Creating Games....

[Guest Eric]

Can you create a game server on this?

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Eric Miller

[Guest Meinolf Weber]

Re: Creating Games....

 

Hello Eric,

 

On what???

 

Please describe what you are trying to achive on which platform with which

software. This is a bit less information.

 

Best regards

 

Meinolf Weber

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> Can you create a game server on this?

>

[Guest Florian Frommherz [MVP]]

Re: Creating Games....

 

Howdie!

 

Eric schrieb:

> Can you create a game server on this?

 

Sure. Find a game whose game is executable as a server or a server

service and run it on the box.

 

cheers,

 

Florian

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[Guest Eric]

Re: Creating Games....

 

OS: Server 2003 R2 x64

CPU: AMD x64, 300+, 2GB+ DDR 400 (will Max it to 4GB), one 320 SATA (will

Max to 4, Plus 4 nVidia SATA RAID for data protection)

 

In a nutshell, my goal is to design a game server. I want to be able to

create a large virtual world like Halo where gamers can log in and play the

game. So I need to now could I do this with Windows Server R2 x64 or x32?

 

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Eric Miller

 

 

"Florian Frommherz [MVP]" wrote:

> Howdie!

>

> Eric schrieb:

> > Can you create a game server on this?

>

> Sure. Find a game whose game is executable as a server or a server

> service and run it on the box.

>

> cheers,

>

> Florian

> --

> Microsoft MVP - Windows Server - Group Policy.

> eMail: prename [at] frickelsoft [dot] net.

> blog: http://www.frickelsoft.net/blog.

>

[Guest Florian Frommherz [MVP]]

Re: Creating Games....

 

Howdie!

 

Eric schrieb:

> OS: Server 2003 R2 x64

> CPU: AMD x64, 300+, 2GB+ DDR 400 (will Max it to 4GB), one 320 SATA (will

> Max to 4, Plus 4 nVidia SATA RAID for data protection)

>

> In a nutshell, my goal is to design a game server. I want to be able to

> create a large virtual world like Halo where gamers can log in and play the

> game. So I need to now could I do this with Windows Server R2 x64 or x32?

 

You definately need to find out what kind of software needs to be loaded

onto the server in order to let it run as a "game server".

 

I mean, there needs to be a piece of software installed that

communicates to those users who are supposed to play the game on that

server. Either the game itself running in a "dedicated mode" as I know

this from multiplayer games like Counter Strike and games of that sort.

 

I doubt there is such a dedicated server piece for halo out there as

Microsoft surely wants to serve that game on its own - but I might be

wrong with this.

 

So, the main question is: is there some sort of game serving tool out

there that you need to install on the top of Windows Server that serves

and handles the user connections and transfers the pieces of data like

the "virtual world" or other game data? If yes, you might succeed in

hosting your virtual world.

 

It's not a question of whether Windows Server is capable of doing that,

it's a question of "can you find the piece of software that handles the

game and the connections on top of Windows server?"

 

cheers,

 

Florian

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[Guest Eric Miller]

Re: Creating Games....

 

Thanks, I will research some game development systems. I did find one a

while back ago from Conitec called 3D Game Studio. I will find out more

about.

 

There located at http://www.3dgamestudio.net

 

"Florian Frommherz [MVP]" <florian@PLEASELEAVETHISOUT.frickelsoft.net> wrote

in message news:OQ$92FaWIHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> Howdie!

>

> Eric schrieb:

>> OS: Server 2003 R2 x64

>> CPU: AMD x64, 300+, 2GB+ DDR 400 (will Max it to 4GB), one 320 SATA (will

>> Max to 4, Plus 4 nVidia SATA RAID for data protection)

>>

>> In a nutshell, my goal is to design a game server. I want to be able to

>> create a large virtual world like Halo where gamers can log in and play

>> the game. So I need to now could I do this with Windows Server R2 x64 or

>> x32?

>

> You definately need to find out what kind of software needs to be loaded

> onto the server in order to let it run as a "game server".

>

> I mean, there needs to be a piece of software installed that communicates

> to those users who are supposed to play the game on that server. Either

> the game itself running in a "dedicated mode" as I know this from

> multiplayer games like Counter Strike and games of that sort.

>

> I doubt there is such a dedicated server piece for halo out there as

> Microsoft surely wants to serve that game on its own - but I might be

> wrong with this.

>

> So, the main question is: is there some sort of game serving tool out

> there that you need to install on the top of Windows Server that serves

> and handles the user connections and transfers the pieces of data like the

> "virtual world" or other game data? If yes, you might succeed in hosting

> your virtual world.

>

> It's not a question of whether Windows Server is capable of doing that,

> it's a question of "can you find the piece of software that handles the

> game and the connections on top of Windows server?"

>

> cheers,

>

> Florian

> --

> Microsoft MVP - Windows Server - Group Policy.

> eMail: prename [at] frickelsoft [dot] net.

> blog: http://www.frickelsoft.net/blog.