lowkey

So as far pre renewal is concern. herc is the way to go right.
 

https://github.com/zackdreaver/ROenglishRE/blob/master/Ragnarok/data/luafiles514/lua files/transparentItem/transparentItem.lub ?

Everything you need to know is in Herc and rAthena forums. Also, you'll get a faster response in the Discord channel should you have technical questions. Good luck!

thanks for the input.. im following your tips and currently developing everything on the offline server. maybe ill give myself time and if I can learn everything, i will be the server/developer as well. Cheers*

If you are a totally newbie and plan to open a server with that population, please reconsider. Your players will get disappointed with your knowledge.

As a starter you may practice on your own offline server , when you are confident enough on your knowledge, publish a server for your friends and it will help you to gain experience.  Later you can publish a small server to gain management experience. Eventually you may try to open a server for big population which requires enormous money, knowledge, experience, passion and dedication.

Most of the cases. But not only the developer sometimes the owner take advantage of developers works.
 
 
 
Most of the private server modified their setup from /conf/battle such as custom drop rates / exp rates / other modification.
Item implementation and also custom NPC's.
 
 
If there's some scam reports, hacking incidents and other things Yes.
Or if you are watching your GM activities too.
 
 
You can hire a developer depends on what you need. If you know how to setup the server then you don't need to give them an access.
a.) Your developer will only send you the script/src/files you asked. And you are the one who will install it to the server.
b.) If you hire a developer and you have 0% knowledge then there's a chance that your question #1 will happen.
 
 
Yes, they do have access. Just a tip. Do not host your server to any RO-hosting, pick something like popular one. Digitalhosting, OVH, Usdedicated or NFOserver
 
 
This is very tricky. If your server is doing fine without getting DDoS you can just host it 4-8gb Ram server and cheap hosting but good speed such as nfoserver and digitalhosting.
 
Server host: around 20-200$ again depends on what your server need.
Website host/forum: 5~20$ this is pretty much the same. You can buy a monthly web hosting or yearly (for cheaper price).
Gameguard: Gepard shield. 150$ for basic Gepard Shield. functor also offers some addons such as aura/color nick and lgp.
Developer: depends on the agreement.
Advertisements: Depends on how big the server you want to be.
 
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Good tips.
 
 
 
 

If you don't know how to independently operate everything, you're not supposed to open a server. You'll just end up like most of the server owners in the Philippines, who are popping out like mushrooms because of the income they can generate and disappears in a month. I'm sure most server owners will deny it, but you can easily tell what motivates them just by viewing their donation shop and patch notes.

Running a server requires competence, patience, and consistency. These 3 values are important for a server to survive its 1st year. This is based on my own experience in SolaceRO.
 
Final advice: 
Knowing how to 'program' will not make you a good server owner. Acquire some experience first; join someone else's server as a co-developer.