Documentation & Guides
Practical guidance for your platform, your server and your community.
Start with the setup guides below. Release-specific instructions are being validated; the Lua API reference will follow.
Setup
Prepare your server environment
Install the preparation tools, collect your Season 6 Episode 3 files, and organize the server before database setup.
Prepare the database and connect DataServer
Create the game databases, configure SQL access, and verify DataServer before starting the other services.
Configure server connections
Connect the three server services using matching codes, ports, private addresses, and map routes.
Configure the Season 6 Episode 3 client
Patch a matching client, set its connection details, and verify login, character loading, and reconnects.
Configure firewall access
Allow player connections while keeping SQL and internal service ports private.
Manage your server licence
Activate your server, handle a lost key, move machines, and understand cancellation and expiry.
Server configuration
Client customization
Add a custom item
Add an item consistently on server and client, then test its appearance, equipment rules, and saved state.
Translate client text
Translate the active language, preserve text IDs and placeholders, and verify the result in game.
Check language and font display
Match text encoding, language selection, and font coverage so translated characters render correctly.
Encode and decode client configuration
Convert supported client XML to BMD, verify the output, and retain an editable source copy.
Getting started
Server administration
Prepare your hosting environment
Prepare an isolated test installation, verify recovery backups, and record how to restart the services.
Get server alerts in Telegram
Connect the Kantru Server Launcher to a Telegram bot so a crash, a database drop or a licence problem reaches your phone.