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2004Scape localhost/singleplayer RuneScape RSPS on Linux with Desktop Launcher

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https://wiki.realmofespionage.xyz/games;linux;2004scape_localhost

These are my notes on how to deploy 2004Scape Server, all-upstream code, and ran with the latest tools on Fedora Workstation 40. All easy-to-read, while also being drop-in runnable on most distros with Bash (I'm interested to hear results!) This is *not* a repack: my notes give you the convenience of setting it up proper, ease of maintaining it over-time, and easy to run and move data anywhere, *much* better than a repack! If you like the idea of your own singleplayer RuneScape, you've come to the right place!

I also have notes and a video for Microsoft Windows (it's easy): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFmbHS4w9mU

Getting Started: https://github.com/2004Scape/Server?tab=readme-ov-file#getting-started

Docker: https://github.com/2004Scape/Server?tab=readme-ov-file#using-the-devcontainer

Discord: https://discord.2004scape.org/

This is more old-school than Old School RuneScape and a real nostalgia trip! 2004Scape is free and open-source code based on RuneScape build 225 (May 18th, 2004), high-quality with rapid development, and able to be self-hosted! This is "the" ultimate solo self-found, no bot, no RWT-influenced experience! This can be "your" old-school RuneScape server, no latency, all hosted on your PC, with character data under your control (roll it back in-case of a T-bow time-warping along with the entire related skill, destroy content with dream 99s, have 20 accounts and flex automation, host it at a LAN party, whatever you want). I've been waiting for a project like 2004Scape for RuneScape for years! You can script and dev your own content, run and make your own bots, design bosses, or just stick to PvE solo :p That's the freedom and power of FOSS, and 2004Scape is the best RSPS project I've seen to embrace this while also providing authenticity out-the-box (Jagex-like, like blizz-like)! I'm very interested to see more RSPS projects embrace FOSS for high-quality open development like WoW servers with TrinityCore and CMaNGOS (I started back in the Antrix and Ascent days :p)

Are you curious what RuneScape was like without all the modern, speed-runner quality-of-life? You're in for a treat the first time you use a stove :p I'm soloing all the content possible, no cheating, all vanilla, and I challenge anyone else to give it a go too! Can *you* play RuneScape as it was back in the day when convenience didn't reign? I have a progress photo album here: https://media.realmofespionage.xyz/index/category/1

You can host this as-is on LAN, over a VPN Hamachi-style (rip Evolve), and even full-blown public! I highly recommend looking into ".env" config and seeking tips about securing a 2004Scape server for outside/WAN use (this video is in dev mode without account auth)

If you aren't interested in hosting a 2004Scape server, you can still experience old-school RuneScape! They have an official server running the same code: https://2004scape.org/

I encourage you to post any issues encountered to their Discord or https://github.com/2004Scape/Server/issues to help improve it! I'm playing the content and contributing to an open-source project at the same time :p I also encourage you to read their Mission Statement https://github.com/2004Scape This project is no-joke: they've converted the official Java applet to run in modern browsers with HTML5 (video is with no-frills Firefox 128), and re-created the original May/June 2004 RuneScape website all in the name of authenticity https://2004scape.org/ It'll be big news when they go into open Beta in the near-future https://2004scape.org/news

Feature Complete List (see what works currently): https://github.com/2004scape/Server/wiki/Feature-Complete-Progress

If you have old RuneScape file data, or any videos/info from before OSRS (2013), please contribute it! https://github.com/2004scape/Server/wiki/Research-Guide

Also check out the rest of my notes on my wiki! 200+ detailed pages of real-world, no-nonsense tweaks Windows and Linux, advanced configs, SELinux and systemd, and the best-practices when it comes to self-hosting and security on bare-metal! No containers, no cookbooks, no unreadable mega-scripts! All 100% free and Creative Commons: https://wiki.realmofespionage.xyz/

I've also done a similar set-up for World of Warcraft WotLK/3.3.5 also with a fancy 🤌 desktop launcher (this is that WoW icon on the dock :p): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGKXIY-33z8

Self-host all the things, relive nostalgia, and avoid the financially-motivated gachas and agendas being pushed today!

After about a week of solo RS like this, I'm loving it! I'll have to write up a blog post about this eventually (I'm out of description room here :p) but the overall less-stress of playing RS like this is awesome!

(video created with OBS Studio, Fedora Workstation 40, Intel UHD 630, Firefox, and thumbnail created with GNOME's screenshot tool; I'm serious about all-FOSS :p)

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