QUESTION ABOUT RUNNING A SERVER

[Psychoplex]

Hi just starting a plan to make my own server since the old one i played on has been... abandoned. So can anyone tell me (i am not super computer savvy) the requierments, the process, and what is what about that?

Also getting a new laptop to run it, will the laptop in this link work; http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B012AQH9AU/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B012AQH9AU&linkCode=as2&tag=hardwarevol03-20

Thanks guys and gals- BUBBLES

[margalus]

is that laptop to play the game on? or just to run the dedicated server?

[TheMishthra]

Just a heads up if you get a server up and running you'll be lucky to see more than 5 unique players connect (connect, not stay and play) over the next 2 weeks.

Fallout4 will make this place a ghost town.

[Psychoplex]

Originally posted by margalus:

is that laptop to play the game on? or just to run the dedicated server?

Im planning a private server or just a small one for a few of my friends, my gf, and me

[Psychoplex]

Originally posted by TheMishthra:

Just a heads up if you get a server up and running you'll be lucky to see more than 5 unique players connect (connect, not stay and play) over the next 2 weeks.

Fallout4 will make this place a ghost town.

Thats the second reason i need a new gaming laptop...
And ikr, still want a small server for my freinds (some of who dont play fallout for whatever reason)

[margalus]

for hardware requirements.

I ran a dedicated server on a core2 duo E8400 with 8GB of ram, windows 10 home. The game ran great, better than any online server I ever tried. There was an occasional rubberbanding though.

Now I run 2 dedicated servers on an i7-2600 with 8GB ram and windows 10 Professional. I thought the core2 was good since it ran great and only had rare rubberbanding, but there is zero rubberbanding on the i7-2600. Bought in on EBAY for $199...

[margalus]

Originally posted by Bubbles:

Originally posted by margalus:

is that laptop to play the game on? or just to run the dedicated server?

Im planning a private server or just a small one for a few of my friends, my gf, and me

but are you going to be playing that computer also? That laptop will be struggling, and most likely throttling quite a bit if you try to host a mp game and play on the same computer.

[Psychoplex]

Originally posted by margalus:

for hardware requirements.

I ran a dedicated server on a core2 duo E8400 with 8GB of ram, windows 10 home. The game ran great, better than any online server I ever tried. There was an occasional rubberbanding though.

Now I run 2 dedicated servers on an i7-2600 with 8GB ram and windows 10 Professional. I thought the core2 was good since it ran great and only had rare rubberbanding, but there is zero rubberbanding on the i7-2600. Bought in on EBAY for $199...

so thats an external harddrive or card type deal?

[Psychoplex]

Originally posted by margalus:

Originally posted by Bubbles:

Im planning a private server or just a small one for a few of my friends, my gf, and me

but are you going to be playing that computer also? That laptop will be struggling, and most likely throttling quite a bit if you try to host a mp game and play on the same computer.

whats throttling? and yeah i was going to be using it as well to play, was thinking of finding out if external harddrives can handle part of the processing load.

[TheMishthra]

what do you "need" to run a server?
Welp, gcard doesn't matter.
CPU anything less than 3.5 ghz will be unacceptable.
RAM you'll read 8gig is "required", use no less than 16.
Most importantly, webspeed up/down www.speedtest.net
~30 down (easy to obtain)
~no less than 10 up

With this you won't be bottlenecked by anything but the code itself.
Oh, and don't forget port forwarding. 99/100 Residential ISP routers automatically block 27015 and 7777 unless you have hardware (that works properly) to handle your network (bridge mode).

[Psychoplex]

Originally posted by TheMishthra:

what do you "need" to run a server?
Welp, gcard doesn't matter.
CPU anything less than 3.5 ghz will be unacceptable.
RAM you'll read 8gig is "required", use no less than 16.
Most importantly, webspeed up/down www.speedtest.net
~30 down (easy to obtain)
~no less than 10 up

With this you won't be bottlenecked by anything but the code itself.
Oh, and don't forget port forwarding. 99/100 Residential ISP routers automatically block 27015 and 7777 unless you have hardware (that works properly) to handle your network (bridge mode).

lost me at the part after webspeed.... can you explain that a bit more.

[margalus]

Originally posted by Bubbles:

so thats an external harddrive or card type deal?

the core2 duo E8400 is an old dual core intel cpu, that was the computer I was using to host the server on.

the i7 2600 is a newer intel i7 quadcore cpu in that computer. I bought the whole computer for $199, cpu, memory, windows 64 bit pro, etc. And that cpu is much stronger than the mobile cpu in that laptop.

[margalus]

Originally posted by Bubbles:

Originally posted by margalus:

but are you going to be playing that computer also? That laptop will be struggling, and most likely throttling quite a bit if you try to host a mp game and play on the same computer.

whats throttling? and yeah i was going to be using it as well to play, was thinking of finding out if external harddrives can handle part of the processing load.

throttling is what happens when the cpu or gpu get too hot. The computer cuts their speed and power to let them cool off, thus causing slow laggy gameplay. Something you have to watch out for with a laptop.

and external drive is just storage, it won't help processing load one little bit

[𝖌𝖑𝖆𝖘𝖘𝖋𝖔𝖝]

If you intend to run a dedicated server, your best bet is going to be to pay a professional hosting company to deal with the bandwidth and hardware for you. Ark seems to be rubbing elbows with Nitrado or whatever it's called, but there are many other service providers to go with if you don't like their pricing.

It is important to note that you're going to need at LEAST 8 gigs of ram just to START the server. If you are running it on a computer that is doing -anything- else, you should expect log start up times and performance problems.

[margalus]

you can start the server with 4GB, but 8 is better, you can run 2 servers with 8GB.

[TheMishthra]

For the Ark server to communicate with the outside web, it has query port 27015 (think search servers, this is how the server is found). For the game data itself, 7777 is used for the active connection of the client-server.

In most cases, a residential router will have firmware that says "port forwarding" that SHOULd allow you to open these ports up, and send em to the machine you host at.
Unfortunately in more than most cases, this feature does't work for sh*t, or at all.
Bridging it allows you to shutoff everything but the internet, which you can then send to a different router which works (TP-LINK is an affordable reliable name this year).