fftocool Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 I'm interested in hosting a server or shard myself...how would I go about doing that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperstrike Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Get your hands on the code. Rent or build a virtual host beefy enough to handle multiple virtual client machines. Set the software up. What specific endpoint are you trying to achieve? 1 If you want to be godlike, pick anything. If you want to be GOD, pick a TANK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fftocool Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 first, getting my hands on the code Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironblade Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 It shouldn't be too hard to find. It was super easy back when it first dropped. I grabbed a copy back in April 2019 in case I ever had a use for it. Haven't even decompressed it yet. Originally on Infinity. I have Ironblade on every shard. - My only AE arc: The Origin of Mark IV (ID 48002) Link to the story of Toggle Man, since I keep having to track down my original post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperPlyx Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Good starting point would be: OuroDev and the OuroDevWiki Believe you will need to talk to someone on their Discord channel to join the Git to be able to download files. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperstrike Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 13 hours ago, fftocool said: first, getting my hands on the code No. Not your starting point. What is the end point of running your own server setup? 1 If you want to be godlike, pick anything. If you want to be GOD, pick a TANK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snarky Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 It's funny. If I were to hit one of the big lottery jackpots...you know 1/2 billion USD I would buy a mansion. Couple cars. Would I want my own server for CoH? Nope. Might volunteer to donate stuff to the current Dev team. Even if money could pry the rights away from certain people, I would want a team....pretty much exactly like the team we have running things. Mostly low key, conservative, thoughtful decisions and changes. Although changing Invulnerability's T9 crash and fixing SS Rage would be great to see. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hew Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 If I had won the lottery, id pay off the house, the car, update/fix the house, and continue working. Yep, continue working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greycat Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 39 minutes ago, Hew said: If I had won the lottery, id pay off the house, the car, update/fix the house, and continue working. Yep, continue working. ... you know, I have "stages" of "would I work if I won the lottery." 1-5 million - yes. Taxes take a chunk, pay everything off, nice house, car, etc. Work because I enjoy it, not because I have to. 6-... 30-ish million - Retire. Travel. Do stuff. Take care of siblings/etc. Any "work" would be projects I want to do - researching specific aircraft or events, that sort of thing. Over that? I'd end up working because I'd be starting businesses and such. Stuff that could be fun for myself and others, screw profitable, I'll be dead in the next 30 years anyway and I can't take it with me. 2 Primarily on Everlasting. Squid afficionado. Former creator of Copypastas. General smartalec. I tried to combine Circle and DE, but all I got were garden variety evil mages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraspingVileTerror Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 This discussion is skewed heavily for me due to Canada not taxing lottery winnings the way you u.s. folks would have to contend with, but yeah. 1 million? Buy a home, pay off debts, continue working. 5 million? Do the above and take more time off work to travel and have personal fun times; could make it last a good, long while. 70 million? Launch that indie dev studio I've been dreaming of for years! But, uh, yeah. OuroDev is a great place to start. Go there. Read up. Learn all that you need to know (or at least as much of that as you can, since there are still some gaps in the info there). THEN determine which server model actually makes sense for your intended operations. Then then do the necessary work to get things running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shenanigunner Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Greycat said: ... you know, I have "stages" of "would I work if I won the lottery." Which is really the wrong question overall, but nevermind, here. UPDATED: v4.15 Technical Guide (post 27p7)... 154 pages of comprehensive and validated info on on the nuts and bolts!ALSO: GABS Bindfile · WindowScaler · Teleport Guide · and City of Zeroes all at www.Shenanigunner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Z Bubba Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 6 hours ago, Hew said: If I had won the lottery, id pay off the house, the car, update/fix the house, and continue working. Yep, continue working. I quit my system analyst gig at the end of April and have found temporary retirement to be absolutely wonderful. Quite frankly, I plan to continue it well into 2022. As for having my own shard, I'd love it if those smarter than me would set up a package installation for a single player (or something ridiculously small like 5 concurrent players) so that I could have the entire thing on a single beefy-ish server just in case something goes awry with Homecoming. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snarky Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 7 hours ago, Hew said: If I had won the lottery, id pay off the house, the car, update/fix the house, and continue working. Yep, continue working. Sick sick man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glacier Peak Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 3 hours ago, Bill Z Bubba said: I quit my system analyst gig at the end of April and have found temporary retirement to be absolutely wonderful. Quite frankly, I plan to continue it well into 2022. As for having my own shard, I'd love it if those smarter than me would set up a package installation for a single player (or something ridiculously small like 5 concurrent players) so that I could have the entire thing on a single beefy-ish server just in case something goes awry with Homecoming. I'm not a tech wizard, but I was playing on my own server before I found Homecoming. You can run your own with very minimal resource requirements through a virtual machine. Like a few gigs of ram and CPU usage. 3 Pocket D Zone Tour Best Post Ever.