Better UI for hosting servers

[alphagamer1981]

currently when i want to host a small mp server with my friends, I am finding that adding mods onto a server are a nightmare because you have to add them all via an annoying drop down menu and it gets very hard trying to keep track of mods you have added and accidentally adding the same one twice, not sure if this would be better as a mod suggestion or a core game suggestion, however this page needs to be updated and made more user friendly and match the mod menu for single player games

[xTwisteDx]

There's already an awesome mod addon for Mod Manager, called Mod Manager: Server. Effectively it let's you generate a <yourServer>.ini file for use with your server. It has all the same options as the Mod Manager, and works wonderfully. 

[rainote]

19 hours ago, xTwisteDx said:

There's already an awesome mod addon for Mod Manager, called Mod Manager: Server. Effectively it let's you generate a <yourServer>.ini file for use with your server. It has all the same options as the Mod Manager, and works wonderfully. 

While the mod isn't bad, it doesn't really provide any proper way for mod management for a dedicated server.

Nonetheless some helpful information for anyone who wants to take this up:

• Read all mod.info files and grab their IDs and respective names.
• Check for any folders in [modname]/media/maps for every mod
• For Workshop support also parse steamids, best to use steamapi or steamcmd for downloading mods

 

Doing so should provide an almost complete scaffold.

Edited July 27, 2023 by rainote

[xTwisteDx]

I'm contemplating building a tool to do this. Do you think people would use it?