This page contains instructions for the manual setup of the server. This is intended for more advanced users. If you are trying to set the server up for the first time, please see Initial Setup.
You need to set up a web server to serve SiteConfig.xml and redirect login requests. For this guide we are going to use Apache.
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Download Apache 2.4.58 Win64 here. You can use any other version of Apache you prefer, as long as it has OpenSSL support enabled.
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Extract the
Apache24
folder in the archive toC:\Apache24
. If you would like to run it from another directory, make sure to edit theSRVROOT
variable value inApache24\conf\httpd.conf
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Open
Apache24\conf\httpd.conf
with any text editor and uncomment (by removing the # symbol) the following six lines:LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
,LoadModule proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.so
,LoadModule proxy_http_module modules/mod_proxy_http.so
,LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so
,LoadModule socache_shmcb_module modules/mod_socache_shmcb.so
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Open
Apache24\conf\extra\httpd-ssl.conf
with any text editor, find the<VirtualHost _default_:443>
section, and add the following two lines to it:RewriteEngine on
andRewriteRule ^/AuthServer(.*) http://%{HTTP_HOST}:8080$1 [P]
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Put server.crt and server.key provided in this repository in
Apache24\conf
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Put SiteConfig.xml provided in this repository in
Apache24\htdocs
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Open
ClientConfig.xml
located inMarvel Heroes\Data\Configs
with any text editor and replace theSiteConfigLocation
value withlocalhost/SiteConfig.xml
. The line should look like this:<str name="SiteConfigLocation" value="localhost/SiteConfig.xml" />
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Download the latest MHServerEmu nightly build here and extract it wherever you like. Alternatively, you can build the source code yourself with Visual Studio or any other tool you prefer.
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Copy
Calligraphy.sip
andmu_cdata.sip
located inMarvel Heroes\Data\Game
toMHServerEmu\Data\Game
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Now you can actually start everything and get in-game.
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Start Apache by running
Apache24\bin\httpd.exe
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Start MHServerEmu and wait for it to load.
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Open the following link in your web browser and create your account: http://localhost:8080/AccountManagement/Create. This link is going to work only when MHServerEmu is fully up and running.
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Launch the game.
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Log in with the email / password combination you used for account creation.
If everything works correctly, the server should display client connection information.
Note: you can launch the game without Steam by running MarvelHeroesOmega.exe with the following arguments: -robocopy -nosteam.
You can customize how the emulator functions by editing the Config.ini
file. See Advanced Setup for more advanced setup topics.