WvsGlobal v22 (WvsBeta_REVAMP)

WvsGlobal fork targeted for v22 and .net framework 4.8. Includes idb and scripts.

Notes

• Config options for Redis, ElasticSearch/logging and some others are missing
• ReNX has been modified to support merging of NX files
• log4net.ElasticSearch was made a bit better in terms of memory usage and logging
• SQLs/wvsbeta_sql_compatible.sql should be compatible with the server
• packages/ folder contains the NuGet packages.

Features

• Lots.
• log4net and ElasticSearch for logging/tracing
• Redis for locking character transfers when they CC and other features
• NX data files
• Threaded packet sending queue to offload slow sockets
• PatchCreator for maple .patch files, using jdiff
• Improved MasterThread for running the best as possible, without CPU load
• Anti-Hack measures
• Discord webhook support
• bcrypt password hashing

Credits

• wackyracer
• Exile
• Diamondo25
• Sifl
• Anthony
• SpAgentMoo
• Joob
• Rath
• Ginseng
• csproj (for doing about nothing at all. hurr)

And all staff and the players that have made the server a great success. You'll be remembered.

Things we've learned

• Don't exploit or hack. We knew all along.
• Don't bug GiveEXP function so that it saves on every exp gain, while there are 50 people training (thanks Exile :) )
• Don't livestream with your camera pointing to your keyboard and then log in.
• Let other people check your code to remove exploits.
• Don't rush releases.
• Delaying releases because migration logic is borked is not helping the problem, either. Like the teleport bug, hurr.
• And if you decide to release and do your last push to git, your git host could drop out (Gitlab issue @ 2017-08-24 at 2 AM)
• KitterzPE or RiPE will not work. Stop crashing your clients...
• Keep your Windows Server up-to-date, otherwise you might get rekt >_>. (We never had that issue)
• There are VPSs running on old hardware out there. Ours was on a Nehalem or Westmere based host.
• Make sure your server host(s) is/are paid. Otherwise you get downtime out of nowhere.
• Don't get top ranked on Google for "maplestory global"
• GTOP is shit. Don't spend money and time into that.
• If you do decide to use GTOP, expect downtimes. And log everything related to it.
• Don't boost your friends as a server owner, outside of Tespia. People are not going to like that. #boostgate
• People like being midget.
• Keep love outside of private servers, or you might get f*cked
• Keep your password private. We've had 5 people that we had to recover from some brother or sister deleting their character(s)...
• Do not push to production directly. That single line edit could have a lot of issues
• Use debug logging using debug logging functionalities, especially when you do it in the attack handler
• Trace.WriteLine is erased. Do not pass a function call, such as packet.ReadInt() to it, because that will disappear.
• Do NOT select text inside a console. It freezes the application running inside it.
• Double check, no, TRIPLE check your queries. Don't want your shoes to end up on your head ;')
• Have a way to test someones character to figure out issues.
• Do not put too much money in Facebook. Your reach will be capped at a certain point
• Use /map 0 for free meso
• Stay away from El Nath, it might kill you until you are dead (and lost all your EXP). Who needs to check HP anyway?
• When you think you fixed an issue with falling down the map, and you accidentally made a teleport cheat on the map boundaries. Which then keeps on existing for weeks.
• TomBradyProtect, and you'll never get a wz editor ever again.
• Don't give away Ilbis as a CM.
• Muting people might make them use emoji responses to talk, instead.
• Make sure repeated actions are in sync, and don't decide to stack up in events due to locking and such hurr...

Patching

Using the native patcher, create a FTP server with anonymous read access, using the following directory structure:

• Maple
  • download
    • FullVersion
      • MSSetup.exe - Used if patching fails for some reason.
  • patch
    • notice
      • 000xx.txt - The version changes file.
    • patchdir
      • 000xx
        • 000xxto000yy.patch - The patch file, generated by the PatchCreator (using make-patches)
        • NewPatcher.dat - The new patcher to download (renamed from .exe)
        • Version.info - Generated by the PatchCreator, contains the checksum of the new patcher and the version to patch from.