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General Discussion => Technology and Development => Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: Juju on January 25, 2014, 06:50:19 pm
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As you know, I'm taking over backup2 from Alberthrocks, a nice 2GB RAM server, and I intend to put a game server on it, but first I should gauge how many people here are interested.
So I'm asking you, which games are you interested in to massively play multiplayer? Minecraft? Starbound? Garry's Mod? Something else? You decide. Give me your opinions in this thread and I'll decide which one have a consensus or is most popular. Voting ends when Albert hands me the server. Or when consenus is reached and we're ready to install the server, whatever.
You can also discuss about it, general server management or just general random jujufications on IRC on #juju on irc.omnimaga.org.
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I vote for an SC Brood War or AOEII server!
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SC Brood war would be nice, since we used to have one on Netham's server. Maybe use Omni logo as the banner.
AOEII would be nice too, but Minecraft would probably not be as much of a good idea since there are always many Minecraft servers in the community.
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Yeah, I don't really want to start Yet Another Minecraft Server... Otherwise, I don't play much Starcraft, so you'll have to convince me :P AOEII might be a good idea as well and if it don't take up much resources I can run another game besides it. And if a dedicated server exists of course.
So yeah, if there's no way to run a dedicated server on Linux, well, it won't work. After a quick Google search, it's not very conclusive for both SC and AOEII.
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AOEII? Excellent! That's the only RTS I ever liked! :p So many memories ! (Was young too)
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I saw a friend play Starbound recently and it looked pretty neat. That'd probably be my suggestion. :)
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Yeah, I don't really want to start Yet Another Minecraft Server... Otherwise, I don't play much Starcraft, so you'll have to convince me :P AOEII might be a good idea as well and if it don't take up much resources I can run another game besides it. And if a dedicated server exists of course.
So yeah, if there's no way to run a dedicated server on Linux, well, it won't work. After a quick Google search, it's not very conclusive for both SC and AOEII.
AOEII and SC Brood war servers require VPN stuffs to set up (and a running copy of the game). You can run both actual games with WINE, IIRC.
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Yeah, I don't really want to start Yet Another Minecraft Server... Otherwise, I don't play much Starcraft, so you'll have to convince me :P AOEII might be a good idea as well and if it don't take up much resources I can run another game besides it. And if a dedicated server exists of course.
So yeah, if there's no way to run a dedicated server on Linux, well, it won't work. After a quick Google search, it's not very conclusive for both SC and AOEII.
AOEII and SC Brood war servers require VPN stuffs to set up (and a running copy of the game). You can run both actual games with WINE, IIRC.
Yeah if it involves VPN stuff, since it's on a VPS it's probably gonna be too much trouble. Wine require X to be run, which isn't much of a problem, even on a headless server.
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well, you could try :P
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I wouldn't mind Starbound or Garry's Mod (if it was unlisted and Omni only). Also, could a Mumble server go with whatever you choose?
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Also, could a Mumble server go with whatever you choose?
Of course.
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I saw a friend play Starbound recently and it looked pretty neat. That'd probably be my suggestion. :)
The only issue with Starbound IIRC is that the game is very short. My bro already finished it only a few weeks after purchase.
As for AoeII I have a copy somewhere, but I don't know if the install will work on Windows 7, since it's a very old CD.
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I saw a friend play Starbound recently and it looked pretty neat. That'd probably be my suggestion. :)
The only issue with Starbound IIRC is that the game is very short. My bro already finished it only a few weeks after purchase.
It's like Minecraft; you can "finish" it in a short amount of time (a day if you're good in the case of MC), but building and community keep the appeal. (Terraria used to be that way, but they've put in a whole bunch of stuff over time; Starbound may go the same way.)
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Yeah, most people are not playing Minecraft to finish the game, but to build stuff. Same for Terraria and Starbound.
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Yeah, most people are not playing Minecraft to finish the game, but to build stuff. Same for Terraria and Starbound.
Speaking of which is there an omni Terraria server??
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I think a voip server would be fun. I personally prefer Teamspeak, but I guess any service would be fine. If JuJu decides to go through with this, I reccommend that the service be called and referred to as JuJuSpeak.
Me and pimathbrainiac could get on there for our DotA 2 games. Oh, and what about Trackmania? Are there TM Nations players on here except me and JuJu?
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IMHO as long as it's not Skype I am fine. TeamSpeak and Voip seemed more complicated to setup (and in TeamSpeak some people had troubles joining) in general, but what I hate about Skype is that I keep getting disconnected from calls when playing online games like Starcraft Brood War or Starcraft II. >.<
I saw a friend play Starbound recently and it looked pretty neat. That'd probably be my suggestion. :)
The only issue with Starbound IIRC is that the game is very short. My bro already finished it only a few weeks after purchase.
It's like Minecraft; you can "finish" it in a short amount of time (a day if you're good in the case of MC), but building and community keep the appeal. (Terraria used to be that way, but they've put in a whole bunch of stuff over time; Starbound may go the same way.)
Ah ok, for some reasons, the way my bro was talking seemed like it was more a game mainly focused on a quest and that there wasn't much to do including building afterward. Maybe he prefers survival modes more, though.
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Just configured another server that could host something...
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Just configured another server that could host something...
IRC server?
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Just configured another server that could host something...
IRC server?
The server's in my room, so I dunno... If you don't mind it might be doable.
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As long as it doesn't disconnect as often as yourself on IRC, so we don't see netsplit every three minute or so during evening. :P
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Anyway, I have both Tekkit Classic (a Minecraft mod) and Starbound running on derpy.juju2143.ca if you're interested.
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Just configured another server that could host something...
IRC server?
I don't think that IRC would be a good choice, because there wouldn't be much people.
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Just configured another server that could host something...
IRC server?
I don't think that IRC would be a good choice, because there wouldn't be much people.
Not if we link it to Omninet.
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Ooh, I thought you would like to open a new Network :D
IRC is a good choice now :)
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Yeah, but usually, hosting a IRC server at home might not be a good idea.
Pros:
- IPv6!
Cons:
- The IP isn't static, which might probably mess up stuff when the IP changes or even while taking in account it might change
- I don't have the benefits you have when you host it in a datacenter, so no 99% uptime and I'm afraid it might netsplit a lot
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We could test it a week or so.