The game Call of Duty requires a high quality video card however, if a dedicated server is preferred, having a good video card is no longer necessary in launching the server from a desktop short-cut. The Call of Duty 4 Servers is on the verge of going the same way as Insurgency. However, there are negative issues from Linux server providers which includes: Game X gets hyped up beyond belief, pre-release, The Game X released is as good as preview then the server files, Linux server files, then later on the game dies a death. Thus, to make it easy for startup and to support two different set ups, one must zip file containing the short-cut file and the server.cfg files. In the zip file download four files, 2 for a Behind Enemy Lines only server, and 2 files for a Mixed Game Server. If a game is installed in the machine and is intended to be the server, just unzip the two .cfg files into the Call of Duty/Main directory. For the shortcut, standard install into drive C, otherwise one needs to change the path for the game in the target settings of the short cuts. The server will be launched and the console will be displayed. Place the shortcuts at any place of preference. This can be in the desktop or someplace in the start menu.
On the other hand, For Files enclosed in the zip: The tmmbel shortcut (tmmbel.lnk) and config file (tmmbel.cfg) will run a Behind Enemy Lines server, without the two of the maps from the rotation (the ship and the chateau) , so if one decided to include these two maps then just put them into the rotation. The tmm mix shortcut (tmm mixed.lnk) is called the tmmmix config (tmmmix.cfg). There are few differences in the rotation and some other settings. Also, if one prefers to change what to play, just adjust the rotation where it calls game type and map. Then, change the server name for each .cfg file, one can also choose in putting the recon password and private password. The private password will allow to enter the server in these slots if the server is already full to the reserved slots. How to get the Zip file? One can get the zip file in the download area of a particular site; one will see a section for the Call of Duty Servers and Starter Kit.
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