Ys Online - Installers & Latest Versions

[Red Hairdo]

October 2022 Update: Reuploaded all the freely-downloadable YsOL files, since the original download links are now broken. A number of people over time seemed to want these game client files, so here we go. Please do keep a backup of your own from now on, as I may not be able to reupload them again in case they once more go missing.

odysee.com/@testus:7/YsOL-Clients:8

^ Yes, Odysee can also host normal files, besides video content. Cool site (for now).
A big download button within that page will let you get the files.

It is all conveniently in a single 14.37 GB ZIP file this time around.

As a recap, this contains the following:
- Ys Online Europe Closed Beta 1 installer;
- Ys Online Europe Closed Beta 2 installer;
- Ys Online Europe Open Beta installer;
- Ys Online Europe up-to-date pre-installed Client files (should be the latest version. Didn't login on the very last day, but they likely still are the final version);
- Ys Online Japan Installer;
- Ys Online Japan up-to-date pre-installed Client files (should be the latest version. Didn't login on the very last day, but they likely still are the final version);
- A few videos from a Japanese player showing off some game content during the game's final days, which might be useful to compare against the Japan Client files that are in this package;
- Ys Online Taiwan Installer;
- Ys Online Taiwan up-to-date pre-installed Client files. I DID log in and stay logged in in the last day until the very last moment this game version was still online. I even have screenshots (not included) of the message you get when kicked out of the server, because it went offline (forever(!));
- Ys Online Korea VERY old, out-of-date installer.

The following files are MISSING from this, and are desired:
- Ys Online Korea up-to-date Client files;
- Ys Online China (not Taiwan) up-to-date Client files;
- Ys Online Server software (for ANY version / region), be it official or custom/homebrew/private server;
- Ys Online Server software source code (for ANY version / region) for custom/homebrew/private server;
- Ys Online Japan Premium Pack Disc Image (ISO or similar) of the physical bonus disc.

Original post:

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'Sup, everyone. What the title says.

As promised, I uploaded all the installers and the folder containing the latest version of Ys Online of each server I had access to back in the day.

I'd like to also emphasize those files were always, constantly available officially and for free for download from the moment each server started until each server closed down (meaning they only weren't CAPABLE of being downloaded, not that they weren't supposed to be downloaded). So there's absolutely no problem of any kind to pass those on. (For that reason, to avoid some debate, the YsOL JP DVD release's image is not included in these uploads, even though that offers absolutely nothing new.)

Of course, these are the game clients. If other people make, or rather, distribute their respective server programs, or use a leaked server program of a given client etc., then those would be a debatable situation up to some extent. But that's another subject.

Out of all servers, the ones I couldn't play, and thus couldn't get the latest files of, were the Chinese and the Korean versions. (I do have an extreeeeeemely early YsOL Korea installer, though.)

The existing Ys Online servers were, in order of server closure dates, from earliest to latest:
- Ys Online Europe (shortened to YsOL EU or YsOL E), which used the English, Spanish, French and German languages;
- Ys Online China (shortened to YsOL CN or YsOL C), which used the Chinese language;
- Ys Online Korea (shortened to YsOL KR or YsOL K), which used the Korean language;
- Ys Online Japan (shortened to YsOL JP or YsOL J), which used the Japanese language;
- Ys Online Taiwan (shortened to YsOL TW or YsOL T), which used the Chinese language.

There is a chance, although extremely unlikely, of me not having the ultimate latest version of YsOL EU and YsOL JP, because I did not run my client of those servers on their LAST day, or last hour, of life. However, both of those I had run, updated and played even way after their closures were announced. So what are the chances some update sneaked in that I might have missed? In those 2 cases, very close to 0, but just in case, I downloaded videos of players who played the JP server in its last day, week or something like so, with them showing many mostly unknown places in the game. So in case anyone gets YsOL JP to work, they'll have those videos to look at and investigate to see if what they show are indeed there in the latest version I have. Those videos were uploaded along with the clients.

So, without further ado, let's get to the juicy stuff.

What is uploaded?

