Stand Alone Text Based Server Questions

[Hawkmoon]

I have a machine running Win2003 server on a dedicated T-1 and often use this box to host various games. I have had trouble-sporadic problems-launching the game through remote desktop and I want to run a dedicated, stand alone text based server and have a few questions...

#1. Is there a dedicated server document out there somewhere?

#2. Any examples of command line config files?

#3. Can my dedicated server have the same cd key as my game machine that I will be playing on. These will be two differnt machines.

#4. If I use the demo install as a dedicated server, will it crap out after 40 turns ?

Any and all help is greatly appreciated !!

[Gandalf Parker]

Originally posted by Hawkmoon:

#1. Is there a dedicated server document out there somewhere?
<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">There are some notes in the newbie thread pinned near the top of this forum. And a couple threads on dedicated servers on this forum. The commandline docs are the only other thing out there (in the games doc directory)


#2. Any examples of command line config files?
<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Im running on linux so Im not sure how much of mine would work for you. Here is a script I used to let players select and start a game....
nohup dom2 -ST --noclientstart --port 7011 -g RyanzEye --indepstr 7 --magicsites
45 --mapfile eye.map >/dev/null 2>RyanzEye.err &

Possible nohup, and everything after the map name, doesnt apply except for linux. Im not sure.

Once the game started I use this to run as host.

nohup dom2 -ST -q --nonationsel --port 7011 -g RyanzEye --postexec RyanzEye.cmd
>/dev/null &

the RyanzEye.cmd was just an effort to play with a script to run after each hosting. At the moment it just emails me that I can do my turn. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

#3. Can my dedicated server have the same cd key as my game machine that I will be playing on. These will be two differnt machines. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Yes the cd-key is only checked for players. You can use the same one to host. I asked that and got an answer from the devs.

#4. If I use the demo install as a dedicated server, will it crap out after 40 turns ?<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I dont know. But hopefully the previous answer makes it unnecessary.

[Hawkmoon]

Gandalf...thank you very much.

Hawkmoon
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