Arma 3 Headless Client

[Pied Piper 10]

so even the filename itself where the mods are stored cannot have a space?

[MitchJC 49]

No, as I said -mod= till the end you can't have any spaces at all.

 

I recommend changing your Arma 3 Mods folder to just Mods.

 

On the bat file find and replace Arma 3 Mods to Mods.

[Pied Piper 10]

Thank you very much Mitch, I learned a whole bunch about the HC I did not know previously. Interesting that it does not allow you to run with gaps in the name. 

All fine and working now.

 

 

 

[mach2infinity 12]

On 23/03/2017 at 9:10 PM, Jack Ost said:

Try to connect your game client with profile HC1 and with BattleEye activated. Then move user profile of  HC1 from Arma 3 User Directory to server users profile directory. It's works for me.

 

I actually tried this and it still wouldn't work. In the end I just deleted everything and setup my server again which resolved it. I know I must've deleted something when messing about with trying to change the profile name for the HC. Thanks anyway.

[Roanoke 36]

So my HC connects to the server, but wont slot in. Can't manually slot it either. Where did I go wrong?

[claws01 22]

What error message do you get ?

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[Roanoke 36]

Fixed, needed to be logged in to steam on server.

[Roanoke 36]

On another note, how do I check if HC is offloading AI?

[claws01 22]

Check cpu usage and why don't you use the arma3server_64.exe with -client so you don't have to use steam

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[Roanoke 36]

I am using -client on my .bat file, still need to be logged in on steam on my box.

[Roanoke 36]

Will it  still work if I log into steam on the box, launch HC, then log out on the box so I can play?

[claws01 22]

No won't work . As i told u before use arma3server_64.exe -client instead of arma3_64.exe -client , like that you don't need to login

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[thirith 27]

I'm running relatively small coop sessions but have set up an HC to help with AI calculations. However, I've just realised that if a mission doesn't allow for an HC, the client still sits there in the list of players, 'clogging up' a slot - i.e. if I load a mission for six players because we might have six people in a session, only five people can log in because Mr HC counts as one of six players regardless of whether it's slotted or not.

 

Is there some way around this? Do I have to make sure that I schedule missions that either offer an HC slot or that offer more slots than the number of players I have? Or is there a way to temporarily kick the HC?

[sarogahtyp 1108]

On ‎05‎.‎06‎.‎2017 at 4:45 PM, thirith said:

I'm running relatively small coop sessions but have set up an HC to help with AI calculations. However, I've just realised that if a mission doesn't allow for an HC, the client still sits there in the list of players, 'clogging up' a slot - i.e. if I load a mission for six players because we might have six people in a session, only five people can log in because Mr HC counts as one of six players regardless of whether it's slotted or not.

 

Is there some way around this? Do I have to make sure that I schedule missions that either offer an HC slot or that offer more slots than the number of players I have? Or is there a way to temporarily kick the HC?

 

just edit those mission with eden and insert this game logic:

SIDE: Game Logic, CLASS: Virtual Entities, UNIT: Headless Client, CONTROL: Playable, NAME: somename

each of those game logics is a place for one HC client. if u once want to have more than one HC then just add another logic to the mission.

[thirith 27]

Good to know it's relatively easy, even if it's a hassle for the 300+ missions I've downloaded. Then again, I can do them one bunch at a time, always in preparation for a session - which goes hand in hand with changing the mission titles so they all fit the same nomenclature. Cheers!

[sarogahtyp 1108]

5 minutes ago, thirith said:

Good to know it's relatively easy, even if it's a hassle for the 300+ missions I've downloaded. Then again, I can do them one bunch at a time, always in preparation for a session - which goes hand in hand with changing the mission titles so they all fit the same nomenclature. Cheers!

I know what u r talking about. Those mission names are a mess...

[rami 2]

Hello !

 

I got a server and my HC connects, takes a slot, but nothing will offload to the HC for some reason? I'm using the arma3server.exe perf5 for both client and server. (also tried original arma3server.exe and arma3server_x64.exe)

Running liberation , antistasi etc. The CPU on the HC stays at 0% and only use ram (1,5-2gb). Using TADST, but no mods!

 

Paramters: "-connect=127.0.0.1 -port=2302 -client -nosound -password=1 -name=HC -profile=HC"

 

Never seen this before, it did offload when I ran the same missions but under linux. 

 

Anyone experienced this  ? I'm a simple! :( 

[sarogahtyp 1108]

 

11 hours ago, rami said:

Hello !

