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It depends on what you want. Keep in mind that if you ask this here and in rAthena, you'll get here replies that say "Hercules is better" and in rAthena forums you'll be told that "rAthena is better". Correct reply is "Hercules is better in some ways, rAthena is better in some other ways".
 
We don't get any commission or whatever based on users, (unlike rAthena we don't even place adverts on our pages), but it's an administrator preference.
 
Here in Hercules we have the fastest and most optimized Ragnarok Online emulator to the moment and there's no possible argument to this: you can run the map server on 70 MB RAM, while rAthena consumes around 200 MB on an idle state. Anyways, this varies on the amount of maps and NPCs you load on your server, and in the amount of users you have. It's also a fact that Hercules consumes much less processing time than rAthena, but I'm not aware of how much. This also means Hercules boots faster than rAthena and has some caching system for even faster boot at the cost of some disk space. Note that these measures also vary depending on the OS you're using
 
Hercules has some features that rAthena doesn't, and vice versa. For example we have an anti WPE security system (depends on client version) and some unique features (some of them were also merged in rAthena). The same happens on rAthena side, but I'm not well informed on that.
 
Emulator stability is comparable, but since in Hercules we introduce and make more features it's quite obvious we are a bit riskier on that and may crash a bit more. Anyways, our bug fixing is way faster than rAthena. We're also comparable in emulator support, too, but I believe we've more answered topics in relation to our total amount that rAthena.
 
The biggest flaw I can see out there is on the scripting and db development side, since rAthena is more active than us on that side (in fact, we seriously lack on them). Anyways, you can generally import all of them here with very little to no effort, most cases it's just a copy and paste issue and they'll work. We're also lifting some IMPORTANT scripting limitations at the moment and have no information of rAthena doing that at the moment.
 
We've also support for the last 3rd job skills while rAthena doesn't (with good formulas but still not perfect), but neither of us have Rebellion yet.
 
And we've also have a plugin system that allow you to make new features without the need of creating conflicts in the source code when updating. Anyways I still don't know why third party devs like eAmod still don't want to support us because it's pretty damn easy to do that with the plugin system which was specifically designed for them. I prefer to think they're lazy bums and only want to sell, because in eAmod case they tell you they support Hercules but then when you buy it they tell you it's still in merging process (it's been like 3 months merging, seriously?). Anyways, it's not that I personally like that much people getting rich at the cost of our free emulator.
 
In short, if you want my opinion:
 
Performance: Hercules
Stability: If you mind it over all other things, use rAthena because it's slightly more stable but not much. Else it doesn't quite matter.
Support: Hercules for bug fixing, doesn't matter for forum support.
Development of new features: Hercules
Development of scripts: rAthena (but you can just copy them over here most of the cases).
Third party support: Still rAthena.

CORA™, formerly named as Taka Control Panel, is a FREE and Stand-alone Content Management System for your private ragnarok online websites!

Easily change the contents of your site by accessing the admin panel. No need to open up a text editor and hassle yourself with the source code.
You can even change themes or manage widgets in your website with just a few clicks!

with CORA™ you can:

  Create/Update/Delete news and events with CKEditor Create/Update/Delete pages with CKEditor Easy navigation creation Easy users(players) management Easily Add/Edit/Remove widgets on your website Easily change into different themes ​ Easily manage your cash shop Easily manage your vote links and donate options Easily edit your settings View your characters with ROChargen View guild emblems View player/guild rankings View WoE Schedule View castle status

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for a video demonstration of CORA™ back when it was still in early development.
 
DOWNLOAD
Visit our website to download CORA™: http://cora.takaworks.net/
or you can clone it from github: https://github.com/takari1994/CORA

Install guide is provided in our website.
 
SCREENSHOTS
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NOTES
Recent updates requires CORA to use some custom and ready-made scripts such as AnnieRuRu's PVP ladder. All required scripts will be included and placed in the `scripts` folder.
 
DISCLAIMER
CORA™ is currently in beta phase and does not provide warranty of any sort, including but not limited to, warranty of quality, performance, usability. You assume all risks associated with using the software.
 
BUG REPORT & SUGGESTIONS
Please submit your reports and suggestions as a reply to this thread or by sending an email to [email protected]
Or if you have quick questions such as "does this support so and so" .. then yes you may ask, but if you need support
regarding installation and what not, please send me a PM or perhaps I might start a support topic instead.
 
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UPDATE
CORA™ v0.9.4.2 BETA [Download]
​Added a `memory_limit` index in  settings.php to increase/decrease memory allocation. Fixed some database and missing variable errors for eAthena users. Fixed the query in generate_profiles.sql. Potential Fix for the memory leak problem in logs module. Fixed missing images in cash shop checkout page. Fixed item weight in item database search. Fixed checkout spam, which will drain players' credits/vpoints, by disabling the pay button after submitting the form. Fixed ranking widget where a display glitch occurs when selecting the "Display Guild Only" option. Fixed the error in registration/account update where the birthday doesn't apply to the login table. Fixed registration/account update page where users can directly input birthday. Fixed an issue where admin is required to login w/ regular account to update other accounts. Added an option in account settings to allow/disallow username change. Added an option in account settings to allow/disallow birthday change. Added an option in account settings to custom username/password format error message. Added an option in general settings for "Construction Mode" to redirect users (Excluding admin) to a "Under Construction" page when enabled. Added support for item_db_re and item_db2. UPDATE: Admin can now change a player's username and password regardless of the settings. UPDATE: Admin can now change a player's credits and vpoints. Started to implement responsive design for dashboard for mobile content management (not yet finished/ongoing).
CORA™ v0.9.4 BETA - changelogs
CORA™ v0.9.3 BETA - changelogs
CORA™ v0.9.2 BETA - changelogs
CORA™ v0.9.1 BETA - changelogs
CORA™ v0.9.0 BETA - changelogs
 
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Hi everyone.. here my first time sprite recoloring work
 

 
UPDATE:
- Fix Die animation Recolor-king_poring.7z
- adding King Ghostring