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperstrike Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 As for pay off debts. That, right there, is the largest benefit of ANY of winning an amount of money. Being debt-free gives you SO many options it's not even funny. A couple mil? I'd continue working. I'd simply move to a more flexible schedule. My bosses love me. And they're gamers to boot. The first year I worked for them. Quote Boss: You're going to GenCon this year. Right? Me: I dunno. My finances are pretty low after taking a year off. And I haven't really built up any vacation time... Boss: You're GOING TO GEN CON THIS YEAR. RIIIIIGHT? *ELBOW* </I Wasn't ASKING> Me: Uh. Yes? Boss: GOOD! Also, this was the year they let me go to Origins at LITERALLY *after* the last minute... So being flexible actually works well for all of us. I honestly don't WANT to retire until I absolutely HAVE TO. Mainly because the #1 killer of retired people is retirement (idleness) itself. That year off I mentioned was when I left my nursing job and finally moved into IT full time. It was nice for a few weeks. After that, I was ready to take a gas station job. Just to have something to do! 2 If you want to be godlike, pick anything. If you want to be GOD, pick a TANK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ukase Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 On 6/26/2021 at 8:56 AM, Hew said: If I had won the lottery, id pay off the house, the car, update/fix the house, and continue working. Yep, continue working. I love thinking about "If" some days. I don't owe any money to anyone that I can think of...so I'd probably hire a chef and a personal trainer, and get a 1 man shell (row-boat for those not into that kind of thing) and a vehicle suitable for lugging it around to suitable waters. I would set up a college fund for my grand-daughter, of course. And maybe remodel the house I'm in. Not sure if I'd service the car I have (overdue a bit) or just buy another. The newer cars scare me with keys that cost more than a six-pack, and you apparently don't need them to start the car, you just mash a button. Would be a fun problem to have, though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenosone Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 Youll need multiple toasters seriesd together for that authentic 2004 experience. After that, a 56k baud modem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fftocool Posted June 30, 2021 Author Share Posted June 30, 2021 On 6/26/2021 at 5:28 AM, Hyperstrike said: No. Not your starting point. What is the end point of running your own server setup? To host my own server... mainly for my own amusement and that of a few friends.... not for the masses as of yet. But I need to get my hands of the server itself....ouro website is gone so where can I get the server? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fftocool Posted June 30, 2021 Author Share Posted June 30, 2021 The topic is where and/or how to get the server files so I can host my own server....not a topic of what you would do if you were rich. 1 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperPlyx Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 40 minutes ago, fftocool said: But I need to get my hands of the server itself....ouro website is gone so where can I get the server? What do you mean it's gone ? I linked to the site and just checked and they work fine?.....did you even read your own thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outrider_01 Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 8 hours ago, fftocool said: The topic is where and/or how to get the server files so I can host my own server....not a topic of what you would do if you were rich. Yeah, but if you were rich you could get the free code and hire some devs to make your own personal Paragon City into how you envision it....with out doing it yourself! 1 "Farming is just more fun in my opinion, beating up hordes of angry cosplayers...." - Coyotedancer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperstrike Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Outrider_01 said: Yeah, but if you were rich you could get the free code and hire some devs to make your own personal Paragon City into how you envision it....with out doing it yourself! Actually, setting up a server rig for this sort of thing can actually be done rather inexpensively with a LOT of power. You can pick up NEW tray CPUs, 14 cores, for $400. (Xeon 7940X). Depending on when you buy, you could get up to an 18 core 1980XE. An X299 board for the thing is about $200-400. Throw 64GB of RAM and a decent SSD into the thing, and you have a perfectly acceptable virtual host. If you want to be godlike, pick anything. If you want to be GOD, pick a TANK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 In case you missed the post by SuperPlyx (surprisingly buried beneath the unending shitposts from the usual suspects): Check out the ourodev-wiki. If you have a fairly modern PC, you should be able to run a small server by yourself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Z Bubba Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 4 hours ago, Glorious said: In case you missed the post by SuperPlyx (surprisingly buried beneath the unending shitposts from the usual suspects): Check out the ourodev-wiki. If you have a fairly modern PC, you should be able to run a small server by yourself. Saved. Very cool and thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snarky Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 (edited) 16 hours ago, fftocool said: The topic is where and/or how to get the server files so I can host my own server....not a topic of what you would do if you were rich. this is why i need to write. my ideas provoke reactions. sometimes....interesting ones. but it is reacting that you can tell there is a relation to the material and evocation of response you know you got...something. but basically i was not posting about getting rich. i was saying "why bother? this is what i wanted." so....WHY do you want a server for CoH/V? edit: i see you did somewhat post a response. for amusement, then some nebulous future thing you are "not ready for' yet. i cannot speak to your underlying motives. i can only read my own (art is what something evokes from inside us) i see a fear of this going away. but, a lone server playing CoV as a solo console game. sigh. the chaos of being in the game with dozens/hundreds/thousands of self absorbed super heroes/villains/rogues/vigilantes....priceless. i mean, i would have killed to have CoV console during the dark years. But CoH/V Homecoming....the gang back together? that is where it is at. Edited July 1, 2021 by Snarky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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