How to setup 2 servers (Renewal and Pre-renewal)

[chromatic05]

Hello! First of all thank you for this forum, I was able to setup a renewal server from the ground up and play with a couple of my friends so I know a thing or two already about how this works.

Now, my question is, is it possible to setup 2 server and just using my current client to connect to both of the server? I still would like to keep my current server which is renewal but I would like to try pre-renewal as well.

I know I have to setup a separate SQL db for it and have a separate server files but I would like to know if this is possible? If yes, how?

 

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[chromatic05]

Okay, so after some searching through the forums these two topics were able to help me setup a Renewal and Pre-Renewal server.

 

So my next question is, since I have setup on a Renewal client side it seems that is having a conflict with some of the new maps particularly Izlude (please see screenshot below). Is there any way around about this? Can I put the old Izlude back on my grf but different map name?

[WhiteEagle]

You need to create 2 different .exe which call a different grf like pre-rene.grf and a renewal.grf.
This is needed for the iteminfo too. Pre-Rene have the old item def.

Edited September 23, 2021 by WhiteEagle

[chromatic05]

Thank you @WhiteEagle, after some tinkering I was able to setup a working pre-re server and client side.

However, I do have another question. How can I force the client to read the lua/lub files from the GRF? With my current setup on the client side, both exe of my renewal and pre-renewal are reading the lua/lub files from the System folder.

[Akbare]

create 2 exe

one for renewal and one for pre-re

for renewal use nemo and change to read iteminfo_re.lub

for pre-re use nemo and change to read iteminfo_pre.lub