Setting up a Nexuiz server

[Dokujisan]

I like the Herforst CTF server... my favorite so far. But I would like to consider hosting a server of my own. I have a dedicated linux server that I havent' been doing much with for the past 6 months or so, just some light webhosting.

First, I was wondering if there should be a forum here for discussing server configuration.

Second, do you know about how much bandwidth a typical Nexuiz server uses in a month?

Third, anyone have suggesions for CTF maps to try out? I'd like to try out different ones than what is on Herforst currently.

Fourth, I was watching the top 100 sexiest stars on VH1 last night and Pamela Anderson ranked pretty high on the list, above a lot of women who are more attractive. I don't think she is quite as good looking as she used to be. She is ranked high because of her past form, not her current form.

[Dokujisan]

oh....and I haven't found any clear instructions on setting up a Nexuiz server...specifically a CTF flavor. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

[esteel]

Is that guide really so bad?
http://www.forums.alientrap.local/viewtopic.php?t=18

And not to forget Nexuiz/Docs/server/readme.txt

For a ctf server you just need to adjust the g_maplist variable as descriped.. (and maybe add the mapcfgs from the custommaps.

[Dokujisan]

Crap

Label me an idiot.

I had skimmed through that thread before and didn't realize there was decent detail regarding the config at the bottom.

Still, do you happen to know about how much bandwidth should be allotted for a popular 24/7 dedicated server like Herforst CTF?

My dedicated account allows for 1 Terabyte per month. I would assume that would be enough, but I don't want to assume

[divVerent]

Mine (RBI+Extra) eats about 300G a month NOT including the map download traffic.

So with 1 TB you should be safe, but do watch over your traffic.

But thanks for the idea, I will let my server count traffic for a while so I can post it here - including map download then.

[dfkgmasdfnasodrg]

ahh good someone is addressing this bandwidth issue, its been on my mind for awhile but i never got around to it because my server doesn't have a cap as such..

[tChr]

bandwidth? Limited total bandwith use? wtf is that about?

[esteel]

I think most server that are available for rent have some bandwithlimit and you have to pay for megabytes once you reach it.. So a cap to prevent making this expensive is a good idea for those servers.

[tChr]

what is the world coming to? all these quasi-proffesional server solutions make me ill.. I though that bandwidht limit thing was a thing of the past that died very quickly, but alas, it seems i was wrong.

[Dokujisan]

Alright, I have begun setting up a Nexuiz server. I'm going to try to model it after Herforst, but I will try some different maps and keep the max players to 12 (for now).

I am running Fedora Core 4.

I have some questions on a couple of things.

1. How do I run Nexuiz as a service? Right now, I am SSHing into the server and running the server, but when I close the terminal, the Nexuiz server stops. I thought that adding & to the end of the command caused it to be a background running process, but it's still attached to the terminal session because when I close it, the process dies. Do I need to setup a script under /rc/init.d?

2. How do I get the names of the maps to setup the maplist properly. I keep getting an error on loading the maplist that I have defined in the server.cfg. So far, I've been opening up the .pk3 files and looking for the name of the .bsp file to know what to place in the maplist. I guess that is not working because I tried adding both versions of the Facing worlds (the original and the redesign) and it's not accepting the maplist. It keeps saying "Maplist is bad/messed up." Here is what I have :

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set "g_maplist" "'facing_worlds_nex_b1k''ctf_facing_worlds_nex'"

If I just do the first map, it works. When I add the second map to the list, or if I just put the second map by itself, it won't load. So I have the name of the second map wrong, but I don't understand why. The .pk3 file for that map is in the /data directory, and the name of the .bsp inside that .pk3 file is named ctf_facing_worlds_nex.bsp. It seems like it should work. What am I doing wrong? Is there a simpler way of finding out the names of the maps that I have available?

3. esteel suggested putting (pure) in the names of maps where certain gameplay settings are not changed. What settings are those? I noticed that Herforst has a slightly different gravity setting than what is default (or that is how it seems). I'm not sure if I want to change that or not. Would that be something that would make the server unpure?

Thanks