Dedicated Servers.

[Riggs]

Yes, I'm that guy. Do they have a dedicated server tool or a guide on setting one up? If not, what is the road map time frame on getting it? Also, how many players is allowed in multiplayer? Thanks.

[recki]

yes, there is a dedicated server tool to download

[Nicolas Fournier]

Originally posted by Riggs:

Yes, I'm that guy. Do they have a dedicated server tool or a guide on setting one up? If not, what is the road map time frame on getting it? Also, how many players is allowed in multiplayer? Thanks.

Up to 8 players in multiplayer! The dedicated server tool is in the game's file (alongside the main executable), and a guide is on the way :)

[Riggs]

Originally posted by Nicolas Fournier:

Originally posted by Riggs:

Yes, I'm that guy. Do they have a dedicated server tool or a guide on setting one up? If not, what is the road map time frame on getting it? Also, how many players is allowed in multiplayer? Thanks.

Up to 8 players in multiplayer! The dedicated server tool is in the game's file (alongside the main executable), and a guide is on the way :)

Yeahhhh baby. Well, as long as it's stable we should be good for 8 copies!

[Riggs]

Originally posted by Nicolas Fournier:

Originally posted by Riggs:

Yes, I'm that guy. Do they have a dedicated server tool or a guide on setting one up? If not, what is the road map time frame on getting it? Also, how many players is allowed in multiplayer? Thanks.

Up to 8 players in multiplayer! The dedicated server tool is in the game's file (alongside the main executable), and a guide is on the way :)

Last question. Will a dedicated server support say 20 players, but only 8 at a time?

[baluhu]

I have also seen first providers offering the game, e.g.:
https://pockethost.app/gameserver/aloft-server-hosting/

[HumanGenome]

Yes you can host from a provider like Survival Servers etc

https://www.survivalservers.com/services/game_servers/aloft/

There should be a guide coming up shortly for anyone to host however!

[Nicolas Fournier]

Originally posted by Riggs:

Originally posted by Nicolas Fournier:

Up to 8 players in multiplayer! The dedicated server tool is in the game's file (alongside the main executable), and a guide is on the way :)

Last question. Will a dedicated server support say 20 players, but only 8 at a time?

Yes!

[Samiri]

waiting for a guide as well :)

[orbdep]

So far it looks like maybe you need to start the game once normally on the server you intend to have your dedicated server on, I changed the port but the powershell file references 'mapname' so I think all those variables need to be adjusted before you can get the server started. also, has anyone found a way to put a password on it? that wasn't immediately clear to me, and I want to play with people I invite, not Internet randoms :)

[Stelly]

Originally posted by recki:

yes, there is a dedicated server tool to download

Where can you download the dedicated server tool from? Is there a guide?

[Stelly]

Originally posted by Nicolas Fournier:

Originally posted by Riggs:

Yes, I'm that guy. Do they have a dedicated server tool or a guide on setting one up? If not, what is the road map time frame on getting it? Also, how many players is allowed in multiplayer? Thanks.

Up to 8 players in multiplayer! The dedicated server tool is in the game's file (alongside the main executable), and a guide is on the way :)

So I need to purchase the game to run the dedicated server? I was wondering if this is a windows only solution? Just thinking about containerising it for myself and a few mates to play together - I have a kubernetes cluster with a bit of headroom :D

[Riggs]

Originally posted by Stelly:

Originally posted by Nicolas Fournier:

Up to 8 players in multiplayer! The dedicated server tool is in the game's file (alongside the main executable), and a guide is on the way :)

So I need to purchase the game to run the dedicated server? I was wondering if this is a windows only solution? Just thinking about containerising it for myself and a few mates to play together - I have a kubernetes cluster with a bit of headroom :D

No, you just need your copy as I understand it. Unless they are allowing you to get it from SteamCMD.

[Riggs]

Originally posted by Stelly:

Originally posted by Nicolas Fournier:

Up to 8 players in multiplayer! The dedicated server tool is in the game's file (alongside the main executable), and a guide is on the way :)

So I need to purchase the game to run the dedicated server? I was wondering if this is a windows only solution? Just thinking about containerising it for myself and a few mates to play together - I have a kubernetes cluster with a bit of headroom :D

DEV stated above to me "The dedicated server tool is in the game's file (alongside the main executable),"

[Tempus Thales]

Originally posted by Nicolas Fournier:

Originally posted by Riggs:

Last question. Will a dedicated server support say 20 players, but only 8 at a time?

Yes!

What is the SteamCMD for the server to download via SteamCMD?

[Tempus Thales]

Originally posted by Riggs:

Originally posted by Stelly:

So I need to purchase the game to run the dedicated server? I was wondering if this is a windows only solution? Just thinking about containerising it for myself and a few mates to play together - I have a kubernetes cluster with a bit of headroom :D

No, you just need your copy as I understand it. Unless they are allowing you to get it from SteamCMD.

I've been looking in SteamDB and I don't see the repo for the dedicated server. I think when the dev responded and said "The dedicated server tool is in the game's file (alongside the main executable)" so this means that the server is game's executable with some flags to launch as a server.

But if other hosts are sporting it, they might have a separate dedicated server tool, or they are just launching the game with those flags up.

Why?!?! If you guys are using the Unity Stack, there should be a separate dedicated server framework available.