Setting up an IW4M dedicated server on Linux

 

Requirements: Basic Linux command line knowledge.

 

Some of the commands below will only work on Debian based distributions (Debain, Ubuntu, ...). If you're using something else, you'll most likely run into problems installing the packages (e.g. you have to use yum instead of apt-get on RHEL/CentOS) and compiling wine. Please use google to find out how to do so on other distributions.

 

//Update Jul 19: Got rid of Xvfb, added tutorial on how to compile wine.

//Update Jan 2: Added CentOS/Fedora/RHEL instructions (thanks to mission)

 

When you see a list like this, execute each line consecutively through the shell:

 

• 
  command 1
  command 2
  command 3
  

But now let's get started:

 

1. Installing necessary packages

Login as root. Install the following packages:

 

Debian, Ubuntu etc.:

 

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  apt-get install unzip mono-complete wget nano tar bzip2 make
  

Fedora, CentOS, RHEL (?):

 

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  yum install unzip mono-core wget nano
  

2. Installing wine

If you already have at least version 1.4 of wine installed, skip this step.

Use

 

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  wine --version
  

to determine your version of wine. If you have a version older than 1.4 installed, remove it.

 

Debian, Ubuntu etc.:

 

Download the latest version of wine from http://sourceforge.net/projects/wine/files/Source/ and extract it to /usr/src. As I write this, it's wine-1.5.9:

 

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  cd /usr/src
  wget -O wine-1.5.9.tar.bz2

http://sourceforge.net/projects/wine/files/Source/wine-1.5.9.tar.bz2/download
tar xvf wine-1.5.9.tar.bz2
rm wine-1.5.9.tar.bz2

Install the building dependencies of wine:

 

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  apt-get build-dep wine
  

Compile and install wine. This will take quite a while.

 

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  cd /usr/src/wine-1.5.9
  ./configure
  make && make install
  

Note that you need to adjust the commands to whatever version you downloaded!

 

Fedora, CentOS, RHEL (?):

 

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  wget

http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh epel-release-6*.rpm
yum --enablerepo=epel install wine

3. Creating a new user account

Don't use your root account to run a server. Instead, create a new one, e.g.

 

• adduser gameserver

and log in with it.

 

4. Getting the game files

Create a new folder for your gameserver files. I chose

 

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  mkdir ~/iw4m/
  

Upload the following files from your local MW2 installation into your newly created folder:

 

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  binkw32.dll
  mss32.dll
  localization.txt
   
  main\iw_00.iwd
   
  zone\dlc\* (all files)
  zone\english\*mp*.ff (every file that has "mp" somewhere in it's name)
  zone\english\contingency.ff
  zone\english\gulag.ff
  zone\english\oilrig.ff
  

(Note that instead of 'english' the folders' name will be the language of your game installation).

 

Your gameserver folder should look like this now:

 

5. Getting the server files

CD to your gameserver folder. Download the dedicated server update tool and run it. Rename iw4m.dat to iw4m.exe.

 

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  cd ~/iw4m/
  wget

http://fourdeltaone.net/iw4m/dsut.zip
unzip dsut.zip
rm dsut.zip
mono iw4m_updater.exe
mv iw4m.dat iw4m.exe

6. Creating a config file

Create a folder called 'players'. Download the preconfigured server.cfg and customize it as desired.

 

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  mkdir players
  cd players
  wget -O server.cfg

http://pastebin.com/download.php?i=5wSjHTQT
nano server.cfg

7. Port forwarding

Pick a port you want to run the server on and forward it in your firewall (TCP and UDP). I chose 28960 (standard).

