Starting a Simutrans server
Starting a Simutrans server I love Simutrans. Its a great game. Simutrans has a multiplayer version, if somebody hosts a server. I want to host a server version compatible with an Ubuntu release. Will it overload my servers CPU and memory? Is my network connection adequate? Lets find out. These instructions are for my Debian 6 server: The server version has no graphics - that saves a lot of CPU overhead! But it must be compiled from source. Instructions are on the Simutrans Wiki, and even better instructions are on Timothys blog post. The basic theory is that we: a) Determine the version of Simutrans to install. b) Do a complete client-install of the correct version, including base, binary, config, and pakset. c) Download the source code. d) Compile a server-only binary. e) Replace the original client binary with the compiled server binary. f) Edit the config file. A Simutrans install consists of four items. The executable/binary. Simutrans-base, all those ...