Note from Activision's Deveus on dedicated servers

[bullet-worm]

This may be helpful here as we start installing our dedicated servers.

From [AV] deveus:
"For those of you that will be hosting dedicated-only servers, be sure to read the readme section on how to create a default profile. You will need to do this the very first time you run the game, but only once. "

I think that is THE FIRST actual piece of information we have gotten about running a CoD2 server... lol.

worm

[rudedog]

good news : we get something

bad news : it was not much

Thanks for the heads up, BW

[bullet-worm]

This is the part Deveus must be talking about in the Readme:

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"2. Dedicated server running on Windows® 2003

Creating a Call Of Duty® 2 dedicated server requires the presence of a profile.
To manually create one, do the following:

Add "+set dedicated [1 = LAN, 2 = Internet]" to the shortcut for Multiplayer

Add the following folders:
[Call of Duty 2]\main\players
[Call of Duty 2]\main\players\[profile name] (Ex. [Call of Duty 2]\main\players\MyProfile)

Create a file named "active.txt" in "[Call of Duty 2]\main\players" with the profile
name in the first line.

Create a blank file named "config_mp.cfg" in [Call of Duty 2]\main\players\[profile name]

If done correctly, the user will get a message that the configuration has changed since the last
time Call of Duty 2 was last run. The user will be presented two options, YES and NO. Select YES to
have the correct config file automatically created for you. Once that has completed, you will be at
the dedicated server console."
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Appears to be a worded like it is a Windows 2003 Server issue only, but just in case...

worm

[MajorWoody]

Nice safety tip, thanks for the warning.

[Donovan]

hmmm..

This isn't working for me.

Directions were pretty simple, but am unsure where I went wrong.

CoD2_public\main\players\profile

players has active.txt with a username of an acount on the server listed on the first line. I assume this is what you meant as profile.

profile has an empty config_mp.cfg

[Donovan]

"Can't load a map without a player profile selected"

What exactly goes into active.txt? I would assume the usename of the login account on the server.

How is this file called?

[rudedog]

I assume that when you set your command line to dedicated 2 it just looks for an empty file.

I am transfer the files over to a win box on my local network to try and setup a server. will report back after the 4 gigs xfer, thank god for gigabyte ethernet :)

[Donovan]

My shortcut target

"C:\3rd Infantry Division\CoD2_public\CoD2MP_s.exe" +set dedicated 2 +set net_ip 70.84.181.235 +set net_port 28960 +exec autoexec.cfg

[rudedog]

OK, just tested everything works fine.

make sure you have the following folders in the MAIN dir

/Main
|_/Players
_|_/Test
_| _|_ config_mp.cfg <- blank (use notepad)
___|_ activate <- 1st line of file should have test in it

Also make sure you have a valid cfg file your calling from your command line

You don't need net_ip 70.84.181.235 +set net_port 28960 if your running a single server

once the console starts type status to see if it returns the status info.

[Donovan]

I got mine working. The Profile name like MyProfile does not work.

If you logon on to the server with an account named administrator then name the "Profile" folder administrator.

[rudedog]

Glad you got it working.