Post: #4

Here is the easy part:

1. Make sure your sphereserver is using the latest nightly build
2. Make sure the sphereCrypt.ini file includes the enhanced client keys (currently 4.0.32.3)
067900320 0A9BA7FD 0B069527F ENC_TFISH // 4.00.32.0
3. Download the enhanced client installer from http://www.uo.com/Client-Download
4. Install and patch the enhanced client as normal (this took me an hour)

Now the complicated part(s):

First you need to add a "loopback adapter" to Windows using the Hardware Wizard:

1. Click the Start menu.
2. Search for “cmd".
3. Right-click on “cmd” and select “Run as Administrator”
4. Enter “hdwwiz.exe”
5. Choose install manually (advanced mode)
6. Select "Network Adapters"
7. Select "Microsoft" in the Manufacturer column
8. Select "Microsof Loopback Adapter" in the Network Adapter column

Second, you need to edit the properties of your new loopback adapter and give it the IP address of the real EA UO server:

1. Find it in the Control Panel -> Network and Sharing Center... it depends on your hardware, but it likely appears as "Local Area Connection 2". When you open it, the "Connect using:" will have "Microsoft Loopback Adapter" listed. Make sure you edit the right one because if you edit the wrong one then no internets for you!!!
2. Uncheck everything except "Internet Protocol Version 4", then highlight IPv4 and click properties
3. Select "user the following IP address" and enter:
IP Address: 107.23.85.115
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
4. Apply these changes and then test it from a command prompt by typing: ping 107.23.228.67

Third, you need to intercept all the traffic being sent to your loopback adapter (that is currently impersonating the real EA UO server), and redirect it to the free shard of your choice:

1. Download the opensource version of rinetd for Windows from here: http://www.boutell.com/rinetd/
2. Unzip that package into a directory on your PC... I used c:\rinetd
3. Create a new file in that directory, named after the shard you are connecting to... I used c:\rinetd\myshard.txt
4. In that file, put the following 2 lines of information (replace X.X.X.X with the IP address of the freeshard you are connecting to... and if they use a port other than 2593, change that too):

0.0.0.0 7775 X.X.X.X 2593
0.0.0.0 7776 X.X.X.X 2593

5. you need to open a cmd prompt and run the rinetd.exe file and tell it to use your freeshard text file:

cd c:\rinetd
rinetd.exe -c myshard.txt

At this point, with rinetd running, you can launch the enhanced client and log into your free shard.

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NOTE: If you want to log into the real EA UO server, you can use the control panel to disable the loopback adapter (and make sure rinetd is not running).