Setup Server

How to setup Altis Life server:

Here you'll learn how to setup your own server, in both windows and linux environments.

Before starting, you should have both life_server and Altis_Life.Altis packaged as a pbo.
You can find it already packaged in our releases tab, or you can pack it using pboManager.

Download extDB3 from Torndeco's Bitbucket repository. Note: extDB3 is required for Altis Life RPG v5.0.0 as of commit 8de51bd.

If you're using a version <=4.4R4, extDB2 can be found here. It comes with both (Windows & Linux) versions. Just replace any mention of extDB3 in this guide with extDB2 and make sure to use the old extDB2-conf.ini format since it differs from extDB3.

Windows Server

Requirements:

• MySQL Server / MariaDB Server (MariaDB is recommended)
• Steam CMD
• vc2015 redist (x86)
• vc2015 redist 64-bit (Only needed if you're running the 64-bit Arma server executable)

Step 1: (Installing MySQL server)

• Download MariaDB server, install it and take note of your root login and password.
• Next, open HeidiSQL (Or MySQL WorkBench, or navicat... Heidi is already installed with MariaDB) and start a new session.
• Once the session has been started, open AltisLife.sql and edit the string 'changeme' to a password of your choice.

CREATE USER IF NOT EXISTS `arma3`@`localhost` IDENTIFIED BY 'changeme';

• Once the password has been changed, go to File > Load SQL File. Then, select the AltisLife.sql file. It'll open a new tab, then, just select the play button.
• Now, refresh it and you'll see a new database in the left, with the name "AltisLife".

Note: If you use MySQL, server version 5.6.5 or higher is required.

Step 2: (Installing Arma 3 Server)
This step is only needed if you don't have the ArmA 3 client already installed, if so, you can use its directory.

• Extract steamcmd to the folder where you want your ArmA 3 server to be installed.
• Now, double click on it, and it'll start to set the environment.
• When it finishes, you'll see a white line starting with "Steam>" in the cmd.
• Now do this:

Steam> login 'steamlogin' 'steampassword' 'steamguardcode'
Steam> app_update 233780 validate
Steam> quit

obs: steamguardcode is optional, and only for accounts with mobile guard enabled.
Example:

Steam> login armalife 123456 qtk4c
Steam> app_update 233780 validate
Steam> quit

Step 3: (Installing needed Mods/Mission)

• After installing your ArmA 3 server, in the folder where you put steamcmd.exe, go: steamapps > common > Arma 3 Server
• Afterwards, create a new folder with the name: @life_server, and inside this folder, another one with called: Addons
• Now, go back to the ArmA 3 Server folder and create one more folder with named: @extDB3
• It should be like this:

Arma 3 Server
├ @life_server
| └ Addons
└ @extDB3

• After this, copy the life_server.pbo to @life_server > Addons folder and the Altis_Life.Altis.pbo to MPMissions folder.

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If you are using 5.0.0+, please note the following:

5.0.0 and future builds have two different SQMs (for both Altis & Tanoa). If you are downloading from the GitHub itself, these are contained within an SQMs folder, and you must do the following:

• Open SQMs folder
• Copy SQM for your chosen map
• Move SQM into Altis_Life.Altis (or Tanoa_Life.Tanoa etc)
• Rename SQM to mission.sqm

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• And then, open extDB3-vXX.7z and extract @extDB3 and tbbmalloc.dll, in the Windows folder, to your ArmA 3 Server folder.
• It should be like this:

Arma 3 Server
├ @life_server
| └ Addons
|   └ life_server.pbo
├ @extDB3
| ├ extdb-conf.ini
| └ extDB3.dll
├ MPMissions
| └ Altis_Life.Altis.pbo
└ tbbmalloc.dll

Step 4: (Configuring extDB3)

• Open the extdb3-conf.ini file (inside the @extDB3 folder)
• Inside it, edit it to resemble this:

[altislife]
IP = MyDatabaseIP
Port = 3306
Username = MyDatabaseLogin
Password =  MyDatabasePassword
Database = altislife

Example:

[altislife]
IP = 127.0.0.1
Port = 3306
Username = arma3
Password =  123456
Database = altislife

Obs: Use 127.0.0.1 as IP if the MySQL server shares the same machine with arma3server.

