The overhead dosen't seem too bad, as far I can tell the performance is near native. It's quirky in some ways though, but performance wise it's alright. We run several KF2 and TF2 servers on the same server and they don't seem to negatively affect each other too.
On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 11:29 PM, Rowedahelicon < [email protected]> wrote: > @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/ > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >
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