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| == Dedicated Server (Linux) == | | == Dedicated Server (Linux) == |
| === Downloading ===
| | Linux server is unsupported. Valve's version of Source 2007 engine for Linux is too slow to handle any decent amount of players. |
| First of all you need the [http://storefront.steampowered.com/download/hldsupdatetool.bin HLDS Update Tool]. This is what we use to update/download the server. You will also need Empires Dedicated Server from the [http://empiresmod.com/download.php Empires Download Page].
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| === Installing SDS ===
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| Now we have to extract the HLDS-Update-Tool.
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| * Go to the homedir of the user who is designated to run the HL2-Server and create a subdir.
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| hl2usr@hl2srv ~ # mkdir hl2
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| * Copy the HLDS-Update-Tool into your new subdir and chmod it to make it executable:
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| hl2usr@hl2srv ~/hl2 # chmod +x hldsupdatetool.bin
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| * Run the binary:
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| hl2usr@hl2srv ~/hl2 # ./hldsupdatetool.bin
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| * If you get a warning about not finding "compress", go grab the "[http://ncompress.sourceforge.net/ ncompress]" package on Redhat/Fedora:
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| hl2usr@hl2srv ~/hl2 # yum install ncompress
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| * Now that you have finished extracting the Update-Tool you can use it to download all required files:
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| hl2usr@hl2srv ~/hl2 # ./steam -command update -game "orangebox" -dir .
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| Get yourself a cup of tea, coffee, soda, etc., and have a rest. Depending on your connection speed this can take some time
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| === Installing Empires ===
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| Next, we have to extract the previously downloaded Empires-Server.
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| * Copy the zip-file (something like empires_v1xxx_server.zip) to the folder where the HLDS-Update-Tool resides (''~/hl2'' in this example) and extract it:
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| hl2usr@hl2srv ~/hl2 # unzip empires_v1xxx_server.zip -d orangebox
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| This command creates the directory ''~hl2/orangebox/empires'' and extracts all needed files into it.
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| === Configuration ===
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| Before you can start your new Dedicated Server the servers config files have to be altered to satisfy your needs.
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| * cd to the ''"orangebox/empires"'' subdir
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| * Edit the file ''mapcycle.txt'' with your prefered text editor and add/remove the maps you like/don't like in your mapcycle
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| * cd to the config dir of your Empires installation (''~/hl2/orangebox/empires/cfg'' in this example)
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| * Edit the ''server.cfg'' to your liking
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| {{Warning|When editing your server.cfg remember to change your '''rcon_password''' and '''hostname''' directives!}}
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| rcon_password "pass" //Your rcon password
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| hostname "Servername" //The name of your server
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| === Starting ===
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| Now your server should be ready for startup
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| * cd to your Dedicated-Servers basedir (''~/hl2'' in this example)
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| * Start the Server:
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| hl2usr@hl2srv ~/hl2 # ./srcds_run -game empires +maxplayers 14 -port 27015 -console +map emp_canyon -autoupdate
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| {{Tip|Use a terminal multiplexer like [http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/ Screen] to be able to detach the HL2-Server Console and disconnect from your servers shell without terminating the HL2-Daemon}}
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| * You can create a Bash-File in your Dedicated-Servers basedir to easily start your Empires-Server in a virtual Screen-Terminal:
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| {{ Box File|empires.sh|
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| <pre>
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| #! /bin/bash
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| screen -A -d -m -S empires -t empires ./srcds_run -game empires +maxplayers 14 -port 27015 -console +map emp_canyon -autoupdate
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| </pre>
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| }}
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| Please note that if you wish to retain explicit control over when updates happen on your server you can omit the -autoupdate option.
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| * Now make the Bash-File executable and run it:
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| hl2usr@hl2srv ~/hl2 # chmod +x empires.sh
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| hl2usr@hl2srv ~/hl2 # ./empires.sh
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| The Dedicated-Server now runs in the background. You can attach to the Screen-Terminal by typing:
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| hl2usr@hl2srv ~/hl2 # screen -r empires
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| You can detach from the Screen-Terminal and leave the server running by typing a Control-a followed by "d".
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| To stop the server, reattach to the Screen-Terminal and type Control-c.
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| If you intend to run multiple servers then you will need to set a unique value for the port used & the the Screen-Terminal name used via the -port & -S options in the above command.
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| === Monitoring server resources ===
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| ==== Bandwidth ====
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| For monitor server bandwidth you can use "iftop" which will display bandwidth consumption on a per port/connections basis. NB: This program needs to run as '''root'''.
