Linux-based Server

[mrhanman]

Is there a way to host the server on Linux without requiring X?  I know Wine should work for the game, but is there a completely command line only way to run it?

I have a pretty beefy server I use for various things, including game hosting, but I have no display on it, or even X installed.  I was hoping to try to get a World up continuously (this thing never goes down), and I was hoping to get the community to pound the crap out of it to see when it breaks.  I think we could get 30+ people on it, easy.

[keith.lamothe]

Sorry, we've not found a way to run the unity player that doesn't require a graphics layer.  They have switches for -nographics or whatever, but we've not been able to get it to work.

[mrhanman]

Ah, that's unfortunate.  I suppose it isn't feasible to for you to build a dedicated server without Unity involved at all, right?  Just with whatever is required for the server to function?

[Penumbra]

I ran it with "-batchmode" and I saw the process appear, but no window. It's Unity's "headless" mode. I just killed it after, but didn't test. Dang.

Does the server still work then? Or is there game logic being interrupted without graphic updates?

[Penumbra]

I ran it with "-batchmode" and I saw the process appear, but no window. It's Unity's "headless" mode. I just killed it after, but didn't test. Dang.

Doesn't work.

[keith.lamothe]

Ah, that's unfortunate.  I suppose it isn't feasible to for you to build a dedicated server without Unity involved at all, right?  Just with whatever is required for the server to function?

I wish, I dearly wish.

But no.

[Toll]

I ran it with "-batchmode" and I saw the process appear, but no window. It's Unity's "headless" mode. I just killed it after, but didn't test. Dang.

Doesn't work.

Judging by an earlier response from Chris, it uses the framerate to advance the world. No framerate = no world advancement.

[keith.lamothe]

Judging by an earlier response from Chris, it uses the framerate to advance the world. No framerate = no world advancement.

Hmm.  I don't think it doesn't call Update() on the main camera object at all... but that's a possibility, I suppose.  Not sure how it could be used to do anything, then

[zerikin]

I got one up using X and wine, you could always use virtualbox or some other VM if you don't want X on the main server.