It has many benefits including being scriptable, allowing automation of the process, and not being limited to a single installation of each appid as the main desktop client is. Valve provides the SteamCMD tool to users as a means to perform the installation, update, and validation, of games from the command line without the need for the standard Steam desktop client, making it ideal for use in server installations. The tool will be listed in the library if the tools filter is enabled
#SERVER CFG FILE DOWNLOAD TF2 INSTALL#
To install via the standard Steam desktop client find the entry in the tools section of the library if using an account which owns AMS2/AMS2Beta or open the link below on the machine you wish to install on in your browser or 'Start > Run'
There is no benefit to running the dedicated server on the same machine as the game client if you will be present at the event's start.Ī full user guide is included in the installation as well as attached to this post. The app is lightweight and allows setting up events and track rotations etc which can be enforce on the server as well as being able to server as a rebroadcaster to reduce the bandwidth requirements of game client controlled sessions. Only a Windows version is currently available.Īutomobilista 2 has an accompanying dedicated server distribution which can be installed without the need for the machine running the server to have an account with a license for the full game. The information here and in the user guide along with the features and operation of the server app/addons is subject to change.
NOTE: Both variants of the dedicated server are considered beta software at this time.