Custom servers now available [GUIDE]

[Mastfire Studios]

This was just supported, so please let us know if you have any issues


Update: RadSquirrel has made an excellent guide here that is slightly more in depth: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=873816561


Hosting a Blackwake server is relatively simple. In this short guide we will walk you through quickly configuring your server for play.

Blackwake currently only supports Windows servers. We hope to support Linux in the near future. We won't be going over the process of obtaining a dedicated server, just what is required for Blackwake.


To start, you will need to download SteamCMD onto the machine: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamCMD#Windows

Once downloaded, run SteamCMD and allow it to update: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamCMD#Windows_2

When SteamCMD is finished setting up, you can now download the server.

This is how we set up our servers:

First, create a new batch file titled "server update.bat" with the following line inside:

"C:\steamcmd\steamcmd.exe" +login anonymous +force_install_dir ./blackwake_server/ +app_update 423410 validate +quit


Run this file and allow the server to download.

Once downloaded, move the batch file we've just created into C:\steamcmd\blackwake_server\, as we will be using it for both auto restarting and updating later.

Edit the "server update.bat" file we just moved, and add this to the bottom:

start "" "BlackwakeServer.exe" -batchmode -nographics

Run the bat again, the server will validate, start, and then generate a CFG file and close. You're now ready to configure your server.

Inside the server directory you'll see Server.cfg, this will configure your server.

serverName - Name of the server as seen on the server list
port - Game server port
sport - Steam game server port
hideFromList - Hide this server from the server list
restartHour - The hour of the day (0-23) when the server should auto restart to prevent time inaccuracies. -1 to not restart (not advised)
password - Password
gamemode - Game mode to run, 1 TDM 16, 2 TDM 32, 3 -, 4 -, 5 TDM Hoy 2v2, 6 TDM Galleon 2v2, 7 Fleet
friendlyPlayerCollision - Friendly players bump into each other, this can sometimes launch players
friendlySpreadFires - Requies the above setting to be on, and will spread fires between friendly players that bump into eachother
friendlyFire - Friendly fire
friendlyShipDamage - Cause damage to friendly ships
forceEqualFactions - Will only give new players the option to join the faction with less players
shipSpeedFactor - Speed of the ships, 1 is default, 0.5 is 50%, 2 is 200% etc
playerUpdateRate - Times per second player positions are updated. Minimum of 10. Increasing this uses more network usage but will reduce sliding/delay during melee fighting
allowGlobalVoice - by default players can only use global during voting and the win screen (0) changing this to (1) will allow it during the round


Once we've configured the server, we can now run it.


You should be good to go! Be sure the network of your dedicated server is configured properly and you can now update and start the server by running "server update.bat".

Keep in mind as we continue to add content to Blackwake the server configurables will change and more things will be able to be customized!


Making yourself admin:

To make yourself admin you'll first need to get your SteamID 64 from your Steam profile url. There are many websites that can do this conversion for you if you have a custom id url set. If not, you should see your ID in your profile url.

Once you have your id, you can make yourself admin by adding these two lines to Admin.txt:

name=id

Name is not important, just for record, be sure to omit = as a character (if it's in the name) or the entry will be ignored.
id is your steam 64 id

So, for example:

CaptainKidd=763655178835125746


You can add more admins by continuing to add lines to this file in this format.


Appointing moderators:

Unlike admins, moderators can be made while ingame. If you correctly made yourself admin you should now be able to see additional options when you click a player on the scoreboard. One of these will be "Make mod". You can un-mod a player through the same interface, or delete their entry from Mod.txt in the root of the server files.

[☈ⒶⒹical ടquirrel]

Currently getting "failed to install app, invalid platform" message

- Devs looking into it

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=873816561

[Yblehs Ymmot]

Originally posted by Mastfire Studios:

Edit the "server update.bat" file we just moved, and add this to the bottom:

start "" "BlackwakeServer.exe" -batchmode -nographics

After doing this i get the following Error: "Windows cant find BlackwakeServer.exe. Check that you wrote the name correctly and try again after."

http://imgur.com/a/okyi1

[Ale'X]

Nice work Devs !!! When for Linux server files ? Planned ?

Thx !!

[JohnWYB]

Originally posted by Tommy Shelby:

Originally posted by Mastfire Studios:

Edit the "server update.bat" file we just moved, and add this to the bottom:

start "" "BlackwakeServer.exe" -batchmode -nographics

After doing this i get the following Error: "Windows cant find BlackwakeServer.exe. Check that you wrote the name correctly and try again after."

http://imgur.com/a/okyi1

This is caused by the server not being able to be downloaded right now. As you can see from the screenshot you provided, it says Invalid Platform.

The devs are working now to fix this and make the server files downloadable. Once this is done, you will be able to add the line "start "" "BlackwakeServer.exe" -batchmode -nographics". Until that time, I would advise keeping that line out and waiting until the server files are downloadable.

Edit: For example, I am just running "@echo off
start "" steamcmd.exe +login anonymous +force_install_dir "C:/BlackwakeServer" +app_update "423410" +quit" in my .bat file at the moment until the server files are downloadable.

[Yblehs Ymmot]

Originally posted by WYB:

This is caused by the server not being able to be downloaded right now. As you can see from the screenshot you provided, it says Invalid Platform.

The devs are working now to fix this and make the server files downloadable. Once this is done, you will be able to add the line "start "" "BlackwakeServer.exe" -batchmode -nographics". Until that time, I would advise keeping that line out and waiting until the server files are downloadable.

Cheers. I'll just wait till it is fixed then!

[Claynz]

Yep, i also got the Invalid Platform issue :)

[☈ⒶⒹical ടquirrel]

App updated - no exe in files

- devs looking at it again

[Psykopathic]

Got past the invalid platform issue. But, looks like it didn't download BlackwakeServer.exe http://imgur.com/APnavlC

Cannot thank the devs enough for how quickly their fixing bugs and adding features!

[Claynz]

Appreciate fast updates!

[Mastfire Studios]

Currently in contact with Valve about the wrong platform issue

[Mastfire Studios]

Should be good to go now, let us know

[Psykopathic]

Originally posted by Mastfire Studios:

Should be good to go now, let us know

Yup, looks likes it's downloading the required files!

-Update:
IT WORKS!

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/93851906629540045/0710AF8A14012B8A4253D65162E29F1A11A2B003/

Doesn't seem to show up in the server list.
using: hideFromList=0

[Mastfire Studios]

Originally posted by Psykopathic:

Originally posted by Mastfire Studios:

Should be good to go now, let us know

Yup, looks likes it's downloading the required files!

-Update:
IT WORKS!

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/93851906629540045/0710AF8A14012B8A4253D65162E29F1A11A2B003/

Doesn't seem to show up in the server list.
using: hideFromList=0

Be sure you are allowing incoming UDP

[Jack'lul]

Holy ****, why does a simple game server uses over 2GB of RAM?
Even Battlefield servers don't use that much...

Also there seems to be a case where running the server prevents me from starting the game in steam (app already running), i know that's not something someone will normally do but you might want to look into it - might've mistakely used wrong ID's/auths on the server binary.

[Goober]

I have multiple IP's how can I assign one of them for this server? I dont see a Ip settting