Piers919 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Hi,Will it be possible to install a small dedicated server on ARM devices (like RPI) in future? I wanted to try it but unfortunately there are no ARM version of SteamCMD. Maybe it's an useless question because RPI is probably not powerfull enough to run this kind of software (with a Minecraft server, the game is nearly unplayable for example) but i still wanted to know if the game is playable when the server is hosted on a small (and not really powerfull) computer like RPI.RPI server could be awesome with low energy consumption and low cost.Thanks in advance for your answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Developer Diabu Posted February 1, 2015 Developer Share Posted February 1, 2015 Maybe it's an useless question because RPI is probably not powerfull enough to run this kind of software (with a Minecraft server, the game is nearly unplayable for example) but i still wanted to know if the game is playable when the server is hosted on a small (and not really powerfull) computer like RPI.Hello,First of all, there are no "useless question". But yes, you're right, the RPI will not handle more than 1 or 2 players I think, so it's not very useful :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankleteeth Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 So maybe not for the RPi, but would still love to see someone port this to ARM. The Cubietruck being a dual core ARM, with 2GB of RAM might run it well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beggar Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I think that really depends on how the game manages its resources, you have a (huge) map containing information about drops, entity states, player position, an a**load of timers & RNGs, Event Generators and so on. I am not a dev, so I can't quite tell you how much of the game is outsourced in each client and how much the server is actually processing, but just by my feeling, I think theres maybe a slight chance you can host a map with 2-3 players max, but in a small world. A raspberry pie isn't meant for hosting games, and the hardware mirrors my quote. If you are so desperate for actually getting a "Raspberry Pi Server" you WILL probably need a B+ RSP to barerely even get **** going. Besides that I would really only recommend you use that server just for developing purposes for example testing scripts and your own / public mods on that. My opinion is not final. Theres a good chance I am really wrong in some points. If thats the case, please provide information, thank you. Kind Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosten Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I think that really depends on how the game manages its resources, you have a (huge) map containing information about drops, entity states, player position, an a**load of timers & RNGs, Event Generators and so on. I am not a dev, so I can't quite tell you how much of the game is outsourced in each client and how much the server is actually processing, but just by my feeling, I think theres maybe a slight chance you can host a map with 2-3 players max, but in a small world. A raspberry pie isn't meant for hosting games, and the hardware mirrors my quote. If you are so desperate for actually getting a "Raspberry Pi Server" you WILL probably need a B+ RSP to barerely even get **** going. Besides that I would really only recommend you use that server just for developing purposes for example testing scripts and your own / public mods on that. My opinion is not final. Theres a good chance I am really wrong in some points. If thats the case, please provide information, thank you. Kind Regards My main question is how one would get a server running on a pie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piers919 Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share Posted February 2, 2015 Today the Raspberry foundation annouced the release of a new model:http://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-2-model-b/with 1gb ram and a quad core precessor and same price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzisor Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 @Piers919, the Pi isn't fast enough MHz wise to run the server. It requires at least 1.7GHz in order to run the server, the newest pi is only at 900MHz. It still needs another 800MHz in order to run the server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piers919 Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share Posted February 2, 2015 Ok sry, i didn't know that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Developer nome Posted February 2, 2015 Developer Share Posted February 2, 2015 The downside to the game being so heavily mod-able because it's all in lua is that it's also slower because it's all in lua. Life is full of tradeoffs, but at least we have minimap to make up for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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