== OCUK GAME SERVER ==

mattyjim123 · 3 Oct 2014 at 17:26

Decided to make a new thread and let the old one die.

We have a game server that we can use! (Hurraaaah)
The server is owned by me, and is kindly being managed by ThaReaperGuy!
The plan is to put various game servers on it, depending on what the community wants.
We will probably hold polls every now and then to determine this.
The first poll was as follows:

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Latest Update
ThaReaperGuy is currently configuring a 16 slot (I think)
Left4Dead2 server due to popular demand. When the
server is up we will investigate the load on the server and
decide whether we can install a second server on the machine.

UPDATE 3/10/14:

ThaReaperGuy said:
Update for tonight:

I will be looking for aome testers tonight as I will be keeping the server up throughout the weekend.
I am installing Metamod and Sourcemod onto the server to help with admin and running of the server.

Once done I'm looking for 8 people to help test a few things:

8 Players / 16 players can be done for campaign / versus.

Connection speed with more players is OK, ideally looking for a spread of people across the UK/EU

Server load, to determine what we can handle in the future

If the above goes well I will keep the server up over the weekend for everyone to test/join and see how it runs over a short period in terms of Memory and CPU usage.

If you want to help tonight drop me an email in trust with your steamID, will be running around 8-9PM depending on Sourcemod install.

Cheers.

ThaReaperGuy said:
Server will be back up shortly, I have installed the following:

MetaMod

SourceMod

L4DToolz

Force Mission Changer

This allows 8 people to play co-op or 16 people when playing versus, each with their own map changer.

I believe voting may be enabled but this will need testing.

I have created a Host Banner and will be adding a MOTD to keep you all up to date.

Host Server Banner:

8 Players in Co-op:

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SERVER ONLINE - REQUIRE TESTERS!
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Connection details
Current Game: Left4Dead2
IP: 5.9.40.221

There is a teamspeak server on it, which you are welcome to use, but it seems we already have one!

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Any server connection details or server changes will be updated above, so keep an eye out!

Nerd info:

The server is hosted with Hetzner in Germany.
It has an i7-3770 with 16GB of ram.

Speedtest to Cambridge:

It's currently running Proxmox on it, and the VM that we are using has been allocated 4 logical cores and 10GB of ram, with 100GB of disk space.

The server has a dedicated IP: 5.9.40.221

Thekwango · 3 Oct 2014 at 17:57

Excellent work to guys.

Feel free to add me on Steam and I'll happily jump on and help out when you wanna test the L4D2 game.

Ayahuasca · 3 Oct 2014 at 18:03

Surprised L4D2 won to be honest, haven't seen many posts about that game on here for ages. Sure it wasn't the same guy voting over and over on a new IP

Witcher1979 · 3 Oct 2014 at 18:08

Yeah l4d has had its time I think, at least for me anyway.

mattyjim123 · 3 Oct 2014 at 18:08

Thekwango said:
Excellent work to guys.

Feel free to add me on Steam and I'll happily jump on and help out when you wanna test the L4D2 game.

Well it's pretty much all ThaReaperGuy haha, i'm just providing the server!

Thanks for the offer! Details will be updates in the main post so keep an eye on it.

Ayahuasca said:
Surprised L4D2 won to be honest, haven't seen many posts about that game on here for ages. Sure it wasn't the same guy voting over and over on a new IP

Haha, I was pretty surprised to be honest, but it seems people fancy playing one of those old games, with a new flair!

mattyjim123 · 3 Oct 2014 at 18:09

Witcher1979 said:
Yeah l4d has had its time I think.

Well, we will see if many people play on the server when it is finished, and if not, then we'll have a new vote to decide what game to host.

Witcher1979 · 3 Oct 2014 at 18:31

mattyjim123 said:
Well, we will see if many people play on the server when it is finished, and if not, then we'll have a new vote to decide what game to host.

Life is feudal would probs be a good one to stick on the vote list, maybe.

DaleTheWhale · 3 Oct 2014 at 18:33

I can see the server switching from game to game as we go through.
I'm happy to see up several game instances so we can dynamically switch.

Just grabbing a drink and some food & will be getting the server ready for tonight!

Life is Feudal looks interesting, can we setup a dedicated server this early as I know it's just been released as early access?

Witcher1979 · 3 Oct 2014 at 18:35

Think I have it installed will jump on later after work if any slots are free. Will suck bad though not played this in ages Tbh.

mattyjim123 · 3 Oct 2014 at 18:38

Witcher1979 said:
Life is feudal would probs be a good one to stick on the vote list, maybe.

That looks a pretty cool game actually... might look into that a bit more to play myself even!

I'll add it to the next round of voting though

AS_Platinum · 3 Oct 2014 at 19:18

mattyjim123 said:
That looks a pretty cool game actually... might look into that a bit more to play myself even! I'll add it to the next round of voting though

Looks can be deceiving

IMO the UI needs some serious attention.

mattyjim123 · 3 Oct 2014 at 19:34

AS_Platinum said:
Looks can be deceiving

IMO the UI needs some serious attention.

Yeah the UI is horribly bad, but the idea could be something good!

nitram100 · 3 Oct 2014 at 20:48

Just had a little run on L4D2, awesome server thanks

DaleTheWhale · 3 Oct 2014 at 20:49

Nitram never made it, sorry bud.

window · 3 Oct 2014 at 20:57

Il check this out when i can from time to time

nitram100 · 3 Oct 2014 at 22:15

ThaReaperGuy said:
Nitram never made it, sorry bud.

DaleTheWhale · 3 Oct 2014 at 22:33

Server will be back up shortly, I have installed the following:

MetaMod
SourceMod
L4DToolz
Force Mission Changer

This allows 8 people to play co-op or 16 people when playing versus, each with their own map changer.

I believe voting may be enabled but this will need testing.

I have created a Host Banner and will be adding a MOTD to keep you all up to date.

Host Server Banner:

8 Players in Co-op:

##########################
SERVER ONLINE - REQUIRE TESTERS!
##########################

Witcher1979 · 3 Oct 2014 at 23:19

just joined and 0 players

DaleTheWhale · 3 Oct 2014 at 23:28

- I need to monitor it from a server side, where is everybody!

Added you Witcher on steam, trying to get players together.

MarkeR · 3 Oct 2014 at 23:37

I guess it's l4d2?

If so I'll reinstall and join up tomorrow night for a bit.

Do I need any client side mods?