Trash Game Server

 

If you would like to play Trash on your LAN, you?ll need to run a Trash Server.

 

Download

 

TrashServerSetup.exe (850 kb)

 

 

Installation

 

• The Trash Game Server runs on Windows 2k, Win XP, or anything newer.  It will not run on Win98 or WinME.

 

• The Trash Game Server uses almost no CPU and little memory (about 8-20 MB).   

 

• The server is installed as a Windows Service so that it can run without anyone being logged in. 

 

By default, the server process not configured to automatically run when the system boots.

 If you would like the server process to run whenever the system boots, regardless of user logon, follow these steps:

1) Go to the Control Panel/Admin Tools/Services

2) Locate the Trash Game Server entry, click properties

3) Change Trash Game Server's startup type from Manual to Automatic

 

• Please be careful about turning off the Game Server as you may interrupt games.  Use the PlanShutdown command to gracefully shutdown a server.  This will prevent new games from being created and will cause the server to automatically stop after everyone has disconnected from it.

 

 

Server Console

 

If you want to run the server as a regular application, double click GameServer.exe to see the server?s console. 

 

If you would like to run as a Service, you can start it from Control Panel/Admin Tools/Services/Trash Game Server.  Once the service is started, click on the Service Controller Link in your Start/Programs/Trash/Game Server folder.  This will bring up the server console.

 

Once in the console, use "dir" to list all commands; "command_name /?" to get help for command.

 

 

Server Setup

 

Once in the server console, you can give commands to the server.  In order to get a Game Server running, you need to enter some info about it.

 

1) Type "name chosen_name" to set the name of your server.

2) Type "location chosen_location" to set the location of your server.

3) Type "startserver" to start up the server. If running the server as an application (opposed to running it as a service), you can type "hide" to replace the console window with a taskbar icon.

 

By default, a Game Server is set to LAN-Only mode.  In this mode, only players on your LAN can create and join games running on your server. If you want to allow public games to run on this server, use "ToggleLANMode". Then you probably want to increase the max connections with "MaxConnections". You should not use the public mode unless you run your server all the time. People don't like it when their games get interrupted. If you run a public server, use "PlanShutdown" a couple hours before you plan to shutdown.

 

 

Server Modes

 

          LAN Mode

This mode is the default mode.  Only players on your LAN will be able to connect to your server. 

 

          LAN & Internet Mode

This mode will only let players on your LAN create games, but anyone in the lobby can join them.

 

          Internet Mode

In this mode, all players can create and join games on your server.

 

Note: If you run a public server, use "PlanShutdown" a couple hours before you plan to shutdown.

 

 

Server Event Log

 

The console command ?eventlog? can be used to see recent server events.  ?flushlogs? will write all events in memory to the file EventLog.txt.

 

If running as a service, serious errors are copied to the NT event log.  See Control Panel/Admin Tools/Event Viewer.

 

 

Troubleshooting

 

I cannot run an Internet-mode server.  It says the lobby cannot connect to me.

Make sure you are forwarding the correct UDP port.  If you are running a public server, your machine must be reachable by the outside world.  If the lobby server cannot connect to your machine, it assumes other players cannot either.  If you are running firewall software, make sure it is not blocking the port you are using.  Make sure your router is forwarding the correct UDP port (the port you chose to use) to the machine you want to use as your game server.  If you still have problems, try enabling UPnP (Universal Plug & Play) on your router.

 

I cannot see my game server on the in-game server list.

If you are running a LAN-only mode server OR a LAN-&-Internet mode server, players will not see the game server on the in-game server list unless players connect to the Lobby Server using the same IP address as the game server.

If you are running a LAN-&- Internet mode server, anyone WILL be able to connect to games created on the game server.  Under this mode, only players that connect the Lobby Server with the same Internet connection as the game server will be able to create games on the game server.

 

I cannot run a LAN-only mode server at my school network.  I want to share the game with my friends at school.

The Trash Game Server?s LAN-only mode was not designed to necessarily work with large University or Corporate networks.  This mode is intended for typical home network setups.  If you are on a large network, you may still be able to run a public server.

 

I cannot see the ping number for any games on my server.

You need to open/forward the official port ping.  This is TCP port 445.  Make sure this port not blocked by your firewall, and make sure it is being forward to a computer on your network.   If you are using the Window?s Firewall, edit your ICMP settings to allow incoming echo requests.