PlutoT6 Server & IW4Admin on Ubuntu 20.04

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This guide goes over the complete setup of a PlutoT6 server & IW4Admin on Ubuntu 20.04. Running Windows on a VPS or bare-metal server can be expensive with licensing costs and many server operators have a preference for Linux (myself included).

As an example, this guide will go over the setup of a PlutoT6 Zombies server & IW4MAdmin. The same concepts should apply to multiplayer, however you will need to adjust your dedicated.cfg file accordingly.

Before we start, I'd like to give a huge shoutout to Minami for their original guide on setting up a PlutoT6 server on Debian. Many portions of their guide have been used to put together this guide.

Prepare a VPS/Bare-Metal Server
The first thing you need to do is have a VPS or bare-metal server ready to go with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS installed. We will not be using a desktop environment in this guide.

The PlutoT6 server is not very resource intensive, however I recommend a server with at least 2 CPU cores & 4GB RAM for best performance.

Login to the server as root, or become root with the below command. Note: To make things easier on yourself, it's best to just use a root user. Make sure you are securing your server using key-based authentication and implement a firewall solution, for example with UFW.

sudo su

Update apt cache and update all packages

apt update && apt -y full-upgrade

Install Wine

dpkg --add-architecture i386 
wget -nc https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key
apt-key add winehq.key
add-apt-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ focal main'
apt update
apt install -y --install-recommends winehq-stable
rm winehq.key

Install .NET

wget https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/20.04/packages-microsoft-prod.deb -O packages-microsoft-prod.deb
dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb
rm packages-microsoft-prod.deb

apt update; \
  apt install -y apt-transport-https && \
  apt update && \
  apt install -y dotnet-sdk-3.1

apt update; \
  apt install -y apt-transport-https && \
  apt update && \
  apt install -y aspnetcore-runtime-3.1

Configure Wine

echo -e 'export WINEPREFIX=~/.wine\nexport WINEDEBUG=fixme-all\nexport WINEARCH=win64' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
winecfg

Download the pre-compiled ZIP containing PlutoT6 server files & IW4Admin, unzip and create a shortcut
Direct Download | Last Updated: 10/26/2021 | 1.24 GB

apt install -y zip
wget https://dl.axite.dev/T6-Server.zip
unzip T6-Server.zip
ln -s ~/T6-Server/Server/zone ~/T6-Server/Server/Zombie/zone
ln -s ~/T6-Server/Server/zone ~/T6-Server/Server/Multiplayer/zone

Configure StartT6Server.sh

cd T6-Server/Plutonium/

Create a server key on https://platform.plutonium.pw and set the server hostname & game of your choosing, then edit the StartT6Server.sh file using nano

nano StartT6Server.sh

Once you have pasted your key in the StartT6Server.sh file, save the file by using CTRL + x and then y
Now we need to make sure script executable.

chmod +x StartT6Server.sh

Configure StartIW4MAdmin.sh
We need to make the script executable.

cd T6-Server/IW4MAdmin
chmod +x StartIW4MAdmin.sh

Configure the dedicated_zm.cfg file for use with IW4MAdmin.
We need to set an RCON password in the dedicated_zm.cfg file so that IW4MAdmin can access it.
Navigate to the folder containing dedicated_zm.cfg

cd T6-Server/Server/Zombie/main
nano dedicated_zm.cfg

In this file, set a RCON password.
rcon_password "examplepassword"
Exit and save with CTRL + x and then y.

Almost there!
Now you're ready to start the server. To make things easier, we'll run the PlutoT6 server & IW4Admin in screen sessions so we can easily return to them if needed and let them run in the background.

Start the PlutoT6 server

screen -S t6server
cd T6-Server/Plutonium
./StartT6Server.sh

If all goes well, you should see the server start and after a few seconds you should see Heartbeat successful. messages in the console. Now, detach from this screen session using CTRL + a and then CTRL + d

Start & configure IW4MAdmin

screen -S iw4madmin
cd T6-Server/IW4MAdmin
./StartIW4MAdmin.sh

IW4MAdmin will present you with a configuration prompt on the first startup. You can use this guide to configure it to your liking.
The server IP should be set as 127.0.0.1, and you will use the same RCON password you added to dedicated_zm.cfg earlier.

