Starting a Takistan Life server

[Stimo]

Hi I am looking at starting a Takistan Life server have no idea where to start. Would appreciate if someone could take a few minutes to list some steps to set me off in the right direction?

Thanks.

[dale]

You need a dedicated server

Then you need permission off the Takistan Life mission makers to host their mission (they defend this stuff)

Then read this http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/A...dicated_Server

Then once you've done that go here http://forums.bistudio.com/forumdisp...Administration

Because that place is where you should've asked the question ^^^^^^^^^^

[Foxhound]

Thread moved.

[MinnyMausGG]

I ran one for a couple of days and boy was it a headache. I'm leaving mine off till I can figure out a way to deal with hackers :/ As for permission I believe the guy said you can by all means. Also when you start up Takistan Life mod it says it right as you load that you may copy the mission file.

[MavericK96]

I'm not sure if it was Takistan or maybe Zarga/Cherno Life, but I tried running one of these awhile back and it didn't work properly with just the mission file. All of the scripting/special features were missing. I couldn't find any information anywhere on how to run it, and it seemed like it was locked down by the Life creators.

[Zumbi]

Sorry to bring up an old thread, I just wanted to clarify something.

Then you need permission off the Takistan Life mission makers to host their mission (they defend this stuff)

Not from us, no one needs permission to borrow a mod that dozens of different people have worked on.

I'm not sure if it was Takistan or maybe Zarga/Cherno Life, but I tried running one of these awhile back and it didn't work properly with just the mission file. All of the scripting/special features were missing. I couldn't find any information anywhere on how to run it, and it seemed like it was locked down by the Life creators.

With Takistan Life: Revolution we put all the serverside files in the PBO itself so anyone can start a server (thanks eddieck for the suggestion), and we do not claim to have copyrighted our work; I believe that would be a violation of the EULA.

Only an ignoramus could claim the "Life" mission code as their own when much of it dates back to earlier versions of the mod from ArmA 1 or even OFP. If it weren't for all the clannish protectionism, all the effort that's been wasted on locking down various forks of the old Life mission and making it hard for other people to host it on their servers, the mission might be much better developed by now, maybe even celebrated like DayZ instead of derided by most ArmA 2 players.

[eddieck]

With Takistan Life: Revolution we put all the serverside files in the PBO itself so anyone can start a server (thanks eddieck for the suggestion), and we do not claim to have copyrighted our work; I believe that would be a violation of the EULA.

I'm glad this is now the trend, at least for OA life servers.

[Looter]

Sorry to bring up an old thread, I just wanted to clarify something.


Not from us, no one needs permission to borrow a mod that dozens of different people have worked on.


With Takistan Life: Revolution we put all the serverside files in the PBO itself so anyone can start a server (thanks eddieck for the suggestion), and we do not claim to have copyrighted our work; I believe that would be a violation of the EULA.

Only an ignoramus could claim the "Life" mission code as their own when much of it dates back to earlier versions of the mod from ArmA 1 or even OFP. If it weren't for all the clannish protectionism, all the effort that's been wasted on locking down various forks of the old Life mission and making it hard for other people to host it on their servers, the mission might be much better developed by now, maybe even celebrated like DayZ instead of derided by most ArmA 2 players.

I must be lucky, I was just wondering about permission issues with the mission as I am about to put up a Takistani Life server as well, so thanks for updating everyone. I remembered the mission really just being an evolved form of the OFP/ArmA1 variants but didn't know if any significant things had changed in how you go about hosting it.

[humbleuk]

Bumping as this seems like a thread i am looking for.

Does anyone know of a way i can save peoples progress, i would like persistence after reboots.
If anyone could link me to information i'd be grateful.

It seems really hard to get much info from google about the mod, which is strange because it's very popular.

[Avacus]

A friend and I have been at this for hours. We just got a server and we were hoping to run Takistan Life on it. Yet we cannot figure out how to get it installed onto our dedicated server. If anyone can help us the help would be much appreciated. We've tried to look for the files and everything but to no avail.