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Old October 13th, 2004, 04:31 PM
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Default Re: Thanks Mose Hansen!

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Endoperez said:
Could someone post what is needed for something like this?
A program, a computer, trickering the firewall? Something else?
From the README file of the Dom2Host package::
REQUIREMENTS:
mysql
Dominions II
Perl
Apache

Note that it does not say it must be Linux or Windows. As far as I know both will work altho I know MEH used Linux so some of the scripts might need small modifications.

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Would a computer that is too slow to run Dominions II (battles) be enough to act as a server, old 200Mhz one as an example? Maybe not running as many games as Mosehansen's server does/did, but how many could it have running then?
Generally thats a true statement. It actually takes about 1/10th the computer to server something as it does to create it. Most of the hard work for Dominions is done by your home machine. The hosting might not be FAST but if its running at midnight on a dedicated machine then who cares anyway? Believe it or not (and this IS my area) your home computer can probably replace your internet sevice providor.

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Would having the computer on be enough, or would the manager have to tinker the games all the time?
Ahhhh now there is the kicker. If you look at the MEH server thread I think you will get an idea of what that would be like.
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