BOIII Server Setup - with Pterodactyl

Stefanuk12

This post should hopefully explain how to get Pterodactyl up and running and then get a BOIII server running using ez-boiii. I will not be explaining each aspect in full detail as there are other resources that do a better job. This tutorial is set up in the setup order you should follow.

Requirements

Any sort of server (virtual private server, dedicated, bare metal)
- Must be Linux-based
The ability to follow instructions
Termius (SSH/FTP client)
- Used to connect to the server and run commands

Where you can buy a VPS

Using a VPS is the cheapest option. There are many sites where you can purchase a virtual private server from. Some may be really cheap but lack performance. It's important to find a balance but a BOIII server won't take up many resources, so it does not matter much. The provider I use is called contabo.

Installing Pterodactyl

This topic is covered extensively within the official documentation, and there is a Discord you can use if you have any issues. It is recommended you read through the official documentation first. The automatic install script can do most of the work for you.

Resources
Automatic install script
Official documentation
Pterodactyl Discord

Installing the eggs

To install the following eggs, you must download them first. To download them, visit the links provided, right click and save the file.

BOIII egg
IW4M Admin egg

To install the eggs you just downloaded, follow this video. I recommend naming the nest something like Call of Duty. The video also covers installing the servers using the eggs too.

Timestamped videos
Creating a nest
Importing eggs

Configuring and installing the servers

When creating the servers (using the boiii egg), there are a few variables you can change. Each one has a description which explains what it does. No matter what, make sure you change the RCON password to something complex (only use alphanumeric characters). Your password can be up to 1024 characters long. For more information of setting up the eggs, you can view this.

Resources
Egg setup information

Timestamped videos
Creating a server (video)

Setting up IW4M

It's highly recommended you have IW4M hosted on a separate container (server), then use that one to control the rest of your servers. The eggs I've made use this concept.

Information on setting it up can be found here.

Using mounts

The game's zone files will not change between servers so you can create a "mount" which allows many game servers to use the same zone files, instead of having duplicates. It is highly recommended you do this as it saves a lot of space.

More information can be found here.

Any issues?

If you have any issues with the eggs or servers, feel free to message me on Discord (@stefanuk12). I am within the Ezz Discord server and the IW4M Admin server too, so you can find me there.

If you also feel like this tutorial is missing something, please let me know!

exemaco

hello,

I have a windows VPS where I currently run my plutonium servers, do you have any tutorials for windows? thank you.

hervis1987

@exemaco a question friend, did you drop the BO3 server when using linux using the pterodactyl panel?

exemaco

@hervis1987 said in BOIII Server Setup - with Pterodactyl:

pterodactyl

Hi, I don't use pterodactyl/linux, I'm using windows server.

hervis1987

@exemaco because the truth is that the console falls, I don't know why the dedicated one is not maintained

exemaco

@hervis1987 http://forum.ezz.lol/topic/26/boiii-server-patch-wip you need to get access to download the latest updated patch for the server, write to some admin and ask for the access.

leyenda97

Hello,
I have created the server and I can connect directly through the public IP and port, but it does not appear in the list of servers.

What should I do to make it appear in the list of servers?

All the best.

Skwll

@leyenda97 are u using ezz boiii? can you ping master.ezz.lol?

leyenda97

Yes, I can ping successfully.
I have used the pterodactyl egg.
master.ezz.lol needs to ping against my public ip?
Currently I only have port 27017 published

Skwll

@leyenda97 hm no that's fine, are you sure you're running the latest ezz boiii version? you can configure it in the startup option

ChichaDePardos

Levante el servidor, como cambio los mapas?

LoudStank420

Heyo having some problems trying to boot the server up. it keeps crashing and creating minidumps.
i get wine errors at start but no idea what i need to-do to fix it. any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Pterodactyl Daemon]: Finished pulling Docker container image
:/home/container$ wine64 boiii.exe -dedicated -headless +set fs_game "${MOD_FOLDER}" +set net_port "${SERVER_PORT}" +set logfile 2 +exec "${SERVER_CFG}" &{ chmod +x cod-rcon; sleep 30; echo "Running RCON client"; ./cod-rcon -O -P "${SERVER_PORT}" -p ${RCON_PASSWORD}; }
0050:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded.
0050:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow Make sure that your X server is running and that $DISPLAY is set correctly.
0050:err:systray:initialize_systray Could not create tray window
0024:err:module:relocate_ntdll ntdll could not be mapped at preferred address (0x140000), expect trouble
0024:fixme:actctx:parse_depend_manifests Could not find dependent assembly L"Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls" (6.0.0.0)
00fc:fixme:kernelbase:AppPolicyGetThreadInitializationType FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFA, 00000000022CFE10
0024:fixme:secur32:get_cipher_algid unknown algorithm 23
0024:fixme:secur32:get_mac_algid unknown algorithm 200, cipher 23
0024:fixme:actctx:parse_depend_manifests Could not find dependent assembly L"Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls" (6.0.0.0)
0100:fixme:secur32:get_cipher_algid unknown algorithm 23
0100:fixme:secur32:get_mac_algid unknown algorithm 200, cipher 23
0024:fixme:bitmap:NtGdiCreateBitmap planes = 4
0118:fixme:kernelbase:AppPolicyGetThreadInitializationType FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFA, 00000000035FFE10
0024:fixme:ver:GetCurrentPackageId (000000000011F4D0 0000000000000000): stub
0024:fixme:ntdll:NtQuerySystemInformation info_class SYSTEM_PERFORMANCE_INFORMATION
Command line: -dedicated -headless +set fs_game "" +set net_port 27015 +set logf
ile 2 +exec server.cfg
ModLoad start: usermaps

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