Can't find a clear tutorial

[lunar yoke]

Hard to follow along with a tutorial on how to set up a private server in ZZZ, mainly considering the more recent patches. Have had issues setting up zig even though I followed the instructions the video provided. Granted the video was about SR, as I couldn't find one that covered ZZZ for the recent patch. Note, I'm using Windows (I know, microslop, I feel gross too). Oddly I can't open up the link to the client patch, or any of the xeondev.com links, so would be nice to know whether this is browser related or not. Anyway, that's about it. Any help is appreciated.

[frail isle]

change DNS to 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1

or, employ a VPN

[lunar yoke]

So, IPv4 and IPv6 address to 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.01?

[frail isle]

no just IPv4

If you need to use IPv6, you can look up cloudflare DNS for it

[lunar yoke]

Ah, so the primary dns as 1.1.1.1 and alternative dns as 1.0.0.1?

[frail isle]

yes

[lunar yoke]

Noted, and is there any other setting I need to turn on or is that it? Like whether to prioritize DNS over HTTPS etc.

[frail isle]

doesn't matter

if you're in a country with censorship, enabling that may be worse

depends on you

[lunar yoke]

shouldn't be an issue in scandinavia I think

[frail isle]

Mm

try dns change, then vpn

[lunar yoke]

Sweet

[frail isle]

I think your ISP lacks xeondev.com in its database simply

changing DNS to a global DNS like Cloudflare's usually solves the problem

[lunar yoke]

so is this what I download to get into the private server? I presume I have to get git working too and zig

unsure on the zig version for zzz

[frail isle]

okay several things

you need server (yoshunko)
client patch (yidhari/tentacle)
hoyo-sdk (your login server)
KCPshim (packet translation)

[lunar yoke]

Wdym login server?

[frail isle]

server must run on a linux environment using a very specific Zig version (0.16.0 dev xxxx search it up)

client patch goes into the beta version of the game or whatever version you are using

hoyo-sdk allows you to create logins that your client will be redirected to. the game has a login page to get into the game. you cannot login with Mihoyo, so you use your own

[lunar yoke]

So, consdering I'm on windows would I need to emulate a linux environment?

[frail isle]

It is your local login server for yoshunko

since the client will require logging in somewhere regardless

there's no getting around this

so you host a fake login server for the client to intercept

[frail isle]

you can use windows subsystem for linux

WSL

it gives you I think a basic Ubuntu command line interface within Windows

and that is sufficient

I don't use it, but plenty of people here have

[lunar yoke]

And is sdk something I download or do I click the link on the github page?

[frail isle]

You can look it up, but it's within Windows and you don't need to install linux, though in my opinion, Linux is superior

[frail isle]

you download it and run it

that link is a local IP within your computer

127.0.0.1 means internal

it doens't go anywhere outside

when you run hoyo-sdk, then you can open that link

[lunar yoke]

ahh I see

[frail isle]

it lets you create a user account for your fake login server

that the client patch injects into the game

so you get your OWN login server

rather than Mihoyo's

[lunar yoke]

been thinking about pivoting to linux, just haven't made the jump yet. It's hard to switch from something you're used to, even if what you're used to is worse than the alternative. Just wish game support was better, but I've heard it's improving

[frail isle]

Yoshunko is actually deprecated

Its successor is currently in the works

And will have native Windows support

[lunar yoke]

I presume this is the most updated one https://github.com/reversedrooms/hoyo-sdk ?

[frail isle]

it's rather unchanged right now

I think the pre-built version is ok

[lunar yoke]

Oh sweet, might pivot to that when it releases then. Mostly just wanting to test out private servers for modding purposes and whatnot

[frail isle]

yes it's wise to mod a client different from the real one that you play

[lunar yoke]

Alright, I got the linux subsystem installed, I suppose I have to restart now

before I do so though, does everything look correct here?

[frail isle]

okay so

the only thing that really needs to be on Linux I think is Yoshunko

everything else more or less can run better on Windows

For your purposes

WSL is kind of finnicky I think

If you mix things about

[lunar yoke]

Getting this error when I try to install Yidhari ZS, would I need to restart to have WSL be active first?

