Games :: DSL As A Game Server

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Sorry for the delay instead of a iso, I have made a script file that will download and configure a DSLinux-COD2 server. This way we do not have to eat up our bandwidth, dishing out a 54meg iso, and that of the original creators get there just praise for creating such wonderful things (Linux COD Server Files). It is not pretty and I am sure anyone else could have done a better job. ANYONE wanting this script can email me, you will need to give me an address where you can get a 3-4k attachment. The email script is polished, well more thought into polishing it anyway.

The script assumes the following:
YOU WILL NOT GET MAD IF IT TOASTS YOUR CURRENT INSTALL OF DSL, BREAKS YOUR MACHINE OR WHATEVER.
You HAVE INSTALLED to a NON-Frugal install to a harddrive of at least 9 gigs in size.
You have a configured connection to the internet.
And that you have the dvd version of COD2.
Your machine is at least a P2 550mhz w/512 megs of ram. (faster the better)

What it does is...
Download the files needed from the internet.
unpacks them into the cod2 directory.
Sets paths.
Copys the DVD to the /cod2/main directory.
Builds a basic server config file.
Starts the server.

######################To edit config files######################
/cod2/main/server01.cfg open in a text file editor to change startup rules.

To start the server after it has been shutdown, cd to the /cod2 directory and then type: "./cod2_lnxded +exec server01.cfg +map_rotate" and it will start up

To manage your server from a Windows machine google for "rcon4cod2" download & install it.
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You can also copy the following text into beaver as a bash script and then save to your local drive. You need to run it as root.

#!/bin/bash
#COD2 install Script by 300c@crd-dwc.com, distrubuted under "USE AT YOUR OWN RISK" License terms. Make no mistake, I am not responsible
#for anything resulting from the use of this, period. By running this script you agree to be bound by not only this agreement but the user
#agreements for the software downloaded by this script. Proceed with caution.
# http://download.softpedia.com/linux/games/cod2-lnxded-1.0a-11072005.tar.bz2
# http://icculus.org/updates/cod/gcc3-libs.tar.bz2

mkdir /cod2
mkdir /cod2/main
mkdir /cod2/cdrom
####Downloads of needed files
cd /cod2
wget http://download.softpedia.com/linux....tar.bz2
wait

echo "Server file downloaded."
tar -jxf /cod2/cod2-lnxded-1.0a-11072005.tar.bz2
wait
echo "Server file has been decompressed in the /cod2 directory."

wget http://icculus.org/updates/cod/gcc3-libs.tar.bz2
wait
echo "GCC files downloaded."
tar -jxf /cod2/gcc3-libs.tar.bz2
wait
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$/cod2
echo "GCC has been decompressed in the /cod2 dir."

#########Load files from DVD############
echo "Need to insert the COD2 DVD now!, Hit enter when it is in."
read cdromf
echo "Mounting... $cdromf may take a minute"
mount /dev/cdrom /cod2/cdrom
wait
sleep 10
clear
echo "Coping files now... Get a beer this will take a long time!"
wait
cp -r /cod2/cdrom/Setup/Data/main/ /cod2/
wait
echo "Coping of files is done"
umount /dev/cdrom
############Server config###################
clear
echo "Type in the RCON_Password that you want, and hit enter"
read paswordf
echo "Making Server config file"
echo "//This is Damn Small Linux COD2 Server" >>/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "//Host Name and Min. config" >>/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "set sv_hostname "DSL Linux Serv."" >>/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "//Message of the day" >>/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "set scr_motd "Play Nice or Go Away!"" >>/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "set sv_maxping "250"" >>/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "set sv_minping "0"" >>/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "// Types include bel, dm, re, sd, tdm" >>/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "set g_gametype "tdm"" >>/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "//put something good for a password" >>/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "set rcon_password $paswordf" >>/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "set sv_maxclients "10"" >>/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "set sv_maxrate "15000"" >>/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "set sv_pure "1"" >>/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "set sv_gamespy "1"" >>/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "DO NOT ALLOW VOTING ON A DSL BOX...REDHAT/FEDORA THIS WORKS" >>/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "set scr_allow_vote "0"" >>/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "set g_allowvote "0"" >>/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "set sv_maprotation "gametype tdm map mp_brecourt gametype dm map mp_carentan gametype dm map mp_burgandy"" >>/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "set sv_mapRotationCurrent "gametype tdm map mp_brecourt gametype dm map mp_carentan gametype dm map mp_burgandy"" >>/cod2/main/server01.cfg

clear
echo "Server files are configured...Hit enter and see if it will run?"
read enterf
echo "Here we go... $enterf "

./cod2_lnxded +exec server01.cfg +map_rotate

If people still want an iso then let me know.

Has anyone else made this work?

