Hosting a NETWORKING game ; -)

General Discussion
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Hi buddies

I´m a little lost about how to host and develop my game server.
I can host with Apache or Twisted (how to host a twisted server)?
What kind of server is more suitable for panda?

Thanx

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well if you wanna run a server hosting your game. you most likely want to run your own application. so any server which allows you to run your own application should be suited.

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If my host support Twisted applications and let me run my own applications is just a matter of do it? (only?)

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pretty much yes. all you’d need to do is to copy your application onto the server. and run it. just like you would when running it on your local machine.

5

Well then :smiley:
I´ll put hands on work

Thanx too much

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Thinking a little i guess my question is not well-formed. Of course doesn´t matter whatta kind of server is if i just want access my .p3d file. But want all players can chat one with another, see if someone is on-line and other network things.

All right, i can use twisted or Panda3d or … to program a server who´s control the players but i don´t know how to put this server program runs in internet. I know how to put a site in internet, access online databases, etc. But i don´t know how to put my server program for my game on net.

This is not directly a Panda3D question. But i´m weeks on it and still confuse. :unamused:

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question is already answered. set up a server, preferably with a fixed ip-address or a fixed domain-name. copy your server-application to it, start it. in your clients let the programms connect to that ip/domain.
it’s no different from running a server on a local network except for the size of the network itself.

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Thanx again

Sorry about my boring insistense :confused:
As i said … i´m little dizzy about :unamused:
I don´t know how to

in my host :cry:
I don´t know how to make my apache runs my program forever or let my system hear another port.

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In order for your computer to listen to a port you need to:

  1. Have an actual application listening on that port
  2. Make sure any firewall allows incomming connection to that port
  3. If you have a router set up port forwarding for that port to your server’s local ip.
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Geez buddies :smiley:

Now i know the core of my confusing. My projects normally are in a shared server (payed host). To up my server as service i´ve my own server or a dedicate server!

All right, now everything is fine :laughing:

Thanx for patient and help

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or find a host that provides shell access and the platforms you need to run your application server.
As in: linux with shell access, python 2.6 and the possibility to install panda as a library if you decide to create a panda3d application server.
Works for me, but it’s true: i have my own servers…

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thanx for another note radu

:wink:

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I write my own servers with Pythons socketserver module. Unfortunately I can’t get them to work on anything but a local network, but I think I’m about to make a breakthrough on that front. It’s actually quite easy to write the server. :smiley:

EDIT: Not for hosting the game, but for networking it.

EDIT: Well, as in, not hosting it on a website. Ok now I’m confused…