Silent Hill Online: server (host your own)

The Silent Hill Online living world server, for anyone who wants to run their own: outlines, markers, messages and the room list. Rebuilt here whenever the server changes, so these files are always current.

Newest server: faac046ac, 2026-11-04 19:18 UTC, protocol v1

• SHOnline-server.zip: everything below plus the scripts. Unzip it, fill in server.txt, then double-click Redeploy-Server.bat to install or update the server on a Linux machine over ssh, Server-Console.bat for its admin console (players, kick, ban, prune, say), or Start-Server.bat to run it on this Windows PC. Full instructions in the zip's README, also here.
• sh_master-linux-x64, sh_master-linux-arm64: the server for Linux, static, no dependencies.
• sh_master.exe: the server for Windows.
• install-server.sh: run it on the Linux machine itself if you are not on Windows (sudo bash install-server.sh --args '-n "Fog"').

Players reach your server by typing its address as the Living World IP in the Multiplayer menu. It takes 512 players by default (--max, up to 1024). Updating it drops the co-op rooms in progress, so pick a quiet hour; the game only has to match the server when the protocol version above changes.

Runtime files for CI

Files the Windows build needs but CI cannot produce, pulled in by tools/online_realtime_publish.py. Players do not need to download anything from here: every build on the Realtime release already includes them.

Realtime history (older builds)

Older Silent Hill Online builds. The newest is on Realtime builds.

Windows: the last 30 builds, as SHOnline_rt-<version>.zip. Android and iOS: the last 15 of each, as <platform>_<date>-<commit>. The launcher's Build Settings can roll back to any of them. Back up gamedata/save and gamedata/coopsaves before going back to an older one.

Silent Hill Online: realtime builds

Silent Hill Online, built automatically from every push. Older builds are under Realtime history.

Newest build: 2026.11.06.2 (7b3fc75b9, 2026-11-06 09:37:22 UTC)

• Windows: SHOnline_rt-2026.11.06.2.zip: unzip into a folder and run SilentHillPC_Launcher.exe. Put your Silent Hill (USA).bin in gamedata/.
• Android: SilentHillOnline-android.apk (newest android build). The app offers each new build itself.
• iOS: SilentHillOnline-ios-unsigned.ipa (newest ios build). Sideload it with Sideloadly, or add altstore-source.json from this release to AltStore or SideStore to be offered every new build.
• Browser: https://sh1pc.com/playonline/

The launcher follows these builds on its own and offers the newest one before you play, because everyone in a session needs the same build. It installs only the files that changed. Build Settings can roll back to any of the last 30 builds, but an older build can only play with others on that same build. CHANGELOG_REALTIME.md lists what changed.