Lomdom(PAGE WIP)

If you would like to run the game server locally use the following instructions.

Step 1

Download client.zip and server.zip and unzip them.

Step 2

Download docker find the instructions here.  note you need docker-compose.

Step 3

Open a terminal in the folder where you extracted the server.zip to this should be the folder with the docker-compose.yml file and run the following command 

docker-compose up --build

Step 4

Check in docker desktop that there are four containers running.

Step 5

Run the 'Lomdom.exe' from client.zip.

Step 6

Once the client has opened press any key and you should see the login screen then in the bottom right you should see a input box type in the following

http://127.0.0.1

Then create an account by going here.

Step 7

Login on the client and press play.

If you would like to player with others you will need to get yourself a server that can be access from the internet most likely on a hosting provider like linode once you have a server follow the instructions below.

Step 1

Get the server.zip file onto your server if your using ssh to access your server this can be done with scp tutorial can be found here.

Step 2

unzip the server.zip on most Linux servers this can be done with the following command.

unzip server.zip

Step 3

Install docker to the server note you will need docker-compose how to install docker can be found here for windows and here for Linux.

Step 4

Edit the docker-compose.yml file and change the on linux servers this can be done with nano more info can be found here.

ALLOWED_HOSTS=proxy,127.0.0.1

to

ALLOWED_HOSTS=proxy,the_ip_of_your_server

Step 6

Edit the file

api/website/api/server/fixtures/server.json

Change the line

"ip": "127.0.0.1",

to

"ip": "the_ip_of_your_server",

Step 7

Run the docker containers with the following command. Note you will need to open up the port 7777 for udp and port 80 for tcp on your server. 

docker-compose up --build

Step 8

Open the client on your local machine, not the server.

Step 6 Once the client has opened press any key and you should see the login screen then in the bottom right you should see a input box type in the following

http://the_ip_of_your_server

Step 9

Create an account using the link in the bottom left corner.

Step 9

Login on the client and press play.