I'ts not that hard you bone head
Seriously, we got it working without buying a second copy of the game.
We created a second steam account with another gmail - only for the purposes of having steam running in the background just in case.
Basically:
1. Login to your dedicated server with your own account on steam first, then download the game fully then logoff steam.
2. Login to steam with your secondary steam account (doesn't own the game)
3. Use notepad to create a file called ServerScript.cmd in your (Documents\1C SoftClub\il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover), and make the contents as per code block below.
4. Go to a CMD prompt - do it from a shortcut as Administrator.
5. CD to the steamapps cliffs of dover folder
6. In cmd prompt type "Launcher.exe -server"
7. In the new server window that comes up, type in "f ServerScript.cmd" and the server will start
8. Ask a few people to add the IP address of the server to Steam favourites, then it will eventually appear on the master list.
9. Go fly
This is for the ServerScript.cmd:
Code:
difficulty AntropomorphicControl 0
difficulty ComplexEManagement 1
difficulty TorqueGyroEffects 1
difficulty EngineTemperatureEffects 1
difficulty FlutterEffects 1
difficulty WindTurbulence 1
difficulty StallSpins 1
difficulty Vulnerabilty 1
difficulty BlackoutsRedouts 1
difficulty Realisticgunnery 1
difficulty RealisticBombing 1
difficulty LimitedAmmo 1
difficulty LimitedFuel 1
difficulty CockpitAlwaysOn 1
difficulty NoOutsideViews 0
difficulty HeadShake 1
difficulty NoIcons 1
difficulty NoPadlock 1
difficulty Clouds 1
difficulty TakeoffLanding 1
difficulty RealisticLandings 1
difficulty NoMapIcons 1
difficulty NoMinimapPath 1
difficulty NoAutopilot 1
difficulty NoReplacementPlace 0
difficulty NoReplacement 0
difficulty NoSelect 0
difficulty NoReplacementArmy 0
difficulty NoSelectArmy 0
difficulty NoCreate 0
missLoad "missions\Multi\Dogfight\REPLACE_ME_WITH_MISSION_NAME.mis"
battle start
For more stuff, see the other posts.
Don't forget firewall ports, mission editing, and consider the C# script from ZaltyS that removes AI from empty player planes from airbases