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Have the game run
Warning
For now, the server is in pre-alpha, it is very prototypical and is likely to be reset anytime.
The client is also evolving regularly, so it will need to be updated often.
All this has not been secured yet so **never use* a login/password couple which you're using somewhere else!
Official method to install the client
Linux
Download the 64bit or 32bit client, depending on your system:
Unzip the client. You should get a tree view of this type:
- linux(64 or 32)
- khanat_update_local (script)
- khanat (folder)
- lots of things (files, folders)
Download the data folder and unzip it in linux*/khanat in order to get the tree view linux*/khanat/data.
Launch ./khanat_client from the Khanat folder once it's done.
The khanat_update_local script allows to unzip the data folder and to put it at the proper place, but in its current version, it has a few troubles, so better not to use it…
Mac
Downlaod the Mac client and the data folder.
Unzip the client, place the data zip in this folder, and launch khanat_update_local which will unzip khanat_data and place it at the proper place. For this to work, the khanat_update_local, Khanat.app and khanat_data.7z have all to be in the same folder. Launch the client once it's done.
Windows
Download the installer here (no 64bit version for now):
Launch khanat_setup.exe from any folder and follow the provided instructions.
If the "official" client doesn't work
Note the error message you get, come on IRC and copy it.
If you meet strange bugs, the simplest way is often to delete the content of some folders.
- cache, unpack and user can be deleted without any problem. The patch will re-download only what is required.
- The save folder contains the data about your characters (chatLog, customed maps, macros, etc). If emptying the previous folders isn't enough, save the data of save apart, empty the folder.
- screenshots contains only the screenshots taken in game; it cannot make your client crash.
- If the data folder doesn't match with the official client, then there may be some display bugs. Make sure that data is the one with the Khanat data version. It's the same content on Mac, Windows and Linux; if you're playing on several OS, you can copy this folder instead of re-downloading it every thime.
Alternative client
Siela is compiling clients for us which are taking into account some particularties of Khanat. Nonetheless, Kervala's clients (for Ryzom) are still working curently, even if some features are lost when using them (different emotes, khanatised dates, easteregg, etc.).
Go to this address (Kervala's clients) and search for the client related to your OS, the most recent possible (the date is given on the line).
Unzip the zip in your Khanat folder.
Then download our config_default.cfg up to date and place it also in your Khanat folder.
Export the pad from this link in "text" format and remove the txt extension for it to have the proper name. Avoid to copy-past from the pad, it sometimes causes troubles (too many spaces).
Launch the game
Matrix 0: the Khanat
The first world is the Khanat, which the server will try to look like. Lost in the Mists, the Dreamers shape a new World.
When you're installing the game client as explained above, the access to the server is already set-up.
First connection
Create an account here, and once this account created, go on IRC to ask for it to be activated.
Launch the game and log in. If you get a message saying that you should have a subscribed account, or any error, contact-us.
Then create a character, and enter the game!
