Just need a bit of help for a dedicated server

[TheMechanicalHand]

wazzup everybody i have just followed a guide on how 2 make a dedicated serveri did everything it said example:it told to simply open up a Notepad and trype a bunch of crap in dere and then saved it as a *bat* file i hade to do this twice 1 was for all the maps,fraglimit,timelimit ect. and the other 1 was just 1 line says +set dedictaed 2 +exec server 2 or something like that.And then it said just to save em as bat files and i just open them and it should start running?
i did all that and the little box popped up with all the things i put in and its just dissapeared instantly and so did the other bat file.So i went into OpenArena and had a check in multiplayer list and wasnt there i aslo checked in LAN list wasnt dere either so any got advice there?

Thx a bunch!


RAAM-The Annoying 1

[KeithMillman]

A Swiss company by the name of GigabitDC.COM is offering a freebsd dedicated server that is within my budget of $284

[vindimy]

what are you guys talking about? notepad? .bat file? $284 for a server???

i (used to) host an OA server on Debian which was a VPS offered by linode.com (starting at $20/month). slicehost.com offers similar hosting. the advantages is that you get to pick the datacenter location, get root access to the system, and can do whatever the heck you'd like to (within legal limits).

my server config file can be used as a starting point: http://oa.thedimi.net/configs/vindimy_server.cfg.txt and http://oa.thedimi.net/configs/vindimy_maps.cfg.txt

the way OA can be started is with this command:

Code:

screen -A -m -d -S oa /var/oa/openarena-0.8.1/oa_ded.i386 +set fs_basepath /var/oa/openarena-0.8.1/ +set fs_game OACTF +set dedicated 2 +set net_ip 74.82.5.104 +set net_port 27960 

if you don't know what 'screen' utility is, look it up, it's very useful for running background services like this one.

[dash9]

A Swiss company by the name of GigabitDC.COM is offering a freebsd dedicated server that is within my budget of $284

That's $284 per month.

the way OA can be started is with this command:

He's using Window$, it seems.

any got advice there?

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[vindimy]

i realized that he's using windows, too... it's sad, cause running windows to run an openarena server is like using a cannon to kill a fly... openarena server can be run on very small hardware footprint, and a barebone linux is a perfect match for that.

oh well, good luck to those guys.