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[luskaner]

Look at QA and Troubleshooting pages if you have any doubts before creating an issue/discussion!

[jack3308]

Context

I'm looking to have the server running in the background on a pi I have hosting a few other things for the house (DNS, DHCP, VPN, etc...).

Most of the documentation seems to revolve around running the server on the same device you're playing on, but I would love to just leave the server running so my wife can potentially play with a friend if she wants (assuming they can copy the pre-configured launcher from a thumb-drive/network share).

My question is this

Can I just leave it running 24/7? Would you recommend I add some handling for restarts or crashes with a systemd service on the pi? Or can I just have the pi run it at startup and leave it at that? Just not quite sure how much of that stuff is already happening under the hood.

[luskaner]

Hello:

You certainly can leave it 24/7 as it automatically recovers any 'panics' it might encounter so it should not crash, however, since it has not been tested thoroughly for continuous operation, the more likely issue would be having a corrupted state which could impact one or more users (as everything is stored in-memory) particularly, related to creating or joining lobbies - or simply - panic continously. If you choose this path, I recommend having a way to restart the service, ideally at the start of every 'game session' or just once a day would be enough.

[luskaner]

Ok, let's continue in the issue you created

[yeyuzh]

When I start the game and create an online game, it prompts that there is an advertisementJoinEvent error and I cannot create a multiplayer game.

[luskaner]

Hi:
Make sure when creating a lobby to select "Use Local LAN Server" in the Server dropdown. If that's not the problem please create a GitHub issue with your Server log for investigation.

[DuythuanBK]

Does this support Age of Empires (AoE1)?

[luskaner]

Hello:

Yeah it does support AoE I but only the Definitive Edition ;)

[DuythuanBK]

unfortunately, people in my country only play AOE original.

[luskaner]

Oh, I understand but the original Game has LAN without internet right? There is no need for a tool like mine I think

[MatinMadani]

Hi . I want to play aoe4 lan but the problem is that i dont have any access to internet via my computer but lan is available for play and the painful part is i did what you said exactly on both repos but the battle server manager shuts down itself immediately and even when i fully configured what you said it does not run at all and exits with exit code 20 after BattleServer.exe added to it fro aoe2 (before that error was 17). Please tell me what should i do to fix it i even tried the fully 100% offline solution but still the same issue.(I am on windows 11)

[luskaner]

@MatinMadani you battle-server-manager logs show lots of errors when trying to connect to the BattleServer.exe I'm pretty sure you are using an unsupported "BattleServer.exe", either it's not from Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition or is too old to work properly ;)
Edit: or maybe is an issue with the firewall

[MatinMadani]

@luskaner thank you. I can ensure that firwall is not the issue. Would you mind if i ask you to send me you BattleServer.exe file in a zip file from gmail i sent you? I have very limited access to internet and if you do this it would be so much to me. I really appreciate your work and behavior.

[luskaner]

@MatinMadani sent you that, have you been able to make it work?

[MatinMadani]

@luskaner haven't received anything yet. Would you check it again if it is sent or not or even resend it again please?

[MatinMadani]

The error changed completely and i sent you the new logs. Thanks for your corporation.

[chenyr2022-blip]

Age of Empires IV I have successfully connected to the server and entered the game, but it shows:
We cannot verify you via Steam servers. You may continue playing in offline mode, but you will not earn XP.
Error Code:
CO0T01R-2X-0152656C69016112:00
Reconnect

[luskaner]

Hello:

Make sure your steam emulator is not configured in offline mode. Edit steam_emu.ini and change Offline to 0

[chenyr2022-blip]

Thank you for your answers. The document has been settled successfully.

[PF3E06CN]

Hello,

First of all, thank you for your work on ageLANServer.

With the recent native release of Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition for macOS (Apple Silicon), I was wondering if there are any plans to support macOS clients in the future.

After inspecting the game binaries, it appears that the macOS version still uses Xbox/PlayFab components (XAL, XSAPI, PlayFab Party, PlayFab Multiplayer, etc.), which suggests that the networking stack may be quite similar to the Windows version.

Do you think macOS support would be feasible, or are there major technical obstacles that would prevent ageLANServer from working with the native Mac release?

I'd be happy to help test on Apple Silicon Macs if needed.

Thank you!

[luskaner]

Hello:

Thanks for the nice words :D
In this release I'm working on adding macOS supports, initially using CrossOver and Wine (I was working on it even before the native game was even announced) and intend to support the native version as well as stated in #531 . However, I'm working with an old mac os version (v13) on a Virtual Machine and I cannot really test much without GPU acceleration (and no arm64 so I cannot even test the native port) :(

I was waiting for someone like you as I really need your help :D
Please answer my questions in #531 and we will continue there ;)