2.5 Dedicated Server - When?

[Abburo]

As the title said, any news or insights about the dedicated server could be very useful to know about.

 

Please ED, this topic was forgotten lately.

 

PS: 2.5 is marvelous ... it will make me come back to DCS wit more dedication.

[HiJack]

It would be good to get some info but if there is no news we will not get any :(

Any comments from others than ED will just be speculations.

[upupandaway]

I agree, a statement of intent from ED would likely be appreciated by a number of people.

[Jarlerus]

I guess when they (ED) learn some good multi-core/multi-thread programming skills?

 

As they now know that about half of their community flies in multiplayer, I guess dedicated servers are still on their agenda. Maybe they just need to figure out how to handle the situation with some communities having servers with modules first? It would basically make those "investments" worthless. It's a bit of a PR nightmare, I guess.

 

I really hope they figure something out, and get it done! Multi-core optimized dedicated servers have a high potential for DCS, IMO!

 

//Jarl

[Banzaiib]

/shameless bump

 

@Drex

 

Ah, multiplayer. The bastard step-child of DCS.

 

If DCS multiplayer was a Game of Thrones character, it would be John Snow.

[ouPhrontis]

Can an instance of DCS for use as a server currently be run headless, if so is that without any graphics card or integrated graphics?

[Johnny Dioxin]

As they now know that about half of their community flies in multiplayer

 

 

Have they stated this or is there any proof?

 

I ask because they have always said the vast majority are playing single player (and Flaming Cliffs aircraft are more popular)

[Banzaiib]

Have they stated this or is there any proof?

 

I ask because they have always said the vast majority are playing single player (and Flaming Cliffs aircraft are more popular)

 

1/2 the community does not fly multiplayer... his statement was completely wrong.

 

Can an instance of DCS for use as a server currently be run headless, if so is that without any graphics card or integrated graphics?

No. That is the ask of this thread. We would like a truly dedicated server that can run on proper server hardware.

[cichlidfan]

As they now know that about half of their community flies in multiplayer

 

Link, proof, etc. It must be the smaller half.

[ouPhrontis]

1/2 the community does not fly multiplayer... his statement was completely wrong.

 

 

No. That is the ask of this thread. We would like a truly dedicated server that can run on proper server hardware.

 

I get that and understand what's being asked for, just curious if it can currently as-is be used headless, what I get from the thread is a stripped down server version without the graphics components, but some applications will run headless anyway, though of course it comes with all the things we're not interested in for server-side.

[Home Fries]

With the additional theaters, it's getting to the point now where we will need a dedicated server so that people who run servers don't need to purchase two copies of theaters. The problem we're facing is that people justifiably don't want to buy two copies, and as a result we don't have as much of a variety of theaters for multiplayer action as we should.

 

A possible workaround could be not requiring licensing for a node that has

options.graphics.render3D = false

or allow multiple copies of the same license to play as long as they come from behind the same firewall.

[HellsBells]

+1