Three .RAR files, with one for:
- YsOL China, Korea and Taiwan folders (4.46 GB);
- the YsOL Europe folder (6.75 GB);
- the YsOL Japan folder (3.81 GB);

The size differences mainly come from the fact I have more installers of some versions than others. For example, YsOL EU comes also with the Closed Beta 1, Closed Beta 2 and Open Beta installers, aside the latest version's files.

In terms of in-game content, it's not always the last server to close down that will have the most content. This may be the case for YsOL EU and CN, but YsOL JP, KR and TW had sometimes their own unique features, items or systems. Some are simply extras, while some are replacements for other features. For example, the Korean version had costume enchanting. The Taiwanese version lacked a place called "Cima Island" and IIRC very minor dungeons, but it also had some unique items of its own (homunculi spells?). YsOL JP also had contents of its own.

Download links:

- YsOL CN, KR & TW;
- YsOL EU;
- YsOL JP.

Enjoy, for what it's worth! If nothing else, it's preserving Ys History.

[thehinac]

(Original Requirements from  web.archive.org/web/20090830053145/http://www.ysonline.com/downloads )

Minimum Requirements Recommended Specifications

CPU Pentium 4 - 1,8 GHz Pentium 4 - 2 GHz

RAM 512 MB 1 GB

VGA GeForce FX 5700 or equivalent GeForce 6600 GT or equivalent

Hard Disc 5 GB 5 GB

OS Windows 2000, XP or Vista Windows 2000, XP or Vista

Direct X DirectX 9.0c DirectX 9.0c

Connectivity Broadband connection Broadband connection

Thank you for these! Last place on earth to download them is here!

[Xalphenos]

Can you actually play any degree of this game without access to the servers?

[Red Hairdo]

Well, the game updater doesn't work, but YsClient.exe in the "Release" folder can run, and if you do so and wait, you'll get to the server list of that game's version. (Tested so with the TW version just now.)

But to actually play per se, no, sorry.

Of course, a private server would fix all of those issues.

[solen]

So is there any news about private server?

[Xalphenos]

I didn't want to have the same topic going in two different threads so I merged it over here.

solen To my knowledge there is no private server in the works.

[solen]

Thats preety sad, but i still keep a hope.

[zick]

hello, I am also a great fan of Ys online, i have played it on china server, tw server and also twice china private server. But they are all dead now. I know there exist some persons in china looking for any possibility to make game back again. However, the china private server might be held by someone from the company which was severing the game. We can not find it. Now i am in EU, i have been always looking for any possibility to make it. The last time i played the game in 01.2014, from then on no server again.

[Red Hairdo]

May 5, 2015 4:41:27 GMT -5 zick said:

i have played it on china server, tw server and also twice china private server

Oh my God. OMG!!!! There were 2 private servers out there, and the last one was shut down on January 2014?! Wow!

I know those two private servers are dead now, but do you still know the URL of the websites the client could be downloaded from? It may be helpful to know! Perhaps one can dig up contact information and other info from those sites through archive.org/web/

Also, I never had the chance to play the chinese server. How was it like compared to the Taiwanese version? Do you still have the files and, if so, would you be willing to share it with us here? We could find some use for it.

Also, welcome to the forums.

Edit: How do I write "private server" in Chinese? Is it "专用服务器"?

[zick]

hi， i am glad that you are still interested in ysonline. Actually, the last server was dead on 05.jan.2014. I have played twice on private server(私人服务器in Chinese，私服 in Chinese for short). Although I haven't the files around me, I can get them from some friends in China, and surely I would like to share to you. Unfortunately, the website was dead with the server. I have tried to contact to the persons behind the server, but failed. Obviously, i am also a big fan similarly as you, on every server, I always have the top items (+30,+30,+30......lots of money T.T).

As for the features of Ys online in China, it is not so further like it in Taiwan. On Taiwan server I have played, we can get more skills, attack values, defense values and other powers by reincarnation and changing careers. Even when you have hundreds or thousands of reincarnation, you can kill the boss by only 1 hit. That makes it boring but there are quite lots of new monsters items and areas full of fun . On Taiwan server, top items are more achievable and cheaper at some degree.  

