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authorGeckoEidechse <gecko.eidechse+git@pm.me>2022-01-02 22:25:45 +0100
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To start a dedicated server on Northstar, launch NorthstarLauncher.exe with the argument `-dedicated`, this can be done manually, but releases also provide the batch file `r2ds.bat`, which will also do this.\
When using a dedicated server, arguments are read from `ns_startup_args_dedi.txt`, rather than `ns_startup_args.txt`.
+### Useful configuration files
+* `ns_startup_args_dedi.txt`\
+ contains the startup arguments
+* `R2Northstar\mods\Northstar.CustomServers\mod.json`\
+ contains ConVars and their default values
+* `R2Northstar\mods\Northstar.CustomServers\mod\cfg\autoexec_ns_server.cfg`\
+ contains the server name, port, and description
+
## Dedicated Server Caveats
At the moment, dedicated servers still require DirectX 11 to work, which typically requires a physical GPU, though they use almost no GPU processing power while in use, this can be an issue especially on GPU-less setups, so the launch argument `-softwared3d11` can be used to force DirectX to run in software mode.\