 

8. Running the server

Start your server without the -console parameter using wine, for example:

 

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  cd ~/iw4m/
  wine iw4m.exe -dedicated +set net_port 28960 +set party_maxplayers 18 +exec server.cfg +map_rotate &
  

Stop your server by killing iw4m.exe:

 

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  killall -9 iw4m.exe
  

You can download the following scripts to manage your server easily:

 

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  cd ~/iw4m/
  wget -O start.sh

http://pastebin.com/download.php?i=Nd8khDRU
wget -O stop.sh http://pastebin.com/download.php?i=5E43ZKq4
chmod +x start.sh stop.sh

This will start your server with 18 slots on port 28960 in the background. It will also execute your server.cfg. Edit start.sh to change the parameters.

 

And that's it! Run start.sh to start your server and stop.sh to stop it:

 

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  cd ~/iw4m/
  ./start.sh
   
  ./stop.sh
  

Check whether your server is running via

 

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  ps -ef | grep iw4m.exe
  

You might see errors when starting the server. Before asking, please check if the server is running correctly despite those errors.

 

Updating the server

 

Stop your server and run the updater.

 

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  cd ~/iw4m/
  ./stop.sh
  mono iw4m_updater.exe
  

Should be helpful thank you

Perfect man Could you add a download link for the files if it's possible ?

Perfect man Could you add a download link for the files if it's possible ?

Unfortunately not :/

It's about 3GB you have to upload, that shouldn't take more than a night, even with slow connections.

Works pefect on my VPS big thanks.

Maybe i will make a videotutorial in englisch =)

 

ok the tutorial is fucked up

I had to upgrade from lenny to debian squeze.

 

I my Server lags a bit and the CPU usage is really high is that normal ?

 

Perfect man Could you add a download link for the files if it's possible ?

 

 

I have uploaded all files you need : (TELL ME IF A LINK ARE DEAD)

 

 

iw4m.exe

binkw32.dll ===============> http://69.64.52.98/aiw.zip

mss32.dll

localization.txt

 

main\iw_00.iwd ===================> http://69.64.52.98/iw.zip

 

zone\dlc\* (all files)

zone\english\*mp*.ff (every file that has "mp") ==========> http://69.64.52.98/zone.zip

zone\english\contingency.ff

zone\english\gulag.ff

zone\english\oilrig.ff

Today I tried to Update my old aIW Server Installation to Fourdeltaone:

Got this error on my Debian amd64 vps:

[attachment=0]Unbenannt.png[/attachment]

 

Does anyone can help me?

Today I tried to Update my old aIW Server Installation to Fourdeltaone:

Got this error on my Debian amd64 vps:

[attachment=0]Unbenannt.png[/attachment]

 

Does anyone can help me?

If you're running Debian I suppose you have the old wine 0.9 installed? Try starting your server like this:

wine iw4m.exe -dedicated -console [...]

I'd recommend compiling wine 1.4 though.

Today I tried to Update my old aIW Server Installation to Fourdeltaone:

Got this error on my Debian amd64 vps:

[attachment=0]Unbenannt.png[/attachment]

 

Does anyone can help me?

If you're running Debian I suppose you have the old wine 0.9 installed? Try starting your server like this:

wine iw4m.exe -dedicated -console [...]

I'd recommend compiling wine 1.4 though.

i'll try this later. it's the newest wine version from the wine repository...

is it possible to run the mw2 server directly from the console or do i need a graphic output like aIW?

Today I tried to Update my old aIW Server Installation to Fourdeltaone:

Got this error on my Debian amd64 vps:

[attachment=0]Unbenannt.png[/attachment]

 

Does anyone can help me?

If you're running Debian I suppose you have the old wine 0.9 installed? Try starting your server like this:

wine iw4m.exe -dedicated -console [...]

I'd recommend compiling wine 1.4 though.

i'll try this later. it's the newest wine version from the wine repository...

is it possible to run the mw2 server directly from the console or do i need a graphic output like aIW?

