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Updated Dedicated Server Guide [WIP] (markdown)

David Pierron 2020-10-21 13:54:19 +02:00
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Dedicated-Server-Guide-[WIP].md

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The dcs-liberation script will try and write the `state.json` file at the following locations :
- %LIBERATION_EXPORT_DIR% (an environment variable)
- `%LIBERATION_EXPORT_DIR%` (an environment variable)
- the dcs-liberation install folder, stored in the mission (probably not the same on the server and on the computer that generated the mission)
- the system's temporary folder (as defined in the %TEMP% environment variable)
- the system's temporary folder (as defined in the `%TEMP%` environment variable)
- DCS' install directory
This will be stated in the DCS log file (accessible in `<saved games>\dcs\logs\dcs.log`) like this :
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2020-10-20 20:44:52.652 INFO SCRIPTING: DCSLiberation|87: DCS Liberation state will be written as json to [[D:\dev\_VEAF\dcs_liberation\state.json]]
```
You can (and should) set the `%LIBERATION_EXPORT_DIR%` environment variable on your server. Please note that you'll have to restart DCS, and maybe even your server, depending on your configuration, before it's taken into account.
## Preparing the mission
After installing dcs-liberation on a computer (let's call it the mission computer), configure it the way you like (including plugins, if you want), and start a new campaign.
At one point, you'll want to *fly* a mission. When you press the *Take off* button in dcs-liberation, it'll generate a mission : `<saved games>\dcs\missions\liberation_nextturn.miz`.
At the moment, it is mandatory to open the mission in the mission editor (on the mission computer), and save it.
**If you skip this step, the mission will not be playable on a dedicated DCS server !**
Now, you can simply copy the mission file to your server and run it.
## Getting the result of the mission
During the mission (at runtime, as we developers like to say), the state of the mission (destroyed units, captured bases) is written in the `state.json` file.
It should be updated whenever a destruction or capture event occurs. But sometimes this doesn't work, so you have to be careful.
When the mission is over, double-check that the `state.json` file is updated : check the file date, and if you dare, check its content.
If in doubt, end the mission on the server (running another mission is enough ; I keep one "empty" mission on each theater, it's very quick to run).
Then download the `state.json` file on the mission computer, and enter it in dcs-liberation, using the "Manually submit" button :
![](https://i.imgur.com/Izml39p.jpg)
If the "Waiting for mission completion" window is not visible anymore (you may have closed it, or the program), simply click the "Take off" button again.