In my view Chinese server maybe the same as EU (I haven't played on EU), the most interesting server would be Taiwan (maybe it is longer and further with more things), the balanced maybe korean and japanese (on these servers, especially the gold)

Glad to know you.

[Red Hairdo]

Ooh, thank you for all this information. Yeah, since the server closure dates are close between YsOL EU and China, they are more likely to have most of the same features, with maybe a few event items changing or something.

I know that the 3 most advanced versions were, for sure, the Korean, Taiwanese and Japanese servers. Even though Korea closed theirs first (Dec 2010), they had some features that never made it to Taiwan or Japan. The one I know of was called "Costume Enchant". I think you could use costumes to enchant other costumes somehow, like the White Gothic costume etc.. The Japanese version had a little area called "Cima Island", and I don't know if it's there in the Korean server, but we saw it wasn't there on the Taiwanese server (although the Cima Island NPCs were re-allocated in Fiera, the main city). But when we saw the Taiwanese server, we were suspecting that it also had its own exclusive items and maybe certain features. Was there any homunculus skill in that server? (Homunculus is that fairy-like "pet".)

Also, thank you for telling us how to spell "private server" in Chinese, that is very helpful to know.

Back in Ys Online, we never had +30 equipment. xD That was our dream. We agreed among ourselves (MP83, me and Yakra) not to use money on the games, although we broke that rule just 1 time in YsOL JP (to get Red Gothic costume). I think my best was a normal +12 weapon and a +7 or +8 union! We always suffered and struggled, but we always had a lot of fun. xD We could never get high-level enough to use the reincarnation/class change system, so we never had the wings. =| Was it possible to change the character race with that too, or just the class? It'd be very funny to see an Eresian using Kimo skills!

I'm also glad to know you, as well. =) Thank you for your reply. If you ever get the files of the Chinese server, and maybe even of the Chinese Private servers, please let me know incase you are willing to share them.

[zick]

Jun 1, 2015 22:27:08 GMT -5 Red Hairdo said:

hi，sorry for so long time to answer，because I have been working as a student in the University. I would like to provide you a news that I have received a message that someone in China who owns the server program of ysonline  would like to sell it out.  However, as you know, to set up a server, a verification is necessary, and the owner does not have the verification. My friend and I doubt about that for two reasons:1, if the server program is real and how to check that the server is real; 2,without a verification, is it worth spending plenty money on the server program (obviously, it won't be cheap), and to fix the Verification problem is another thing.

In my view, the client program will do nothing helpful to set up a server, to get a server program is the only way leading us to the game.

By the way, i recommend you a web link which is a sort of bbs for the ysonline:

tieba.baidu.com/f?ie=utf-8&kw=%E4%BC%8A%E8%8B%8F%E6%88%98%E8%AE%B0&fr=search

Also, we are always looking for any news about ysonline in Taiwan, but till now, nothing about that.

Best wishes!

[thehinac]

I had trouble remembering this thread. So I forwarded www.ysonline.us to it. Hope no one minds. since if there is ever any news of a server ever being back online (privite or otherwise) it would show up here on this thread first. 

[solen]

Hey guys,any news? I've tryed to ask subagame portal to revive Ys online, but i doubt that they will try anything in near future after DOMO relaunch. But im sure we will never give up!

[xiaotao]

[e-mail], which is 《www.123yisu.com》 the email. He is the last Ys online site owner

[Red Hairdo]

Apr 3, 2016 2:30:05 GMT -5 xiaotao said:

[e-mail], which is 《www.123yisu.com》 the email. He is the last Ys online site owner

I think I tried contacting this address some years back, but I wasn't sure, so I tried again. My e-mail bounced back, as if the address no longer exists (not surprising).

Hm, who next? Can we get in touch with former KeyToPlay employees, for YsOL Europe assistance?

On a side note, the Game Clients I provided years ago went all offline, so I updated the first post with them all reuploaded. This download link: odysee.com/@testus:7/YsOL-Clients:8

For devs out there, I surmise if one could see what are all the client-side calls that are made for the server side, one could make an API to deliver the due / expected responses (AKA server software functionality) to get the game rolling, but... I haven't tried to see the feasability of this. But hey, anyone out there is free to try.