| Quote (AwPhuch @ Jan. 19 2006,20:43) | ||
Give us some more info bud! How hard was it to get it working? Give us a sitrep on how the system is holding up..how many users..yadda yadda man... Good job by the way! Brian AwPhuch |
| Quote (Guest @ Feb. 01 2006,07:00) |
| Apparently Tribes 2 use to run on linux with a bit of whining (wine). Has anyone here had any success with it? I love that game to bits, and yes with a good kick up the arse and some hand holding I'll try and run it from DSL. |
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---------------- (3) INSTALLATION ---------------- This dedicated server installation requires the Windows CD. If you have already installed the Linux client, you already have the dedicated server as well, and you don't need to install this package. 1. Mount the Windows Tribes 2 CD If for some reason the CD detection code doesn't work, set the environment variable "SETUP_CDROM" to the path where the Windows Tribes 2 CD is mounted. 2. Run the archive file to extract it and start the installer: sh tribes2d-wincd.run If the checksum verification fails, make sure you downloaded the file in binary mode and that the download wasn't corrupted. If you haven't already installed the Loki Update Tool or Loki Uninstall Tool, the installer will prompt you to install these before installing the main product. Once the installation is complete, the update tool will be run to ensure that you have the latest updates to the game. No information about you is sent to the server during this process, and this does not register your product. ----------------------- (4) STARTING THE SERVER ----------------------- The Linux version of the game includes a dedicated server which does not require you to log in or even use a graphical display. The binary is called "tribes2d" and resides in your TRIBES 2 installation directory. To run the standalone dedicated server, pass it the "-dedicated" command line option, followed by the name of the first map, and the type of game to run. For example, to start a game of Capture The Flag on the Katabatic map, you would do the following: Log in as the user you created to run Tribes 2 cd /path/to/installed/game ./tribes2d -dedicated Katabatic CTF The first time the dedicated server runs, it will create the directory ~/.loki/tribes2 and place default configuration files there. You can customize the advanced server settings by editing the file ~/.loki/tribes2/base/prefs/ServerPrefs.cs You can specify the number of bots to run on the command line by using the -bot N command line option. For example, to use the default map and game type with 10 bots, you would do the following: cd /path/to/installed/game ./tribes2d -dedicated -bot 10 If for some reason the server is crashing frequently, you can use the script "tribes2d-restart.sh" to automatically restart the dedicated server. This script will also look for updates on the internet when it starts, to keep your server up to date. |