The wine repository on Debian is like 2 years old i think. On wine 1.4 you can run iw4m directly from the terminal (without the -console parameter). If you have an older version you need the -console parameter.

dude i have the newest wine from lamaresh repository

i'll reinstall my server now and try it again

dude i have the newest wine from lamaresh repository

i'll reinstall my server now and try it again

The newest lamaresh version is 1.1.32, which is NOT 1.4

hi,

i get this error :/

 

hi,

i get this error :/

 

It looks like your iw4m server is running. The error is caused by Xvfb, but that's only needed if you don't have any other (virtual) display.

You should be able to start your server with this command:

wine iw4m.exe -dedicated +set net_port 28960 +set party_maxplayers 18 +exec server.cfg +map_rotate &

hi,

i get this error :/

 

It looks like your iw4m server is running. The error is caused by Xvfb, but that's only needed if you don't have any other (virtual) display.

You should be able to start your server with this command:

wine iw4m.exe -dedicated +set net_port 28960 +set party_maxplayers 18 +exec server.cfg +map_rotate &

 

If that doesn't work, maybe you executed start.sh more than once and didn't kill the processes by running stop.sh?

 

(whoops, sorry for doubleposting)

wine iw4m.exe -dedicated +set net_port 28960 +set party_maxplayers 18 +exec server.cfg +map_rotate &

 

i tried this but then i get another error like FreakerBust

 

 

josh_server@h1800335:~/iw4m$ wine iw4m.exe -dedicated +set net_port 28960 +set party_maxplayers 18 +exec server.cfg +map_rotate &
[3] 6255
josh_server@h1800335:~/iw4m$ fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 59 (SPI_SETSTICKYKEYS)
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 53 (SPI_SETTOGGLEKEYS)
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 51 (SPI_SETFILTERKEYS)
LINES value must be >= 2 and <= 500: got -17405
initscr(): Unable to create SP

TRY:

wine iw4m.exe -dedicated -console +set net_port 28960 +set party_maxplayers 18 +exec server.cfg +map mp_rust +map_rotate

 

you need to add -console!!!

this doesnt work also

 

josh_server@h1800335:~/iw4m$ wine iw4m.exe -dedicated -console +set net_port 28960 +set party_maxplayers 18 +exec server.cfg +map_rotate &
[1] 12867
josh_server@h1800335:~/iw4m$ fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 59 (SPI_SETSTICKYKEYS)
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 53 (SPI_SETTOGGLEKEYS)
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 51 (SPI_SETFILTERKEYS)
Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded.
Make sure that your X server is running and that $DISPLAY is set correctly.

In your ssh window,

Install tightvncserver (apt-get install tightvncserver)

Then, start it (tightvncserver :1)

Connect ipoftheserver:5901 with vnc (http://176.31.39.189/vnc.exe)

You must have xorg installed.

In the terminal on your vnc, start your server with -console.

In your ssh window,

Install tightvncserver (apt-get install tightvncserver)

Then, start it (tightvncserver :1)

Connect ipoftheserver:5901 with vnc (http://176.31.39.189/vnc.exe)

You must have xorg installed.

In the terminal on your vnc, start your server with -console.

Yeah but that's really not needed if you have Xvfb (which emulates that display).

Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded.

Make sure that your X server is running and that $DISPLAY is set correctly.

 

I think he's starting iw4m.exe from the ssh window.

If he doesn't know how to use xvfb, it's easier to use tightvncserver because he can see the server starting and the console

How much RAM is needed to host a server?

Ubuntu Server 12.04 + gnome-core virtualdesktop

How much RAM is needed to host a server?

Ubuntu Server 12.04 + gnome-core virtualdesktop

wrong place to ask this, dude

so i connected with vnc viewer and then i got an language error cuz i forgot the main/iw_00.iwd and now i dont know how to close the server window to start it again xD

 

so i connected with vnc viewer and then i got an language error cuz i forgot the main/iw_00.iwd and now i dont know how to close the server window to start it again xD

 

click in the Terminal and do 'Ctrl+Z'. It should close the program from terminal

yey !

finally it works

 

thank you guys for help