Server hosting (How-To)???

[-GG-LastChance]

If you're trying to a host a dedicated server, in a dedicated environment, how do you go about setting this up?

1. I've read the server guide
2. Half-Life is already set up as a game.

I just need to install SVEN COOP the mod. Does anyone have a picture of what the directory should look like?

I was figuring either Option A:

You have all the base files with folders and then all the SVEN files in the main directory with the base files

Option B: You have a SVEN COOP file subdirectory and put all the SVEN files in there, with a separate Valve folder.

I had two configuration files and trouble with it reading the correct one.

[Tunac]

Option B is the way to go. Extract svencoop48.7z into the server directory and it will be installed properly.

[-GG-LastChance]

Originally posted by Dynamite:

Option B is the way to go. Extract svencoop48.7z into the server directory and it will be installed properly.

My file structure [tinypic.com]


And I also get this: I was not sure if it was a file integrity issue or a location issue:

L 01/21/2015 - 19:20:35: FATAL ERROR (shutting down): Host_Error: Couldn't get DLL API from .\svencoop\dlls\hl.dll!

[Tunac]

The file structure looks correct. What does your server startup line look like?
Try running a HL server. If that won't run either the problem is not with sven co-op.

[CryptEarth]

Whats your server-os ? How did you installed HLDS ? Do you use a start-script or just a cli command ? Where is the server hosted (not the geo-location but the provider) ? Have you full admin-access (ssh/root / remote/Admin) ? Do have an extra user for the server-instance ?
We need more information in order to help.

[-GG-LastChance]

Thanks for both of your replies!

1. The Half-Life server works correctly.

2. Startup line- -console -game svencoop -condebug +maxplayers 12 +ip (I have entered) -port 27015 +exec "server.cfg" +map "crossfire"

3. Server OS Windows



and should the configuration file be reading from the valve/server cfg or sven coop?

Can I have an example command line?

[Tunac]

You can remove the "+exec "server.cfg"" part. server.cfg will be used by default and +exec is not the proper command.

This is from an example of a hlds.exe shortcut:
e:\hlds\srv1\hlds.exe -game svencoop -num_edicts 3072 -heapsize 131072 -port 27017 +servercfgfile "server.cfg" +maxplayers 4 +log on +map _hlds_start