Tribes2-Server-Setup-Guide/README.md

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# Tribes2 Server Setup Guide by ChocoTaco
## A guide for setting up a Tribes 2 server via vps, ssh, and vnc

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Discord: [Tribes 2 Discord](https://discord.gg/Y4muNvF)

### Target Environment
 - This guide is for Debian 12 (Bookworm)
 - This could probably work on other distros varying packages and commands

### Choosing a host
 - Any VPS host could probably run a t2 server depending on how much you want to pay...
 - Vultr is probably to easiest to use - https://www.vultr.com/
 - Linode probably a great option too (Now Akamai) - https://www.linode.com/
 - GCE (Google Compute Engine) being probably the more difficult option - https://cloud.google.com/compute/
 - I'm sure there's others

### Connecting to your vps
 - SSH as root into your vps (Your ssh password can usually be found on your host vps website)
 - In windows use puTTy (ssh tunneling for vnc: https://helpdeskgeek.com/how-to/tunnel-vnc-over-ssh/)
 - In Linux use ssh root@ip.address -L 5901:localhost:5901

### Setting up Debian
 - Once youre in...Make user and set a Password. "t2server" as whatever username you want
		adduser t2server

		usermod -aG sudo t2server

 - This is for winetricks later
		echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm contrib" > /etc/apt/sources.list

		sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

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# Log out as root and log back in as t2server or your newly created user. This is very important...
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 - Install desktop

		sudo apt install xfce4 xfce4-goodies tightvncserver xfonts-base firefox-esr synaptic file-roller git winetricks htop curl zenity

 - Start vnc server, make password...8 characters

		vncserver

 - Kill vnc server

		vncserver -kill :1

 - Open vnc config file

		nano ~/.vnc/xstartup

 - Copy this inside xstartup, ctrl-o save. This says to start our desktop when we start our vnc

		#!/bin/bash
		xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
		startxfce4 &

 - Repair permissions

		sudo chmod +x ~/.vnc/xstartup

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### Installing WINE
- Install the wine repo by following the directions here: https://wiki.winehq.org/Debian


		sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
		sudo mkdir -pm755 /etc/apt/keyrings
		sudo wget -O /etc/apt/keyrings/winehq-archive.key https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key
		sudo wget -NP /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/debian/dists/bookworm/winehq-bookworm.sources

 - This will install wine-development, typically theres no issues. If you have issues install "winehq-stable".

		sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-devel

### Get all the files
 - Download:

		wget https://www.the-construct.net/downloads/tribes2/tribes2gsi.exe &&
		wget https://www.tribesnext.com/files/TribesNext_rc2a.exe &&
		wget https://tribes2stats.com/files/mods/classic_v152.zip &&
		git clone https://github.com/ChocoTaco1/TacoServer &&
		git clone https://github.com/ChocoTaco1/TacoMaps &&
		wget https://www.dropbox.com/s/bvh9631a4mtuisf/msvcrt-ruby190.zip &&
		wget https://www.dropbox.com/s/tt4utbqkzh791y8/SetPerfCounter.zip

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### Start our VNC Server
 - 1800x950 can be whatever you want

		vncserver -geometry 1800x950

 - VNC into server (In windows use real vnc/In linux use Reminna). Setup to use localhost:5901 while youre logged into the server using ssh. Enter your 8 character vnc password
 - You should be greeted with a Debian desktop

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### Setup T2
 - Install T2 in wine (Installs to /home/t2server/.wine/drive_c/Dynamix)

		wine Tribes2gsi.exe

 - Install Tribesnext_rc2a

		wine TribesNext_rc2a.exe

 - Update Classic to 1.5.2 (1.0 is included in Tribes2gsi) Just delete classic folder in Gamedata and extract classic 1.5.2 there
 - Extract TacoServer to Classic (Overwriting any existing files)
 - Extract Tacomaps to Classic/maps/
 - Extract msvcrt-ruby190 to Gamedata (Overwriting any existing files)
 - Extract Perf Counter to Classic/scripts/autoexec (This locks server to HighPerformanceCounter=0)

 - Optional: Download Loops sha1 fix (Extract Server.dll and wine-injector to GameData Folder, put t2csri_serverside_looped.cs in Gamedata/Classic/scripts/autoexec)

		wget https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1154920105097040023/1154923875562422382/t2-auth-faster.zip?ex=6518b0ad&is=65175f2d&hm=5be90f772b1c0a0046331ffce8350a9c686ba242dcaa7a2350ebd433798f81cc&

 - This requires vcrun22 to work so...

		winetricks -q --force vcrun2022

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### Firewall (Optional)
 - Install iptables

		sudo apt install iptables iptables-persistent

 - Make sure iptable ports are open

		sudo iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
		sudo iptables -I INPUT -p udp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
		sudo iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 28000 -j ACCEPT
		sudo iptables -I INPUT -p udp --dport 28000 -j ACCEPT

- Also make sure ports are open within the host service youre using with their firewall. Make sure to open port 22 for your ssh port as well.

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### Starting the Server
 - Start t2 server (without loop's fix)

		taskset -c 0 wineconsole Tribes2.exe -dedicated -mod Classic

 - Start t2 server (with loop's fix)

		taskset -c 0 wine wine_injector.exe Server.dll Tribes2.exe 28000 -dedicated -mod Classic

 - "taskset -c 0" is locking the server process to one thread

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### Using a bash script
 - Ideally you can start your server with a bash script ie: sh startserver.sh

		#!/bin/sh
		BASEDIR=/home/t2server/.wine/drive_c/Dynamix/Tribes2/GameData/
		cd ${BASEDIR}

		while true; do
			echo "Waiting 30 seconds for all wine processes to close..."
			sleep 30
			wineserver -k9 && killall wine && kill $(lsof -t -i:28000) && kill $(lsof -t -i:80) && killall winedevice.exe
			echo "Removing dsos..."
			find ${BASEDIR} -name \*.dso -execdir /bin/rm {} \;
			echo "Starting Tribes2 server..."
			WINEDEBUG=-all,-fixme taskset -c 0 wineconsole Tribes2.exe -dedicated -mod Classic
		done

 - Update the start command with whatever you choose to use with or without loops fix

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### Other Things
 - For security you can use an ssh key to login, lockdown ssh thru firewall, lock ssh to your home ip, and move ssh ports around
 - Adding an ftp server can also help with file management, granted you locked down the ports

 - Higher Priorty: To allow your user to set a higher priority use add at the end of...

		sudo nano /etc/security/limits.conf

		@t2server        -          nice          -20

 - New startup would be something with "nice -n -5" added...

		nice -n -5 taskset -c 0 wineconsole Tribes2.exe -dedicated -mod Classic

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# Success!
## If everything is setup correctly, your server should show up on the master server within a few minutes
Good Luck!