Game server script

[the48thronin]

Would anyone have any information on running a game server script on BlueHost. My son would like to be able to run Jedi Academy and host his clan. Appreciate it if I could get some information to ge me started.

I asked BlueHost support and I recieved the following response: "We do allow game server scripts to be installed. You may want to check the scripts for this. If it requires ports to be opened then you will need to have a dedicated IP which is an additional $30 a year".

[mrjerryk]

by a game server script are you refering to hosting an online game server for players to connect to and play the game? If so then you would need to

1. get a dedicated ip address.
2 download a linux version of the server.
3. upload the server to the webhost.
4 learn linux if you don't know it already.
5 request SSH to be enabled. "I wouldn't use the SSH option in cpanel. Download Putty and connect that way. Much better than a java script"
6 install and run the server.
7 Have fun ;)

[Rikstr]

ok i want to do this with DTR2 so i'll get a dedicated ip now.

as for the rest, eg, learning linux, haha very funny, lmao.

i'm sure my server exe will run on linux although it was only designed for windows.

[Rikstr]

where can i get a script for this?

[Dustin]

Not sure what script you are refering to, once you download the linux server and upload it to your account you would need to shell in and run the startscript in the command line. That is typically done just by going to the file that is the start script (that came with the server) and running ./startscriptname start

But an exe will not run on Linux.

[Rikstr]

I don't know of any gaming multiplayer program that isn't an exe. will try n find one for another game "rfactor" but i just can't imagine it not being an exe for obvious reasons.

[Dustin]

Most gaming clients are .exe, but most game clients that allow you to host your own server will provide a windows and linux version of the server since most webservers are linux.

So while the client is .exe and works on windows, it must connect to the server which is completely different.

[JRitze]

Yay, something to suck up more CPU usage...

I <3 BH but things like game servers should be separate considering the problems that seem to be ocuring.

Oh well, I haven't had any problems, so I'll just sit back and watch others complain :p

jk

[Dustin]

Most game servers that allow you to host aren't that CPU intensive as most of the scripting is run on the client side.

That differs from games like MMO's which have strict anticheating servers that run most of the process and the client simply renders the server output. That's where the game guards come in on the free web games.

But, if it does use too much CPU then the server will kill the process and you'll get a temporary CPU quota exceeded error, so it won't hinder the server.

[Rikstr]

yer the game i'm wanting to get going is a lil old racing game with a 10 player limit that hardly uses any bandwidth.