Aurora (software)
Encyclopedia
Aurora was an open-source cross-platform
Ragnarok Online
emulator
software project
that started in late 2006 but was discontinued in early 2008 due to lack of community enthusiasm, though it is still freely available online and is fully functional for use. Aurora was an English
translation
of the Japanese
project Athena (also known as jAthena), which is also the base of the eAthena
project. Athena, and therefore Aurora as well, are coded in the C programming language, and make use of the MySQL
software library. Though it was a translation project of Athena for the most part, all of Aurora's non-player character
(NPC) script
s were adapted directly from leaked Aegis
packages, the software that runs the official Ragnarok Online servers. Aurora's SVN repository is still online and can be found below under External Links.
Cross-platform
In computing, cross-platform, or multi-platform, is an attribute conferred to computer software or computing methods and concepts that are implemented and inter-operate on multiple computer platforms...
Ragnarok Online
Ragnarok Online
Ragnarok Online , often referred to as RO, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game or MMORPG created by GRAVITY Co., Ltd. based on the manhwa Ragnarok by Lee Myung-jin. It was first released in South Korea on 31 August 2002 for Microsoft Windows and has since been released in many other...
emulator
Emulator (Ragnarok Online)
An emulator for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game Ragnarok Online is a server emulation software which mimics the functionality of the official Ragnarok Online server software Aegis and is used to create private servers. Examples of these software projects include Athena ,...
software project
Software project management
Software project management is the art and science of planning and leading software projects. It is a sub-discipline of project management in which software projects are planned, monitored and controlled.-History:...
that started in late 2006 but was discontinued in early 2008 due to lack of community enthusiasm, though it is still freely available online and is fully functional for use. Aurora was an English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
translation
Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...
of the Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
project Athena (also known as jAthena), which is also the base of the eAthena
EAthena (software)
eAthena, short for English Athena, is a cross-platform, open-source game server software for the popular MMORPG Ragnarok Online. It is an emulation of the Aegis software created by Gravity Co., Ltd. that powers the official Ragnarok Online servers, and is used to run private servers...
project. Athena, and therefore Aurora as well, are coded in the C programming language, and make use of the MySQL
MySQL
MySQL officially, but also commonly "My Sequel") is a relational database management system that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. It is named after developer Michael Widenius' daughter, My...
software library. Though it was a translation project of Athena for the most part, all of Aurora's non-player character
Non-player character
A non-player character , sometimes known as a non-person character or non-playable character, in a game is any fictional character not controlled by a player. In electronic games, this usually means a character controlled by the computer through artificial intelligence...
(NPC) script
Scripting language
A scripting language, script language, or extension language is a programming language that allows control of one or more applications. "Scripts" are distinct from the core code of the application, as they are usually written in a different language and are often created or at least modified by the...
s were adapted directly from leaked Aegis
AEGIS (Ragnarok Online)
AEGIS is Windows Server software used along with Microsoft SQL Server by Gravity Corporation to run the official Ragnarok Online game servers. It was originally developed for exclusive use within Gravity and Gravity subsidiaries, but has been leaked within its lifetime, purportedly by several teams...
packages, the software that runs the official Ragnarok Online servers. Aurora's SVN repository is still online and can be found below under External Links.