SRL Archive - Discussions & Debates

I've recently acquired a new server (srl will be hosted on it eventually). It costs only a bit more than the current SRL server and allows 15TB of bandwidth (limited after 15TB, no extra costs), in contrast to the current 500GB bandwidth allowed at this server (or so). It also has an i7 and 24GB ram. So I think it would perhaps be cool to run a game server. This idea has been brought up a few years ago, but then I decided I didn't have enough bandwidth to safely host a game server 24/7; I think that has changed now.

Suggestions for games? It'd be nice if they were cross platform or WINE compatible.

• Battlefield 1942 - my old favourite (not free, but extremely cheap)
• UT 2004 (not free)
• BZFlag ( free, http://bzflag.org/ )
• Warsow ( free, http://warsow.net )
• …

Not going to make a poll yet, need some more games first.

Space station 13

TF2. Free to play, has Linux dedicated server software. Runs on Windows and OSX, works on WINE.

Also Sauerbraten, instagib.

Would this game server function like alteriw so I could play mulitiplayer of a game I downloaded rather than bought?

RS Private server :P
TF2 is also pretty good, it was p2p until like 6 months ago?

zeq2 would be neat to run

not sure if we have a lot of DBZ fans

Star Wars Battlefront II. Everyone loves Star Wars Battlefront II.

I havent played any of those games you listed wiz but that warsow game looks fun and addictive

From: euphemism
Star Wars Battlefront II. Everyone loves Star Wars Battlefront II.

I'd probably play

really don't play many games these days

Warsow+1.
MOHAA is also really fun and old enough for older comps.

Warsow looks neat. I've never played TF2, but it also looks good. I didn't know it was free to play or I'd probably have played it sooner.

Battlefield 1942 is my favorite game. It's incredible how much fun it still is. I have it and I would play :)

From: euphemism
Star Wars Battlefront II. Everyone loves Star Wars Battlefront II.

oh you genius. I would play as well.

Also Warsow sucks.

From: cause
Warsow+1.
MOHAA is also really fun and old enough for older comps.

MOHAA, wow that brings back OLD memories. I use to dominate at that game.

W:ET! <: a

From: HyperSecret
MOHAA, wow that brings back OLD memories. I use to dominate at that game.

Oh ya, we used to Lan it up at lunch time in highschool

From: i luffs yeww
W:ET! <: a

Hell yeah!

lol well thats the thing as decent or lame as some of those games sound, i guess we kinda have to be considerate of others' peoples machines' capabilities???? or do we? idk…sadly i havnt any ideas for games, and im questioning whether id actually be able to play…

i wana say some incredible minecraft server but tbh theres a gazillion of em and yet i havnt played a single one… …idk 0.0 …..halo 1/2? can those even have private servers…ill just be quiet now..

Battlefield 1942 is fantastic. When I was in HS, our digital media class set up a private server in a closet (private, as in we didn't tell the principal or other teachers) (closet, as in book closet).

I also agree with Halo 1.

Here are my suggestions:

Call of Duty Zombies
Sins of a Solar Empire
Unreal Tournament
Starcraft
Plasma Pong

Halo would be cool, but it costs money I think.

Starcraft starcraft starcraft!!!!!!

Halo 1/2
Sauerbraten
Bad Company 2

Okay, so here are my toplist:
tf2
unreal something(they are just pure fun)
and yeah cod zombies would be fun too

p.s.: I won't join though. (not because I don't want)

MineCraft!@!@!@

TF2 would be good or a game that we can bot on:P

Run Runescape bots, then make competitions for the acquired money, voila

Minecraft.

From: Choroid
Minecraft.

I second this. Minecraft.
Easy to set up an awesome bukkit server with plugins, only uses maybe a GB of ram if you use Bukkit or Mineserver.

Wizzup? If you are to busy to host a minecraft server and that's what you are leaning towards you can drop me a PM and I could do it. (If you want :) )

Battlefield 3 <3

But then again, that's expensive.

Now how awesome would it not be if some geek made SMART compitable with private RS servers? Having a private RS server where developers could easily test and develope scripts without having the proper requirements (or guts) on real servers would be pretty sweet.

Oh, and if you absolutely must… Yeah, MineCraft is pretty sweet too.

BF1842 Secret Weapons - Eagle's Nest Objective Mode :)

And maybe BF3, when it is launched later this month.

BF3 is garbage and is has no dedicated server tool. I think Wizzup is just looking for stuff that has public server software that he can run himself ;)

From: Harry
BF3 is garbage and is has no dedicated server tool. I think Wizzup is just looking for stuff that has public server software that he can run himself ;)

if bf is trash then so is cod . tbh i did enjoy moh back when mohaa was the sht…but now its halo…

From: chitin
if bf is trash then so is cod . tbh i did enjoy moh back when mohaa was the sht…but now its halo…

I never said BF was garbage, just BF3 is. And I very much dislike COD.

