How do I start my OWN server???

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jul 02, 2003 5:01 am

I just recently downloaded crossfire and the editor I have even made a small town full of people and a sewer to kill stuff in but for the life of me I cannot figure out how to host a server. Any help would be appreciated I use Windows XP and I can do most Ms-DOS based thigs within the command prompt so could anyone help shine some light on this if it is of any relavance my main maps name is Ardania (I like Majesty SO SUE ME).

Thanks,
-Gene

hoxu · Post by **hoxu** » Wed Jul 02, 2003 6:42 am

Better start with the default map set and add your own maps later on.

You need the windows server: http://www.theperlguru.com/crossfire/ and the client http://www.gazellevillage.com/download/ ... nstall.exe.

Put the maps in share/crossfire/ (I'm not sure if the name is same under windows). After that it should be reasonable easy to run the exe from DOS prompt.

Someone · Post by **Someone** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 9:30 pm

I tried to download that server file but the exe (crossfire32.exe) and crossfire.1 are both corrupt... is there a different place I could download those files?

Ryo · Post by **Ryo** » Wed Aug 06, 2003 7:16 am

The server on the perlguru website is based on september code, meaning 1.4 (i think).

There's been some patches on the crossfire-devel mailing list for a native windows compilation using MS Visual Studio. But that has been tested under Windows 2000, maybe WinXP is slightly different in that respect...

Just my 2 cents of €

hoxu · Post by **hoxu** » Wed Aug 06, 2003 2:21 pm

Someone wrote:I tried to download that server file but the exe (crossfire32.exe) and crossfire.1 are both corrupt... is there a different place I could download those files?

Did you try redownloading? I haven't heard anyone else saying that those files are corrupted..

Someone · Post by **Someone** » Wed Aug 06, 2003 4:51 pm

Yes, I tried redownloading. It still doesn't work though.

hoxu · Post by **hoxu** » Thu Aug 07, 2003 8:54 am

What program did you use to extract the zip?

Someone · Post by **Someone** » Sat Aug 09, 2003 2:05 am

Winzip.

Ryo · Post by **Ryo** » Sat Aug 16, 2003 10:49 am

Someone wrote:Winzip.

You need to uncheck some option like 'smart cr/nl/lf conversion' (don't remember the exact title), it corrupts data files...

The Buttery Lobster · Post by **The Buttery Lobster** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 9:43 pm

HOLY CRUD! i think it worked! now, to figure out how to get this thing to save player files...

Oh, and what the heck is a .pif?
"Oh, and you'll probably want to setup a .pif and fine tune it to get
the server running as you want it."
-Perl Guru

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How do I start my OWN server???

How do I start my OWN server???

my own server, too?