Setting up the server

1. Clone Maple2. If you already did this, go to next step :)

   • You can use Github Desktop to clone the repository
   • Or you can use this command git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/MS2Community/Maple2

2. Install .NET 8. If you already did this, go to next step :)

3. Go to where MapleStory2 Client is installed, copy the path of the Data folder (Example: D:\MapleStory2\Maplestory 2 Client\Data).

4. Go into your Maple2 server folder, make copy of the file .env.example and rename it to .env and open it with a text editor or code editor.

   1. Update MS2_DATA_FOLDER to the path you copied in the last step
   2. Update DB_PASSWORD with the password you used on the third step of Installing MySQL

5. Run the project Maple2.File.Ingest, you can follow either of the following steps:

   1. You can open the solution in VS22 and select Maple2.File.Ingest in the top bar and run it
   2. Or you can go to the Maple2.File.Ingest folder and run dotnet run in a terminal

6. Wait for Maple2.File.Ingest to finish, go to the next step

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Next step - Running the server