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| Assuming your running empires on the default 27015 port the follow will filter to show only empires traffic:
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| root@hl2srv ~/hl2 # iftop -P -f "port 27015"
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| </pre>
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| A lightly loaded server with 4 active players and 7 recently departed:
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| 50.0Kb 100Kb 150Kb 200Kb 250Kb
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| └───────────────┴───────────────┴───────────────┴───────────────┴───────────────
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| oneltdhost.net:27015 <=> guru239.netsonic.fi:13765 43.1Kb 44.8Kb 44.5Kb
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| oneltdhost.net:27015 <=> 71-213-216-109.sxcy.:27005 41.1Kb 43.8Kb 41.2Kb
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| oneltdhost.net:27015 <=> cc300737-b.hnglo1.ov:27005 40.7Kb 42.2Kb 36.8Kb
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| oneltdhost.net:27015 <=> dynamic-acs-24-239-4:27011 27.7Kb 27.9Kb 33.7Kb
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| oneltdhost.net:27015 <=> host-091-097-139-118:49167 0b 175b 44b
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| oneltdhost.net:27015 <=> 120.139.76-8:netview-aix-8 0b 0b 44b
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| oneltdhost.net:27015 <=> ANice-754-1-3-:megaco-h248 0b 0b 44b
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| oneltdhost.net:27015 <=> host86-139-6-13.rang:64937 0b 0b 44b
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| oneltdhost.net:27015 <=> daruck-69-4.gimp.co:finger 0b 0b 44b
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| oneltdhost.net:27015 <=> c24-143-85-34.s:t1distproc 0b 0b 44b
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| oneltdhost.net:27015 <=> 213-67-55-231-no157.:57200 0b 0b 44b
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| ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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| TX: cumm: 824KB peak: 88.7Kb rates: 66.0Kb 69.9Kb 72.9Kb
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| RX: 798KB 92.1Kb 86.6Kb 89.0Kb 83.5Kb
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| TOTAL: 1.58MB 174Kb 153Kb 159Kb 156Kb
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| </pre>
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| Furthermore, you can hit the "t" key to display each connection on a single line rather than show receive and transmit on two lines.
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| ==== CPU/Disk ====
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| For CPU usage you can use top (default installed all linux distros), htop (enhanced 'top') or atop.
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| [http://htop.sourceforge.net/ htop] gives a very good "at-a-glance" showing overall CPU core load, memory usage and the top dozen or so processes.
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| 1 [|| 2.0%] Tasks: 85 total, 2 running
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| 2 [|||||||| 23.3%] Load average: 0.36 0.23 0.14
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| Mem[||||||||||||||||||||845/3934MB] Uptime: 10 days, 02:41:32
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| Swp[| 30/1913MB]
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| PID USER PRI NI VIRT RES SHR S CPU% MEM% TIME+ Command
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| 27647 hl2 -3 0 161M 94724 12344 S 57.0 2.4 14:37.76 ./srcds_i486 -game
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| 12337 daruck 20 0 468M 210M 3400 R 8.0 5.3 13h08:54 ./isagimp
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| 27649 hl2 -3 0 161M 94724 12344 S 5.0 2.4 1:38.01 ./srcds_i486 -game
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| 28030 hl2 20 0 14984 1160 912 R 1.0 0.0 0:04.71 htop
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| 27997 hl2 0 -20 15464 3188 2424 S 0.0 0.1 0:02.20 atop
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| 11298 named 20 0 177M 31556 2196 S 0.0 0.8 34:28.57 /usr/sbin/named -u
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| 11296 named 20 0 177M 31556 2196 S 0.0 0.8 30:05.04 /usr/sbin/named -u
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| 11295 named 20 0 177M 31556 2196 S 0.0 0.8 25:34.77 /usr/sbin/named -u
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| 2149 mysql 20 0 324M 41132 5068 S 0.0 1.0 2h02:27 /usr/libexec/mysql
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| 2163 mysql 20 0 324M 41132 5068 S 0.0 1.0 50:19.25 /usr/libexec/mysql
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| 1 root 20 0 10308 716 596 S 0.0 0.0 0:08.52 init [2]
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| 556 root 16 -4 12588 768 404 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.50 /sbin/udevd -d
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| 1668 root 20 0 6684 916 432 S 0.0 0.0 2:50.50 /sbin/dhclient -1
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| 1728 rpc 20 0 18660 624 424 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.63 rpcbind
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| 1748 root 20 0 21044 1316 564 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.15 pcscd
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| 1756 root 20 0 90636 1292 648 S 0.0 0.0 4:56.45 rsyslogd -m 0
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| F1Help F2Setup F3SearchF4InvertF5Tree F6SortByF7Nice -F8Nice +F9Kill F10Quit
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| </pre>
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| [http://www.atcomputing.nl/Tools/atop/download-atop.html atop] will give you the missing Hard disk activity monitor by way of the "DSK" line's "busy" percentage:
