Game servers on OpenBSD...

[Erik Thorsson]

Hello there. First post.

We would like to run a dedicated game server on our OpenBSD 3.6 server.

Some game companies (id, Valve, Bioware) support Linux with dedicated
server binaries, but I've never seen one for *BSD. Is there a way to
make the Linux servers for Neverwinter Nights, UT2004, or Half-Life 2
run on OpenBSD?

-J

[Robert Nagy]

I'm running several game servers on OpenBSD.
Half-Life(2), Quake3, Call of Duty, QuakeWorld, Quake2 will work.
I think the others will work too, but i haven't used any of them yet.

Post by Erik Thorsson
Hello there. First post.
We would like to run a dedicated game server on our OpenBSD 3.6 server.
Some game companies (id, Valve, Bioware) support Linux with dedicated
server binaries, but I've never seen one for *BSD. Is there a way to
make the Linux servers for Neverwinter Nights, UT2004, or Half-Life 2
run on OpenBSD?
-J

[Kiraly Zoltan]

Post by Robert Nagy
I'm running several game servers on OpenBSD.
Half-Life(2), Quake3, Call of Duty, QuakeWorld, Quake2 will work.
I think the others will work too, but i haven't used any of them yet.

Post by Erik Thorsson
Hello there. First post.
We would like to run a dedicated game server on our OpenBSD 3.6 server.
Some game companies (id, Valve, Bioware) support Linux with dedicated
server binaries, but I've never seen one for *BSD. Is there a way to
make the Linux servers for Neverwinter Nights, UT2004, or Half-Life 2
run on OpenBSD?
-J

Well, Robert say OpenBSD is good for game servers.
I don't play with game servers on OpenBSD, but i think is good if Robert
say.

[Hannah Schroeter]

Hello!

Post by Kiraly Zoltan
[...]
Well, Robert say OpenBSD is good for game servers.

Definitely. Nethack runs, Angband runs, Crossfire runs ;-)

Post by Kiraly Zoltan
[...]

SCNR,

Hannah.

[Jeff Quast]

I once ran a linux bbs with dos doors using dosemu (lord, usurpers, tradewars).

Would a linux emulated dosemu for OpenBSD be the best solution to
mimick the same behavior in BSD?

Post by Hannah Schroeter
Hello!

Post by Kiraly Zoltan
[...]
Well, Robert say OpenBSD is good for game servers.

Definitely. Nethack runs, Angband runs, Crossfire runs ;-)

Post by Kiraly Zoltan
[...]

SCNR,
Hannah.

[Peter H. Coffin]

Post by Jeff Quast
I once ran a linux bbs with dos doors using dosemu (lord, usurpers, tradewars).
Would a linux emulated dosemu for OpenBSD be the best solution to
mimick the same behavior in BSD?

Try it. Report back.

[Alec Berryman]

Post by Erik Thorsson
We would like to run a dedicated game server on our OpenBSD 3.6 server.
Some game companies (id, Valve, Bioware) support Linux with dedicated
server binaries, but I've never seen one for *BSD. Is there a way to
make the Linux servers for Neverwinter Nights, UT2004, or Half-Life 2
run on OpenBSD?

http://cvs.openbsd.org/faq/faq9.html#Interact

[Kiraly Zoltan]

Post by Erik Thorsson
Hello there. First post.
We would like to run a dedicated game server on our OpenBSD 3.6 server.
Some game companies (id, Valve, Bioware) support Linux with dedicated
server binaries, but I've never seen one for *BSD. Is there a way to
make the Linux servers for Neverwinter Nights, UT2004, or Half-Life 2
run on OpenBSD?
-J

FreeBSD have game servers. Check the ports tree /usr/ports/games

OpenBSD don't have game servers. Anyway, you need linux emulation to run
this servers and much work.

[Robert Nagy]

BTW. If you want to run QuakeWorld servers
you can build a native binary from source
and I think this should work with Quake2 too.

[C. Bensend]

Post by Erik Thorsson
Some game companies (id, Valve, Bioware) support Linux with dedicated
server binaries, but I've never seen one for *BSD. Is there a way to
make the Linux servers for Neverwinter Nights, UT2004, or Half-Life 2
run on OpenBSD?

I've been running a NeverWinter Nights server on OpenBSD using linux
emulation for well over a year. It has proven considerably more stable
than some of the servers I've played in the past, running on a native
installation. Heh. That tickles me to no end. :)

Benny

[Erik Thorsson]

Our colo is only 1U at the moment, and its primary purpose is running
apache/php/mysql, hence our choice of OpenBSD for security reasons. We
were going to run a game server for value added fun if it wouldn't
interfere too much with the primary function of webhosting.

I'm getting conflicting signals from the venerable listmembers. I guess
we'll try it. If it doesn't work, or eats too many CPU cycles, then
it's out.

Thanks for the replies.

-E

P.S. Why do I get all the messages from this list out of order?

I _HIGHLY_ recommend you stick to the native platform for game servers.
There is little need for the 'secure by default' position of OpenBSD on
something as trivial as a game server, and you will avoid a large number
of emulation gotchas and bugs. It's really not worth it.
Breeno

Post by Erik Thorsson
Hello there. First post.
We would like to run a dedicated game server on our OpenBSD 3.6 server.
Some game companies (id, Valve, Bioware) support Linux with dedicated
server binaries, but I've never seen one for *BSD. Is there a way to
make the Linux servers for Neverwinter Nights, UT2004, or Half-Life 2
run on OpenBSD?
-J

[Matthias Kilian]

On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 02:00:11PM -0500, Erik Thorsson wrote:
[...]

If it doesn't work, or eats too many CPU cycles, then it's out.

If you're not too selective on which games your server will serve,
have a look at huntd(6) :-)

(SCNR)

Ciao,
Kili