Star Wars Jedi Academy (JS DS)

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How To Run Jedi Academy Dedicated Server (JA DS) as a Windows Service with FireDaemon

Jedi Academy is a first person action game. The dedicated server component can be run as a Windows Service using FireDaemon. FireDaemon will allow you to have the dedicated server start automatically at boot prior to login, allow you to start multiple instances of the dedicated server and so forth. This HOWTO will show you how set it up. You can also use Trinity or PanelDaemon to manage FireDaemon and other Windows services via a web browser.

Jedi Academy Dedicated Server Setup Under FireDaemon

1. First download the dedicated windows server. It can be downloaded from here. The download is small (< 1 MB).
2. Unzip the contents of the file you just downloaded to your Jedi Academy installation. By default, Jedi Academy installs to C:\Program Files\LucasArts\Star Wars Jedi Academy\
3. Install FireDaemon Pro into the directory of your choice (typically C:\Program Files\FireDaemon). FireDaemon can be downloaded from here.
4. Jedi Academy uses 1 configuration file to store it’s settings. You can find it in the “base\server.cfg” directory where you installed the server.
5. Next start the FireDaemon GUI from the desktop shortcut. Click on the "Create a new service definition" button in the toolbar (or type Ctrl+N) and enter the information into the fields as you see below. Obviously adjust paths to suite your installation. Pay special attention to the Parameters list.
   
   
   
   Executable: C:\Program Files\LucasArts\Star Wars Jedi Academy\Gamedata\jampDed.exe
   Working Directory: C:\Program Files\LucasArts\Star Wars Jedi Academy\Gamedata
   
   The most important field on the tab is the Parameters. The Parameters define the initial setup of your server.
   
   Here’s the full parameter list you should have:
   +exec server.cfg
   
   • “+exec server.cfg” This simply executes your server.cfg file on server startup. If you run multiple servers from the same installation, you can specify other config files (eg. server2.cfg)
6. Now click on the Settings tab. If you DON'T want to see your dedicated server running, uncheck the Interact with Desktop check box & select “Hidden” from the “Show Window” dropdown. Also uncheck Graceful Shutdown as JA DS doesn't respond to it. You can optionally run JA DS as the user you installed it as. In the Logon Account field type your username (eg. Administrator) and then enter the user's password twice in the Password and Confirm fields.
   
   
   
7. Now click on the Advanced tab. You can change the Process Priority to allocate more CPU time to the dedicated server or specify which CPU or core the dedicated server will run on (in the case of multi-processor, hyperthreaded or multi-core CPUs).
   
   
   
8. Now click on the Dependencies tab. Make sure the service depends on the lanmanworkstation (Workstation) service to ensure the TCP/IP and CIFS stacks are both up prior to starting JA DS.
   
   
   
9. Now click on the Install button to install and start Jedi Academy Dedicated Server!

Below is an example server.cfg file:

// Server Config
seta sv_hostname "jedi-ded v1.0.0.0"
//seta g_motd "woot" 
//rconpassword "a clever password"

// gametypes
// 0 = FFA
// 3 = DUEL one on one tournament
// 4 = POWER DUEL
// 6 = TEAM DEATHMATCH
// 7 = SIEGE
// 8 = CTF
set g_gametype 0

seta sv_maxclients 16
seta g_inactivity 0
sv_maxRate 10000
set g_allowvote 1
set timelimit 20
set capturelimit 20
set g_autoMapCycle 1

map mp/ffa1