Bug 45626 – Ebuild request for UT2K4 Dedicated Server (3186)

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Davin Boling 2004-03-24 11:06:29 UTC]

Epic provides a free download for the UT2K4 dedicated server for Linux. This package is similar in nature to nwn-ded; while not providing a playable copy of the game, it allows a person who may or may not own the game to run a server that other players can then use.

I've experienced some difficulty in getting this to run correctly. Persons working on an ebuild for this package are more than welcome to ask me for assistance, but I'm unsure as to whether my problems are specific to my machine setup or otherwise. I can probably offer some insight however. (I just haven't read into the ebuild spec to be comfortable enough with writing my own ones yet)

Of additional note is the following message, which should probably be displayed upon the conclusion of the merge. (In summary, a generated key is needed to run a server that will be listed on the public matchlist, but if one intends to run a private server no such key is needed.)

Quoting:
"These files allow anyone to run a dedicated UT2004 server, even if they do not own a retail copy of UT2004. Once installed, it will occupy around 2.0 GB of disk space, significantly smaller than the 5.5GB required for a retail installation. Server admins wanting to advertise their server to the official master server list, and be included in UT2004 stats will require a dedicated server key. Go to http://unreal.epicgames.com/ut2004server/cdkey.php to generate a dedicated server key."

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

[Comment 1 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2004-03-29 10:31:32 UTC]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 46057 ***

[Comment 2 Mr. Bones. (RETIRED) 2005-05-19 09:06:30 UTC]

Closing to clean up after bugzilla upgrade.  reopen if closed in error.  Thanks.

[Comment 3 Mr. Bones. (RETIRED) 2011-09-14 20:39:04 UTC]

clean up bug list after bugzilla update