lwb5-in-2025/README.md

Running LegacyWorlds Beta 5 in 2025

This repo contains an attempt at running LWB5 on a modern system. It is based on Docker Compose, using three containers:

• a PostgreSQL 17 container for the database,
• a container for the game and its administration interface,
• a final container that runs the planet picture generator.

The open proxy scanner as well as the IRC bot were removed as they do not really make sense on the modern internet.

It is very likely to be broken in some areas because the code is outdated and, while I fixed the most obvious problems, outdated syntax is likely to be hiding in a few other places.

Running the game

In order to run LWB5, you have to:

• copy docker/env.example to docker/.env and edit the resulting file,
• start the application by running docker compose up -d inside the docker/ directory,
• access the administration interface, which will be exposed on port 81,
• go to the Ticks page in the Server management section,
• select the universe tick for the beta5 game and run it,
• now access the game itself on port 80 and log on using the administrative account configured in the .env file,
• go to My account and join the Public Beta 5 game,
• go to the game's Admin page,
• click the Manual update link and wait.

Running the universe tick will start the planet picture generator. However, it will take a while to run, so you'll see missing planet pictures until it's done running.