How to REALLY get the Brink dedicated server

(Lokalen) #1

The sticky How to get the Brink dedicated server (http://www.splashdamage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24755) describes how you install the server using the Steam client. Most server administators, like me, don’t want to install this program in a controlled environment and would rather just distribute the actual server files. This guide describes how to do just that.

  • [li]Download the HLDSUpdateTool installer from http://storefront.steampowered.com/download/hldsupdatetool.exe
    [/li][li]Install it in any directory (i.e. ‘C:\Program Files\HLDS’) except inside any previous Steam installation directories.
    [/li][li]Open up a command prompt
    [/li]Windows: Start > Run… > cmd[LIST]
    [li]Navigate to the directory where you have installed HLDSUpdateTool
    [/li]Windows (at command prompt): cd "C:\Program Files\HLDS"
    [li]Type the following command to install/update the Brink dedicated server:
    [/li]HLDSUpdateTool -command update -game brink -dir “C:\Program Files\Brink dedicated server”

[li]To update the server just run the exact same command as you did installing the server
[/li][li]To check version of the installed server use the following command:
[/li]HLDSUpdateTool -command version -game brink
[li]To check what other games you can install this way use the following command:
[/li]HLDSUpdateTool -command list

[li]You can easilly script all this and have it send you an email if there is a new version to install etc.[/LIST]
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Someone mentioned you needed DirectX and Visual something Distributable 2008, but I didn’t need it or already had it.

(Crytiqal) #2

Thank you so much :slight_smile:

I had the game downloaded via steam client to copy the content over to my dedicated server, but this seems much easier, also to maintain the css server.

The command

HLDSUpdateTool -command update -game brink -dir “C:\Program Files\Brink dedicated server”

Was the one I was looking for, so I can choose myself where to install the server files.

Will do this when I get home, thanks

(Lokalen) #3

Happy to help!

I did exactly what you did too, at first, but I always want a “neat & clean” envorinment on my boxes and having run other HLDS servers I like this way of distribution more than manually copying files. Either way works though.