From: Harry
I never said BF was garbage, just BF3 is. And I very much dislike COD.

dude im gonna assume ur vastly basing that on the beta. and thats just not fair. normally id say its ok, but the fact is, betas nowadays dont represnt games ….take crysis 2 for example…and thats the only example i got :redface:

beta:amazinggggggggggggggggggg
game:garbageeeeeeeeee (except campaign which was ok)

From: chitin
dude im gonna assume ur vastly basing that on the beta. and thats just not fair. normally id say its ok, but the fact is, betas nowadays dont represnt games ….take crysis 2 for example…and thats the only example i got :redface:

beta:amazinggggggggggggggggggg
game:garbageeeeeeeeee (except campaign which was ok)

Then they shouldn't release a beta if it's nowhere near the quality of their game? The same issues from BC2 still exist, still bad linear maps, terribly unbalanced and such. EA is garbage as well.

From: Harry
Then they shouldn't release a beta if it's nowhere near the quality of their game? The same issues from BC2 still exist, still bad linear maps, terribly unbalanced and such. EA is garbage as well.

ha. well im assuming they had no choice. probably running out of time and budget. their investors pushin or pullin too much.

if by linear u mean borring, maybe but if u mean symetrical then i will argue how those are most ballanced.

but EA we can agree on:p

Garry's Mod (free)
Mumble (Voice Chat, free) (Server software is called murmur)

From: Dgby714
Garry's Mod (free)
Mumble (Voice Chat, free) (Server software is called murmur)

Garrys mod is fun :)

Just wondering… How much does said server cost? 15TB bandwidth… Damn!

From: Putnam
Just wondering… How much does said server cost? 15TB bandwidth… Damn!

i could quote op but im guessing u want numbers?

Yeah, 'only a bit more than the current SRL server' isn't very telling. Would be interesting to see how much villavu costs to host.

From: Putnam
Yeah, 'only a bit more than the current SRL server' isn't very telling. Would be interesting to see how much villavu costs to host.

It's the 24G. (http://www.kimsufi.co.uk/)
I required a more powerful server myself, so I figured I'd eventually host SRL there too. (Along with a game server of some sort) ;)

Garry's Mod, TF2, DoD:Source, CS:Source (surfing ftw)

Pretty much the Valve games; I presume they are *nix compatible?

From: Wizzup?
It's the 24G. (http://www.kimsufi.co.uk/)
I required a more powerful server myself, so I figured I'd eventually host SRL there too. (Along with a game server of some sort) ;)

That's not bad at all! Imagine hosting and renting out Minecraft servers on that… could be profitable.

From: Putnam
That's not bad at all! Imagine hosting and renting out Minecraft servers on that… could be profitable.

How much would people pay for minecraft servers a month? And how many minecraft servers you think could run on that with no lag ? :)

[QUOTE=Camaro';835549]How much would people pay for minecraft servers a month? And how many minecraft servers you think could run on that with no lag ? :)[/QUOTE]

I see servers renting out 4GB of RAM claiming they can run up to 80 players w/o lag. Price ranges for this go from $50-100, and they sell apparently. You could put 6 4GB server slots on one of these servers, and it would cost you about $12/month per slot for hosting. So saying you charged $60 for a slot you could make $48/slot*6slots=$288/mo in theory. :3

EDIT: People on the Bukkit forums say each play needs .15mbps upload speed and 50MHz from the server, so I would say you could run about 500 people on a server w/o being limited by the CPU too badly. Some hosts charge $1.00/player slot and just go off that instead of per GB.

From: Wizzup?
It's the 24G. (http://www.kimsufi.co.uk/)
I required a more powerful server myself, so I figured I'd eventually host SRL there too. (Along with a game server of some sort) ;)

Man that's a lot cheaper than hosts around here! I think we pay about double for the same specs.

Warsow seems pretty cool. Battlefield 1942 would be nice too ;)

Have you fixed the packet dropping yet? :)

From: Capricorn
Have you fixed the packet dropping yet? :)

That is something OVH has to fix. Packets are lost at some french routers.

A custom San-Andreas online server would be cool, you can pretty much set-up anything, from racing, Deathmatch, or free world.

http://www.sa-mp.com/

that would be nice or maybe GTA4 MP

From: ry0240
A custom San-Andreas online server would be cool, you can pretty much set-up anything, from racing, Deathmatch, or free world.

http://www.sa-mp.com/

Oh that would be amazing to play multiplayer.

I agree. I did not even thought about gta, but now it makes sense :p.

Right, so we'll definitely need a multiple choice poll. ;)