Creating a Program to Manage Steam Servers Remotely....

[VJ]

Not entirely sure where I should put this... but i thought this was more suitable.

As some of you may know, I run my own home-hosted Steam Dedicated servers from a spare PC...
And as many other of you know, these frequently require updating and changing etc.

I'm downloading Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Express atm, as that's the only thing I know how to use a bit .

Currently, I have to use Remote Desktop to do everything and i've written a lot batch files to make it easier. Now it's just a matter of being able to execute those batch files automatically.

I only need to do an update when

Your server is out of date. Please update and restart.

appears in command prompt...

so yeah, i'll keep you guys updated on how I get on

[Smifis]

Use batch files, execute the files from within a batch file, write it to a text file and using windows task manager or whatever the devil is called these days to run a script every 30 mins checking the last line.

Would that work?

[VJ]

Use batch files, execute the files from within a batch file, write it to a text file and using windows task manager or whatever the devil is called these days to run a script every 30 mins checking the last line.

Would that work?

I am right now, but then it gets cluttered

Right now i've managed to do things through telnet.
Just now i've got to integrate it into VB.. somehow lol

[Aaron]

From my fairly limited knowledge of VB, that should be a fairly straight forward task, with a bit of reading... have you thought about doing it via a web interface hosted on the server?

[VJ]

From my fairly limited knowledge of VB, that should be a fairly straight forward task, with a bit of reading... have you thought about doing it via a web interface hosted on the server?

that sounds like a good idea i'll get it done in this program first

[Aaron]

It would just take away some of the complication, if you could get the files to run locally on that machine, rather than being downloaded to yours

[VJ]

It would just take away some of the complication, if you could get the files to run locally on that machine, rather than being downloaded to yours

ok, help me, lol. i'm stuck.

I've got batch files that update etc. like so..:

@ECHO OFF

Echo Changing Directory to C:\Dedicated Servers\Steam
cd "C:\Dedicated Servers\Steam"

Echo Updating Counter-Strike: Source
Start "Counter-Strike: Source Update" /WAIT HldsUpdateTool.exe -command update -game "Counter-Strike Source" -dir "C:\Dedicated Servers\Steam\CounterStrikeSource"
Echo Finished...

Echo Updating Left 4 Dead
Start "Left 4 Dead Update" /WAIT HldsUpdateTool.exe -command update -game left4dead -dir "C:\Dedicated Servers\Steam\Left4Dead"
Echo Finished...


Echo Updating Left 4 Dead 2
Start "Left 4 Dead 2 Update" /WAIT HldsUpdateTool.exe -command update -game left4dead2 -dir "C:\Dedicated Servers\Steam\Left4Dead2"
Echo Finished...

Echo Updating Team Fortress 2
Start "Team Fortress 2 Update" /WAIT Hldsupdatetool.exe -command update -game tf -dir "C:\Dedicated Servers\Steam\TeamFortress2"
Echo Finished...

Echo Updating Synergy
Start "Synergy Update" /WAIT HldsUpdateTool.exe -command update -game synergy -dir "C:\Dedicated Servers\Steam\Synergy"
Echo Finished...

Echo Update Completed...

pause

And what I use to run the Team Fortress 2 Server...

@ECHO OFF

Echo Changing Directory to F:\Dedicated Servers\Steam\TeamFortress2\orangebox
cd "F:\Dedicated Servers\Steam\TeamFortress2\orangebox"

Echo Launching Team Fortress 2 Server
Start "Team Fortress 2 Dedicated Server" srcds.exe -console -game tf -hostport 27015 +maxplayers 24 +map ctf_2fort

You're talking about a web interface that executes those batch files? right? what about displaying the Server console?

[Aaron]

I'm not 100% sure how to do it, but I'm pretty sure it'll be possible. I'll ask my web guy when I see him tomorrow..

[VJ]

I'm not 100% sure how to do it, but I'm pretty sure it'll be possible. I'll ask my web guy when I see him tomorrow..

cheers

i've been googling all day, i've found nothing

[Aaron]

I'm pretty sure I know how to do it actually... I bookmarked it at my office, but forgot to transfer it to home.. I'll just read through it again, and then PM you it tomorrow

[Faz]

It's probably best to build your program as a console application, then you can read in the input from the console and then produce an output.

How far have you got now?

[VJ]

It's probably best to build your program as a console application, then you can read in the input from the console and then produce an output.

How far have you got now?

nowhere, ive been waiting on a PM

[Faz]

ah right. well if I get some time I will have a look at it, but yeah, im not 100% on VB either.

Could maybe do this.