Dedicated server

From OpenTTD

A dedicated server is a OpenTTD network game server that does not have a local client taking part in the game. A dedicated server can run in the background on a computer.

Contents 1 Starting a dedicated server 1.1 In Windows 1.2 In Linux 1.3 In OS/2 2 Configuring the server 3 Controlling the server with rcon 4 Loading a game

[edit] Starting a dedicated server

Run the OpenTTD executable using the -D (capital D!) command line option.

[edit] In Windows

Method 1:

• Create a shortcut to openttd.exe
• Right-click on the shortcut and click Properties
• Add -D onto the end of the Target line
• Click Apply
• Run the shortcut

Method 2:

• On the start menu click Run
• Enter: "c:\(path to openttd)\openttd.exe" -D
• Click OK

[edit] In Linux

• Run openttd -D in a terminal. If you are connecting to the server via SSH and would like the game to run when you logout you should use GNU Screen or dtach.

[edit] In OS/2

• Run the dedicated.cmd file. If you run openttd -D, you will not see a console window and will be unable to provide commands to the program.

[edit] Configuring the server

There are 3 ways to change the game options:

• Launch a single player game, change the settings, and close the game.
• Use the console commands to control the server while it is running.
• Edit the openttd.cfg file manually. See diff custom for some help.

Available Tools: Web Interface

Change the network settings in the Network section of openttd.cfg:

• Set lan_internet to 0.
• Change server_name so you can identify the server,
• Set server_advertise to true, so it will be visible on the server list
• If you have multiple network interfaces make sure you set server_bind_ip.
• If you are behind a router, make sure that you forward the port specified by server_port (both TCP and UDP)

[edit] Controlling the server with rcon

Configure the dedicated server to accept rcon commands:

• In the dedicated server window, type rcon_pw <password>.

Example: rcon_pw x8na7f

Connect to the server as a client:

• Launch OpenTTD normally.
• Find your server on the multiplayer list and connect to it.
• Open the console (~ key).
• Type rcon <password> "<command>".

Example: rcon x8na7f "kick 5"

[edit] Loading a game

In the dedicated server window (or with rcon):

• Type ls to list the files of the current directory, a number will be beside each one, which represents <number> below.
• Type cd <number> to go to that directory.
• Type load <number> to load that file.

• You can also load savegames and scenarios with the -g "<filename>", command line option.

Example: openttd.exe -D -g "scenario/echo.scn".