Recommend steps

1. Compile the latest release with AUDIOSUPPORT and GRAPHICSUPPORT turned off to save diskspace on the server

Mandatory steps

1. Install the game on the server
2. Optional: Install the fan mods you want to support without sounds and graphics on the server
3. Optional (but highly recommended): Setup a mail-adress or mail server which gets smtp access to support. Resetting of account passwords.
4. Setup the server in a way that it's reachable via the internet.
5. Create a batch/shell-script to start the exe with the following command line options
   • -noUi --> to disables the rendering an poping of any window
   • -noAudio --> to disable any sound support
   • -createSlaveLogs --> optional but might be useful for debugging issues on the server. Note: This will create a log-file for each game started on the server
   • -server 1 --> to start the dedicated server upon launching
   • -slaveOptions --> a list of ip-adresses and port ranges which server uses to make games reachable for players. E.g ::1&10000&20000;::1&50000&65535 would allow the server to create games on the ip-address ::1 and the ports 10000 to 20000 and 50000 to 65535. The amount of port-ranges is the maximum amount of parallel games supported on your dedicated server
   • -serverListenAddress ::1 --> The ip-address on which the server will listen for new clients
   • -serverListenPort 9010 --> The port on which the server will listen for new clients.
   • -serverSlaveListenAddress ::1 --> The ip-address used by the server to exchange information with the running games hosted on the server. ::1 should be could enough in most cases
   • -serverSlaveListenPort 9009 --> The port used by the server to exchange information with the running games hosted on the server.
   • -serverSlaveDespawnTime 60000 --> Time in seconds after which inactive games get deleted on the server. Note: Finished games get closed immediatly after being finished
   • -mailServerAddress smtp.gmail.com --> optional email server address used to send smtp mails to accounts
   • -mailServerPort 465 --> port on the mail server used to send smtp mails
   • -mailServerConnectionType SSL --> connection type for the smtp server (TLS, TCP, SSL)
   • -mailServerUsername dummy --> Username for the mail server
   • -mailServerPassword dummy --> Password for the mail server
   • -mailServerSendAddress [email protected] --> Mail-Adress used to send the smtp mails
   • -mailServerAuthMethod Login --> login method on the mail server (Plain, Login)

Note: Several of this command line options can also be setup in the Commander_Wars.ini-file depending on your preference

Example startline:

commanderwars.exe -noUi -noAudio -createSlaveLogs -server 1 -slaveOptions ::1&10000&20000;::1&50000&65535 -serverListenAddress ::1 -serverListenPort 9010 -serverSlaveListenAddress ::1 -serverSlaveListenPort 9009 -serverSlaveDespawnTime 60000 -mailServerAddress smtp.gmail.com -mailServerPort 465 -mailServerConnectionType SSL -mailServerUsername dummy -mailServerPassword dummy -mailServerSendAddress [email protected] -mailServerAuthMethod Login