Dedicated Server: Technical Details?

Ironbar Sinister · Post by **Ironbar Sinister** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 9:51 pm

I just got turned on to this awesome line of games a week or so ago - I just did the demo of Renegades, held out for Legends, and purchased it last night. Anyone remember Space Vikings! on the Apple //e? Dang I loved that game!

So, I've decided that I'd like to run a full time dedicated server, and simply play on that all the time. It will be my sandbox, but with an open public invitation basically.

I've downloaded but not installed the ELServer.exe file, and have a few considerations before I try to light it up.

Here a few questions that I can't seem to find answers to here on the forums or elsewhere - so forgive me if I've missed the answers!

1. The dedicated server program must run on a Win32 platform, correct? It would ROCK if I could run it on FreeBSD!

2. What tcp/udp ports need to be opened up for incoming/outgoing connections? I've got plenty of IPs for one-to-one NAT, so it would just be a matter of poking the appropriate holes in my firewall.

3. What sort of bandwidth per connected player can I expect to be consumed?

4. What sort of CPU & Memory consumption can I expect from the dedicated server process? I run most of my servers on VMWare ESXi, and this would definitely be a Virtual Machine.

Thanks!

verbosity · Post by **verbosity** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 9:57 pm

1. yes windows only,
2. same as for the game, read the faq for details
3. I run on a connections that gives 1MB download and 50KB upload, and I've handled 8 pilots on at one time
4. typically its run on a 1 - 1,5 GHZ machine running xp on 512mb of ram without issues

Post by **Vice** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:13 pm

1 - Windows only.
2 - 3998 and 3999 TCP.
3 - A 512K-1MB DSL line should be plenty fast enough to host 24-36 players. Another important factor is system performance (good CPU, basic 3D, decent memory, and few other running tasks).
4 - Usually between 5% and 50% depending on the speed of the processor and how many cores it has. A typical dual core might see a 25-30% level with a few players active.

More details and configuration information is available in the instructions with the program (there is a start menu icon for them or you can launch the file in the program's folder, filename 'readme.htm').

Ironbar Sinister · Post by **Ironbar Sinister** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:15 pm

Thank you gentlemen!