{"id":361,"date":"2008-04-29T07:30:29","date_gmt":"2008-04-29T14:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ryanorser.com\/?p=361"},"modified":"2008-04-29T07:30:29","modified_gmt":"2008-04-29T14:30:29","slug":"how-to-create-a-wesnoth-game-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ryanorser.com\/index.php\/2008\/04\/29\/how-to-create-a-wesnoth-game-server\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create a wesnoth game server"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These instructions are brought to you by: Ryan Orsers&#8217; Networking class. As usual I take no responsibility for anything that may or may not go wrong. This is entirely up to you.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;!&#8211; \t\t@page { size: 21.59cm 27.94cm; margin: 2cm } \t\tP { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } \t&#8211;&gt;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\" align=\"center\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>How to install Battle For Wesnoth Server<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">These are the neccessary procedures on how to install &#8216;Battle for Wesnoth&#8217; game server for a Linux operating system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">Step 1: Have a Debian-based Linux Distribution installed on the computer you will use as the server,<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">set up the internet and confirm it is functioning properly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">Step 2: Go to System -&gt; Administration -&gt; Synaptic Package Manager.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">Search \u201cWesnoth\u201d, right click on Wesnoth when the search is completed, then left click on \t<strong>Install<\/strong>. After that, click <strong>Apply<\/strong>, and then <strong>Apply<\/strong><span> again<\/span>, then wait for a few minutes until the \tinstallation of Battle for Wesnoth is complete.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">Step 3: Play Battle for Wesnoth a couple times to understand the basics of the game. After, if you \tconfirmed you like the game, continue reading on how to set up a game server if you are \tinterested. If not, stop reading and leave.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">Step 4: To install wesnoth server go to System -&gt; Administration -&gt; Synaptic Package Manager.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">Then go to Search \u201cwesnoth-server\u201d, right click on the \u201cwesnoth-server\u201d, left click <strong>Install<\/strong>,<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">click <strong>Apply <\/strong>and click <strong>Apply<\/strong> again. Now you have the application necessary for setting up an \toperating Wesnoth server installed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">Step 5: To start your wesnoth server: press alt+f2 to bring up the Run Application widnow. In the \twindow, type in &#8216;g<span>nome-terminal&#8217;<\/span>, then click <strong>Run<\/strong>. In the gnome terminal, type in the \tcommnand: <em>sudo \/etc\/init.d\/wesnoth-server start<\/em><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"> (sudo will ask you to input in your password. If \tyou do not, this will not run successfully.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal;\">Step 6: Test if the server is running properly by connecting to the server from another computer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal;\">(Start Wesnoth -&gt; Click <strong>Multiplayer<\/strong><span> -&gt; Click <\/span><strong>Connect to Host\/Server<\/strong><span> -&gt; Type in the<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal;\"><span> IP address of the Wesnoth server in the Connect to Host box -&gt; Click <\/span><strong>Ok<\/strong><span>.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal;\">If you cannot connect to the server, confirm you have typed in the correct IP Address. If you still \tcannot connect, start over from step 4.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal;\">Step 7: The server is up and running. You may now give the IP address out to other people who are \tinterested in or are already playing Battle for Wesnoth so that they can join your server.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These instructions are brought to you by: Ryan Orsers&#8217; Networking class. As usual I take no responsibility for anything that may or may not go wrong. 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