Dedicated Server HOW-TO

[Thee_oddball]

Originally Posted by Avenging Angel

Thank you sir. I'm a happy camper.

Now I have one questions .

What files are needed to start the dedicated server? I really don't want to go out and buy a second game just to run a dedicated server

According to Ataros we need another steam account and parts (cant remember) of our game to get a dedi started...but i cant find the post..perhaps ataros will repost the info

[LeadFarmer]

Oddball,

Can you tell us what the script exectly do>?

Thanks

[Thee_oddball]

Originally Posted by LeadFarmer

Oddball,

Can you tell us what the script exectly do>?

Thanks

which one Lead?

[LeadFarmer]

The one by zoltysZ>?

[Thee_oddball]

Originally Posted by LeadFarmer

The one by zoltysZ>?

from what i read it just "Despawns" planes that a player has abandoned

S!

[LeadFarmer]

Great thanks a lot, S!

[Peril]

Thanks a million, new to IL2 and was wondering how I set up a server.

Only problem I have is that I don't wish to buy another copy to use purely as a server. Does IL2-CoD plan to have a free 'server only' copy available? Sure would make promoting the game a lot easier if we could run servers cheaply..

[Ataros]

Originally Posted by Thee_oddball

According to Ataros we need another steam account and parts (cant remember) of our game to get a dedi started...but i cant find the post..perhaps ataros will repost the info

Steam files copied to parts\core directory as advised by a developer does not work unfortunately.

Try setting up a separate Steam account on the machine where you run a dedi server. This Steam account can be completely empty, i.e. without any games purchased according to the admin of Repka server.

[Thee_oddball]

Ok ...6 hours of trial and error has had some positive results
all you need to run(tested) the dedicated server is
parts folder with just the core in it
Launcher.exe
Launcher,exe.config
launchergdf,dll

Bad new is that if I take those file mentioned above and move them to another location and Launch the server the window will open but it is followed by a "steamgameserver_init call failed"
now i tried copying the steam DLL files that were mentioned in another thread along with some other I thought might help but after trying 50 different ways to launch it i gave up this problem is has todo with steam.
Good news is you can start the server with out modifying the launcher
open a CMD window navigate to the steam folder and type in

steam.exe -silent -login (username) (password) no Brackets! -applaunch 63950

the obove would be nice if it could be made ito some kind of batch file that would auto start as soon as the computer is started.

here are some more commands ,the most intriguing is the -script one however i could not get it t work

Command-line parameters

* -applaunch %id %c - This launches an Game or Application through Steam. Replace the %id with the Game/Application ID number that you want to open up, replace %c with the command line parameters for the game as listed in the Source Games section above.

* -cafeapplaunch - Launch apps in a cyber cafe context (Forces apps to be verified / validated before launch)

* -clearbeta - Opts out of beta participation (in case for some reason it can't be done via settings).

* -complete_install_via_http - Run installation completion over HTTP by default

* -console - Enables the Steam debug console tab

* -ccsyntax - Spew details about the localized strings we load

* -debug_steamapi - enables logging of Steam API functions

* -developer - Undocumented, sets the 'developer' variable to 1. Can be used to open the VGUI editor by pressing F6.
* -fs_log - Log file system accesses
* -fs_target - Set target syntax
* -fs_logbins - Log the binaries we load during operation

* -forceservice - Run Steam Client Service even if Steam has admin rights

* -gameoverlayinject - Sets the method how GameOverlay is injected

* -install %p - Install a product from a specified path (e.g. "D:" for the DVD-ROM drive if D: is one).

* -installer_test - changes installing a retail game to emit all files to install_validate/ folder instead of to the steam cache

* -language %l - Sets the Steam language to the one specified. (Examples: "english", "german")

* -login %u %p - This logs into Steam with the specified Username and Password combination. Replace %u with the username, and %p with the password you want to login with (Steam must be off for this to work.)

* -lognetapi - logs all P2P networking info to log/netapi_log.txt

* -log_voice - writes voice chat data to the logs/voice_log.txt file


* -noasync - Don't use async file operations, run them synchronous instead

* -nocache - This starts steam with no cache (Steam must be off for this to work properly.)

* -no-dwrite - forces vgui to use GDI text even if DWrite support is available

* -script %s - This runs a Steam script. Replace %s with the script filename. All scripts must be in a subdirectory of the Steam folder called test scripts (Steam must be off for this to work.)

* -shutdown - This shuts down (exits) Steam.

* -silent - This suppresses the dialog box that opens when you start steam. It is used when you have Steam set to auto-start when your computer turns on. (Steam must be off for this to work.)

* -single_core - Force Steam to run on your primary CPU only

* -tcp - forces connection to Steam backend to be via TCP

* -voice_quality - sets audio quality, range [1,3]

* -voicerelay - Only allow 'relay' connections for voice (testing).

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/w...ons#Examples_2

I don't think making an empty steam account and copying the aforementioned files will work because i think steam will tell you "you dont own that game" but i might be wrong

if your going to i would make a il2 folder just like the one you have and drop it in the same location Steam\steamapps\Common and then try the launch method above.

S!

[Blackrat]

I am talking about the cmd files, obviously got my terminology wrong, busy today will try and experiment tomorrow.