servers

[kaner 0]

hi im about 1 week new to arma and i love it, my clan is going to set up a server. ubt is there any server hosts to buy servers, or do we just make a new one ingame everytime we load up arma.

thanks

rocket=KoS=

[Monkwarrior 0]

Servers can be rented.

Hosting one yourself (a so called listen server) mostly depends on your connection (your upload bandwidht).

If your clan has more then 5 members and you want to play bigger games: rent one.

Monk.

[kaner 0]

ok thanks monk do u have any links where i can go to rent one cus ive googled but cant find any

[DieAngel 0]

personally i don't know offhand where to rent an ArmA server, tho there is plenty of places where you can rent servers on the net, keep in mind if it isn't a game server rental you will most likely have to do the installation of the server by hand.

[Maximus_G 0]

Do i have to buy a separate game copy to run the server?

Are there any built-in means of remote game-server management? And mission management? (for example, reserving administrator rights)

What bandwidth should be enough for a 16-slot game?

Maybe there's some "Arma server FAQ" somewhere?

[d3dsh33p 0]

no

no... lame as hell

10 mg should be fine

[Maximus_G 0]

OK i've found some commands here

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki....ommands

Where's the admin password stored?

What's about Starforce protection - how should i make the game not to require the disk?

And if the server is a public machine - how secure is the storage of my personal CD-KEY? (i mean i should enter it during installation process, so it will be there)

10 mg should be fine

Are we still talking about "bytes" here?

[Federal 0]

the admin password is stored in your server's config.cfg it is the config file you need to create, th location may be ( C:\Prgram files\Bohemia Interactive\ArmA\server.cfg )

create a short cut to your arma_server.exe that is in your \Arma dircetory target line, put the following in the target line:

"directory list to Arma\arma_server.exe" -config=server.cfg

one of the lines you must must put in your server.cfg is

passwordAdmin = "xyzxyz"; Password to protect admin access

-Replace xyzxyz with your admin passowrd

to login as an admin press / and type

#login xyzxyz

hope that helps.

Federal

[Maximus_G 0]

Thank you!

Is there any documentation on the subject?

[d3dsh33p 0]

nope its not that complicated anymore

just upload your entire arma folder right into the server, 1.05 already has the server.exe in it, you just need to make a simple config and your set

[Federal 0]

When I downloaded Arma via sprocket (v1.05) download, it failed or did not install the arma_server.exe into my \arma directory.. if you are missing the file.. I can try to give you a copy, which ck-claw was generous enough to give me.  So just PM me, in the meantime i will try to get some webspace so people can just download it from a website.  (Im not sure how common this lack of the arma_server.exe being installed is, it may have been a fluke thing for my install).

Cheers,

Federal