Nope Vul, didn't work. I tried doing it on my main PC which is running XP unlike my server PC which is running 2000. I got the same thing basically but with a different message.

Thats really weird, I just tried the server and it works fine for me. My server computer is also 2000, but I transferred my servers to an XP today and it worked fine for both OSs. I don't understand

Could it be something wrong in your shortcut target properties?
add "-iwad doom2.wad" in front of Skulltag.exe to make sure its using the right IWAD. It may be trying to run doom.wad for something. =/

Here's what mine looks like:



EDIT: I just noticed I set "teamgame" instead of "teamplay". Sorry about that, I'll edit the code.

In vultures new code, how about taking out the "set" in "set teamgame 1"

also, you shouldn't have all of the game modes set as 1. Only put in the one you want.

that one didn't work

Its weird because I have it set "true" in my configs and that turns respawn off for the servers. Am I reading something wrong here?

sv_norespawninvul true

By default, you are temporarily invulnerable when you respawn. (To prevent spawn camping/killing) If you set this flag to true, then that disables this invulnerability. On the classic servers this flag is always set as the original Doom 2 didn't have respawn invulnerability.

ok so heres the idea. so if my mom shuts down the computer when the perminant server is running. it wont crash the server? will it just keep running when the host's computer is off?

No, if you shut down a computer the programs go with it.

I'm probably making a newbie mistake, but whenever I start a server, it's a LAN server (192.168.0.x)... I've a small LAN (based on an ADSL router/modem) but I'd like to be able to start a global server too...

Also, for some reason, server that I start from IDESE are undetectable. Those that I start from the command line can be found by the internal server browser.

You are probably forgetting to select "lan server" in the launch parameters in IDESE.

I think he's trying to host beyond a router. In that case, all you need to do is go to your router configuration (check your manual), and forward UDP port 10666 to the hosting computer.

RUNNING A PERMANANT SERVER ON LINUX/FREEBSD

This is my method for running permanant servers on FreeBSD. It should work on Linux too seeing as most of the commands work and act the same.

First extract the server packages and iwads into a directory like you would a client. Hopefully Linux users know how to set that up. I put my skulltag package stuff and iwads in /home/user/skulltag/st

Now you need to make a shell file. You might want to start by making a directory for your all of your shell files, I use /home/user/skulltag/sh. I name my shell files after the wad+game config I use. Also if you connect to your server from another PC you'll need a program that can write to files from the command line. I use nano, but there are others.

Now create a template file. The template file contains all of your default configuration


From there enter this:


cd /home/vulture/skulltag/st //point this to the folder your skulltag binary is in.
/home/user/skulltag/st/skulltag-server -host \ //this starts the server
+duel 1 \ //pick your game mode
-port 1066x \ //pick what port on your machine to use
-iwad "/home/user/skulltag/st/doom2.wad" \ //Give a full path to the iwad you want to use. Caps matter
-file "/home/user/wads/wadname.wad" \ //Pick what pwad(s) to use. Use full path and caps matter.
+exec /home/user/skulltag/cfg/template.cfg > /dev/null & //This tells the server what config file to use. Also the > /dev/null & makes the server not appear to you and just run in the background.

OK, press ctrl + x and save that.

Now back at the command line, go to a directory where you want your configuration files to be made.

I use:
/home/user/skulltag/cfg

Now in this directory you'll store all of your cfg files.
First make your template cfg file!


Now in here make all of your default configurations.
Use the wiki to find more server commands you may want to use. Here is a base template.cfg



From there save that by pressing ctrl + x again.

Now make sure your pwads are in the folder you select for them. I use /home/user/wads.
You can use wget to download the pwads you need.

Now from these two templates you'll make all of your server's configuration files. To make a new shell just copy/paste everything into the new file and edit where necessary.






^An example of an edited template shell file to make a dwango5 server shell.
Close and save your new shell and set it to execute by doing this:



Now do the same for your cfg






^An example of an edited template to make a dwango5 cfg.

Now after you have a server's cfg, sh, and wad ready, you can launch it!



Now your server is up and running. (provided the port you have it assigned to is forwarded..)

If you want to kill your server, you can use this command to see all of your running programs:


From there find the server and kill the process number.


With this I hope its a bit easier for Linux users to make ST servers. Now you can save $10 a month for not having to use Windows!

Um I cant get this to work because my stuff is in program files and it just says Cannot find File:"C:/Program". Would I use Progra~1 or what?
EDIT: Progra~1 is the dos name for program files because a folder cannot have more than 8 characters.

How come I can't run either types other servers?

Make sure you put quotation marks around the path if it contains spaces in it. I.E, "C:\Program Files\skulltag" instead of C:\Program Files\skulltag.

Using PROGRA~1 would probably work too though.

ok ive read the instructions but still dont get it... could someone make this a little clearer?

I think the toturial is pretty clear. Do you need a windows or Linux server?

windows....
im more of a "visual learner"... text isnt helping me at this point

Hi everybody. Please help me. I want to launch my server in Skulltag. My OS is Debian 5. I have downloaded Linux base and FreeBSD distro's with wget command in CLI. I have extracted content of archives. I made almost everything by instruction. When I type "./hexen.sh" I see next:

sh-3.2$ ./hexen.sh: line 3: /srv/games/skulltag/skulltag-server: No such file or directory
sh-3.2$ ./hexen.sh: line 7: +exec: command not found

What wrong? Please help. Thank you.