rev_grml4ds : linux l4d&l4d2 servers live dvdroms

[sixcentgeorge]

GrmL4D and GrmL4D2 are two live-linux dvdrom having size of 2,5 and 3 Go . they permit to start a linux server for

L4Ds by simply typing :
cd l4d or left4dead2
./srcds_run
that starts a lan server with default map . both have metamod and source mod installed and running .

it is possible to select option copy in ram at boot with both GrmL4D and GrmL4D2 . it requires 4 Go of ram , if you let it boot then server needs only 256 Mo or more

i posted files for players , there is one for the config settings that are matching those of servers

player_cfg_4_grml4d.7z :

the others are the campaigns i added to the servers .

for left4dead it is grml4d_addons_vpk_l4d_up1.7z

6 campaigns
deadcity.vpk
dthbrd7.vpk
silenthill.vpk
suicideblitz.vpk
viennacalling_1_1.vpk
city17 v2.5.vpk





for left4dead2 it is grml4d2_addons_vpk_l4d2_up1.7z


it is all campaigns adapted from L4D and
city17l4d2
deadcity2
death_aboard_ii_v1
detourahead_6
l4d2_diescraper_b11_8
Welcome to Hell

the servers and players files are in this folder for GrmL4D :

http://www.megaupload.com/?f=0BBEVYFH


in this one for GrmL4D2 :

http://www.megaupload.com/?f=2A8KON7J

to browse and edit the files , there is mc : Midnight Commander . you can launch it like mc --edit=server.cfg if you do not like the linked editor vi

i added a bootable iso : GRML_no_L4D.iso in the folders , it can be used to launch the server from a cdrom if a

hard-drive is having the folders conf and live from the GrmL4Ds iso .
it can be usefull as the hard-drive or usb-stick is faster than dvdrom .



big thanks to all from here or old forums that made it possible ;']

[ARU.]

Niice man...

[sixcentgeorge]

have fun testing them ;']

[sixcentgeorge]

i made an updated iso for l4d2 that loads in ram without problems , files are GRML2_upd1 .
i removed nearly 1 Go of wav files : 650 Mo wav from left4dead2_dlc1 and 211 Mo of wav from the vpks of campaigns plus the windows dlls .
so there is no longer any problem with computers having 4Go of ram of more . happy 4 th of july l4d2 ;']

[ChrisTX]

Doesn't this take a terrible amount of RAM? Also, what distro did you build those on?

[sixcentgeorge]

i made an updated iso for l4d2 : files are GRML2_up2 .
to answer you ChrisTX : i use GRML small in the 64 bit release
the website is : http://grml.org/ and some info about the version i use : http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml64-small-2010.04/
basically it uses 4 Go of ram . about 2,5 to load the file and servers have the rest : 1.5 Go that seems largely enough . the windows dedicated server uses 250 Mo per server , usually linux one's takes less ; it should be possible to have three or four servers using screen .
i did not tested using the fork system valve made but it should be very impressive compared to classical servers using hard-drives .
i will make the files so servers will start versus and others gameplay modes in a future release , may be some have the configs already ?

luckily it seems i found a perfect computer to be server : a hp touchpro , it has a i5 [ dual core with ht = four cpu ] and 4 Go of ram . it has a system that the screen can be connected using HDMI . so i will use it as the third screen of my ati hd5k and as my server .
i will show some photos when i will have reorganized my desk to install it , actually it is near my bed , being used as a htpc ;']

[ChrisTX]

the windows dedicated server uses 250 Mo per server , usually linux one's takes less ;

The Windows dedicated server is horrible! And yes, for some reason it takes up a lot of RAM. ( but that's not it's only flaw, ie. you can't run it as service and so on )

However, I am not sure whether a life DVD is the best mean of distrobution. Since a hard install should be by far faster, it might be a better way to distribute an automated install package for some lightweight distro. ArchLinux for instance for AUR ( http://aur.archlinux.org/ ) where you could put in a bash script which in turn would allow unattended installation. I imagine that to be easier and takeup less RAM.

But of course, this is up to you. Great idea anyways.

[sixcentgeorge]

if you had took time too read you would have seen that server can be started with 2 folders on a hard-disk formated fat 32 or ntfs . i provided a 23 Mo iso for that .........
if you do not use the copy in ram option then server can run with a 256 - 512 Mo ram pc

by the way in all case my server is the faster on earth whenever you copy in ram or not , it is also the most easy to set up and use

[sixcentgeorge]

there is big addons update for Grml4d2 and city17 added to Grml4d