What is Dawn of Light?

Dawn of Light (DOL) is the first free open source server emulator for Dark Age of Camelot (DAOC).  Dawn of Light allows the community to create their own servers and custom content. DOL is written in C# using the .Net Framework, and supports the database formats of XML (development only) and MySQL on Windows.

Mission Statement:

Dawn of Light is an Open Source project devoted to emulating Dark Age of Camelot. In emulating Dark Age of Camelot we pledge to strictly conform to live servers, yet also design the code to allow the community to create custom servers through scripts.

History

Dawn of Light was founded March 2003 by Corillian, it is a DAoC server emulation package. Dawn of Light's aim is to provide the framework to host your own custom worlds, or mirrors of live servers. It's written in C# for .Net 3.5 by a community of unpaid developers.

Starting in December 2007, Dawn of Light put up a new Official Server. Named Storm, the server focuses on both PvE and RvR. An Official Server helps us with development for Dawn of Light, as most of the time people who host their own servers don't contribute to the project, it allows for motivation and testing on a real server environment before releasing.

Getting Started

To populate your world with content you will need scripts for functionality and databases for content, visit the Downloads Section for more information.

Visit the Forum to read more about DoL and see how to get involved! Check out the Support Section to get more information and tutorials on DoL and C# in general.