[bf1942] Battlefield 1942 Win32 Dedicated Server with WineX - Rough Install Instructions

[Chad Rose]

Does anyone here look to linux on their servers so they are uber efficient?
And don't you use a standalone dedicated game server so that nothing else is
running on it that doesn't need to be?  Guys... running BF1942 dedicated in
Winex defeats the purpose of efficiency... especially when you have a pig
like X running in order to use it ....

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Esler" <mesler at themelee.org>
To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 3:07 PM
Subject: [bf1942] Battlefield 1942 Win32 Dedicated Server with WineX - Rough
Install Instructions


> Since I received at least one email asking how to do things, I figured I'd
> post a brief howto to the list.
>
> You need WineX 3 Pre-release to do this.
> The pre-release does NOT support CD copy protection checks, so you cannot
> install BF1942 under WineX 3.
>
> 1.) Copy your existing patched (and cracked if it is already) BF1942
> directory to your server.
>
> 2.) Install a no-cd crack for BF1942 1.31  if you haven't. (i used a
> non-RtR patch, but it appears to have a patched file to allow RtR to
> play.)  I just downloaded a zip file from a popular site with cracks and
> did unzip -a somefile.zip from within my BF1942 directory.  I can't
> remember if this is required for the dedicated server, but I think it is.
>
> 3.) Install WineX 3 pre-release, and the updated winex start script (I
> believe you need to be a subscriber to get these files.  I'm a subscriber,
> so I'm always logged in and have access.  http://www.transgaming.com)
>
> 4.) I had to copy the following files to my
> $HOME/.transgaming/c_drive/windows/system32 directory from my Windows
> system32 directory:
> MFC42.DLL, msvcp60.dll.  You may not need one or the other.  These are
> both needed for the server setup gui I would imagine.
>
> 5.) From within X (or on an xterm thru a vnc session), cd to your BF1942
> directory and run:
> winex3 --winver nt40 -- ./DedicatedServer.exe +restart 1 +hostServer 1
> +dedicated 1 (this is just what I ran, and some options may not be
> needed.)
>
> 5.5) I reniced my main wine process to -5 to give it higher priority.
>
> 6.) At this point the Gui should pop up, you select your options, and
> click start game.
>
>
> --
>
> Mike Esler
> mesler at themelee.org
>
>