you must setup your own storage engine configuration. To do it, you must write in the file immediately
below the commented line above:

storage_path = sql:mode=mysql;host=localhost;name=db_name;user=mysql_user;pass=mysql_pass;default=0

where:

db_name is the database name – in our case – pvpgn
mysql_user is the mysql user used to connect to mysql server – in our case – root
mysql_pass is the mysql user password – in our case – mysql

so the entire line will be:

storage_path = sql:mode=mysql;host=localhost;name=pvpgn;user=root;pass=mysql;default=0

Starting the pvpgn server:

• browse into C:\Program Files\pvpgn-1.8.5\
• double click on PvPGN.exe

Congratulations! You made a PvPGN Server.