Difference between revisions of "Hosting a Dedicated Server in OS X"

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You can host a dedicated server on Mac without building any files.
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The Bitfighter program can be launched into a headless dedicated server mode by executing the program in the Terminal using the "-dedicated" argument.
  
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*First, locate your game
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The core program is located at "[path to Bitfighter.app]/Contents/MacOS/Bitfighter", so just type that in and add " -dedicated" to the end and hit enter.
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*Right click on it, and select an option called "show package contents"
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*Navigate through Contents > MacOS > Bitfighter
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*Open the application terminal, located in Applications > Utilities
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*Drag the bitfighter executable into the terminal window
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**You may need to drag the "bitfighter.sh" file into Terminal instead
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**After that is done, type a space, and then input -dedicated  
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**No game window will open, but your server will be up. Open your game and join a game to see.
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Along with -dedicated, you can specify other options too (or just do this in your ini file).
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If your copy of Bitfighter is in your Applications folder, you'd type this into Terminal:
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Any of the commands on the following page, can be typed in before pressing enter.  
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/Applications/Bitfighter.app/Contents/MacOS/Bitfighter -dedicated
  
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*[[Command line parameters]]
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This will launch an instance of Bitfighter in a headless dedicated server mode.
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To make it more convenient, you can make a command file to launch it for you. Type the command into a plain text editor and save it with the extension ".command". Then give it the necessary permission: open a Terminal window, type "chmod a+x", drag the file in and hit enter.
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You can add more arguments to apply temporary settings that override settings in the bitfighter.ini. Arguments are listed at this page:
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[[Command line parameters]]

Latest revision as of 05:34, 8 March 2017

The Bitfighter program can be launched into a headless dedicated server mode by executing the program in the Terminal using the "-dedicated" argument.

The core program is located at "[path to Bitfighter.app]/Contents/MacOS/Bitfighter", so just type that in and add " -dedicated" to the end and hit enter.

If your copy of Bitfighter is in your Applications folder, you'd type this into Terminal: /Applications/Bitfighter.app/Contents/MacOS/Bitfighter -dedicated

This will launch an instance of Bitfighter in a headless dedicated server mode.

To make it more convenient, you can make a command file to launch it for you. Type the command into a plain text editor and save it with the extension ".command". Then give it the necessary permission: open a Terminal window, type "chmod a+x", drag the file in and hit enter.

You can add more arguments to apply temporary settings that override settings in the bitfighter.ini. Arguments are listed at this page: Command line parameters

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