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What is Odyssey Realms Registry?
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Odyssey Online Classic is a 2D MMORPG written in Visual Basic 6 and thriving since 1997. The Odyssey Realms Registry is an open source client/server which lists the official "Classic" server, a "God Server", and various player made servers. 


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How Do I Play?
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Playing is easy, and to simplify the process we have put together a premade installer, as well as an automatic updater. These files are referenced as: 

- "odyssey_realms_installer.exe"
- "odyssey_realms_updater.exe"

The "odyssey_realms_installer.exe" will run a full installation process which registers files, creates shortcuts and registry keys. If you haven't already played the game on your computer before, you should run the full installer.
The "odyssey_realms_updater.exe" will automatically grab the latest client files to keep you up to date. You should run this after you run the installer, and ideally every time you launch Odyssey.
  


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Credits
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-The current version (Odyssey Realms) is hosted/maintained by QBcrusher, and programmed by Xtreme [Jay Manley] and BaD [Christopher Lowenthal] from 2017 - Present
-The original version was written by Bugaboo [Justin Schumacher] in 1997.
-The project was then continued by Remote [James Chambers] from 2004 - 2012. Odyssey Realms was forked from this version

-Some additions also taken from the Odyssey Reborn source, which ran from 2013 - 2016

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Fix Errors
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The installer should perform these tasks automatically, but sometimes some anti-virus software applications will flag the installer as malicious and will not complete the task (rest assured this is a false positive). 
If this happens and you get any of the errors below, here are some steps you can take to perform them manually. 

- If you get a DirectX error when you try to play, go into the folder for each game and run "Register_Files.exe" as an administrator. 
- If problems persist, try running "vbrun60sp6.exe" as an administrator

These 2 steps will solve 98% of issues preventing you from playing. If they fail, try running them as "Windows XP compatibility"


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Fix Other Known Errors
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"Error 122 - Path Not Found"
    - This means your cache folders did not generate. Manually create them in your client folder and the problem should be resolved (Classic cache folder is named "classic")

"Runtime Error 53 - File Not Found"
    - You have a file missing or corrupted. Delete your "Client" folder and rerun the updater



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