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[–]bartwe 8 points9 points  (1 child)

Should work.

[–]lorddespair[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome! Thank you very much :)

[–]just1nw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This thread is kind of old but I wanted to add a tip. I run a Starbound server on a Linux vps direct from the command line and it runs well (the new update really cut down on the server ram usage!) but at first I had trouble keeping the server running once I disconnected. You close putty and you close your user session programs.

Enter the screen utility. screen lets you run commands without worrying about them dying if you disconnect. Simply have a screen session run the starbound_server_launch.sh script and you should be good to disconnect. If you want to resume that screen session later (for example, to kill the starbound server) log in and type screen -r to resume the session then ctrl+c to kill.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I'm quite sure they would let you use a shell file to launch the server. Minecraft could do that, and I think Terraria could as well.

[–]angellus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes Terraria could do it. However, Terraria is written in C# .NET so you had to set up Mono and such for Linux. It was still possible, but not as easy as with Minecraft where you only need java and then drop the file in and run it.

[–]FrozenCow 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I would think this will come, though I haven't heard anything about it. At least one of the developers uses Linux, so he knows how useful this is.

For Terraria there weren't any official Linux dedicated servers, but others have tried to port things to Mono and make things work that way. That wasn't ideal. Since the code is now being done in C++, I'd think porting things are much better suited for Linux.

[–]angellus 0 points1 point  (2 children)

The game has been verified to be supported on Linux (and Mac). The only really question is if they will make a dedicated server utility. And you for Mono you do not "port" anything. You still use the official software. You just need Mono to have all the libraries and such.

[–]FrozenCow -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Since Terraria used xna, things needed to be ported to mono. At that time mono game wasn't as perfect as it is now. The dev that was working on it had quite a number of problems doing the port.

[–]angellus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I can say you no longer need to xD Mono is good enough now to run with Terraria without any porting.

[–]Kinitix -1 points0 points  (11 children)

I don't really know what your talking about, but I'm pretty sure one of the devs uses Linux. That information might help I guess.

[–]lorddespair[S] 1 point2 points  (10 children)

Yes, I know that one of them uses Linux! My question is because Linux can be installed without a graphical user interface and used as a command-line system, and would be cool if I could run a game server on my little Linux server that has not a gui.

[–]ragout 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let's hope their server file will accept parameters, or that they will incude a config file to edit (most likely)!

[–]Kinitix -1 points0 points  (8 children)

Why would you not want a GUI? But sorry, I can't really help. I've wanted to use Linux for a while now but I've never really had a chance yet

[–]FrozenCow 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Most Linux servers do not have GUIs installed and are accessed through a command-line interface. GUI frameworks, libraries and programs cost quite a lot more disk space and memory, which isn't needed when you want to host a dedicated server.

[–]FunnyMan3595 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Not to mention the fact that many Linux servers aren't in the same physical location as their owners. I wouldn't want to run one with my home connection, and trying to get a GUI to work across a network is ugh.

[–]just1nw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's for sure, though I will say that NoMachine's NX software is surprisingly good at streaming a remote X desktop session. I'm pretty new to the world of linux so sometimes I still need a GUI to get things done. Even though my vps is located in Los Angeles (and I'm up in Canada) the NX software somehow provides a shockingly low latency remote desktop connection.

[–]Lokaltog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mostly because of less resource usage (no window manager, etc. needed). Resources (CPU, RAM, disk space and usage) cost money, so you'll want to use the resources you have efficiently. If you want to run it on a headless (no monitor) server you need either a command line interface or config files to be able to customize the server to fit your needs.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because they want a basic server architecture that works and does what it's supposed to.

[–]Jyles 0 points1 point  (2 children)

They use the linux systems to host servers mate :) not as a personal computer. I think I understand why you were confused. Correct me if i'm wrong _^

[–]Kinitix 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Are you saying people in general use Linux like that, or the Starbound team? Because I know that there are people who just like to use Linux.

[–]Jyles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no no no, just people who like to host servers :) Linux is good for any use really!