This guide is for educational purposes only. Hosting private servers violates the Terms of Service of Smilegate and Gameforge. Proceed at your own risk.
: Many shared server files are provided as source code that must be compiled using tools like Visual Studio or configured via autoconf/automake on Linux systems. Compatibility crossfire 30 server files
Official server files are strictly managed by Smilegate and local publishers. However, the development community has created emulators and shared specific file sets for educational and private use. This guide is for educational purposes only
If you are looking to host a local or private server for testing, the requirements vary based on the intended number of connections. Authoritative guides from Real Time Enterprises suggest the following: Local/Private Server (Min) Public Server (Recommended) 1.5 GHz Processor 2.0 GHz Dual Core RAM 4 GB to 16 GB (OS dependent) Storage 15 GB free space 30+ GB (for OS & game content) OS Windows 10 (32/64-bit) Linux (Arch, Debian, Ubuntu) Important Security Note : Many shared server files are provided as
: Usually SQL-based, storing player inventories, ranks, and item data. Game Client