Open Tibia Server
Open Tibia Server (Also called OpenTibia Server, Otserv or simply OTS) is an alternative server engine of the game Tibia – an emulator of its protocol.
Otservers are not illegal, however, using an official client of Tibia to connect is against Cipsoft licence conditions. Practically, most of the engines are developed under the GNU GPL licence by an international group of volunteers from Poland, Sweden, Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico and other countries. Most coders introduce their engines (mostly derivers from other engines) at OTS or Tibia fansites. Also, developers whose engine has gained much popularity use SVN provided by SourceForge or Google Code to improve flexibility of their projects. One may find thousands of engine derivers starting form as old as Tibia 7.1 ending at 8.4 and possibly newer.
OpenTibia servers are written in C++ and use Lua scripts as an addition. As data storage system it’s now common to use:
XML – they have been used in OTS since its creation. In the past they served as data storage for accounts, characters, monsters spells, items, action and others. Recently, most engines excluded some content from XML to use more modern MySQL or SQLite.
MySQL or SQLite – have been is usage since Tibia 7.4 and store characters and accounts. They have been proven to work faster than XML in this area of development
There are many fansites about OTS, but the most successful appear to be Otfans and Otland. Amongst tutorials and engines, one may find scripts of monsters, spells, items, quests, actions and others.
When the engine is ready to run most developers purchase a dedicated server for a host. More than frequently, they also charge for playing or create an item shop to get the costs back. Therefore, a purpose of a server may vary. They may be commercial or fun, also the map might be designed to look as the real Tibia one or self-designed. It’s now become more common to create a feeling of the real Tibia with increased experience points and loot rate (most notably Azeroth OTS).
As Cipsoft is against Open Tibia Servers they told their promoted pack of fansites not to involve in the OTS community.
See also
- Tibia
- Tibia Micro Edition
External Links
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