Setting up a game server from home.

[viiper]

I have an older computer that I either need to get rid of or do something with.

What would I need in order to make it a game server? I'd like to do what Bubba does when he hosts our squad events, serves from one computer while playing on another.

Ideas, suggestions and the such are welcome.

Thanks!

P.S. I do not know the exact specs on the machine. It was a repair job that they decided they didn't want.

[viiper]

Nevermind. Found the post concerning Hosting 101

[Red Dog-PG-]

you do not need a power house computer to host. Just meet the minimum graphic card requirements

[viiper]

That I know I have.
Just a matter of putting together the parts... but since im off this week it might be a good little project.

[Bubbachuk-PG-]

A little trick that Huntor told me is to set the server up as "Server Only" in the properties of the game icon on your desktop. This displays the game in a "windowed" format and doesn't use near as much of your computer's resources.

Just add /serveonly at the end of the info in the Target window.

IMPORTANT - there has to be a space between the \dfx2.exe" and the /serveonly

Example: "C:\Program Files\Novalogic BO V15 Server\Delta Force Xtreme 2\dfx2.exe" /serveonly

You can also use our PHP-RAT to monitor the server.

[huntor]

A few other things as well. Make sure lock_framerate to 1 so it uses less resources as well. Also you will need to change screen size video_res 640x480.

Then you may have networking problems of hosting and playing on the same network so set up your game.cfg so it uses a different default port.

mpnovaworldportmin = "32900"
mpnovaworldportmax = "32787"
mpnovaworldportdelta = "1"
mpnovaworldportrandom = "0"
mpnovaworldlanenumsessionportmin = "32900"
mpnovaworldlanenumsessionportmax = "32787"
mpnovaworldlanenumsessionportdelta = "1"
mplanserverportmin = "32900"
mplanserverportmax = "32787"
mplanserverportdelta = "1"
mplanclientportmin = "32900"
mplanclientportmax = "65535"
mplanclientportdelta = "1"
mplanclientportrandom = "0"
mplanservertojoinportmin = "32900"
mplanservertojoinportmax = "32787"

All the 32900 port numbers listed above must match. So instead of 32768 which is the default port. Setup your server to use something else. Like 32900. This will allow you to play on one machine and host on another without causing yourself to have a enumerated session error because both pcs are trying to connect using same ip address and port.

So 5 numbers above should match.

[viiper]

Well, since Nova is down still, I went ahead and set up my own teamspeak3 server. Will continue the game server project when I can test it.

[Bubbachuk-PG-]

Forgot about the server ports

[Red Dog-PG-]

I recommend NOT opening DMZ just the port specified for the game and teamspeak

[BLAZIN GUNS-PG-]

I recommend hosting a game we can play