Operation Flashpoint: Resistance - Linux Standalone Server 1.85b ================================================================ Copyrigt (c) 2002 Bohemia Interactive Studio and Codemasters. All rights reserved. Installation instructions: ========================== 1. Following programs must have been installed on your Linux-box: uudecode, gunzip, gcc. Optional: md5sum (for setup integrity check) 2. Copy the whole "OperationFlashpoint" directory from Windows to some Linux-directory (OFP). DON'T DO ANY DATA CONVERSIONS (even "dos2unix" translation of text files is not necessary). Example: you can use PKZIP (WinZip, PowerArchiver, etc.) on Windows and "unzip" on Linux. Don't use upper case letters in the OFP directory name (/home/bob/ofp will be good, /home/bob/OperationFlashpoint may cause some troubles). OFP directory should contain subdirectories "Addons", "Bin", "Campaigns", etc. 3. Copy the "server-x.xx.shar.gz" (x.xx is version number) file into the OFP directory. Unpack and install it with commands: ofp$ gunzip server-x.xx.shar.gz ofp$ sh server-x.xx.shar Watch the messages - they will inform you whether your installation is successful. 4. Dedicated server can be started in foreground: ofp$ ./server Or in background: ofp$ nohup ./server > out.txt 2> err.txt & [1] 5. Running server can be stopped by pressing CTRL+C (foreground) or by executing: $ kill -s SIGINT Where is process-id of mother server thread (printed out in "nohup" command).