Dedicated

[NeoJames]

I'm trying to host a dedicated server for srb2..but it isn't working

I'm able to host normally...but when I try to do it (Using the launcher) It shows the console box...but noone joins and it dosn't show up on the MS website

Any suggestions?

 

[Princess Plushima]

Add the parameter -internetserver to the batch file thingy.

 

[DanteEX]

What is it gonna be dedicated to?

 

[NeoJames]

Acually, I'm using the launcher...

But I'll try adding that to the manuel parameters

EDIT: Ok, I think it's working...but how do you change the name of the server?

 

[Pepe]

adedserv.cfg is autoexec.cfg for dedicated servers. Use it.

 

[NeoJames]

Errr...

what?

 

[Princess Plushima]

Create a file similar to autoexec.cfg, named addedserv.cfg. In that, put the console command 'servername "Neojames' public netgame'" (Or whatever)

 

[Pepe]

I'm pretty sure it's adedserv.cfg, Draykon.

 

[Shuffle]

Uh, I think adedserv.cfg is the same as config.cfg, not autoexec.cfg.

 

[Cory the Hedgehog]

What is it gonna be dedicated to?

A dedicated server doesn't mean something like,"I dedicate this server to Nomar Garciaparra." It means a server without you, instead with a computer host...I think.

 

[Oogaland]

Uh, I think adedserv.cfg is the same as config.cfg, not autoexec.cfg.

Although that's the way it's often been used in practice, it's not actually the case: adedserv.cfg is the counterpart of autoexec.cfg; dconfig.cfg of config.cfg. This has important implications for setting the masterserver: it works in the latter, but by the time the former is executed, it's too late.

A dedicated server doesn't mean something like,"I dedicate this server to Nomar Garciaparra." It means a server without you, instead with a computer host...I think.

Close, but a little clarification might be helpful. Firstly, a dedicated server is one in which the person running the server does not have a player in the game. It's called such as it would be used in this fashion on machines running solely for the purpose of hosting: i.e., dedicated to hosting. Of course, this is not always the case, as people most often leave it running in the background while they do other things, so it's something of a misnomer. Alam calls it 'headless mode', which is perhaps more accurate, if a little macabre...

 

[Cue]

What is it gonna be dedicated to?

A dedicated server doesn't mean something like,"I dedicate this server to Nomar Garciaparra." It means a server without you, instead with a computer host...I think.

The technical definition:
It means it's dedicated to hosting the game instead of playing it...
The host has no entity in the game.