@Jimmy Thanks! This is really comprehensive, much appreciated! On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 7:35 PM, Jimmy Dorry <[email protected]> wrote:
> @rowed You may want to checkout the forum guide, as I recall there being a > few quirks and annoying gotcha's in setting it up. > http://forums.tripwireinteractive.com/showthread.php?t=105484 > > @john Regardless of whether tripwire can find the resources to support > dedicated servers on linux natively, I would have thought the least you can > do to encourage community members to donate resources to your for-profit > en-devour is make the process as easy as possible. The lowest hanging fruit > in this case would be putting together a consolidated guide for setting up > dedicated servers on the major operating systems (for linux, how to get it > working using wine), and *linking to it in future emails* when you put > out a call for resources. Most of the content is out there, whether it be > reddit or your forums... but is not consolidated. (I imagine the wiki would > be the best place to put it all > http://wiki.tripwireinteractive.com/index.php?title=Dedicated_Server_%28Killing_Floor_2%29 > ) > > I also imagine giving a little bit more notice to would-be server > operators, would also encourage higher participation too! > > I like your studio and the game produced. Good luck :) > > On Fri, 11 Dec 2015 at 08:40 Rowedahelicon < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> @Emil , Thanks! I'll give it a shot tonight anyway just for shiggles. >> >> On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 5:35 PM, Emil Larsson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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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