Step 5: (Starting server)

• First, we need to create a batch file. For this, open the notepad, and paste this:

@echo off
echo ==============================
echo Starting the Altis Life Server
echo ==============================
echo.

set svExe=arma3server_x64.exe
set svPort=2302
set svMod=@life_server;@extDB3;

IF not exist "basic.cfg" (
  echo ==============================
  echo    Creating basic.cfg file
  echo ==============================
  echo.

  echo MaxMsgSend = 128; >> basic.cfg
  echo MaxSizeGuaranteed = 512; >> basic.cfg
  echo MaxSizeNonguaranteed = 256; >> basic.cfg
  echo MinBandwidth = 131072; >> basic.cfg
  echo MaxBandwidth = 2097152000; >> basic.cfg
  echo MinErrorToSend = 0.001; >> basic.cfg
  echo MinErrorToSendNear = 0.01; >> basic.cfg
  echo MaxCustomFileSize = 1310720; >> basic.cfg
  echo class sockets{maxPacketSize = 1400;}; >> basic.cfg
  echo adapter=-1; >> basic.cfg
  echo 3D_Performance=1; >> basic.cfg
  echo Resolution_W=0; >> basic.cfg
  echo Resolution_H=0; >> basic.cfg
  echo Resolution_Bpp=32; >> basic.cfg
  echo terrainGrid=25; >> basic.cfg
  echo viewDistance=2000; >> basic.cfg
  echo Windowed=0; >> basic.cfg

  PING -n 2 127.0.0.1>nul
)

IF not exist "config.cfg" (
  echo ==============================
  echo    Creating config.cfg file
  echo ==============================
  echo.


  echo hostName = "ArmaLife Server -- Altis"; >> config.cfg
  echo password = ""; >> config.cfg
  echo passwordAdmin = "123456"; >> config.cfg
  echo serverCommandPassword = ""; >> config.cfg
  echo logFile = ""; >> config.cfg
  echo motd[] = { >> config.cfg
  echo }; >> config.cfg
  echo. >> config.cfg
  echo motdInterval = 3; >> config.cfg
  echo maxPlayers = 75; >> config.cfg
  echo kickduplicate = 1; >> config.cfg
  echo verifySignatures = 2; >> config.cfg
  echo allowedFilePatching = 0; >> config.cfg
  echo requiredSecureId = 0; >> config.cfg
  echo voteMissionPlayers = 3; >> config.cfg
  echo voteThreshold = 1.5; >> config.cfg
  echo disableVoN = 0; >> config.cfg
  echo vonCodecQuality = 10; >> config.cfg
  echo persistent = 1; >> config.cfg
  echo timeStampFormat = "none"; >> config.cfg
  echo BattlEye = 1; >> config.cfg
  echo. >> config.cfg
  echo doubleIdDetected = ""; >> config.cfg
  echo onUserConnected = ""; >> config.cfg
  echo onUserDisconnected = ""; >> config.cfg
  echo onHackedData = ""; >> config.cfg
  echo onDifferentData = ""; >> config.cfg
  echo onUnsignedData = ""; >> config.cfg
  echo regularCheck = ""; >> config.cfg
  echo. >> config.cfg
  echo class Missions >> config.cfg
  echo { >> config.cfg
  echo  class Mission_1 >> config.cfg
  echo  { >> config.cfg
  echo      template = "Altis_Life.Altis"; >> config.cfg
  echo      difficulty = "regular"; >> config.cfg
  echo  }; >> config.cfg
  echo }; >> config.cfg

  PING -n 2 127.0.0.1>nul
)

:folder
set Folder=ServerProfiles
IF not exist %Folder% (
  echo ==============================
  echo Creating ServerProfiles Folder
  echo ==============================
  echo.

  mkdir %Folder%

  PING -n 2 127.0.0.1>nul
)

echo ==============================
echo Server .exe: %svExe%
echo ==============================
echo.


start "" "%svExe%" -cfg=basic.cfg -config=config.cfg -profiles=ServerProfiles -nosound -port=%svPort% -serverMod=%svMod% -autoInit;
PING -n 2 127.0.0.1>nul

echo ==============================
echo Listening to port: %svPort%
echo ==============================
echo.

PING -n 2 127.0.0.1>nul

echo ==============================
echo Mods: %svMod%
echo ==============================
echo.

PING -n 8 127.0.0.1>nul
@exit

• Then, save it as startserver.bat and place it inside your ArmA 3 server folder
• Now, just double click it and the server will start with all the needed mods & config files

Obs: Remember to install the vc2015 redist (x86) before starting the server. Otherwise, you won't be able to connect to the database.
Obs2: The batch creates both config & basic CFGs in the root folder. Obs3: The RPT logs from the server are saved in the ServerProfiles, inside your ArmA 3 server folder.

Linux Server

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