OVERVIEW:

There are two ways to start an Infiltration server, one from within Infiltration itself and one from a command line. There are only two types of servers for Infiltration: Listen and Dedicated. A Listen Server is one that you start from the computer that you play on. This is essentially you starting an offline game and inviting people to join you on your machine. A Dedicated Server is one that is standalone and is usually started on a dedicated server box. In addition to all of this, there are two ways to start a dedicated server, one with the infiltration.exe file, and the other with the UCC.exe file. Both of these in these are covered below.

All servers use variables that can be set from within your Infiltration's INI or Standoff.INI file.

WITHIN INFILTRATION:

Starting a server from within the Infiltration itself is perhaps the easiest way to share the Infiltration experience Online with the gaming community.

Listen Server- Simply set up Infiltration the way you would for an offline game. Then launch the game as you normally would from the Start Game menu. This will launch you into the game and start a server that your friends can join in. Unfortunately, since you are playing on the same machine you will have a zero ping, and most people don't like the odds stacked against them that way. This server mode is best if you want to get together with some local friends in a quick game of Infiltration either over the net or on a LAN.

Dedicated Server- Once again, set up everything you want in the menus and .ini files, and then from within Infiltration, Select Dedicated Server from The Start Gane menu. This time you will not be able to play on the server, as it is set up in dedicated mode. If you start up another instance of Unreal, you can join in, but it is not recommended as you will kill any benefits of running a dedicated server by sucking down all your system resources to play. This is the first, and least effective, way of running a dedicated server. It uses the Unreal.exe and -server option to start, and as a result you'll see a little Unreal icon symbol in your taskbar. Hovering over this icon will give you info on your server, right clicking will allow you to quit the server, view the console, or adjust advanced menu options. The reason this method of starting a server is less effective is twofold-

1. In order to interact with the desktop the server uses more CPU cycles, leaving less for the game itself
2. If the server crashes, that's it...you'll have to restart from the menu again.

COMMAND LINE:

Starting a server from a command prompt is the preferred way to run a truly dedicated server. This type of server yields the best performance and is easily customizable. There are a great number of variables you can set this way, just about every specific you can think of, from which gametype to use, to which map is the default. For Infiltration, you have to execute commands in a specific order. For all of the experienced Unreal admins out there, the next bit is what you need to run an Infiltration server...just modify the paths you already know to reflect the Infiltration requirements. For all of the new admins, there are two ways to use command line starts: in a batch file (.bat) or with a server helper. To create a batch file, simply place the information provided below in a text file and save it as something like Infiltration.bat. To run the batch file and start your server, just double-click on it.

Here's a basic sample:

C:\unreal\system\unreal.exe INF_[SP]ExtremePrejudice.unr?Game=Infiltration.INFIL_StandoffGame -server

Let's break this down:

C:\unreal\system\unreal.exe- This is the path to your .exe file. Pretty self explanatory, change the drive letter, Unreal directory name and overall path to fit your install.

server- The switch you use to tell Unreal to run a server. This switch has to be right after the path to the .exe file.

INF_[SP]ExtremePrejudice.unr- Map name. This is the first map that will run on a start or restart. Be careful here, and use a map that you know will work with INF, and with the particular gametype that comes next. Choosing a CTF map for DM, spelling the map name wrong, or choosing a non-Infiltration map can have strange and often fatal (to the server, anyway) results.

?game=Infiltration.INFIL_StandoffGame- This is the Infiltration gametype you want to start the server playing... All the various INF gametypes can be found in the 'infiltration.int' file in your Unreal\System folder. (Just open it with notepad) Examples are: Infiltration.Infil_DeathMatch and Infiltration.Infil_StandOffGame.
Note that this begins with a '?'. this is necessary to string the various related parts of the command line together. Each new section starts with it. They do not need to end with a '?' too, however, and not all parts (as you can see in the example) require it.

Here is another example, showing a basic DeathMatch command lines.

C:\unreal\system\unreal.exe INF_[SP]ExtremePrejudice.unr?Game=Infiltration.INFIL_DeathMatch -server