If all goes well, IW4MAdmin will start and connect to your sever. If enabled, the webfront will be accessible at http://0.0.0.0:1624, with 0.0.0.0 being your VPS/bare-metal server's IP address.

Finishing up
You can now hop in-game and claim ownership of the server and generate credentials for use on the IW4MAdmin webfront (if enabled) To do so, join your game by finding it in the server list, or in the game console use the command connect 0.0.0.0:4976, replacing 0.0.0.0 with your VPS/bare-metal server's IP address.

I hope this helps! If you run into any issues please drop a comment and I'll do my best to help out.

BO2

Damn, Nice Guide!

fipso100

Nice timing man. I am struggling since hours to get the .net dependencies working.

Minami

Nice, thanks for the new guide 🧙

Sakul

Hey man thanks for the nice guide, very easy to follow. I have one problem. My server is running and I even get the heartbeat; the problem is that I can't join ingame. The game just stays in a loading loop, it is connecting to the server because when you try to connect using an invalid ip the game just doesn't do anything. It is also missing from the server list. I think there might be something wrong with the game files, wine or my configuration, do you know what this could be? I converted the script so the game should run a normal multiplayer (t6mp) instead of zombies. Maybe I did something wrong? Do you have a working config for t6mp?

#Shell script for Plutonium T6 Multiplayer/Zombie Server on Ubuntu/Debian
PAT=~/T6-Server/Server/Multiplayer #Game path
KEY='SECRET' #Server key https://platform.plutonium.pw/serverkeys
CFG=dedicated.cfg #Configuration file the server should use (default: dedicated.cfg)
PORT=4976 #Server port (default: 4976)
MODE=t6mp #Game mode ( Multiplayer / Zombie ) - ( t6mp / t6zm )

wine .\\bin\\plutonium-bootstrapper-win32.exe $MODE $PAT -dedicated +start_map_rotate +set key $KEY +set net_port $PORT +set sv_config $CFG

Minami

Sakul I think the problem is related to your connection ports, they are probably closed (4976-4977), if you host the server on your local network you can test to join it using connect localhost:4976 or connect localhost:4977, if all works correctly, i thinks it's your connection ports. If you use a VPS see to open your ports.

Resxt

axite Nice guide well done. The download is very nice!
Do you have any VPS recommendation?

Sakul

Minami EDIT: Server now working. I fixed it by replacing the Plutonium folder of the .rar file with the one from my local pc. Guess yours is outdated or something.

Minami

@lResxt Personally I use Contabo, the prices are not very expensive.

Resxt

Minami This was one of the best websites I found when I did my research but I didn't want to use it because of the setup fees. You basically pay twice the price just because of the setup fees. Even with 3 months the setup fee alone is 5€ for me but I admit that you get a good hardware so I'll give it a try next time I try hosting. Thank you!

Sakul

Minami Do you maybe know how to get the DLC maps working? I added them to the maprotation and added all the missing map files to the zone folder, yet the server skips the DLC maps when they are next in the maprotation.

Minami

Sakul I don't know, if you have the same configuration as here it should work. Or maybe you are missing some gamesettings. I don't think I can help you more

If it can help you here is the tree of one of my folder for zombie servers.

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Kratos_26000

Hello it's to say I did the steps and it doesn't work

? Offline

Can you update download link please ?

GaryCraft

axite said in PlutoT6 Server & IW4Admin on Ubuntu 20.04:

wget https://dl.axite.dev/T6-Server.zip

It doesn't have IW4Admin out of the box, but it does have the server files
https://sftp.banabyte.com/dl/plutonium/server.zip

VZLAxSmoke

https://prnt.sc/UpowPyUBcade

you can run the server on linux but the bad thing is the aggressive use of the cpu is there a way that when using wine the use of the % of the cpu is lower?

because I uploaded a test server when the % is filled the cpu goes up causing lag and jerks to the players

My discord in case you can help me

VZLAxSmoke#8458
Thanks !!

chrxstian

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