You do not need internet access to play on your own L2 server as long as you host it on a local system in your home. You will have to run an actual server as playing L2 as a single player game it pretty much impossibile since the client is not the actual game, the server contains all the core game data. The game client only contains the graphics, music, and basic information files for things like items, mobs, quests, skills, etc. Without an actual game server the game client is useless. Easiest way is to have 1 PC with the server running on it with all IP's set to the PC's LAN IP; Next have a second PC with the actual game, but change the Windows HOSTS file to look like this: 192.168.1.6 l2authd.lineage2.com The above LAN IP would be whatever it is on your local PC hosting the server: Start, Run, CMD (Enter), type ipconfig (Enter) Link the two computers together via a local LAN network system (wired or wireless). You can probably have both the server and client running on the same PC; you would then set all IP's to 127.0.0.1 but unless you have a lot of RAM and a super CPU and graphics card this is not recommended. Yes, I am still around!!

If you want to play on L2Sinister - L2 H5 server - and have no Game Account, first of all visit the section How to connect, please.

Felder minideed is right you can setup your own l2j server and run a matching Lineage 2 client with IP forwarded to your own computer (127.0.0.1). It probably doesn't have to be l2j, but l2j takes very little bandwith and ram compared to official L2 files-especially if you disable geodata.

I was fooling around with L2server files and I was able to get on L2 without internet connection. So the answer is yes.

If your PC can handle Lineage 2 client, you can play yourself (that means normal PCs will be able to handle your request). Btw I know minideed said you'll need lots of ram and cpu, but that's with geodata/official server files. If you wanna play offline L2, let me join haha, I don't have time for normal mmo right now anyways.

XD @minideed what happened to l2serpent anyways? Even L2j based servers without geodata still require a good amount of RAM to run smoothly, but without geodata you also have the problem of mobs moving through/into walls and floors. It is not exactly easy to setup a server if you are not used to it, especially an L2OFF based server which requires a lot of special knowledge and software (MSSQL, 64bit OS in which Vista/Win7 will not work with L2 extenders). Acuben: SerpentL2 is on hold for an unknown amount of time as my heavy work schedule is preventing me from doing any real work on it. I already have the good files (L2OFF) and play around with them once in a great while.

But as to when it will be ready to open for testing I cannot say. If you don't have any knowledge about servers at all, then I'd strongly recommend L2j server.unless you are up for some challenges. Even among l2j server, the 'root' server files is probably the easiest to work with (other than branches) you have latest client, so you need server files that matches to your client (meaning freya client can only be played with freya server.unless you do some treaking, but why would you want to? I'd say simplest solution is goto (sorry if this advertising is not allowed) and download nightlies (unless you know what to download).

There are many guides on 'how to make l2j server' like on ragezone, elitepvpers(maybe), youtube, etc. Acronis disk director suite portable 2. (i think youtube makes it simple =p ) But one way to make l2j server is this (you don't have to follow this method, especially if you are familiar with mysql) Download and install. Mysql (preferably a free one right?

) navicat (unless java (I can't remember which atm, if this is problem, you should post here again l2jserver files (+geodata, pathnod if you want geodata, but this is extra 3 gm of ram.) l2 client file (that matches l2jserver file). If you have no idea what i'm talking about. Expect to spend around 20+ hours figuring stuff out and another 5 hours installing server. Last edited by on Mon Jan 24, 2011 6:53 am, edited 1 time in total.

Acuben, your right, I don't have any knowledge about this stuff, and I'm not going for any challenges too. However, I want to make my own L2J and play for my self, and I'm not going to make a Private server too! Cause I dont have that much time and dont want that much trouble too. Minideed, I'm sorry but I dont use any, like I said.