Renting a game server.

DEL 707

DEL 707

DEL 707

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Me and a few friends want to have a go at Terria.

We want to rent a server, but there's quite a lot of choice out there.
Only need 4-6 slots, don't think we need mod support because we want to try vanilla.

I was looking at GTX gaming, but it's asking to configure the server. Memory allocation, CPU clock, CPU priority.
I've never rented a server before, so I'm not sure what Terraria needs.
Another I was looking at was Fragnet.

Does anyone have any host recommendations?
 
Are you renting a server so that it doesn't matter who is available you can still play?

Because if you're all (or even one of you is) going to be present for every gaming session, one of the players can just host it.
 
Looking at the options on GTX gaming, I'd just leave everything at default. Fragnet is slightly cheaper fwiw
 
How much are you looking at spending per month?

I considered doing this for our group of friends, but after doing the maths, I ended up buying a micro PC* for £150 on ebay.

While obviously you need somewhere to put it, and a decent/stable Internet connection, it gives you a lot more flexibility and control (e.g. We originally got ours to run The Forest, but at present it's running servers for Minecraft, Factorio and ARK)

* mine is a Lenovo M73 tiny, 4170t cpu, 8gb Ram but anything similar should do
 
Went with Fragnet in the end, thought how can you go wrong with a fiver for a month.
Turns out I was wrong.

I purchased the server at 3 o'clock and it's still not working, all I'm getting is crash logs.

System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at Terraria.Main.WriteFancyWorldLoadErrorToConsole()
at Terraria.Main.DedServ()
at Terraria.Program.LaunchGame(String[] args, Boolean monoArgs)

Sent an email to support, but that was nearly 4 hours ago, no reply so far.
Bit disappointed to say the least.
 
Litterally just got a reply.

Apprently the latest Terraria update broke a few things so they needed to add a command line.
All working now, just wish they did that 6 hours ago when they setup the server.
 
DEL 707 said:
Litterally just got a reply.

Apprently the latest Terraria update broke a few things so they needed to add a command line.
All working now, just wish they did that 6 hours ago when they setup the server.
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You're paying a fiver a month for it - what do you expect? I'm sure if you want the mission critical support there would be an option to pay extra for it.
 
DEL 707 said:
Yeah, quick support was extra cash.
A quick test to see if the server was working when they set it up would have been nice.
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Like most things these days, deployment will have been automated. Unless another user ran into the issue before you and they were able to fix the update ready for everyone else deploying a terraria server. It would likely meant you were the first.
 
I've used Nitrous Networks in the past,

+Prices are reasonable.
+not had a problem with the performance and ping.
-The control panel is quite basic but does the job.
+The support team are friendly and reasonably responsive.
 
the most important thing when running a server is you want it to be reliable and most important is the people who run them are easy to contact and reply instantly. finding gaming servers with those two is tricky. casual gameplay doesnt really matter much though. the last thing you want is a server issue and you cant get hold of the people in charge. which anyone who has run servers knows about. :p
 
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