Hosting A Game On My Hosting Service in Developer Help

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Apr 23 2006, 4:21 pm
I have bought a hosting service and wish to use it for hosting a game, problem is I have no idea of how to do it. Do I have to upload the resource files to the htdocs folder or something, and how does it start hosting?

I really need a lot of help with this as I want it done quickly, I appreciate the help alot.

.:: Dice1989 ::.
#1 Apr 23 2006, 4:34 pm
you need access to run proggys on the server. IE, shell access. However, if you bought 'hosting space', it's probably for webpages, not running programs.
#2 Apr 24 2006, 1:27 am
In response to Jerico2day (#1)
if it is a typical webhosting space, then you are out of luck in hosting a game. you could, however, store the game files that people need to download to play the game in that space - just like any other file you can click on in a webpage.

as mentioned, you'll need something like a dedicated server, or shell server, which will allow you to host a game via DreamDaemon. and since most shell services are linux/unix/FreeBSD-based, you'll need to be familiar in getting around in those (text-based, think DOS) environments.