Jedi Knight 2 v1.03 Dedicated Servers
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23:59 May 7th, 2002
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Shortly before the demo (scheduled for this friday), Raven Software has released updated dedicated servers for Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast. As usual, the new release (v1.03) is available for Windows (263 KB) and Linux (565 KB), and brings compatibility with the recently issued client patch (story). Source: 3D Gamers.
Star Wars Jedi Knight II dedicated server for Win32. Version 1.03 With much gratitude to James Drews and sorting out the problems. This archive file contains: readme.txt : The file your reading now jk2ded.exe : Jedi Knight 2 win32 executable Disclaimer-Jedi Outcast Dedicated Server.doc : What you can't do Updated Binary patch 1.03: -compatible with pc point release 1.03 previous fixes: c)-empty connect msg exploit crash -dedicated console simple tab complete and one-line history b)-random server crashes -ERROR: opStack corrupted in compiled code Install instructions: -Copy jk2ded.exe into the installation folder of JK2:JO e.g. "C:Program FilesLucasArtsStar Wars JK II Jedi OutcastGameData" Running the dedicated server: -browse to the game directory -double click the executable to launch, and then type: exec server.cfg (or you may wish to create a shortcut and add +exec server.cfg to the command line.) This example used the sample file called server.cfg in the "base" directory. You should edit this file and add your own settings. By default, the server will run in "internet" play mode and advertise its presense to the master server. If you wish to have a LAN play only server, change your server config to set dedicated 1, or change the command line options to: +set dedicated 1 + exec server.cfg Notes: -The game will look in the base directory for pak and config files. Star Wars Jedi Knight II dedicated server for Linux. Version 1.03 With much gratitude to James Drews (drews@engr.wisc.edu) for compiling this and sorting out the problems. Updated Binary includes fixes for: compatible with pc point release 1.03 previous fixes: c)-empty connect msg exploit crash b)-random server crashes -ERROR: opStack corrupted in compiled code This archive file contains: readme.txt : The file your reading now jk2ded : Jedi Knight 2 linux binary Install instructions: On your linux box: -Create a directory for the game. example: mkdir /usr/local/games/jk2 -Copy the linux binary into this directory -Mark the file as executable. example: chmod a+x /usr/local/games/jk2/jk2ded -Create the 'base' directory. example: mkdir /usr/local/games/jk2/base Note, YES, it is case sensitive and the program will look for all lower case -Copy the files from the base directory of the retail CD into the base directory you just created. In particular, the assets0.pk3 and assets1.pk3 Running the dedicated server: -"cd" into the game directory (cd /usr/local/games/jk2) -Run the binary. An example is: ./jk2ded +exec server.cfg This example assumes you have created a configuration file called server.cfg and placed it into the "base" directory. By default, the server will run in "internet" play mode and advertise its presense to the master server. If you wish to have a LAN play only server, change your server config to set dedicated 1, or change the command line to be: ./jk2ded +set dedicated 1 + exec server.cfg Notes: -The game will look in the base directory or home directory of the user running the program (~/.jk2/) -If you set the logfile option to 1, the files will be stored in your user home directory in ~/.jk2/base/ -Running the jk2ded binary under FreeBSD use brandelf -t Linux /path/to/jk2/jk2ded -If you are running the server behind a NAT box, any client machine also behind that NAT box will not be able to see the server listed in the "internet" list. Switch to the local lan setting instead.

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