Standalone servers

[Ravenous.BE]

Forgive me if this has been asked already, but is there any more information available for the standalone servers? Are the system requirements the same as the base game? I want to know if I can use my VPS as a dedicated server for EUIV.

Many thanks.

 

[pedroantonio]

I've been throwing questions about the standalone servers in several threads since they were announced, nobody answered. If you don't mind, I'll repeat my questions here:

1. Is the standalone server going to be an executable file separate for the game executable?
   
2. Will it need steam, or a logged in steam account to run?
   
3. Will I be able to install it as a service, to leave it running 24/7 (as a standalone server should be)?
   
4. Will the standalone server be available in all the same operative systems as the game (windows, linux and osx)?

 

[Illanair]

I'm going on a limb here.

1. Separate executable, most likely through the Tools list in your steam library. This is where dedicated servers and SDK's are usually downloaded from.

2/3/4. No idea - Most likely it won't require Steam running (and thus an account), since everyone connecting needs an account anyway (Also I don't think other Steamworks games need this either). As for which operating systems it will be available for - All of them, but I wouldn't expect OSX/Linux from release day. Takes a while to convert everything over.

 

[pedroantonio]

I hope you're right Illanair. One thing I was thinking about is if the hot-joining feature will be supported by standalone servers, because then people would be able to join whenever they want, play a bit, then get out, that kind of easyness could greatly increase the popularity of the game.