DCS World Dedicated Server

I just installed this (because I want to use it and need to experiment). What this seemed to do for me:

installed and at the end it checked for updates, and updated the updater, then started a torrent download to get the balance of the files. seems to work just like the game itself.

not sure about copying from an open beta install, my guess is that it just torrents the proper files (i would think the terrains, etc. cannot be the same as open beta install as those that work with the dedicated server are different - i.e. do not require keys, etc.).

Any chance to open WebUI (Server control) from local CLIENT?

(NOT Local Web control on server machine and NOT Remote Web control via Login to DCS site)

I wasn't having any luck with the local UI, either.

reporting back: when i run the server i can see it in my DCS World profile, and i can connect to and control it from there. i can also control it from the system itself (via the local web control link). so good for me it is working. maybe a clean install will help some get it going again.

i am also going to try and see if i can figure out how to connect to the web gui from a remote system.

OK, i tried all kinds of monkey business to connect from a remote machine to the webGUI. i even installed a web server and generated a certificate amongst other things. it looks like ED does some magic between the server itself and their app server that gives us the webgui page. hopefully they make a direct connect available soon.

For people reading this, just want to emphasize, the dedicated server is working. If you're setting up a server for the first time, set it up in dcs, on the computer you play dcs on, the one with the big GPU right. That'll generate a serversettings.lua file. Transfer that to your server and you'll be good to go. Editing that Lua file is pretty self explanatory. The webgui will be handy when they get it working but you don't have to wait, I just set up a vps over the weekend and it works fine

Can anybody currently confirm that they do have a working webgui based on the Dedicated Server Open Beta Installer and not the full client using the parameters to launch as dedicated?

yessir i do, if i was not clear in my previous posts.

the only thing i was not able to figure out is an unsupported (yet many of us are hopeful for) feature of using a web client on another system to connect to the server. i got close, but it seems ED has this locked down to use only a web client on the server itself (which does work) or from your account on their web site.

Can anybody currently confirm that they do have a working webgui based on the Dedicated Server Open Beta Installer and not the full client using the parameters to launch as dedicated?

Confirm. Works just fine according to the instructions by USSR_Rik on the first two posts.

Cheers

yessir i do, if i was not clear in my previous posts.

 

the only thing i was not able to figure out is an unsupported (yet many of us are hopeful for) feature of using a web client on another system to connect to the server. i got close, but it seems ED has this locked down to use only a web client on the server itself (yes it works) or from your account on their web site.

You can always go into your account on ED website from the other system and manage the server from there. It doesn't necessarily have to be your own account. You can create a new account on ED website just for your dedicated server and have your server log-in according to this account that is just for your server.

Cheers

Confirm. Works just fine according to the instructions by USSR_Rik on the first two posts.

 

Cheers

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Our open beta server is running with open beta server installer.

Everything is working fine except the -w command line option.

And the open beta server installer is not shown on download page if you have selected german or french language. ;)

This is what I get constantly trying to install the open beta server. Is it a result of me not having open beta installed or is the install porked?

Never mind for some reason windows update messed with my user settings. FIXED

no, you do not need anything else DCS installed to install the dedicated server.

it looks like you need to run everything as administrator, it looks like your user is a regular user and not an administrator.

you can either right click and select run as administrator or try setting your user as an administrator (but sometimes you still need to right click and run as administrator). if you change your user, log out and back in for it to take effect.

give that a try and see if it resolves the issue for you.

Can you convert this to stable release by using the same commands the client has to switch between stable / open beta?

In my experience you do not need to convert anything. i installed the server, brought it up, and ran stable generated missions and connected with a stable client.

it would be interesting if others tested this as well to see the results; it could be that both open beta and stable were on the same release version when i tested. i have not yet had time to test further.

In my experience you do not need to convert anything. i installed the server, brought it up, and ran stable generated missions and connected with a stable client.

 

it would be interesting if others tested this as well to see the results; it could be that both open beta and stable were on the same release version when i tested. i have not yet had time to test further.

Only because there are no network change between OB ans stable actually. Next time OB will have change on network protocol, older OB and Stable will not be able to connect. That it since the beginning.

@Vullcan : yes you can the same way

how does one change the server from stable to open beta and vise versa?

EDIT, NM, I found this thread:

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=114030

I will ask there for the questions I have.

Tacview

Can/should we run Tacview on the server beta or just run it on the pc we are flying from??

Thanks

edit: Just found this:

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=183914

Is all this info still valid and running on the server is best with individual outputs per player?

Anyone else getting stalls when trying to delete a mission from the "List of missions." It hangs and I have to restart the dedicated server program in order to clear.

It tends to not clear the last mission ran.

Has anyone heard anything about a dedicated server build for the stable version of DCS World?

I used the beta dedi server installer on an another partition on the server. After install I used cmd commandline to switch to release. --> https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=114030

DCS_Updater.exe update 2.5.5.33184@release

Worked for me and after that a little bit lua edit to bring back my settings. :pilotfly:

Anyone else getting stalls when trying to delete a mission from the "List of missions." It hangs and I have to restart the dedicated server program in order to clear.

 

It tends to not clear the last mission ran.

I think I've cleared it up. It appears the server doesn't like having no mission loaded, even if it's stopped. I can work around it by launching a new mission and then deleting the old one.

Freddo

Yep, worked perfectly. I'm using the Firefox browser for the Web gui and I have no problems at all. Thanks.

Is there a way to prevent the dedicated server from starting oculus and loading in VR? When I want to run a dedicated server from a computer that has a normal install of dcs and a Rift S in addition to an install of the dedicated server, the dedicated server window opens in full vertical and loads oculus software.

Hi all

Wondering if anyone had the same issue I'm having, got the dedicated server pack setup on a spare computer and i can connect to the Web GUI both locally and through the ED website but cannot join server. Every time i try to connect either through my external IP or the PC's LAN IP it just says server is offline, yet the Web GUI shows server active.

Anyone got any clues as to what might be the problem? Server PC is not running a firewall and the port forwarding has been don but that should not be an issue for local connection anyway.

You can use the option --force_disable_VR or better disable VR in the dedicated server options.

When I add the --force_disable_VR, the server only flashes then ends. Where are the dedicated server options located?

Nevermind I found options.lua inside the server config folder. For anyone else with this issue, I pasted in the following code to fix my issue.

["VR"] = {

["enable"] = false,

},