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| ATOP - oneltdhost 2008/12/31 12:38:24 10 seconds elapsed
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| PRC | sys 1.10s | user 5.76s | #proc 121 | #zombie 0 | #exit 0 |
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| CPU | sys 4% | user 21% | irq 0% | idle 174% | wait 0% |
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| cpu | sys 2% | user 19% | irq 0% | idle 78% | cpu001 w 0% |
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| cpu | sys 2% | user 1% | irq 0% | idle 97% | cpu000 w 0% |
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| CPL | avg1 0.19 | avg5 0.20 | avg15 0.12 | csw 18728 | intr 3847 |
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| MEM | tot 3.8G | free 93.8M | cache 2.9G | buff 4.4M | slab 306.0M |
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| SWP | tot 1.9G | free 1.8G | | vmcom 972.8M | vmlim 3.8G |
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| DSK | sda | busy 0% | read 12 | write 9 | avio 1 ms |
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| NET | transport | tcpi 679 | tcpo 704 | udpi 805 | udpo 620 |
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| NET | network | ipi 1498 | ipo 1332 | ipfrw 0 | deliv 1485 |
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| NET | eth0 0% | pcki 1498 | pcko 1332 | si 344 Kbps | so 279 Kbps |
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| PID SYSCPU USRCPU VGROW RGROW RDDSK WRDSK ST EXC S CPU CMD 1/1
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| 27647 0.73s 5.55s 0K 0K 0K 0K -- - S 62% srcds_i486
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| 2149 0.07s 0.11s 0K 0K 0K 0K -- - S 2% mysqld
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| 28030 0.10s 0.03s 0K 0K 0K 0K -- - S 1% cheese
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| 27997 0.03s 0.00s 0K 0K 0K 0K -- - R 0% and
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| 11294 0.00s 0.01s 0K 0K 0K 0K -- - S 0% biscuits
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| 12336 0.00s 0.00s 0K 0K 0K 0K -- - S 0% screen
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| == Tip and Tricks == | | == Tip and Tricks == |
Home > Dedicated Server Setup
Dedicated Server (Windows)
Downloading
First of all you need the HLDS Update Tool. This is what we use to update/download the server. You will also need Empires Dedicated Server from the Download Page.
If you want to use SourceMod, make sure you download it before going any further.
Installing
- First we need to download the SDS (Source Dedicated Server). To download we open up hldsupdatetool.exe and download the tool to an arbitrary location on your machine, for example:
C:\HL2DS
- When you have finished installing the update tool open the install folder in a command prompt and type:
hldsupdatetool.exe -command update -game "orangebox" -dir C:\HL2DS
- If that doesnt work or your stuck or having trouble getting orangebox then you can go HERE for a more indepth tutorial on how to get it.
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Tip: Make sure you replace C:\HL2DS with your install path if it's different.
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This will download all files necessary to host an orange box server (and Empires). And remember to "Go get yourself a cup of coffee." as valve said, this will take some time
- Install the Empires Dedicated Server files to "C:\HL2DS\orangebox\empires" (use your own install path).
- Create a shortcut of srcds.exe and place it where you want then go to properties of the shortcut. Add the following to the end of the shortcut target:
-game empires +maxplayers 14 -port 27015 -console +map emp_canyon -autoupdate
It sould look like this;
srcds.exe -game empires +maxplayers 14 -port 27015 -console +map emp_canyon -autoupdate
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Tip: You can adjust your port and maxplayers via the shortcut or the server.cfg file.
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Configuration
Next, edit your mapcycle.txt and server.cfg files to your liking.
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Warning: When editing your server.cfg remember to change your rcon_password and hostname directives!
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rcon_password "pass" //Your rcon password
hostname "Servername" //The name of your server
These are the most important settings to change, there are more in the cfg so test around what is best for you.
Starting
You should now be able to double-click your server shortcut, which will start up your dedicated server.
Dedicated Server (Linux)
Linux server is unsupported. Valve's version of Source 2007 engine for Linux is too slow to handle any decent amount of players.
Tip and Tricks
Modularise server.cfg settings
As the server.cfg (amongst others) can be overwritten during upgrade and you may wish to have your server run in different "modes" such as password protected clan match/practice, increase resource rates for "tank wars", etc it's best to treat your server.cfg as "read-only" and any default settings you wish to have place them in a unique filename e.g. myserver.cfg then add a single line to the end of server.cfg "exec myserver.cfg"
This way server.cfg will then run myserver.cfg and override any server.cfg settings.
For example to set your server's hostname you'd add the following to myserver.cfg
hostname "My Empires Server"
In addition to myserver.cfg you can then create modified files to accommodate your various server "modes" which can either be called via
rcon exec tankwars.cfg
Or if you want this mode to automatically survive a map change/server restart, add another line to server.cfg below your "exec myserver.cfg" entry.
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