Dedicated server software??

[Blackrat]

Okay sorry mate, from what I have read what we got is it for now until someone comes up with a third party solution.

[Storm of When]

Yeh cheers, what i`m struggling with is creating a cycle and getting the missions to destroy the AI after it lands etc. We`re getting error messages along the lines of a" cannot be used, the server ping starts at about 40ms when I start the server, but rises to about 170 within a couple of hours and the map thats running becomes littered with dead AI, and I think it timeouts and then refuses to let me join. I would appreciate it if someone could send me the files required to create a small cycle, i`ve got three maps from the site (thx to makers) but perhaps i`ll re-dload the later versions.

This is what I do at the minute:

start server from Steam

enter f settings.cmd

then missLoad missions\UK4\128BoFv1_6.mis

then battle start.

Cheers
Ian

[epoch]

Regarding the error message, check this page.

I start my server from the command line, e.g.:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam>steam.exe -silent -login MySteamLogin MySteamPassword -applaunch 63950 -server

I'll probably use FireDaemon to manage this automatically, once I've worked out how to automate the first steps (f settings.cmd and loading the first mission).

Regarding mission cycling, you could use multiple cmd files, for example:

Start with f mission1.cmd, which will stop any existing battle and load MyFirstMission.mis

battle stop

missLoad missions/Multi/Dogfight/MyFirstMission.mis

timeout 180.00 chat Welcome to My Server ALL
timeout 340.00 chat Maps rotate Every 4 hours ALL
timeout 14200.000 chat Map will change in 3 minutes ALL
timeout 14260.000 chat Map will change in 2 minutes ALL
timeout 14320.000 chat Map will change in 1 minutes ALL
timeout 14400.000 f mission2.cmd
battle start

After 4 hours the above mission will end and call mission2.cmd, for example:

battle stop

missLoad missions/Multi/Dogfight/MySecondMission.mis

timeout 180.00 chat Welcome to My Server ALL
timeout 340.00 chat Maps rotate Every 4 hours ALL
timeout 14200.000 chat Map will change in 3 minutes ALL
timeout 14260.000 chat Map will change in 2 minutes ALL
timeout 14320.000 chat Map will change in 1 minutes ALL
timeout 14400.000 f mission1.cmd
battle start

After 4 hours MySecondMission will end and the first file will be called again. Rinse and repeat, or add more .cmd files as required.

Hope that helps.

Regards
epoch

[Storm of When]

Cheers, when you say multiple cmd files, are these individual files created under the title xxxx.cmd and placed in the same area as the settings.cmd I created, or do I type the text as u posted into the same place as I type the intial set of commands I posted previously. Sry for my computer illiteracy but it`s all new to me, i`ve been sorting out UK Dedicated 3`s UltraPack IL2 server for years but this is all new to me.

[Storm of When]

Thx, I took the bull by the horns, did what you said and have had some sucess, thk you very much sir. I`ll check it in 4 hours.

[epoch]

Yes - put the files in the same folder as settings.cmd.

[Thee_oddball]

sorry guys perhaps i will redo my HOW TO and make it a little more thorough