Linux Dedicated server install

[legacy-drwhojm]

I downloaded the latest Linux dedicated server install (ut2003-lnxded-2225.tar.tar) and it says in the readme file that there is no installer for it. Can someone tell me what I need to do to get this set up and running. I've looked all over the place and havn't found any instructions on installation anywhere. Thanks in advance for your help.

Just for info. My (soon to be) dedicated server will be a AMD athalon XP 1.6 Mhz with 1240 MB of RAM and a cable modem connection. Operating system is Red Hat 9

I'll welcome all to play once it's setup.

[legacy-cryHAVOC]

Use the search on this forum and look for tar.tar. This subject has been address quite a few times and with this search, you will get three finds and they will help you solve the file name problem you are running into.

[legacy-cryHAVOC]

drwhojm,

Saw you used the search. OK, here is how it works.

Rename the tar.tar to tar.bz2
use the tar command with the following options -xjf that should take care of the problem.

recap:

cp or mv ut2003-lnxded-2225[1].tar.tar ut2003-lnxded-2225[1].tar.bz2

tar -xjf ut2003-lnxded-2225[1].tar.bz2

If this does not work, post here. I will re-run my installation to double check the process.

[legacy-drwhojm]

Yes... I had already managed to untar the file before. My problem was - after I have untared the file... what then? there is no installer script or instructions (that I can find anywhere) I don't know what to do with the files after they are extracted.

Is this just an update bundle? did I need to have something installed prior to using this file? I do appreciate your help.

It's funny... i do Unix/Linux admin for a living... but have no idea how to get this running (pretty new to Unreal 2003 dedicated server)

[NakedApe]

For all your needs: http://www.unrealadmin.org/.

The 2225 package is not an update, it's the complete server distribution. With one exception, for some reason the ucc script used to launch the server was left out. You can use the script from an earlier tarball or ask around and someone will send it to you.

[legacy-drwhojm]

I have the file ucc-bin under the System directory. Is that the file you are refering to?

if not any chance you could send it?

[legacy-gurax]

I had exactly the same problem when trying to install. I wonder how is it possible they do not include installation instructions with the server? My machine is a Debian 3.0 and I currently have a Half-Life dedicated server operational there, which installed flawlessly and was well documented. Personally I preffer UT to HL, but I still have not been able to set up a server for UT, while HL is up and running.
And also, if the people at Epic are too busy producing excellent software, can some one from the comunity here provide the neccesary steps to be taken? there was something similar in the http://www.unrealadmin.org/ site but it was for Windows. Call me lazy and crazy.. but I barely finished reading the 4 line after that. I don't want to introduce a Windows server machine just because of UT2003. Sorry! :confused:

[NakedApe]

Originally posted by drwhojm
I have the file ucc-bin under the System directory. Is that the file you are refering to?

if not any chance you could send it?

No, the ucc is a shell script that lives in the installation root. It is the script used to start the server. Using ucc-bin won't work very well (if at all).

You can get it here --> http://knoghall.no-ip.com/ut2003/ucc.

I'll keep it there until I can find a better home for it... :)

[legacy-drwhojm]

ok... before you attached the startup script i found a thread that told me how to copy/configure the ini file and then run

ucc-bin server DM-Antalus?game=Xgame.xDeathMatch?mutator=XWeaponnns. MutNoSuperWe
apon?GameStats=True ini=myserver.ini --nohomedir log=/home/meissjoh/ut2003_dedic
ated/logs/myserver.log


this looks like it's starting up the server... but i have 2 (most likely related) problems.

1 - it looks like it's starting up. It goes through and resolves gamespy and a few other servers... and then i get
RecvFrom returned SOCKET_ERROR 113

2 - I can't see my server on the LAN tab or in any of the online servers.

[legacy-cryHAVOC]

Do not use ucc-bin to run the server. That command gets called by using ucc. The ucc command is in the root intallation directory for UT2003. Most likely called ut2003_dedicated, in that directory is where you should start your server from. So, according to your last post, your command line should look like this:

ucc server DM-Antalus?game=Xgame.xDeathMatch?mutator=XWeaponnns. MutNoSuperWe
apon?GameStats=True ini=myserver.ini --nohomedir log=/home/meissjoh/ut2003_dedic
ated/logs/myserver.log

Not sure about the two dashes before nohomedir, I only use one. Also, you could shorten up your command line and modify the playing style through the WebAdmin or console.

ucc server DM-Antalus?GameStats=True ini=myserver.ini --nohomedir log=/home/meissjoh/ut2003_dedicated/logs/myserver.log

Try the new command line without ucc-server and see if it helps with your problem any. If not check out
Unreal Admin (http://www.unrealadmin.org/index.php)

[legacy-cryHAVOC]

Originally posted by gurax
And also, if the people at Epic are too busy producing excellent software, can some one from the comunity here provide the neccesary steps to be taken? there was something similar in the http://www.unrealadmin.org/ site but it was for Windows. Call me lazy and crazy.. but I barely finished reading the 4 line after that. I don't want to introduce a Windows server machine just because of UT2003. Sorry! :confused:

gurax,

I will take a stab at getting something that is all in one put up(Linux only).
If there are any Linux folks out there that want to help out, go to the site and send me e-mail. I only had a short amount of time to put together two pages and am out of town for awhile.

Stab at Admin help (http://mywpages.comcast.net/cryhavoc/)

[legacy-AnimeRPGNetwork]

last time i checked you didn't have to install it all you had to do was setup an apatchee web server and stick it in the root directory of the server, not the http server, change your settings via the ini files or something then just access via a url from teh game...

[legacy-gurax]

That would be very helpful, cryHAVOC. All I can do is say thank you for your time. IMHO such information will also reduce the need to ask trivial questions in forums like this one, as well as the need to answer the same questions again and again. :)

[legacy-drwhojm]

Thanks to everyone's help i've managed to get the web admin interface up and running.... and the server..... i still can't connect either by LAN or on the internet.... not sure what's wrong.... could someone attach their ini file so i can run a "diff" against it to see where i may have gone wrong? Thanks again