 

I got a server and my HC connects, takes a slot, but nothing will offload to the HC for some reason? I'm using the arma3server.exe perf5 for both client and server. (also tried original arma3server.exe and arma3server_x64.exe)

Running liberation , antistasi etc. The CPU on the HC stays at 0% and only use ram (1,5-2gb). Using TADST, but no mods!

 

Paramters: "-connect=127.0.0.1 -port=2302 -client -nosound -password=1 -name=HC -profile=HC"

 

Never seen this before, it did offload when I ran the same missions but under linux. 

 

Anyone experienced this  ? I'm a simple! :( 

 

I think I can not help much here because I'm using linux only. but do u have any .rpt file for the HC and/or for the server? Maybe the problem could be located there.

[rami 2]

12 hours ago, sarogahtyp said:

 

 

I think I can not help much here because I'm using linux only. but do u have any .rpt file for the HC and/or for the server? Maybe the problem could be located there.

 

Hey!

 

I don't know if it was the problem but I had steam running on the server and when I closed and restarted the server+hc it started to work again. So I guess solved for now.

 

Thank you tho! :)

 

 

[FoxhoundBC 13]

I was wondering how do you install a headless client with ubuntu/linux? Does just adding -client to the command lien for starting the server create a HC?

[sarogahtyp 1108]

Yes, u need the client option and some tweaks in server.cfg file. Additionally the mission has to be set up for hc use.
I can find all instructions here:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Headless_Client

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[sarogahtyp 1108]

this is my startup script for one of my three HC's:

#!/bin/bash
# Start script for Arma 3 HC
IP1="127.0.0.1"
PORT1="14000"
WORLD1="Altis"
PARAMS1="-client -skipIntro -enableHT -noSound -nosplash"
ARMA_LOG1="/home/steam/steamcmd/arma3/logs/hc1/hc1err_"
ARMA_CON1="/home/steam/steamcmd/arma3/logs/hc1/hc1con_"
PERF1="/home/steam/steamcmd/arma3/hc1_perf.cfg"
EXT1=".log"
EXT2=".rpt"
TIMESTAMPLOG1=$ARMA_LOG1$(date +%s)$EXT2
TIMESTAMPCON1=$ARMA_CON1$(date +%s)$EXT1
./arma3server  $PARAMS1 -connect=$IP1 -mod="@vcomai;@emove" -port=$PORT1 -world=$WORLD1 -cfg=$PERF1 1>>"$TIMESTAMPCON1" 2>>"$TIMESTAMPLOG1" &

 

this lines are my tweaks in server.cfg. Just add it at the end of ur server.cfg:

headlessClients[]={"127.0.0.1"};
localClient[]={"127.0.0.1"};

this should work if u start ur HC on the same machine as ur server runs. If it's a different machine then you have to tweak the IP adresses 127.0.0.1 for ur needs. And in that case u dont need the second line i showed from my server.cfg.

[FoxhoundBC 13]

15 hours ago, sarogahtyp said:

this is my startup script for one of my three HC's:

#!/bin/bash
# Start script for Arma 3 HC
IP1="127.0.0.1"
PORT1="14000"
WORLD1="Altis"
PARAMS1="-client -skipIntro -enableHT -noSound -nosplash"
ARMA_LOG1="/home/steam/steamcmd/arma3/logs/hc1/hc1err_"
ARMA_CON1="/home/steam/steamcmd/arma3/logs/hc1/hc1con_"
PERF1="/home/steam/steamcmd/arma3/hc1_perf.cfg"
EXT1=".log"
EXT2=".rpt"
TIMESTAMPLOG1=$ARMA_LOG1$(date +%s)$EXT2
TIMESTAMPCON1=$ARMA_CON1$(date +%s)$EXT1
./arma3server  $PARAMS1 -connect=$IP1 -mod="@vcomai;@emove" -port=$PORT1 -world=$WORLD1 -cfg=$PERF1 1>>"$TIMESTAMPCON1" 2>>"$TIMESTAMPLOG1" &

 

this lines are my tweaks in server.cfg. Just add it at the end of ur server.cfg:

headlessClients[]={"127.0.0.1"};
localClient[]={"127.0.0.1"};

this should work if u start ur HC on the same machine as ur server runs. If it's a different machine then you have to tweak the IP adresses 127.0.0.1 for ur needs. And in that case u dont need the second line i showed from my server.cfg.

Awesome thanks! How do you execute that script? Do you save it as a .run?

[sarogahtyp 1108]

Awesome thanks! How do you execute that script? Do you save it as a .run?

With Linux u don't care bout extensions. Important are the specific rights. You need to set the rights to be execution able for u.

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[sarogahtyp 1108]

This article describes the use of chmod which is the command line tool to set the proper rights:
https://www.computerhope.com/unix/uchmod.htm

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