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Imperator Fyron said:
Randallw said:
IT seems that fri-sat is definitely out as things do depend on Fyron.
I could run a perpetual server if need be... Not sure how stable OpenRPG is in this regard, but it is worth a shot.
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It doesn't need to be perpeptual - I host the server for Narf's Loony game; I turned the server into a schedualed task, complete with command-line parameters to set the name for the server:
C:\UTILS\PYTHON23\python.exe C:\Games\OpenRPG\start_server.py -p -n Loony -l XXXXX
It's been a while since I set it up, so I don't recall what the -p is for, but the -n is the name flag, so my server's always called Loony; the -l tag sets the root password for the lobby (note that I do not use five X's - that's a replacement)
You can schedual the server as a task, set the computer on standby (also set the task for "wake the computer to perform this task", of course), and walk away - unless something goes wrong (which is unlikely, if you make sure to reboot the computer before putting it to sleep and walking away) it will be up and running for the game.
You may also wish to tweak a few system settings to make sure your computer doesn't go back to sleep while the game is running (or waiting to start).
This of course assumes that you can leave the machine asleep and not have to worry about others coming along and using it while you aren't present.