From e0800a7de4308de9af04455c80a72c11233f2ed4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kyle Spier-Swenson Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 02:28:20 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Includes links to standalone prepackaged database server in the readme (#36360) --- README.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 441b7304362..c8ede1a3d45 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ To enable an away mission open `config/awaymissionconfig.txt` and uncomment one The SQL backend requires a Mariadb server running 10.2 or later. Mysql is not supported but Mariadb is a drop in replacement for mysql. SQL is required for the library, stats tracking, admin notes, and job-only bans, among other features, mostly related to server administration. Your server details go in /config/dbconfig.txt, and the SQL schema is in /SQL/tgstation_schema.sql and /SQL/tgstation_schema_prefix.sql depending on if you want table prefixes. More detailed setup instructions are located here: https://www.tgstation13.org/wiki/Downloading_the_source_code#Setting_up_the_database +If you are hosting a testing server on windows you can use a standalone version of MariaDB pre load with a blank (but initialized) tgdb database. Find them here: https://tgstation13.download/database/ Just unzip and run for a working (but insecure) database server. Includes a zipped copy of the data folder for easy resetting back to square one. + ## WEB/CDN RESOURCE DELIVERY Web delivery of game resources makes it quicker for players to join and reduces some of the stress on the game server.