ACE Development

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Code

Install Visual Studio 2017
- Visual Studio minimum required version - VS Community 2017 15.7.0
- .NET Core 2.2 x64 SDK (Visual Studio 2017) Required
- If using Visual Studio Community Edition, make sure the following two workloads are installed: .NET Core cross-platform development and .NET Desktop Development
Copy ACE.Server\Config.js.example to ACE.Server\Config.js and modify settings, such as passwords, database connections, file paths, and other server settings.
Open ACE.sln with Visual Studio and build the solution. Your modified Config.js file will be copied to the output folder during the build process.
Download and install Microsoft .NET Core Runtime - 2.2 if you don't already have it.

Recommended Tools

SQLYog on Github
Hex Editor (Hexplorer or 010 Editor are both good)
ACLogView on Github
StyleCop Visual Studio Extension on visualstudio.com

Development Resources

Harli's Chaos Helper - Button Menu's for ACE Server Testing commands. Requires the Decal Plugin Chaos Helper.

Retail References

Anons Doc - Info on Formulas used in the creation of Asheron's Call Emulators.