Another Dumb@$$ cant set up his server

[legacy-frogbutt]

Ok, I got a Dual AMD 2600 with 1 GB ram on a T3 connect, a bit of an overkill, but ok. I am running Linux.

I have downloaded UT2004-3186-DedicatedServer.zip to my root directory. I have a CD Key.

The big question, what now Obie Wahn?

So I SSH to root and unzip the file? I dunno. Please advise.

Frogbutt

[NakedApe]

Re: Another Dumb@$$ cant set up his server

Originally posted by frogbutt
So I SSH to root and unzip the file? I dunno. Please advise.

Get this server release and save some patching:http://downloads.unrealadmin.org/UT2...-bonuspack.zip

Depending on your needs you can install the server as root and then create a regular user account to run the server or you can create the regular user, install as that user and run as that user.

But yes, unpack, edit INIs and fire up. Look here for more info.

[legacy-frogbutt]

Ok, Im downloading this new file. I will unzip it, but everything else you said may as well be G(r)eek. I will see what happens and post a specific question in a bit, but thanks so far! (ribbit!)

[legacy-frogbutt]

Ok, I unzipped the file. Now what do I do? I am at my SSH prompt.

[NakedApe]

Originally posted by frogbutt
Ok, I unzipped the file. Now what do I do? I am at my SSH prompt.

Did you read the guide I linked to above? Have you looked through the UnrealAdmin forums? These forums?

The answer is out there...

[legacy-frogbutt]

Ya, Ive read a lot, and see lots of answers... I got the files extracted, the runserver.bat edited, and the cdkey uploaded... I just dont know how to start the game running at this point.

please help!

I am also on yahoo messenger as frogskyn

(ribbit)

[Frogger]

as a sidenote...great nick..:up:

[legacy-frogbutt]

Ribbit

Anyway, I got all the files on, but I cant seem to execute them to get the game to start up... please help!

[NakedApe]

Originally posted by frogbutt
I got all the files on, but I cant seem to execute them to get the game to start up...

You might want to check that you have execute permissions for ucc-bin and also that it is in your $PATH.

For a test, cd to the System directory of your UT2k4 install and type:

./ucc-bin server DM-Rankin

To learn more about permissions and $PATH consult the bash man page or whatever shell you're using. To find out, type:

man $(echo $SHELL)

[legacy-frogbutt]

Okay, we're close... you're right in that it says permission denied, even though I am logged in as root. How do I fix this?

[NakedApe]

Originally posted by frogbutt
Okay, we're close... you're right in that it says permission denied, even though I am logged in as root. How do I fix this?

Permissions are set using chmod. You want to do (from inside the System directory)

chmod 0755 ucc-bin

For an explanation of what these numbers mean and how permissions work, see the chmod man page.

[legacy-frogbutt]

ok, I ran CHMOD, and then:

./ucc-bin server DM-Rankin

and got a bunch of activity...

[root@server1 System]# ./ucc-bin server DM-Rankin
Executing Class Engine.ServerCommandlet
Missing Class Class Editor.TransBuffer
Browse: DM-Rankin?Name=Player?Class=Engine.Pawn?Character=Jak ob?team=255
Collecting garbage
Purging garbage
Garbage: objects: 36327->36324; refs: 460916
Game class is 'xDeathMatch'
Bringing Level DM-Rankin.myLevel up for play (20) appSeconds: 11.112412...



and so forth... what did I just do?

[legacy-frogbutt]

ok, it seems to be going somewhere, but keeps hanging on

Moving 'Save.tmp' to 'Packages.md5'

any thoughts?

what I did was

./ucc-bin server CTF-BridgeOfFate?game=XGame.xCTFGame ini=ut2004.ini -nohomedir &

[NakedApe]

Originally posted by frogbutt
ok, it seems to be going somewhere, but keeps hanging on

Moving 'Save.tmp' to 'Packages.md5'

any thoughts?

what I did was

./ucc-bin server CTF-BridgeOfFate?game=XGame.xCTFGame ini=ut2004.ini -nohomedir &

If you're going to use -nohomedir you need to make sure that your user has write permissions to the System directory in your UT2k4 install. Personally, I prefer doing away with -nohomedir as that kind of flies in the face of Linux tradition anyway. Without -nohomedir the server will create/look for INI files etc in $HOME/.ut2004/System/.

Not sure this is the problem for you though. Post the contents of your server log, please.

[legacy-frogbutt]

Got is going! :-):-) Now I just need to install RPG and have no idea how