DSO_SERVER

Required client assets

Game client assets are not included in this repository. On Windows, run py -3 setup_client_assets.py after cloning. The script reads the official client’s local cache at %LOCALAPPDATA%\Temp\DSOClient, and extracts the compatible server data files into data/. It shows the source and destinations before continuing. It does not download the game or copy the client executable, DLLs, logs, or local session files.

The client asset extraction and startup setup have been tested with client revision rel261_192. Use matching client and server content revisions.

If %LOCALAPPDATA%\Temp\DSOClient contains downloaded .nb bundle files but is missing local assets, the setup script first runs tools/unpack_dso_bundles.py into data/client_unpacked/ (about 7 GB, git-ignored; the client folder is only read), then extracts the server data into data/. To let the official client read the files locally without an HTTP CDN service, add --client-cache: setup then unpacks into the client folder and its dlcache hierarchy instead (about 7 GB more there; dlcache\__root.txt is replaced and a copy kept as __root.txt.before-unpack). If the…