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Very soon we will be launching the Pre Order beta for Rising Storm. This means that anyone that pre-orders the game can play in the beta instantly (well instantly after they download the beta client). In preparation for this we have just released the server files for the beta. You can grab them off of SteamCMD and the AppID for the beta is 238690. Read on for more detailed information about Rising Storm and hosting servers if you are interested in hosting a Rising Storm server.
The actual dedicated server app for Rising Storm will be the same AppID in Steam as the RO2 server was when the game launches (for the purposes of the beta you need to use a different AppID). The two games are essentially merged at release. If you already have an RO2 server, on the day Rising Storm launches (fully launches, not just Pre-order) when you update your server it becomes a Rising Storm/RO2 server. On the client end, we will let anyone that owns RO2 play on Rising Storm maps.
What we're trying is a bit of an experiment. Rather than splinter our community with DLC (like some other games have done), we're going to let everyone that owns RO2 play Rising Storm, but with limited access. So they won't be able to play with all the cool new toys, but they can try the game out and play as long as they want with the basic weapons. That way we keep the game's community growing, instead of subdividing our player base.
Hosting a server for Rising Storm will function exactly like hosting a server for RO2. Just like with RO2 we are not limiting our Ranked Servers, anyone can host them. Any ranked server IPs you registered for RO2 will still be valid, and you can continue to request IPs to be registered as ranked for Rising Storm if you run out of the IPs you have registered. If you are looking to get a server for the RS beta or Rising Storm we have some recommended server providers (of course as mentioned you can still host your own). You can find the list of Recommended Server Providers here: http://www.heroesofstalingrad.com/faq/recommended-server-hosting-partners/
If you are an individual or a gaming group that would like to host a server (or a few servers) and would like to register your server as Ranked, please apply here: http://rsp.heroesofstalingrad.com/
If you are a server hosting company and would like to get a block of IPs ranked please e-mail [email protected]. Please provide the name of your server hosting company, a link to your website, and the IP range you would like to request in CIDR notation.
The general information about hosting an RO2 server found on the RO2 dedicated server forums is still valid (with the exception of the RS Beta Server App ID of 238690) so please go here if you are new to hosting servers for RO2/RS: http://forums.tripwireinteractive.com/forumdisplay.php?f=80 with detailed instructions in the wiki: http://wiki.tripwireinteractive.com/index.php/RO2_Dedicated_Server.
The actual dedicated server app for Rising Storm will be the same AppID in Steam as the RO2 server was when the game launches (for the purposes of the beta you need to use a different AppID). The two games are essentially merged at release. If you already have an RO2 server, on the day Rising Storm launches (fully launches, not just Pre-order) when you update your server it becomes a Rising Storm/RO2 server. On the client end, we will let anyone that owns RO2 play on Rising Storm maps.
What we're trying is a bit of an experiment. Rather than splinter our community with DLC (like some other games have done), we're going to let everyone that owns RO2 play Rising Storm, but with limited access. So they won't be able to play with all the cool new toys, but they can try the game out and play as long as they want with the basic weapons. That way we keep the game's community growing, instead of subdividing our player base.
Hosting a server for Rising Storm will function exactly like hosting a server for RO2. Just like with RO2 we are not limiting our Ranked Servers, anyone can host them. Any ranked server IPs you registered for RO2 will still be valid, and you can continue to request IPs to be registered as ranked for Rising Storm if you run out of the IPs you have registered. If you are looking to get a server for the RS beta or Rising Storm we have some recommended server providers (of course as mentioned you can still host your own). You can find the list of Recommended Server Providers here: http://www.heroesofstalingrad.com/faq/recommended-server-hosting-partners/
If you are an individual or a gaming group that would like to host a server (or a few servers) and would like to register your server as Ranked, please apply here: http://rsp.heroesofstalingrad.com/
If you are a server hosting company and would like to get a block of IPs ranked please e-mail [email protected]. Please provide the name of your server hosting company, a link to your website, and the IP range you would like to request in CIDR notation.
The general information about hosting an RO2 server found on the RO2 dedicated server forums is still valid (with the exception of the RS Beta Server App ID of 238690) so please go here if you are new to hosting servers for RO2/RS: http://forums.tripwireinteractive.com/forumdisplay.php?f=80 with detailed instructions in the wiki: http://wiki.tripwireinteractive.com/index.php/RO2_Dedicated_Server.
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