BF2, Linux Servers and LAN Parties

po0k

I'm running a LAN in a fortnight.

I intend playing alot of BF2.

We *may* have a netconnection.

Are there any authentication issues/Steam-esque bullshít with running a LAN Linux/Win32 server?

What is the load like?

BlueDrax

Was at a BF2 LAN on Saturday with a windows dedicated BF2 server running.
Everyone had to create an 'offline' account to connect to the local server.
And I think some users had to remove their DNS entries, before they could connect to the local server / to stop them trying to connect to the online account server?

The only downside is the lack of offline stats. 15 hours of BF2 goodness and nothing to show for it

Berns

Private lan?? :-(

po0k

www.galwaylan.net

Booked to the gills weeks ago.

Smellyirishman

BlueDrax, there is a stat tracker out there. It does not "rank" you, but you can track kills, accuracy, blah blah, all the usual stuff.

I can't remember where I saw it off the top of my head, somewhere on PlanetBF maybe. It is out there though.

BlueDrax

Smellyirishman wrote:

BlueDrax, there is a stat tracker out there. It does not "rank" you, but you can track kills, accuracy, blah blah, all the usual stuff.
I can't remember where I saw it off the top of my head, somewhere on PlanetBF maybe. It is out there though.

This it? BF2Stats 0.02a Talked about here.

REQUIREMENTS
1. You need to run a BF2 server ;-)
2. MySQL Database
3. Perl + DBI::MySQL
4. Webserver (Apache)
5. PHP + MySQL support

1 & 4 I can do, 2, 3 and 5 make my head hurt.

Smellyirishman

That sounds about right Drax.

po0k

BlueDrax wrote:

This it? BF2Stats 0.02a Talked about here.

1 & 4 I can do, 2, 3 and 5 make my head hurt.

Cool, I'll look into that this week.