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You don't have to, no. A home PC would typically be capable of running a small server, like, 5-10 players, and that would be completely free (minus setup time, I honestly have no idea how to set up a server like this, though). You can check if your computer is able to host a server here.

There are paid hosters though, like the one this server uses (CubedHost) which give several advantages. First, it's hosted on an entirely different network than your home PC, so you an host tens or even hundreds of players even if your machine can't handle that (or if there's upload/download caps in your area that prevent the server from sending large amounts of data). It's apparently easier to set up, but I've never tried personally, and can be set to run 24/7 without keeping your computer on constantly.

Overall, it depends on your computer's specs and how badly you want to play with a lot of people. There's typically loads of different packages available for different prices depending on your needs, obviously a server for hundreds of players is going to cost a lot more than a smaller one like ours, I think Raz pays about $6 a month for it. But yeah, it really all depends on what you want for your server.

Just tried to connect, says I have to enable GregTech. I thought we disabled that?

We did, but right before the map reset a majority of the IC2 users decided we'd give it a try after all. Pretty cool, I just wish the creator's idea of "difficulty" was something other than "make an industrial centrifuge take five minutes per operation". If I wanted to grind for six years straight I'd decide to raise all 649 Pokemon to level 100.

Also, damn. Industrial Centrifuges are laggy.

So... any reason the server keeps crashing?

Dunno, but now I can't get into console to restart it. Might just buy my own if this keeps up, CubedHost apparently blows.

Working fine for me.

I get a screen that just has a "Done" button on it when I try to connect. Did we disable gregtech again or something?

Venexis wrote:Dunno, but now I can't get into console to restart it. Might just buy my own if this keeps up, CubedHost apparently blows.

No offense, but I like the idea of an alternate near-24/7 server running alongside.

Also, if you get the dirt screen with a "Done" button, that's a scaling error with the crash report that's meant to be visible. Temporarily switch your GUI scale to Small to see the full crash report.

I should probably clarify that it would likely be for the people I'd be living with next year, but I doubt it would be too hard to open up for a day or two when the main runouw server is down.

I am quite disappointed with the fact the server is still down. Then again, that's me being bored