Help creating my own server.

[JoeK]

I have looked nearly everywhere and have not yet found a step-by-step guide on creating my own server. I downloaded the game client, the server, and mapsets. Then after I installed everything I made a couple of maps. The thing I don't really understand however, is how to: 1. Play the custom maps that I created online with my friends, and 2. Get the server to actually connect. Whenever I double click on the crossfire32 application in my Crossfire Server folder, the window comes up and it scrolls down, running various commands, until it says, "Waiting for connections..." Then it just stops and doesn't move on from there. If anyone could help me with this it would be greatly appreciated.

JoeK

[mlab]

Connect to localhost in the client.

Custom maps you must put in the map dir.

[Leaf]

I have looked nearly everywhere and have not yet found a step-by-step guide on creating my own server.

Believe it or not, a guide hasn't been written for that (yet?..)

I downloaded the game client, the server, and mapsets. Then after I installed everything I made a couple of maps.

You mention later on that you are using the Windows version of Crossfire. Were they downloaded from SourceForge?

What version of Windows are you using?

The thing I don't really understand however, is how to: 1. Play the custom maps that I created online with my friends, and

Where, as in what directory, di d you save these maps to?

2. Get the server to actually connect. Whenever I double click on the crossfire32 application in my Crossfire Server folder, the window comes up and it scrolls down, running various commands, until it says, "Waiting for connections..." Then it just stops and doesn't move on from there.

Crossfire is a client & server based game. You need to download and install the client as well.

http://crossfire.real-time.com/clients/win32_gtk.html
http://crossfire.real-time.com/clients/ ... html#howto

After you launch the client, your friends need to type in the IP address of your server.

If you are going to run the client and the server on the same machine, then you can get by with using "localhost" (without the quotes) in your client.

More details on connecting to a server with the client:
http://crossfire.real-time.com/guides/c ... mmary.html

Other info:
http://crossfire.real-time.com/start/index.html

[Leaf]

The thing I don't really understand however, is how to: 1. Play the custom maps that I created online with my friends, and

Where, as in what directory, di d you save these maps to?

Whoops.. I think with the Windows server, one has to recompile the source code if they want to test/use a custom or new map.

[JoeK]

As to mlab's reply, I got to it saying "Waiting for connections..." and then I typed in the number for connec to local host and pressed enter and the screen that had the "Waiting for connections..." exited. The client said it could not connect.

As for Leaf, I'm not sure if I downloaded them from sourceforge... I'm using Windows XP.

I saved the maps to Crossfire Server\Shared\Maps folder.

I also have the client.

And would it be extremely difficult to recompile the source code? (Probably -.-) and if not, do you by chance know how?

[Leaf]

I got to it saying "Waiting for connections..." and then I typed in the number for connec to local host and pressed enter and the screen that had the "Waiting for connections..." exited. The client said it could not connect.

I don't have an explantation for the server exiting or crashing when a client tries to connect.

I have a HOWTO in the works for installing the server & maps and then connecting via localhost, but they won't be online for a couple of days.

[Ryo]

You really don't have to recompile server to test maps, fortunately

Just put'em in the good subdirectory.

As for crashing when client connecting, do you have the python plugin?

[JoeK]

No, I don't have the python plugin. I'll get it and try it.

[Ryo]

Well, you can try, but i was more thinking the plugin was causing issues lol.

Are you launching the server through the start menu shortcut? Do you have a firewall turned on? (hint: if windows xp service pack 2, probably).

[Leaf]

HOWTO for downloading & installing a Crossfire server on Windows along with playing via localhost..

http://crossfire.real-time.com/server/w ... index.html