Introduction

Almonaster is a web-based multi-player interstellar war game

Getting Started

To install your own server:

• Download the binary and site packages from https://github.com/mfeingol/almonaster/releases. The pdb package isn't needed.
• Unzip both packages into the same directory
• Open .\site\Config\Default.conf in a text editor
• Set the DatabaseConnectionString variable to a valid connection string
• Open a command prompt. Run Alajar.exe
• Open http://localhost in your web browser

Building the server yourself

• Clone the repo
• Open .\Source\Almonaster.sln in Visual Studio 2019
• Edit the Alajar.conf file as appropriate in the Alajar solution
• Edit the Default.conf file as appropriate in the Almonaster solution
• Select Alajar as the startup project
• Build the solution
• Run or debug the Alajar project

Binaries will be placed into .\Source\Drop<platform><configuration>

Managing SQL Server LocalDB instances

• Install SQL Server LocalDB
• Use the sqllocaldb tool

Copying a SQL Server backup to a LocalDB instance

Create a new LocalDB instance. Run the following SQL, using the appropriate file names:

RESTORE DATABASE Almonaster
FROM DISK = 'Almonaster-2016-12-25.bak'

WITH MOVE 'Almonaster' TO 'Almonaster-2016-12-25.mdf',
MOVE 'Almonaster_log' TO 'Almonaster-2016-12-25.ldf',
REPLACE;