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

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*Open the application terminal, located in Applications > Utilities
 
*Open the application terminal, located in Applications > Utilities
 
*Drag the bitfighter executable into the terminal window
 
*Drag the bitfighter executable into the terminal window
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**You may need to drag the "bitfighter.sh" file into Terminal instead
 
**After that is done, type a space, and then input -dedicated  
 
**After that is done, type a space, and then input -dedicated  
 
**No game window will open, but your server will be up. Open your game and join a game to see.
 
**No game window will open, but your server will be up. Open your game and join a game to see.
  
Along with -dedicated, you can specify other options too. (or just do this in your ini file)
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Along with -dedicated, you can specify other options too (or just do this in your ini file).
 
Any of the commands on the following page, can be typed in before pressing enter.  
 
Any of the commands on the following page, can be typed in before pressing enter.  
  
 
*[[Command line parameters]]
 
*[[Command line parameters]]

Revision as of 12:26, 3 February 2011

You can host a dedicated server on Mac without building any files.

  • First, locate your game
  • Right click on it, and select an option called "show package contents"
  • Navigate through Contents > MacOS > Bitfighter
  • Open the application terminal, located in Applications > Utilities
  • Drag the bitfighter executable into the terminal window
    • You may need to drag the "bitfighter.sh" file into Terminal instead
    • After that is done, type a space, and then input -dedicated
    • No game window will open, but your server will be up. Open your game and join a game to see.

Along with -dedicated, you can specify other options too (or just do this in your ini file). Any of the commands on the following page, can be typed in before pressing enter.