How to host a server

In VU you are free to host your own servers and customize them to your needs. There are two ways to do that:

1. Hosting it yourself

You can host the server yourself, either on your own computer or some server you are renting. In general, it is not recommended to host public servers on your own computer, as residential internet connections are not reliable and neither is consumer computer hardware, so local servers are best used for things like LAN parties, events, and mod development or testing.

In order to prevent abuse, every user can host up to 2 servers. If you need to host more (eg. because you have a clan or some gaming community) you can request to raise the limit from this page.

You can find an in-depth guide on how to set up your own server in the VU wiki, by following this link: https://docs.veniceunleashed.net/hosting/

2. Renting a server

If you don’t want to go through the trouble of setting up and maintaining a server yourself, or if you want guaranteed performance, you can rent a VU server from a third party server provider. Many providers will also offer additional features like DDOS protection and server management panels.

You can find a list of server providers to choose from here: https://docs.veniceunleashed.net/hosting/renting/

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I cant find info on setting up a server for realitymod, how do i download the mod for server use and what maplist.txt would i use? etc…

You’re not the only one. Yet, I see a few others hosting it…like you, I can find NOTHING!

:frowning:

To download the mod you must go to https://bf3reality.com/ make an account, filing a form.
Those are the steps in oden to obtain the mod. Is difficult to obtain it because they want to keep the mod experience similar on different servers.

I apparently am having a screen error.

When I check the journal logs, it says stopped vu, then starting vu, then started vu, then says no screen sessions found, and then it failed with the exit-code.

I am running ubuntu 22. Anyone know why this happens?

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