Dedicated server

[victorcrimea]

I needed dedicated server for 0ad and I built it: Veredus is an unofficial dedicated server for 0 A.D. and it's out now. No player hosts the match, so it keeps going when someone leaves or has a bad connection(with a timeout). Dropped players get their slot back when they reconnect, and matches carry on after a server restart or killed. Players join with vanilla 0.28 game. An optional companion, the "sidecar", runs AI opponents on the server, lets players rejoin without asking state from player, and records results and replays. The server is free and open source. Code and setup instructions here: https://github.com/victorcrimea/veredus

I only have Linux, so I'd really like to hear from anyone who can try it on Windows or macOS: does the server start, can players connect, and does the sidecar build and run? Please post bug reports, suggestions and questions here or as a GitHub issue. Veredus is not affiliated with Wildfire Games.

 

Basically any feedback is welcome. 

[guerringuerrin]

Thanks for all the work on this, @victorcrimea.

I'll try to test this on Windows soon.

[Dunedan]

Awesome work @victorcrimea!

However, everybody please keep in mind, that we don't allow third-party bots in the official multiplayer lobby, so to use this dedicated server, please either use the direct connection option or a separately hosted multiplayer lobby.

Ultimately it'd be great to have such functionality integrated into 0ad itself, so players don't have to go through additional hops to use it.

[Stan`]

9 minutes ago, Dunedan said:

Ultimately it'd be great to have such functionality integrated into 0ad itself, so players don't have to go through additional hops to use it.

In the meantime would it be acceptable for WFG to host one of those dedicated servers ?

9 hours ago, victorcrimea said:

I only have Linux, so I'd really like to hear from anyone who can try it on Windows or macOS: does the server start, can players connect, and does the sidecar build and run? Please post bug reports, suggestions and questions here or as a GitHub issue. Veredus is not affiliated with Wildfire Games.

I'll see if I can try on macOS. Some ideas on top of my head:

- Would be nice to have an ansible or docker setup for it so one can create it with all the needed dependencies. 

- Would also be nice since I assume you set up your own lobby to test to provide a mod that allows switching lobbies. It will split the player base though.