Howto:Setup

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This tutorial assumes that you already have a compiled version of PseuWoW and stuffextract. For information about how to compile PseuWoW, check Compiling PseuWoW

Extracting required data

Copy the stuffextract executable into your Client’s main directory. If you need a basic version only for chatting and some server interaction, start stuffextract with the following arguments:

stuffextract -maps -textures -wmos -models -sounds

This configuration will use up a maximum of 30 MB harddrive space.

If you want a fully functional version with graphics, use the following:

stuffextract +maps +textures +models

You can, optionally, add the following commandline arguments:

'''+sounds''' (Extracts .wav and .mp3 files, ''but they are not yet used'')
'''-md5''' (Disable output of MD5 checksums of the extracted files)
'''+autoclose''' (Close stuffextract when extraction is complete)
'''+wmos''' (Extract map WMO files, ''but they are not yet used'')
'''-locale:enGB''' (Use specified locale instead of asking for it)
or: '''-locale:auto''' (Automatically detect used locale instead of asking for it)
'''-?''' shows the help about all commands and slightly more technical information about them

After starting stuffextract you will have to wait a few seconds or up to a few minutes, depeding on the selected settings and your machine’s speed.

Once the extraction process is completed, navigate into the newly created folder “stuffextract”, select everything and copy it into the main directory of PseuWoW, overwriting existing data.

Configuring PseuWoW

Navigate to the “conf” directory and open PseuWoW.conf, gui.conf, and, if you plan to use PseuWoW as a GM/admin bot, also users.conf; use any text editor you like (Notepad for example).

In the conf files there are comments describing what the various settings are good for. Be sure that a realmlist address is set and that the server’s version and the version PseuWoW autghenticates with are equal.

• ”‘Hint: ”Basically you can set everything as version, for example if you have an older PseuWoW version and want to run it on a server supporting a newer client version. But this does not mean that PseuWoW will support this version! It might work perfectly, work somewhow but with errors or it might not work at all (due to changed mechanics, packet structures, etc). So, be sure that the official version of PseuWoW you are using really matches the version the server supports!!” ”’

If you have extracted maps and want to use the GUI, don’t forget to set ”‘usemaps=1”’ and ”‘enablegui=1”’.

After configuring PseuWoW to your needs you can optionally add scripts from the “scripts/optional” folder or from the forum; just copy them into “scripts” directory to make them work. Take a look at the comments in the scripts to see if there are additional things to configure.

At this point you can cross your fingers and start PseuWoW. If everything worked and connecting to the realm and then to the world world was successful, you should see the console saying

* World entered!

and later

Joined channel General
Joined channel Trade
Joined channel LookingForGroup

If you have the GUI enabled and it shows some landscape shortly after that (wait a few seconds, it has to load the textures and everything), it did actually work. You are logged in and ready for action!

First time users should type

help
help basic
help list

into the console to see a few commands to get started with.

More advanced users should head over to the DefScript page, because only with some nice scripts PseuWoW can really use its power.

That was it or now, if there are questions left, head over to the forum or IRC and ask!