I didn't notice any increase in server count after it was announced. Has anyone succeeded with running such dedicated server without Steam service running? Is it visible in server list?
That's not the point. When the full release comes around you'll need server farms to run this for free. What are you more likely to run on your server, a game that is free or a game that costs money to host?
<!--quoteo(post=1821505:date=Jan 4 2011, 10:48 PM:name=Runteh)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Runteh @ Jan 4 2011, 10:48 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1821505"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->That's not the point. When the full release comes around you'll need server farms to run this for free. What are you more likely to run on your server, a game that is free or a game that costs money to host?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--quoteo(post=1821518:date=Jan 4 2011, 10:39 PM:name=uffo)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (uffo @ Jan 4 2011, 10:39 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1821518"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->The game that I like.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Alot of server farms just have servers for popular games to promote their name.
<!--quoteo(post=1821491:date=Jan 4 2011, 11:13 PM:name=PaiSand)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (PaiSand @ Jan 4 2011, 11:13 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1821491"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->What do you mean? When you install the server with HLDS you must add at the end of the command the directory where the server files will be located, like is explained on the news post.
See the previous page, Max posts.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Directory is included there. -dir . means current working directory.
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->-dir <install dir><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> means, where you want the installation files to go.
i.e. HLDSUpdateTool -command update -game naturalselection2 -dir C:\NS2 Server Files
path witch contains space characters need to be wrap in quotes, but yes i.e.: HLDSUpdateTool -command update -game naturalselection2 -dir "C:\NS2 Server Files"
<!--quoteo(post=1821399:date=Jan 4 2011, 12:40 AM:name=nirvanaXO)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (nirvanaXO @ Jan 4 2011, 12:40 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1821399"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I know this is a dumb question, but now that servers don't need all those 2.73 GB to run the game, will the 443 MB make the servers a teensy bit faster now that they don't use so much space to store the game's data?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> Unlikely, but I'm working on other things to make the server faster.
Just updated and got West Coast Derp running, ran into some issue starting the server. Searching the forums didn't provide any help, but I got it worked out:
Error loading game_setup.xml
To fix this, I had to copy game_setup.xml from ns2\ to the directory where the server binary was, then edit the file so the client and server were ns2/lua/client.lua and ns2/lua/server.lua .
Also wanted to point out that even though the dedicated server usage document says the server xml file will be created in %APPDATA%/Natural Selection 2/server.xml , the only thing in that directory is a log file for the last time I started build 160
Problem solved: whenever I start server.exe it opens up UDP ports: 8766, 27016 and N if you used -port N. So I had srcds running on 27016 and when server.exe tried to open 27016 on 0.0.0.0 it failed without any message about it. When I tried -ip .x.y.z.w (my interface IP) -port 27016 my srcds got totally empty and then I noticed something was wrong.
The server.xml file will only be written to %APPDATA% if you pass the option -save true (by default it is false).
When I was testing it the other night I did have problems getting it to load a server.xml file via the -file "Path to file" option, this is despite using a server.xml file that was generated by the server itself.
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We don't have that problem; but make sure its an absolute path, and make sure the directory is accessible to the user running the server - Windows 7/Windows Server will due stupid stuff if it thinks a program wants a file it cant access at times (because its in the root directory for example) and give the server a different version that doesn't appear anywhere on disk.
Hi I have a problem with web administration interface. It responds, but I can't log in. This is what .htpasswd contains: Alpha:http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8080/:7684a10a475712410f39081cf48924f7 Any ideas?
Edit: yes, i checked everything. About ten times. It's exactly like in readme.
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<!--quoteo(post=1821797:date=Jan 5 2011, 05:18 PM:name=MOOtant)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MOOtant @ Jan 5 2011, 05:18 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1821797"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Problem solved: whenever I start server.exe it opens up UDP ports: 8766, 27016 and N if you used -port N. So I had srcds running on 27016 and when server.exe tried to open 27016 on 0.0.0.0 it failed without any message about it. When I tried -ip .x.y.z.w (my interface IP) -port 27016 my srcds got totally empty and then I noticed something was wrong.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
27016 is the query port of the server. As far as I am aware, there is no way to change it.
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<!--quoteo(post=1821960:date=Jan 6 2011, 06:15 AM:name=TheReaper)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TheReaper @ Jan 6 2011, 06:15 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1821960"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->The server.xml file will only be written to %APPDATA% if you pass the option -save true (by default it is false).
When I was testing it the other night I did have problems getting it to load a server.xml file via the -file "Path to file" option, this is despite using a server.xml file that was generated by the server itself.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Correct, but the log file will always be written to %APPDATA%. Doesn't seem to be anything we can do about this, aside from redefining %APPDATA%
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The game that I like.
Alot of server farms just have servers for popular games to promote their name.
When you install the server with HLDS you must add at the end of the command the directory where the server files will be located, like is explained on the news post.
See the previous page, Max posts.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Directory is included there. -dir . means current working directory.
means, where you want the installation files to go.
i.e.
HLDSUpdateTool -command update -game naturalselection2 -dir C:\NS2 Server Files
HLDSUpdateTool -command update -game naturalselection2 -dir "C:\NS2 Server Files"
Unlikely, but I'm working on other things to make the server faster.
Error loading game_setup.xml
To fix this, I had to copy game_setup.xml from ns2\ to the directory where the server binary was, then edit the file so the client and server were ns2/lua/client.lua and ns2/lua/server.lua .
Also wanted to point out that even though the dedicated server usage document says the server xml file will be created in %APPDATA%/Natural Selection 2/server.xml , the only thing in that directory is a log file for the last time I started build 160
When I was testing it the other night I did have problems getting it to load a server.xml file via the -file "Path to file" option, this is despite using a server.xml file that was generated by the server itself.
I have a problem with web administration interface. It responds, but I can't log in.
This is what .htpasswd contains:
Alpha:http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8080/:7684a10a475712410f39081cf48924f7
Any ideas?
Edit: yes, i checked everything. About ten times. It's exactly like in readme.
27016 is the query port of the server. As far as I am aware, there is no way to change it.
When I was testing it the other night I did have problems getting it to load a server.xml file via the -file "Path to file" option, this is despite using a server.xml file that was generated by the server itself.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Correct, but the log file will always be written to %APPDATA%. Doesn't seem to be anything we can do about this, aside from redefining %APPDATA%