Ghosts Canada Server - ArmA3

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  1. ShelledPants

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    //MESSAGE APRIL 15 2015//
    CURRENT SERVER STATUS: Ghost Asymmetrical Warfare
    //END OF MESSAGE//


    //REQUIRED SERVER MODS//
    CBA_A3 RC6: http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=18767 (UPDATED April 9)
    ALiVE 0.9.7: http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=23684 (UPDATED April 9)
    AllInArmaTerrainPack: http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=26682
    RHS: Escalation 3.6: http://www.rhsmods.org/downloads (USE THIS METHOD)
    Leight's OpFor Pack: http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=27353
    AGM 0.95.3 - http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?178253-Authentic-Gameplay-Modification
    USAF - http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?176720-United-States-Air-Force
    //MOD SIZE TOTAL ~ = 13GB//

    //ALTERNATE AIA TP DOWNLOAD//
    AllInArmaTerrainPack- Torrent: http://gameupdates.org/details.php?id=6023
    AllInArmaTerrainPack- MEGA: https://mega.co.nz/#!o0IAyT4D!endrfp5rd_4e3BnI_VPMOHANU59GO0KKC-0Ar7-AnX4

    //ALTERNATE DOWNLOAD END//

    //OPTIONAL SERVER MODS//
    JSRS2.2: http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=22150
    (or)
    JSRS3 RC4: http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=27827
    ShackTacHud: http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=9936
    Blastcore-A3-Phoenix: http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=23899
    //OP MOD SIZE TOTAL ~ = 2.5GB//


    //GAMEPLAY NOTES//
    Rebind User Key #20 - This is the key that allows you to see the ALiVE menu.
    To call Transport, CAS, Artillery, you MUST have a Laser Designator equipt.

    Press ESC and check the AGM keybinds (Top Left of ESC menu). Inventory Menu and Inventory Menu (SELF) are VERY important for interaction within AGM. Placing explosive, performing medical aid, arresting civilians, are all done in this system.
    //NOTES END//

    //KNOWN ISSUES//
    There is a dialog box prompt upon respawn. Click ok and continue.
    //ISSUES END//


    Current estimated player count. 32 players.

    SERVER INFORMATION

    Ghosts Canada || Private Server
    74.91.112.107:2302
    Pass: casper

    2 Core
    5GB Ram
    20GB SSD
    200GB RAID
    8TB Bandwidth
    Estimated 500Mbs Down / 300Mbs Up

    Current Costs: $44.97 USD

    //DONATION LINK//
    https://www.nfoservers.com/donate.pl?force_recipient=1&recipient=thomashollis@gmail.com
    //END OF DONATION LINK//


    Donations are NOT REQUIRED. They are part of the NFOServer system and will only be used for server funds. Eg. I cannot pocket the funds.

    In the future donations will grant you white listing on the server and other benefits, such as being a close friend of mine, on a month to month basis.

    Current Gameplay Plans:
    - An RHS: Escalation ALiVE CooP Server. (Currently Up and Running)
    - A BootCamp Server for Training with the RHS / ALiVE systems. (Available upon demand)


    The goal being to run one at a time for the purposes of the ArmA3 playerbase here on The Skjaldborg and The Ghosts.

    More information to follow.

    EDIT: Updated front page with relevant server information.
     
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    Flessar Well Liked Viking

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    Cant download the map pack. It stalls after roughly 35min, and refuses to restart after that. Is there a way to get it via a different method?
     
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    MostlyHarmless Master of Recruits Staff Member Jarl SC Huscarl

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    Once you get play with 6 up and running it's hard to beat for keeping mods updated.
     
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    I'm working on that tonight. I don't like trying new things but it seems to be a good system for making sure mods are up to date.
     
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    Threw a 10 sheet at the server! Looking forward to more fun times.
     
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    Install Six. Make sure it sees ARMA. Search for the "Ghost insurgency" server. Right-click ->Create collection from server mods. Wait. Launch.

    I'm a little embarrassed I had so much trouble getting it working back in the day.
     
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    Question, does the current ALiVE server support MCC in case we want to set up some missions within that map and/or create an Arsenal box for custom loadouts?
     
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    Aspius Well Liked Hirdman

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    I dont know anything about MCC but an Arsenal box is allready there
     
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    Sweet. I should have figured there would be one but I haven't checked out the server yet. Will try to do so this week.
     
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    So. Bad news. 1.42 (MARKSMEN DLC!!!) patch kinda fucked the server. I don't know why.

    I may have to reinstall everything (which is kind of a pain in the ass). I am currently tied up the next week and a half with school, finishing up. Then this will have my full attention. I will try to work on the server with the little free time I have available until then.

    To those that have donated, thank you very much, it's making this growing pain a lot easier to stomach.
     
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    That would explain why I couldn't connect last night. No worries, get your life things done first and thanks for taking time to keep this going for us.
     
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    Ok. I have a little free time tonight and Friday. I will be performing a system rollback/update which utilizes better performance for ArmA3.

    4Core to 2Core CPU
    5GB Ram (Might be able to shave this to 4GB, running out of ram is no fun though).
    200GB HD
    20GB SSD
    8TB Bandwidth.

    Savings? 0.01USD

    The reason I'm doing this is so I can perform easier rollbacks for the server, keeping the Steam/ArmA install on the SSD and having the ability to reinstall Windows 2008 Server on the main RAID.

    Luckily, armaserver.exe only utilizes 1 core while in use, so 2 cores (should) be enough, so long as I don't use Headless Clients for AI, (something I will tinker with in the coming months.)

    On another note:

    ACE3 and Alive 0.9.3 were released today. If I can get the server (vanilla) up and running tonight, I will look at a custom mission using Alive's new Asymmetrical Warfare package, and add a civilian population to the server. This means not everyone is a bad dude, and increasingly killing civies means more IEDs and Suicide Bombers (persons, and vehicle borne).

    Goals for APRIL:
    - Get vanilla server up and running. [DONE]
    - Get Alive 0.9.3 up and running. [DONE]
    - Get RHS / Alive 0.9.3 up and running [DONE]
    - Get RHS / Alive 0.9.3 / ACE3 up and running. [In Progress]

    EDIT: Yeah, you fucking love me.

    Goals for JUNE:
    - Get armaserver.exe -autoInit running as a service with FireDaemon.

    I'll also be using this space as a journal for working on the server. In my last profession I did main server (physical) installations, but this is my first time managing a server's software and user base. So it's an interesting learning curve for me.
     
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    Server is UP! Same as before, new Alive Client.

    Currently using ALiVE 0.9.3. UPDATE YOUR CLIENT.

    UPDATE CBA_A3 to RC6. It was released today.
     
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    MostlyHarmless Master of Recruits Staff Member Jarl SC Huscarl

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    Awesome server is awesome. Sorry I couldn't stick around as you logged on but I've got to hit the bed. Will definitely be having fun with this.
     
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    I saw it last night briefly, but I do not see the server today in the Six server list. I have not tried the in game yet.
     
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    Never mind, now it is there.
     
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    But I cant join it.
     
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    What error are you getting? I noticed that I had to disable the Dragonfyre sound mod to log on but other than that I didn't have any issues last night.