i need help starting a server.

[tomer]

i need help.i run on linux i am familiar with linux
but i have no acsess to it
i need steps on what i need to do
what exactly do i type in the comandline???

why is there a start server in the bz menu?

[Winny]

Yes, but first I think you need help reading your previous post about how to make a server.

http://my.bzflag.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=109744

As this is an open source game, you don't need to buy anything to run a server, usually. For example, I run a Linux server on a old p2 box in my basement, this doesn't cost me anything.

You may, if your server is popular enough/you don't have a good internet connection for your server, you may want to buy a server at a web host, such as 1and1, or something. This usually gives you a 10mbit connection, and 1000-2000gb of bandwidth for a month. Most BZFlag servers only use 50-300gig a month, depending on popularity.

Getting back to your orginal question about running a server, here is a link to the wiki, I think you can click on the "server" link yourself.

Wiki - http://my.bzflag.org/w/

Now, you should know that running a server is not that easy, since there is no GUI to do it through, you need a few things:
- configuration file (conf.txt)
- group file (group.txt)
- map file (mapfile.bzw)
- BZFS (comes with your BZFlag install, usually.)

Ill leave the rest to you.

http://my.bzflag.org/w/Creating_A_Server


Also, take a look through the "Help" section here about servers.
http://my.bzflag.org/bb/viewforum.php?f=93

The "Start Server" menu is there, and it can also be used to start a server, but if you want a realy configurable server, then I suggest you do it with a group file, a configuration file, and a map file.

[joevano]

You left out the really important part... so I'll repeat it here..

It doesn't sound like you've done much research. We aren't here to be your mom and tell you how to do everything, you need to figure some stuff out for yourself.

[nn]

Well what type of server is it? Gentoo, Debian, Ubuntu or a nother distro?

Im currently running 3 servers all mentioned in my signature;

I have a place pact full of use full files that should show you how to create a bz conf etc.

Heres the address check it out for your self.

http://linuxmain.net/confs/

[joevano]

Well what type of server is it? Gentoo, Debian, Ubuntu or a nother distro?

Im currently running 3 servers all mentioned in my signature;

I have a place pact full of use full files that should show you how to create a bz conf etc.

Heres the address check it out for your self.

http://linuxmain.net/confs/

Give some real help and quit posting to just advertise your servers.