Author Topic: Dedicated Servers (Read 1541 times)

Lord Templar · October 28, 2008, 05:20:36 PM

Anyone here know how to start a dedicated server?
Would be much abliged...

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jetfire · October 28, 2008, 05:33:12 PM

Run a program in your blockland folder called "dedicated.bat"
This should open up a black window. let that run, because that's your server.

open blockland, check the servers, and your place should be there (assuming you port forwarded).

This server will use the last server name and last server settings that you had. Also,
certain addons mess up on dedicated servers (IGSO cant admin people, toolwand looses all functions, ect). I recommend you learn some of the comsole cmd's for banning, talking, and admining before you host a dedi, since the window for the dedi acts as the host's console.

pixl · October 28, 2008, 05:50:24 PM

my server quits imediately when i start

Lord Templar · October 28, 2008, 08:31:31 PM

any hints on what a cdm isthen? :P im a bit new with servers...

Lord Templar · October 28, 2008, 10:08:34 PM

srry for the double post but now i got my server workng...

yet its dead, i can't even get onto it! Any suggestions?

freckleskitty · October 28, 2008, 10:31:21 PM

Same with me, Wehn i host a dedi, Mine appears dead in Inet, and Not ther in LAN, HELP!!!!

Feep · October 28, 2008, 10:35:46 PM

Port forwarding.
i had to for 2 routers.

Lord Templar · October 28, 2008, 11:33:20 PM

I wish the server set-up system on BL was much easier... {:(

Ethan · October 29, 2008, 07:19:35 PM

Start dedicated.bat
Run blockland.exe
Click Join a game
Click Query LAN
Join your server and change map/server name etc. with IGSO.
I feel too lazy to use proper grammar.

Lord Templar · October 29, 2008, 08:57:52 PM

I know how to start one now yet it pops up as dead...

jetfire · October 29, 2008, 10:17:41 PM

In order to have a working dedi, you need to port forward. If you did it right, it should show in the server list with a low ping.

Lord Templar · October 30, 2008, 04:32:25 PM

I port fowarded and appeared dead... ill work on it...

Headcrab Zombie · October 30, 2008, 05:31:02 PM

Quote from: Lord Templar on October 28, 2008, 11:33:20 PM

I wish the server set-up system on BL was much easier... {:(

The Torque engine is the simplest engine I know of for setting up dedicateds.
Every other engine I know of requires a seperate download, meaning a seperate .exe for dedicated servers

If you can host a regular server, you can host a dedicated. Apart from launching a dedicated.bat instead of the regular .exe, the process of starting a dedicated server is exactly the same.

Quote from: Ethan on October 29, 2008, 07:19:35 PM

Join your server and change map/server name etc. with IGSO.

From what I've seen, IGSO doesn't work for dedicated servers. Apparently it used a different method for detecting the host, and it didn't work. And Fooly still hasn't fixed it.

Ethan · October 31, 2008, 02:23:36 AM

Quote from: Headcrab Zombie on October 30, 2008, 05:31:02 PM

From what I've seen, IGSO doesn't work for dedicated servers. Apparently it used a different method for detecting the host, and it didn't work. And Fooly still hasn't fixed it.

That's weird, because I host a dedicated server every day I can, and use IGSO to change server name, map, anything that it can.
I must be dreaming.

Headcrab Zombie · October 31, 2008, 07:52:00 AM

You don't need IGSO to change the map.