@Emil , how bad is the overhead? I wouldn't mind running /A/ server via Wine but I'm not exactly ready to host a small farm right away.
@John , fair enough. Do you have an estimate as to how much as been done if anything at all? Perhaps anything a modder could work with to try and finish putting together? On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 5:21 PM, John Gibson <[email protected]> wrote: > You find me a developer that can do Linux work on video games, that hasn't > been snaggled up by a big publisher to work on SteamOS ports, and I'll be > happy to :) > > John Gibson > President > Tripwire Interactive > www.tripwireinteractive.com > > On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 5:15 PM, Rowedahelicon < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> 1. Thank you kindly for letting us advertise ourselves the way you've set >> that up, as a community owner I really want to utilize that function and >> look forward to doing so. >> 2. However, I'm stuck waiting on Linux support as well. I'm sure you've >> heard it a billion times given it is one of the highest requested things >> right now, but if you manage to get it working relatively soon I will put a >> shout out to you on said MOTD. <3 >> >> On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 12:10 PM, John Gibson < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Everyone, >>> >>> Today, starting in an hour (1pm EST), we're going to be launching a free >>> weekend for Killing Floor 2 in support of our recently released "Return of >>> the Patriarch" content pack. I'm here to request the help of the server >>> hosting community to meet the peak demand we're likely to see from the free >>> weekend. Right now we have about half of the servers we think we'll need to >>> meet the demand. So anyone that could pop up some servers for the weekend >>> would be greatly appreciated. The servers for KF2 are 6 players and are >>> really light on CPU and bandwidth usage, so they can run on a really wide >>> range of hardware. >>> >>> Also, one thing worth mentioning is a new bit of functionality we >>> recently added to our servers which will help you be able to advertise your >>> gaming community or GSP is a server welcome screen. This displays when >>> players connect to a server, and has a customizable message of the day text >>> message, a banner image, and a website link. So now if you put up servers >>> for a free weekend (or any time for that matter) you can basically put an >>> ad in that all players that connect to that server can see, and a web link >>> that you can put in that they can click on that will take them directly to >>> where you want them to go to find out more about your gaming community or >>> GSP. Here is info on how to set it up: >>> >>> 1) Make sure the game server isn't running >>> 2) Edit PCServer-KFGame.ini: >>> >>> Find this part and edit it, here is the default one >>> Code: >>> >>> BannerLink=http://art.tripwirecdn.com/TestItemIcons/MOTDServer.png >>> ServerMOTD=Welcome to our server. \n \n Have fun and good luck! >>> WebsiteLink=http://killingfloor2.com/ >>> >>> 3) BannerLink should be a PNG (save it > 8bit) image >>> 4) ServerMOTD is the message display under the BannerLink image. You can >>> usesome "*\n*" to create a new line like in the default message, I >>> personally add two lines before my MOTD message to add space between image >>> and text >>> 5) WebsiteLink is the url of your website (if you edit this from the >>> webadmin, it resets to a blank value after saving) >>> 6) Save, start the server, enjoy you welcome screen. If it does not show >>> up ingame, you're doing it wrong. >>> >>> Thanks everyone! >>> >>> P.S. We know more of you would put up servers if we had linux servers. >>> It's on the list of things we want to do. >>> >>> John Gibson >>> President >>> Tripwire Interactive >>> www.tripwireinteractive.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> please visit: >>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> *Matthew (Rowedahelicon) Robinson* >> Web Designer / Artist / Writer >> Website - http://www.rowedahelicon.com/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > -- *Matthew (Rowedahelicon) Robinson* Web Designer / Artist / Writer Website - http://www.rowedahelicon.com/
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