Project Ragnarok Online - required client update
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NEW LAUNCHER (16 September 2026)
    Ragnarok.exe (the launcher) has a new look: a frameless window with news,
    server status, the month's cash shop banners and working Website / Discord /
    Facebook links. It patches and plays exactly as before. This zip includes
    it together with the anti-cheat files below, so one extract covers both -
    if you already installed the 7 September update you only need Ragnarok.exe
    and Ragnarok.yml from here, but extracting everything again is harmless.

WHAT THIS IS
    Anti-cheat (Gepard Shield) is now active on the server. Until you install these
    files, the game will not connect - this is not optional and it is not a bug.
    If you try to log in on the old client you will be told your ID is not
    registered, even though your account is perfectly fine.

HOW TO INSTALL
    1. Close the game completely.
    2. Extract everything in this zip into your ProjectRagnarokOnline folder -
       the same folder that already contains Ragexe.exe.
    3. Choose "Replace the files in the destination" when Windows asks.
    4. Launch the game as normal.

WHAT IT REPLACES
    Ragnarok.exe      the launcher (new look, 16 September)
    Ragexe.exe        the game client
    Mss32.dll         sound library
    gepard.dll        the anti-cheat itself (this is the large one)
    gepard.license
    dinput.dll
    dinput.ini
    Ragnarok.yml      launcher settings
    ProLaunch.exe     the launcher's Play helper - now runs Setup for you the
                      first time (it was MISSING from earlier downloads, which
                      is why Play reported it could not be found)
    Setup.exe         one-time graphics/sound setup - MISSING from downloads
                      made after 7 September (see the section below)
    mfc110.dll        the library Setup.exe needs - was missing with it

    Your data folder, settings, hotkeys and characters are NOT touched.

A "trash" FOLDER WILL APPEAR - THIS IS NORMAL
    On first launch the anti-cheat moves a number of unused .dll files into a new
    ProjectRagnarokOnline\trash folder. Nothing you need is in there and the game
    does not read it. You can delete the folder or leave it alone.

FIRST TIME ON THIS PC? PLAY RUNS THE SETUP FOR YOU
    If this PC has never had Ragnarok set up, the first Play after this update
    shows a small "First time on this PC" box - press OK - and a window called
    "System" opens by itself. Pick something in BOTH the Graphic Setting box
    and the Screen Size box, then press OK. The game then starts. If either
    box is empty, do not press OK - send us a screenshot of that window
    instead. Once per PC is enough. If you close that window without OK, the
    game will not start: open the launcher (Ragnarok.exe) and click Play
    again.
    Windows may show a blue "Windows protected your PC" box for Setup.exe:
    click "More info", then "Run anyway" (unknown publisher is expected for
    this old Gravity tool).
    If the "System" window never opens and the game shows a blank white window
    with a small "Cannot init d3d OR grf file has problem" box beside or
    behind it, run it yourself: right-click Setup.exe (next to Ragexe.exe
    after you extract) and choose "Run as administrator", say Yes, same two
    boxes, OK, then open the launcher (Ragnarok.exe) and click Play again.
    If Play says your game folder is missing Setup.exe, mfc110.dll,
    msvcr110.dll or msvcp110.dll, extract this zip again into the folder the
    box names (an antivirus may have removed the files - see below), then
    open the launcher and click Play again. msvcr110.dll and msvcp110.dll are
    not in this zip: they came with the full client, so copy them from a full
    client download if either is still missing.
    If the game already opens and you can play, none of this appears.
    (An earlier version of this file said Setup.exe was retired. That was a
    mistake on our side.)

SCREEN SIZE WITHOUT Setup.exe
    dinput.ini (open it in Notepad) can also force a size. Set BOTH of:

        WindowWidth =1280
        WindowHeight =720

    Leave them at 0 for the default. WindowPosX / WindowPosY move the window,
    and WindowLock =1 makes it fill the screen except the taskbar.
    You can still toggle windowed mode in game with /window as before.

IF YOUR ANTIVIRUS COMPLAINS
    Anti-cheat software hooks the game process, which some antivirus products flag on
    sight. If the files are quarantined, restore them and add the
    ProjectRagnarokOnline folder to your exclusions, then extract again.

IF PLAY SAYS IT CANNOT FIND ProLaunch.exe
    That file was missing from downloads before 7 September. This update includes it -
    extract over your game folder and Play will work again.

IF IT STILL WILL NOT CONNECT
    - Make sure all the files landed in the same folder as Ragexe.exe, not in a
      subfolder created by the extractor.
    - Make sure the game was fully closed when you extracted; a running client keeps
      Ragexe.exe locked and the replacement silently fails.
    - Report it with a screenshot of any error dialog.

NEW COMMANDS
    !ping    shows your connection statistics
