Ready made local server for windows
Posted: 06 Apr 2013, 03:40
Now this isnt a native windows solution, but what I've done is setup a ready made Virtual Machine that will install Crunchbang OS into a VirtualBox.
1. Download Virtualbox
2. Install VirtualBox
3. Download the Crunchbang TMW virtualbox file.
4. Double click the Crunchbang TMW file, click 'Import' and voila! you have everything installed you need.
5. To login, the Username is tmwtester, the Password is tmwtester, for both the OS and for the GM lvl 99 character on the local server.
6. To start the local server, right click on the desktop, navigate to Places > documents > Read this to access TMW Local server
7. Open a terminal using Super (the windows key) + T
8. Follow the instructions on document and you have logged into your local server using Manaplus.
The requirements for this method are at least 7gb of hdd space. 4 for the virtual machine and 1.8 for the image download. The default settings for RAM usage and CPU usage are the minimum required and are enough to use for development and running the server and client. Feel free to go to the Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager and right click the Crunchbang TMW option. Click 'settings' > system and increase the amount of RAM and/or the number of processors to increase speed and fluidity of the VM. Be careful however, as this will remove the RAM from your native OS while the VM is running. I have found that 1000mb of RAM and 2 processors work great, but the amount given upon startup (256mb and 1 cpu) are plenty to run the server, client, a browser and a text editor.
I forgot that not everyone uses an American keyboard.
To change the Keyboard Layout
1. Open a terminal (Super+T)
2. Type in 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration' minus the '
3. Again the password is tmwtester
Let me know how this works for everyone.
BC
1. Download Virtualbox
2. Install VirtualBox
3. Download the Crunchbang TMW virtualbox file.
4. Double click the Crunchbang TMW file, click 'Import' and voila! you have everything installed you need.
5. To login, the Username is tmwtester, the Password is tmwtester, for both the OS and for the GM lvl 99 character on the local server.
6. To start the local server, right click on the desktop, navigate to Places > documents > Read this to access TMW Local server
7. Open a terminal using Super (the windows key) + T
8. Follow the instructions on document and you have logged into your local server using Manaplus.
The requirements for this method are at least 7gb of hdd space. 4 for the virtual machine and 1.8 for the image download. The default settings for RAM usage and CPU usage are the minimum required and are enough to use for development and running the server and client. Feel free to go to the Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager and right click the Crunchbang TMW option. Click 'settings' > system and increase the amount of RAM and/or the number of processors to increase speed and fluidity of the VM. Be careful however, as this will remove the RAM from your native OS while the VM is running. I have found that 1000mb of RAM and 2 processors work great, but the amount given upon startup (256mb and 1 cpu) are plenty to run the server, client, a browser and a text editor.
I forgot that not everyone uses an American keyboard.
To change the Keyboard Layout
1. Open a terminal (Super+T)
2. Type in 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration' minus the '
3. Again the password is tmwtester
Let me know how this works for everyone.
BC