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Hello,
How to set up a server for gaming?

thanks

We want to set up a server for multiplayer game play.
To start, I would propose that you have the following things:

A powerful computer — A powerful computer is quite important because our server is processing requests and delivering that data to the other computers. Our computer will have to enough power to run the game itself and to process and send the relevant data to other people using the server.

A substantial upload speed — The more upload speed have, the smoother our server will run and the less lag your users are likely to experience.

A static IP address — Most ISPs use a dynamic IP, and you may have to find a way to deal with this.

Correctly forwarded ports — Each server will require certain ports of your router to be forwarded. Minecraft, as an example, uses 25565.

Bear in mind that it may take you two or three hours of playing around with settings, yelling, and swearing before you get your ports forwarded and your server running.

Some games, like Minecraft, Counter Strike: Source, Team Fortress 2, and the like are designed with home servers in mind and the designers try to make the process as simple as possible for informal use.

On the other hand, setting up servers for Steam and Valve-based games are a little more complex. It’s difficult to explain any detailed workarounds in the scope of this post, but SCRDS (for Source dedicated servers) is what you’ll be using to set up any Steam or Valve-based multiplayer game that has a dedicated server program/function.