This guide contains basic information how to run server on Windows x32/x64 The guide don't contains security tips or good practices so don't use it for production server!
In this guide will show you how to download, build and setup L2Jserver from scratch in 10 simple steps.
For this guide i will use follow software:
Java JDK 8u131
Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers
XAMPP
HeidiSQL
7z
Without number 1 (Java) all other software have alternative what can be used, feel free to experiment.
Follow this step in this order to setup and run the server.
For server to run database need to be up.
XAMPP advantage.
XAMPP control center give you easy control on MySQL(MariaDB) server so we can start i only when need it also easy start/stop/restart.
But still if want we can start it with administrator rights and enable "1" Service or more sepeciic configs from "3" Config.
But if we don't use server non stop easy can just use "2" Start when need it and stop it when we done. DATABASE NEED TO RUNNING FOR START THE SERVER