[frail isle]

no, use git clone

if you don't have git, look up how to get it

it's better anyway

[lunar yoke]

Ah alright, tried to install it as zip

One sec just restarting

[frail isle]

getting git is easy on linux

more steps on windows

just get everything you need and then move to right place after

[lunar yoke]

So I do git come and link the https?

Clone*

[frail isle]

yeah

at this point you should mostly be set. A lot of things have instructions of some kind available and are well explained in this server, albeit needing to be searched

I was feeling slightly nicer today so explained some things

Usually I have not enough time

[lunar yoke]

So I just use git clone on everyone of them?

[lunar yoke]

[frail isle]

yes

then move them to right place, whether it's wsl or windows

I also operate a private server that only necessitates a client for those unwilling to go through the trouble of it if they can't figure it out

it's a public remote server

[lunar yoke]

How do I move them?

[lunar yoke]

Oh nice

[frail isle]

drag between Ubuntu folder within WSL to Windows

Just like moving files between folders

[lunar yoke]

How do I access the Ubuntu folders though?

[frail isle]

oh

within the file explorer, see the left hand directory tree

at the bottom should be a Linux section

you should have some linux distro in a folder... probably ubuntu by default

whatever you did is probably going to be in the home directory and maybe a user directory for you

[lunar yoke]

might've installed them wrong? Just used git clone with the repository, but maybe there was a command I needed to use

[frail isle]

eh... that's odd

I don't use WSL so I'm not super familiar sorry

[lunar yoke]

They seem to recommend that I do this command

wsl.exe --isntall Distro

[frail isle]

There is a youtube guide actually

where I think WSL is used

Maybe consult this

I can't really help with WSL because I use remote linux server

someone else maybe is more familiar with WSL

[lunar yoke]

I'll see if I can find a tutorial, thanks for the help anyway I might ask some questions later if I get past the hurdle of getting wsl to work

Ig I can ask one question, these are the files that I need for the game itself correct?

[frail isle]

yes i hosted those for download

[lunar yoke]

[frail isle]

this is also where the compiled yidhari.exe and tentacle.dll from the patch should go

when you build them

[lunar yoke]

Oh yeah, private servers won't interfere with other hoyo games right? Like I can still play hsr as normal etc.

[frail isle]

remember that client patch needs a different zig to compile than yoshunko

yoshunko needs a specific dev build of 0.16.0 that is no longer available from Zig

[lunar yoke]

Oh, which one?

[frail isle]

0.16.0 dev 1470 I believe

[lunar yoke]

[frail isle]

but a link can be found in this server by searching

[frail isle]

As for client patch

I use 0.15.2

should be fine

[lunar yoke]

Ah yeah, what's the link for the client patch, there'sa lot of links in resources / downloads

oh nvm, it's tentalce zr

yidhari zs *

[frail isle]

I think you have enough of what you need to succeed

[lunar yoke]

I'll try my best

[frail isle]

If cyberpunk 2077 is a favorite of yours it made it easier to be willing to help lmao

usually i don't give a damn about people

[lunar yoke]

I mod cyberpunk to death and take a lot of virtual photography The story is also great

[frail isle]

feel free to ask more questions if you need, but i will let other people help

best wishes

[lunar yoke]

[lunar yoke]

So a lil issue (hope you don't mind the ping). I can't seem to be able to open the link for zig dev 1470 trying to get yoshunko to work

only dev version I can find is this

[frail isle]

I've already answered this question...

[frail isle]

refer here

[lunar yoke]

oh, I'm dumb I'm sorry

[lunar yoke]

So, WSL is appearing to be a nuisance. For some reason it just refuses to recognize the zig So I might just opt to use this, or wait till the native version comes out. Hope you don't mind the final ping. Regardless, even if I didn't get it to work with the time I have today, I still appreciate the help

[frail isle]

The link is in my bio

Too bad wsl was too much a hassle

[lunar yoke]

Yeah 😔I could've also just done a stupid along the way, but idk. Applied to join your disc server as I presume that's where you have your remote server?