After playing a bit I decided I wanted to serve a game inside my lan that I could also maybe invite outsiders into occasionally.
I'm running the server with these flags:
-sb
-j
-mp 10
-ms 10
-p 5154
-password xxxxxxx
-q
+r
-requireudp
-s 10
-sa
-spamtime 10
-srvmsg "Sweetness"
-st 10
-sw 1
-synctime
-world "C:\Program Files\BZFlag2.0.0\megadome.bzw"
This is just a real quick selection of what I thought I might like.
I did the initial setup, experimentation and final testing from my main machine machine in my home lan. A dually barton, liquid cooled rig running processors at 2240mhz each. I got the thing running and was able to get all my other local lan machines to log in and play each other. Kids loved it
Here is where my first question comes in...
I want to move the game server off this xp pro rig and onto my internet server. An old Shuttle mobo with a 500 mhz k6 processor. On it I'm currently running a stripped down 98se install with winroute handling router/firewall duties and abyss handling my personal web serving duties. The machine isn't used otherwise. It just sits there and handles the connection to my cable modem with winroute and abyss and distributes inet access throughout the rest of my base 100mhz lan. Max I'd expect inside the lan will probably be 5 players and at most 2 or 3 invited in from the internet.
Would this machine handle the game server occasionally if the player count never exceeds about 8 users?
I've already poked holes in my firewall. But any potential caveats of unforseen problems hosting?
Oh.. And any advice on tweaks and shortcut/tips are welcome.
Thanks.
A typical cable/DSL line will probably only support a handful of remote players. There have been various reports that bzfs on Windows is fine for LAN games, but sometimes flakey when serving players across the internet. Also, Windows 9x/ME are usually advised against. However, that may just be an issue with their multi-tasking and trying to run the server and a client on the same machine.
