Linux server

[VRocker 6]

Hello,

I have recently set up a DayZ server on a windows box and applied for an instance ID (which i am still waiting for, 4 days later) but I was wondering what the chances of having a linux server is?

Many people would prefer to have a linux capable version and i was wondering why DayZ can't have one at the moment? I heard mentioned somewhere that it is due to the HiveEXT.dll, is it just due to that? If so, why not spend a few minutes porting it :)

Of course porting the dll would depend on whether or not the arma2 linux server can load .so files but i'm assuming it can. I would be happy to assist in porting it if the DayZ team has no linux programmers as i have ported quite a few things to linux previously.

It would be very good to have a linux capable server as there would be more resources available to the DayZ server itself, as well as being cheaper to host.

Edited August 20, 2012 by VRocker

[Orcworm 18]

Currently it runs fine with WINE though I'm hoping there'll be something proper come the standalone release.

[facoptere 180]

There is no technical limitations, it is working well with WINE (for example)

You can PM me your e-mail and I will give you the Howto.

[VRocker 6]

I was thinking more without using WINE since its not an ideal solution. I'm currently working on something to see if dayz servers will run on linux with a .so that mimics the hiveext.dll to see if it will work.

I will let you know my findings :)

[VRocker 6]

So it seems that the linux arma2 server doesn't load .so files :(

After some investigation i found the callExtension function in the script files does nothing. I'm assuming the module load stuff is wrapped in #ifdef _WIN32 tags but with no alternative for linux. If it wasnt for the dll and lack of loading for .so DayZ would work fine on linux it seems, as it does everything it should until it needs data from the hive.

I think its time for the DayZ team to slap the ARMA2 dev team to add extensions to linux! The calls required are already half there such as dlopen, dlsym etc as its used in battleye so it shouldn't be too hard to plonk in the script stuff :)

[salvadore 0]

I can only second this!

[crckdns 1]

it _does_ load/use .so files~~

guess what is inside of my ArmA2 Linux Beta folder /installs/arma2/expansion/battleye ?

yep, a beserver.so :)

[VRocker 6]

Yes it loads battleye .so files but not custom ones. In the executable there are only 2 calls to dlopen which are both for Battleye. Under the callExtension function handler it is pretty much empty, it looks like it parses the arguments then returns where the windows one starts opening the DLL.

It would be relatively simple for the Arma2 devs to add linux module loading for scripts but when/if they do is the big question

[domistyle 221]

+1 for linux support.

Atleast for the standalone it's a must.

Can live wth Wine meanwhile.

[DeanReid 0]

I know this post is a bit old but...

 

https://github.com/denisio/Dayz-Linux-Server