This project is a reimplementation of the lobby servers once used in the game "Sacred" developed by Ascaron Entertainment.
The lobby servers were responsible for maintaining lists of both official and community-run game servers, allowing clients to discover and connect to available game rooms.
This reimplementation aims to recreate the functionality of the original lobby servers, providing a platform for players to discover and connect to active game servers for multiplayer gameplay.
Caution
Write slow in the lobby's chat! The game has an anti-flood system that prevents messages from being sent to the lobby If you write more than a message every two seconds, every subsequent message gets cached until the flood timer resets Then when writing a new message, all cached messages get sent
- Login: The servers once required registration on the ascaron website, here any username and password combination will do.
- Open Net: This gamemode allows you to use your local characters to play online!
- Server List: GameServers can connect to the lobbyserver and be added to the list of available servers
- Lobby Chat: You can now chat with other players and see other characters in the lobby
- Closed Net: In this gamemode the lobbyserver stores your characters so you can't load cheated ones.
- Download the latest release from the box on the right
- Extract the archive
- (Optionally) modify 'config.toml' to suit your needs
The port 7066/tcp (unless modified in the config) needs to be port forwarded if hosting a lobbyserver over the internet
Now when you run the executable GameServers and Clients will be able to connect to the lobbyserver!
This needs to be done for every person that wants to host a game using GameServer.exe!
Open the file GameServer.cfg in Sacred's game folder with a text editor (such as notepad) and modify the following lines:
NETWORK_LOBBY : <your public ip or 127.0.0.1 if on the same pc as the lobbyserver>
NETWORK_LOBBYPORT : 7066 (or your custom port you set in config.toml)
Ports 2005/udp and 2006/tcp need to be port forwarded if hosting a gameserver over the internet
Now open GameServer.exe, set a game name, click on the radio button labeled "Internet" and then click "Ok"
The gameserver should now connect to the lobbyserver!
Open the file Settings.cfg in Sacred's game folder with a text editor (such as notepad) and modify the following lines:
NETWORK_LOBBY : <your public ip or 127.0.0.1 if on the same pc as the lobbyserver>
NETWORK_LOBBYPORT : 7066 (or your custom port you set in config.toml)
NETWORK_CDKEY : AMVW2Y3MF2OTBTSS9TLC
NETWORK_CDKEY2 : 3L4FLSIRGBQS8BTCMGE9
You can also write the CD Keys from the in-game UI
Now open Sacred, click on "Multiplayer" then "Open Internet", choose a random username and password, then click "Log On". After selecting a character you should automatically connect to a room and see the server list!
To get started with this reimplementation, follow these steps:
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Clone the Repository: Clone this repository to your local machine using Git:
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/sacred-lobby-server.git
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Build the Project: Using Visual Studio or the .NET CLI, build the lobby server project:
dotnet build LobbyServer.csproj
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Run the Lobby Server: Navigate to the output directory containing the built executable and run it:
- Windows:
cd bin/Debug/net8.0 LobbyServer.exe- Linux:
cd bin/Debug/net8.0 chmod +x LobbyServer ./LobbyServer
Contributions to this project are welcome! If you'd like to contribute, please fork the repository, make your changes, and submit a pull request.
This project is licensed under the AGPLv3 License - see the LICENSE file for details.
Special thanks to Ascaron Entertainment for creating Sacred and inspiring this reimplementation!
A really heartfelt thank you to the members of Sacred Tribute for their invaluable help and to all the members of the discord communities that helped testing, debugging and experimenting <3