Server Advice on multiple servers on one installation

[ReBoot]

Hi,

I am planning on running multiple servers with different settings (i.e. normal, hard and takeover) on one installation. So far, it seems like both methods would work:

1. Start the executable with different INI paths
2. Start the executable with different parameters for settings (i.e. difficulty and ports)

1 has the disadvantage of managing multiple, possibly almost identical configurations, 2 seems to have the disadvantage of multiple executables writing to the same configuration file (reading doesn't look like a problem).

Is it possible to have several server processes with the same sever name that differ by port?

Additionally, I have several workshop maps so it may seem like several processes would try to download the same map with maybe weird results.

Any advice?

 

[DIENER]

ConfigSubDir switch will do what you want and I have been using it for a long time with everything stable.
https://wiki.tripwireinteractive.co...(Killing_Floor_2)#Command_Line_Launch_Options

This is the kind of command lines I use.

KF-Outpost?AdminPassword=123?Difficulty=2?GameLength=2?Mutator=KFMutator.KFMutator_MaxPlayersV2?MaxPlayers=16?MaxMonsters=48 -Port=7778 -QueryPort=27016 -WebAdminPort=8000 -ConfigSubDir="MaxPlayers"
KF-Outpost?AdminPassword=123?Difficulty=1?GameLength=2 -Port=7779 -QueryPort=27017 -WebAdminPort=8001 -ConfigSubDir="Hard"
KF-Outpost?AdminPassword=123?Difficulty=2?GameLength=2 -Port=7780 -QueryPort=27018 -WebAdminPort=8002 -ConfigSubDir="Suicidal"
KF-Outpost?AdminPassword=123?Difficulty=3?GameLength=1 -Port=7781 -QueryPort=27019 -WebAdminPort=8003 -ConfigSubDir="HoE"