Server hosting guide! - Garry's Mod

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You should include the tutorial to the SVN :D Nicely done.

Nice guide, like all the hundreds of others on facepunch [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Extended - Trolling" - UberMensch))[/highlight]

[QUOTE=SourceServers;14438816]Nice guide, like all the hundreds of others on facepunch[/QUOTE] Link or it didn't happen.

He's just being himself. Just ignore him.

[url]http://ipcake.com/[/url] - easier way to get IP.

[QUOTE=brocko;14440307][url]http://ipcake.com/[/url] - easier way to get IP.[/QUOTE] Thanks, I was looking for that one.

Great thread, very informational.

Agreed.

Awesome guide! You should still put a guide for Dedicated hosting. Cause right now I'm only about 75% sure of how to set it up.

[QUOTE=Volcom13;14447303]Awesome guide! You should still put a guide for Dedicated hosting. Cause right now I'm only about 75% sure of how to set it up.[/QUOTE] By dedicated I mean buying/renting an entire server and using that to run your game server.

[QUOTE=compwhizii;14447385]By dedicated I mean buying/renting an entire server and using that to run your game server.[/QUOTE] Including instructions on how to create a dedi server from scratch would be very handy.

[QUOTE=UberMensch;14449296]Including instructions on how to create a dedi server from scratch would be very handy.[/QUOTE] Sounds like a good idea.

This is a good resource for people looking on how to setup/buy their servers, thanks for this :3

My friends say they can't find my server on the list? Help please. How do I forward my ports?

OP needs a guide about opening ports in firewalls [QUOTE=Zamby;14545115]My friends say they can't find my server on the list? Help please. How do I forward my ports?[/QUOTE] have you opened for port 27015 in your firewall and router, both tcp and udp?? there's a guide in the OP about opening ports for specific routers: [QUOTE=compwhizii;14437751] [*][url]http://portforward.com/[/url] - Website for forwarding ports on your router, select your router then Half Life 2 Steam Server.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Mingeinabag;14546807]OP needs a guide about opening ports in firewalls[/QUOTE] Sounds like a good idea (ba-bump)

Yeah i was about to ask.

Great guide compwhizii, it will help the rookies. I was colocating but decided against it since I was using less then 5Mbps upload 99.9% of the time and for the cost I could get a business connection with a static IP at home for around the same price. 20/5Mbps.

Nice guide. I've used xenon before and its pretty laggy although cheap. I found Fragforge.com To be the best although somewhat pricey.

I'm going to bump this again as the info in it still applies.

ka-pow

why dosent a moderator just sticky this?

Because if we make too many stickies, someone comes along and unstickies them, regardless of their usefulness. Besides, most people should be capable of searching for "server hosting guide". People who aren't capable of this usually get banned.

Also, people never read stickies. It's better if it just jumps around the first couple of pages.

[QUOTE=UberMensch;16585490]Because if we make too many stickies, someone comes along and unstickies them, regardless of their usefulness. Besides, most people should be capable of searching for "server hosting guide". People who aren't capable of this usually get banned.[/QUOTE] True, but there are only 2 stickyed topics as of now, but I do see your point. Wonder if he could put this up on the Wiki?

Ughhh not the wiki.

I don't get when renting a server why there are debranding and unprivate costs. I rented a server from Invision Gaming which is supposed to be £1.37 a slot. But all you do is make it branded (-£3) and private (-£3). Then once you have access to the server, you can just change the name and take off the password straight away. Completely retarded and knocks it down to around 70p a slot. I wish e-frag gaming would host GMod servers, but they say they need the linux binaries or something before they'll even think about hosting GMod servers.

[QUOTE=The DooD;16605214]I don't get when renting a server why there are debranding and unprivate costs.[/QUOTE] Any host that does that I generally stay far away from.

I can't believe hosts would do that unless their prices were really low.