Dedicated

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Original developer keks-n
Ported into OpenRA by ihptru

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State: working; search for dedicated related bug reports

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Requirements:
Linux - works
Windows - help testing
Mac OSX - help testing

Mods supporting dedicated:
RA - yes
CNC - yes
D2k - yes

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To run:

• Fetch required version of OpenRA
            If you compile from sources you will have to edit mods/<mod name>/mod.yaml to specify correct version!
            a) Compile ( make all )
  
• It's better if you run OpenRA Dedicated server from bash script with "while loop" because it can crash and you won't even know about it.
      a) Create a file "start.sh" inside of OpenRA root directory
      b) Put next contents into it:
  

#!/bin/bash
Name="My_Dedicated_Server"
Mod="ra"
Dedicated="True"
DedicatedLoop="True"
ListenPort=1234
ExternalPort=1234
AdvertiseOnline="True"
Map="ba403f6bcb4cae934335b78be42f714992b3a71a"

while true; do
     mono OpenRA.Game.exe Game.Mods=$Mod Server.Dedicated=$Dedicated Server.DedicatedLoop=$DedicatedLoop \
     Server.Name=$Name Server.ListenPort=$ListenPort Server.ExternalPort=$ExternalPort \
     Server.AdvertiseOnline=$AdvertiseOnline Server.Map=$Map
done

• Change file permissions ( chmod +x start.sh ) and run it ( ./start.sh )
  

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Special notes:

• Using Null Renderer, Null SoundEngine
  
• Ignores DEV versions to join
  
• A first client is admin; if admin leaves, last connected client becomes a new admin
  
• A new instance is spawned once previous game is finished (counting that you are using Server.DedicatedLoop=True). If game is started with 1 client, a new instance is spawned immediately (we can destroy OpenRA process - it will not affect client's game)
  
• If you know some coding, you can easily forbid cheats/kick/bots/force-start/spot-clothing on server side.
  

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Special abilities:

• You can configure TimeOut after which started game have to be self-eliminated. Settings option:
           Server.TimeOut=value
            where <value> is a digit in miliseconds (1000 miliseconds = 1 second)
  
• You can create a Black-IP-List containing a list of IP addresses which are forbidden to join server. Settings option:
           Server.Ban: IP1,IP2,IP3,...,IPn
  

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You can add a MOTD on your server by creating file motd_<modname>.txt (where <modname> is ra, cnc or d2k) in OpenRA Support Directory, which is /home/<user>/.openra/ in Linux.