Server can you run this game's server on linux?

[Rich Texan]

seems like most of game server providers who offer reasonable price in my country are using linux os
is it possible to run rs2 server on linux?

 

[JuniperM40]

Not natively

RS2 uses microsoft studio c/c++ 2012 and requires directX to even launch. There's only a 64bit Windows .EXE distributed

You have 2 options for running the Binaries\Win64\vngame.exe:

1. WINE - Romano has had luck running it

2. KVM - This is the method I use:

I virtualize a Win7_x64 guest system under an ubuntu-14 Linux KVM host.
Gets almost 100% the same speed as running Win7 natively;
However you need a dedicated server for this so you can ensure VT-x and VT-d is enabled
You will also need an actual Win7 License key

I have 3 physical boxes doing this, running a total of 10 x RS2:V instances and a handful of RO2 instances across 3 datacentres in Australia. The server hardware are all sandy-bridge Xeon class, so I had to dial down the player slots to 56/56.

- JM40

 

[®omano]

For WINE simply go to WineHQ, install the staging 2.9 version, and simply run the server from wine like normal it all works good then (I had a few crashes since release but it still kinda works)

edit: You can take this guide as reference (Killing Floor 2): https://forums.tripwireinteractive.c...inux-with-wine
edit 2: updated the guide for latest staging version