Registration
You will need to apply for access so that your RC can be added.
In order to use the Testbed Server, you will need to use RC, or "Remote Control". There are two flavours of this available: the external RC (available on Windows and Linux), and the in-game Scripted RC (available on Windows, Linux and Mac). This allows you to upload scripts to the NPC-Server so you can develop and test them on a real game server.
If you have Graal installed, you already have everything you need to get started using the Scripted RC. However, many players prefer the external RC because it means that you do not have to be logged into the Graal game client to get started. To download the external RC, open the Graal client and before logging into a server, click Start and then Install Packages. Select the Remote Control package that is suitable for you and install it. The RemoteControl2.exe program will go into your Graal folder. To use Scripted RC, simply log into the game server using the normal Graal client and press the F6 button.
To apply for RC access on the Testbed Server, contact Tigairius by sending an email to [email protected] or messaging Tigairius on AIM.
Getting Started
Once you've been set up on the server, you can log into RC. If you chose to use "Graphical mode" or the Scripted RC, you will see a greenish looking window with the GraalOnline logo, and various buttons surrounding it. The ones you are most likely going to be interested in are the ones at the bottom right of the panel for scripting purposes. If you chose to not use "Graphical mode", you will see a very minimalist grey window instead with menus.
Logging into the external RC will also place a small icon next to your computer's clock in the system tray. You can bring your RC window back or log out of the RC by clicking this. Note that just clicking the "X" button on the RC window does not log you out; you must log out using the tray icon.
A quick breakdown of the various features of Remote Control:
- Playerlist: Lists the players currently on the server and allows you to send/receive PMs, edit their attributes, rights, comments as well as warp, disconnect, ...
- File Browser: Lets you browse the server's folder structure and upload/download files
- Toall messages: Lets you send and receive toall messages; this is mostly for compatibility with the game client's toall function
- RC options: Contains various options that will change your RC's behaviour, ranging from logging to allowing mass PMs
- Folder options, server options: Lets high administrators change the server configuration
- Database NPCs: Contains a list of existing database NPCs and lets you manipulate existing NPCs as well as adding new ones. In Scripted RC, this is in the "Script Editor"
- Weapon/GUI scripts: Contains a list of existing weapon/GUI scripts and lets you add new ones. In Scripted RC, this is in the "Script Editor"
- Classes: Contains a list of class scripts (essentially, includes) and lets you edit existing classes as well as adding new ones. In Scripted RC, this is in the "Script Editor"
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