Battleye Extended Controls

[Wavious]

Hi, I've been trying to get Battleye Extended Controls to work for my Arma 3 server. I'm using TadST and my current version of BEC is v 1.608. I have tried everything and was wondering if someone would be glad to walk me through it. Because i am a noob at all of this Scheduled Restarts for my Arma 3 Server. If you can help me that would be great!

[Caliban55]

What exactly do you need help with, does BEC not start successfully, or are you getting any errors? BEC comes with a pretty self explaining and extensive documentation and sample files that can be edited. You can find the link to the documentation here:
http://ibattle.org/install-and-configure/
or for the scheduler part:
http://ibattle.org/install-and-configur ... scheduler/

[Wavious]

@Caliban55

Every time I I launch BEC application it tries to connect to the server and says no valid response. I've tried using 127.0.0.1 for the IP in the Config and I've tried using my VM Ip.

[Caliban55]

With ArmA 3 you have to disable the server check by applying the --dsc BEC switch. You have to start BEC with the following command line:

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Bec.exe --dsc -f Config.cfg

[Wavious]

@caliban55

Can I put this in the properties command line of the application or will I have to do it each time I start it?

[Caliban55]

Yes, you can put it into a created shortcut's start line. Or you can install BEC as a Windows service (which you actually have to do, if you want to use the scheduler restarting option) using NSSM (or a similar programm, or Windows services itself).

https://nssm.cc/

[Wavious]

@caliban55

Ok so when putting this as a service do I need to use the shortcut as the service? And is that the only thing I have to do is add it as a service and configure the scheduler.xml and I will be good?
Thank you for your help btw

[Caliban55]

If you want to add BEC as a service, you have to point toward the Bec.exe, not a created shortcut (though this would also work, but is a strange practise I guess). You will then have to define/edit a block in the scheduler.xml file, with the desired shutdown intervall(s). Use the #shutdown command in this case. The ArmA3 executable (arma3server.exe) has to be installed as a service also of course, in the same manner as BEC using NSSM, or the Windows services. BEC will shutdown the ArmA3 server, which will be restarted if installed as a service with the automatic restart setting.

[Wavious]

@caliban55

Ok so when starting the Arma 3 server exe with the service will it automatically start tadst to run the server

[Caliban55]

No, you can't use TADST in combination with schedules restarts through BEC (and TADST is also not needed; I would also not recommend to use a 3rd party server setup tool - it only complicates narrowing down server problems, ArmA 3 runs perfectly fine without this).

[Wavious]

@caliban55

Without using tadst what server tool am I going to be able to use?

[Caliban55]

A server tool is not required to run a ArmA server and in my opinion only complicates managing the server when you want to set up a more complex mission/mods. It has a GUI and that might appear more "user friendly" to beginners, but in the long run, not really a good choice. If you want to use a graphic interface, you can use the arma3serverlauncher.exe that comes with a ArmA 3 installation. It also offers you the chance to manage a dedicated ArmA 3 server. Though you still can't use it if you want scheduled restarts. Another option is to use FireDaemon a 3rd party tool that does all this whith a graphic interface and restart options, etc.. FireDeamon is not free though, you would have to buy it.
http://www.firedaemon.com/

My recomendation is to set up the ArmA 3 server with the neccessary configuration files:

• server.cfg
• basic.cfg
• optional a profile file
• and also optional, but I would always recommend it, a parameter file

You can then start your ArmA 3 server through the arma3server.exe with the following method, or add this to the installed Windows service, if you choose to;

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arma3server.exe -enableHT -par=YOUR_PARAMETER_FILE

Here is a complete link with a How-To:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arm ... figuration