NosFarm: An Unfinished Clientless Administration Panel for Nostale

NosFarm: An Unfinished Clientless Administration Panel for Nostale

NosFarm is a project I started to simplify and automate the management of multiple Nostale accounts in a clientless way. While development is now paused, I want to share the core ideas behind the project, the structure, and the challenges I faced along the journey.

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Project Overview

NosFarm was designed as an admin panel which would allow you to control and monitor several Nostale accounts simultaneously, directly from a centralized interface. The goal was to manage connected accounts with customizable “jobs,” each defining specific automated behaviors.

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Application Architecture

The application is split into multiple service layers to organize features and responsibilities:

Service Layer 1

• CaptchaSrv: Stores the Gameforge captcha and allows users to submit solutions.
• CountrySrv: Manages supported countries and their flags.
• IdentitySrv: Handles the identification required to connect to Gameforge accounts (blackbox).
• PluginSrv: Manages user control plugins for the client.
• ProviderAuthSrv: Handles connecting, creating, and deleting Gameforge accounts.
• ProviderSrv: Generates Gameforge authentication tokens required for Nostale login.

Service Layer 2

• ClientSrv (IClient): Handles clientless control of an individual Nostale account.
• FarmSrv (IFarm): Manages multiple IClient instances via user-supplied control plugins.

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Automation: Plugins & State Machines

NosFarm leverages the Nodify library to build a flexible StateMachine for controlling each client through a system of pluggable “nodes.”

Example Plugins

• DefaultNodesPlugin: Provides essential nodes like EntryPoint, WorldSelection, and Endpoint.
• WalkPlugin: Contains the Walk node (not implemented yet).

These plugins allow users to craft decision trees that automate complex behaviors:

• EntryPoint manages the Nostale account login.
• WorldSelection connects an account to a server and a specific channel.

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Project Status and Drawbacks

NosFarm is currently abandoned due to technical limitations and changing priorities:

• Hardcoded Paths: There are several file paths (database, plugins directory, logs, etc.) that must be adapted for the project to work on a new environment.
• Incomplete Features: Some plugins or nodes, like Walk, remain unimplemented.

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Conclusion

The ultimate goal of NosFarm was to enable centralized, automated, and simultaneous management of multiple Nostale accounts, with every account running a dedicated “job” describing its behavior.

Even though the project is on hold, I believe it provides a valuable base for those interested in game automation or multi-account management systems. Its modular approach and early implementation concepts could serve as inspiration or foundation for similar projects.

Feel free to contribute or ask questions on the GitHub repository!