Arma 2 dedicated server for freebsd/linux/etc.

[purgi 10]

I am really getting tired of waiting. We went through 1.03 without any linux dedicated server... now 1.04 still doesn't have one, and a whole new game is around the corner!

That I need to have the overhead of a virtualization layer to host my games is ridiculous.

(I have WinXP Pro 64-bit running inside Virtualbox. My hardware has all the correct VM support. Rock solid, and not too much overhead, considering. Using 64-bit to work around a bug that caused massive CPU usage.)

Funny thing is, if I host an MP game within my game I take a huge FPS hit. If I run a XP virtual machine in the background and off it run a dedicated server, I get a minimal hit.

I just host it off a 2nd machine running VMWare, though it does seem to max the proc at 100%

[Antti Salonen 10]

I basically want to echo the sentiments of others in this thread.

We also have an ArmA and Teamspeak server, running Linux, sitting in a server room with a 100 Mbit connection almost straight to the backbone. This is the way to do it if you only can. It will be upgraded with the latest hardware as soon as the Linux server binary comes out, but it's been a frustratingly long wait.

I think this is working against Bohemia Interactive as well. From a server administrator point of view I have a suspicion that most big and/or well-established OFP and ArmA servers were run on Linux. ArmA 2 is already pretty stable, but the multiplayer community is really suffering because of this technically minor issue. If you hit the community you also hit the sales of games to come. I doubt many bought the game for the single-player campaign.

Edited October 5, 2009 by Antti Salonen

[hotzenplotz 138]

it is a certificate of poverty how long we wait for a Linux dedi

[code34 248]

is there any news about a linux dedicated server ?

[Herbal Influence 10]

It's not really enojoyable to run Microsoft-Windows in a virtual box on Linuxserver to compensate this.

It's nice pings but - for whatever reason ! - very low bandwith which leads to unplayable situations.

Or has anybody a technical hint how to increase bandwith?

[bj2020 10]

I am waiting for the Arma2 server for linux too, I please the development team work hard and fast on it, I really need it, thanks a lot.

[zyklone 1]

At this point just a 'no, won't happen' would be nice..

[Herbal Influence 10]

Yep - that is getting more and more important for we consider to feed the monopolist Microsoft. That would be too ugly, but our virtual box has - for whatever reasons - big problems with bandwith though the server is absolutely "state of the art" ... :-(

At last they said here said on August 13th 2009 they would be working on it.

Edited October 17, 2009 by Herbal Influence

[ModeZt 0]

What a shame, BIS. Don't you guys remember your promises?

[bj2020 10]

Could the development team in charge let us know when will the linux version come out.

[xeno 234]

Before the next one asks...

Linux dedi is coming:

http://arma2.swec.se/server/data/125855

Xeno

[Defunkt 431]

Hurrah! Well spotted than man.

Edited October 24, 2009 by Defunkt

[hotzenplotz 138]

Dear Bis , plz release the Dedi for Linux. Never i install the VBox on Linux, makes so many trouple and the Server work not fine with virtuell Windows. Plz tell us how long we wait for Dedi. We are wait a longer Time , i install Arma I on the Server.

Greez Hotze

Sorry for my English

[DZR_Mikhail 15]

Has anyone tried the new linux server?

I want to launch it on my VDS, but the VDS is not very powerful (256 RAM). So I'd appreciate if anyone could look how much memory it consumes when running. Thanks anyway.

upd: "We recommend using 2 GHz machine, with 512 MB RAM and a 1 Mbps upload network bandwidth"

That's what BI say on Windows server. But I'm interested in facts, because my VDS didn't match the requirements for INSURGENCY server, but I've set up easily, launched and played with no lag (VOip disabled). So I want to take chance on running Arma2)))

Edited December 25, 2009 by zvukoper
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