TFS versions in relation to tibia versions

[falikus]

Hi!

I'm confused with this topic and wanted to ask you all if someone could explain to me how to look at the TFS versioning in relation to Tibia versions.

On github releases there is mentions of TFS 1.5 supporting 10.xx protocol, does this mean I need to get an older version of TFS to run an 8.x OTS?
I understand that the version of TFS will mean the support of features available in the game such as market, imbuements and whatever is there available but how to actually understand the mapping between TFS and Tibia versions?

Also, do the TFS servers come with an preinstalled map? I assume its some demo map, not the real tibia clone, right?

 

[ralke]

Hi!

I'm confused with this topic and wanted to ask you all if someone could explain to me how to look at the TFS versioning in relation to Tibia versions.

On github releases there is mentions of TFS 1.5 supporting 10.xx protocol, does this mean I need to get an older version of TFS to run an 8.x OTS?
I understand that the version of TFS will mean the support of features available in the game such as market, imbuements and whatever is there available but how to actually understand the mapping between TFS and Tibia versions?

Also, do the TFS servers come with an preinstalled map? I assume its some demo map, not the real tibia clone, right?

Generally branches of TFS that support older versions, are called downgrades. This mean, that the person/group who did the downgrade took out the source code of newer protocol, and make it fully compatible with an older version. The first known downgrade from 1.5 branch was nekiro downgrade, which is here: GitHub - nekiro/TFS-1.5-Downgrades: Alternative forgottenserver versions for older protocols support (https://github.com/nekiro/TFS-1.5-Downgrades)

There's many other forks that move forward with that downgrade. You can search for those on the forum (not quite sure which branch is now the most updated)... If you're looking for an 8.6 downgrade you can use my own: GitHub - ralke23/Greed-TFS-1.5-Downgrades at 8.60 (https://github.com/ralke23/Greed-TFS-1.5-Downgrades/tree/8.60)

TFS does come with a pre-installed map. You can see it at world folder (inside data/), but you can easily change it at config.lua for any other you want, just paste the .otbm from the map you desire and change mapName ="" to your own map. Be sure that the map you pasted is compatible with the version you're running, otherwise, it will tell you can't open the server due invalid item id.