What does it take to run your own server?

[uncommon]

Originally Posted by John Adams

I liked the WoW Repack concept to have site, news, account management, and forums be all inclusive. Granted, no localhost user will ever need all that, but - it's what I do. I love webdev.

Yeah i liked that kind of concept too, seeing something like that with eqemu would be cool but i can see why it's not happening, as others said, it's best to set-up everything yourself just so you learn a bit how all this work and at least have you will have a clue of what to do when you run into a problem instead of just coming to the boards to make another omfgit'snotworkingwtf thread..

[sfisque]

on the repack concept, i'd say its a good idea, if it were packaged as a "try it out and see if you like it" kind of product. make it "shrink wrap" for a mini-login solo box setup, with the clearly stated, "this is not directly supported, try it out and see if you like it".

then if they want to go the nine-yards for a lan/public server, we tell them to RTFM kplzthx!!111one... heh heh.

== sfisque

[techguy84]

Actually, Windows having binaries vs Linux not has nothing to do with a learning curve. There's 1 Windows. There's a bajillion *NIX. So on this point, I disagree.

What I meant was that there was several different variations of a person computer set up. Some may have a boat load of firewalls, some may have Mysql 4.0 and not 5, some may be running on dial-up versus some that are on VPN's. Can your program work around these issues. I am all for a nice server pack as that would make downloading simpler, but I know that I tried cavedudes pack and I failed 4-5 times out and that 5th time was when I was using a wiki guide in conjunction so I had a greater understanding of what was going on behind the scenes.

[John Adams]

Originally Posted by sfisque

on the repack concept, i'd say its a good idea, if it were packaged as a "try it out and see if you like it" kind of product. make it "shrink wrap" for a mini-login solo box setup, with the clearly stated, "this is not directly supported, try it out and see if you like it".

then if they want to go the nine-yards for a lan/public server, we tell them to RTFM kplzthx!!111one... heh heh.

== sfisque

That is precisely what I have - minus the web interface. I might post a link after this hellish project at work is completed in a few weeks. Or, someone else can take the reigns and do it.

My idea was to actually make a "template" out of it, where you can drop in your own database, quests, and etc... and put your own name on it, pack it up, and be famous.

[Jonathan5]

I like where this is going.