Helios
Helios is a Ragnarok Online server emulator, written in Delphi. It can be compiled to run on Windows x86 and x64, and Linux x86. It is by no means a complete piece of software, but more of a “proof of concept” at this time. I’ve heard “you can’t write this shit in Delphi blah blah blah n00b blah blah blah Delphi doesn’t do servers yap yap yap”. Ya know what? I got two, one finger salutes for you haters out there, and the program core is a solid bad ass mother fucker to prove it.
Lets review the following
| Feature | Offical Server | eAthena | Helios |
| Executable Count | 4, each dedicated | 3, each dedicated | 1, can be set to run as a particular server or a combination of servers |
| Server <-> Server Communication support | Solid | Iffy with multiple server setup | Solid |
| Database Support | MSSQL | MySQL | MSSQL, MySQL, SQLite, and various others |
| Dynamic Loading and Unloading of Maps, NPCS, etc | No. Loads all at once | Dynamic Map Loading. Don’t know stability. | Dynamic Map/NPC Loading and Unloading |
Website: http://www.helios-emu.org
Sourceforge Project: http://www.sf.net/projects/heliosproject/