It is also possible to run the Cod2 server without installing from a DVD. And running it all from a large amount of memory about 150 megs on this machine (550mhz/512megs ram)

i still wouldnt mind the iso (for i wouldnt be able to set up the computer right away) and i could host on ftp also

You soooo freeking rock man....

I gotta question...if the gcc files are already ready to go...you "COULD" run this from a frugal install man!

what I'm saying is that it needs those pre-compiled binaries, and it gets them for you...

So in effect you could with say a 10-20 gig HD do a frugal...let me explain:

1. /hda1 = 60 Meg partition for frugal image
2. /hda2 = 128Meg or whatever size swapfile (you will still need one
3. /hda3 = The rest of the drive formatted either in ext2 or reiserfs with a persistant (/home /opt) directory built there

Then just modify the script to point to /home/dsl/cod2 instead of just a /cod2 directory

Quote

#!/bin/bash
#COD2 install Script by 300c@crd-dwc.com, distrubuted under "USE AT YOUR OWN RISK" License terms. Make no mistake, I am not responsible
#for anything resulting from the use of this, period. By running this script you agree to be bound by not only this agreement but the user
#agreements for the software downloaded by this script. Proceed with caution.
# http://download.softpedia.com/linux/games/cod2-lnxded-1.0a-11072005.tar.bz2
# http://icculus.org/updates/cod/gcc3-libs.tar.bz2

mkdir /home/dsl/cod2
mkdir /home/dsl/cod2/main
mkdir /home/dsl/cod2/cdrom
####Downloads of needed files
cd /home/dsl/cod2
wget http://download.softpedia.com/linux....tar.bz2
wait

echo "Server file downloaded."
tar -jxf /home/dsl/cod2/cod2-lnxded-1.0a-11072005.tar.bz2
wait
echo "Server file has been decompressed in the /home/dsl/cod2 directory."

wget http://icculus.org/updates/cod/gcc3-libs.tar.bz2
wait
echo "GCC files downloaded."
tar -jxf /home/dsl/cod2/gcc3-libs.tar.bz2
wait
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$/home/dsl/cod2
echo "GCC has been decompressed in the /home/dsl/cod2 dir."

#########Load files from DVD############
echo "Need to insert the COD2 DVD now!, Hit enter when it is in."
read cdromf
echo "Mounting... $cdromf may take a minute"
mount /dev/cdrom /cod2/cdrom
wait
sleep 10
clear
echo "Coping files now... Get a beer this will take a long time!"
wait
cp -r /cod2/cdrom/Setup/Data/main/ /home/dsl/cod2/
wait
echo "Coping of files is done"
umount /dev/cdrom
############Server config###################
clear
echo "Type in the RCON_Password that you want, and hit enter"
read paswordf
echo "Making Server config file"
echo "//This is Damn Small Linux COD2 Server" >>/home/dsl/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "//Host Name and Min. config" >>/home/dsl/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "set sv_hostname "DSL Linux Serv."" >>/home/dsl/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "//Message of the day" >>/home/dsl/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "set scr_motd "Play Nice or Go Away!"" >>/home/dsl/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "set sv_maxping "250"" >>/home/dsl/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "set sv_minping "0"" >>/home/dsl/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "// Types include bel, dm, re, sd, tdm" >>/home/dsl/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "set g_gametype "tdm"" >>/home/dsl/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "//put something good for a password" >>/home/dsl/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "set rcon_password $paswordf" >>/home/dsl/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "set sv_maxclients "10"" >>/home/dsl/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "set sv_maxrate "15000"" >>/home/dsl/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "set sv_pure "1"" >>/home/dsl/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "set sv_gamespy "1"" >>/home/dsl/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "DO NOT ALLOW VOTING ON A DSL BOX...REDHAT/FEDORA THIS WORKS" >>/home/dsl/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "set scr_allow_vote "0"" >>/home/dsl/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "set g_allowvote "0"" >>/home/dsl/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "set sv_maprotation "gametype tdm map mp_brecourt gametype dm map mp_carentan gametype dm map mp_burgandy"" >>/home/dsl/cod2/main/server01.cfg
echo "set sv_mapRotationCurrent "gametype tdm map mp_brecourt gametype dm map mp_carentan gametype dm map mp_burgandy"" >>/home/dsl/cod2/main/server01.cfg

clear
echo "Server files are configured...Hit enter and see if it will run?"
read enterf
echo "Here we go... $enterf "

./home/dsl/cod2_lnxded +exec server01.cfg +map_rotate

This would allow for a static install..without having to do a full bore complete HD install, and the install itself would be a bit more resiliant in the case of a power fail as the "DSL" os is still in its unmodified image format (and it saves you about 100-150Megs of HD space)

or is that taking it too far??

Brian
AwPhuch

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