[Egg Request]: Squad Proton or Wine Egg

[lbzepoqo]

Does this expand an already existing service

Yes

Link to a game or software

joinsquad.com

Links for the download

https://store.steampowered.com/app/393380/Squad/

Links for the install docs

https://squad.fandom.com/wiki/Server_Installation

[lbzepoqo]

Please know that an existing egg for Squad already exists although outdated: https://github.com/parkervcp/eggs/tree/master/game_eggs/steamcmd_servers/squad

Info not found in wiki

- You need to have ICMPv4 open in your firewall (This is a "ping") for latency to report correctly in the server browser. The test for this is to try to ping the IP for your server.
- You need to be punching through NAT. If you don't it won't work due to the above. Particularly a thing for home-hosters.
- `-beaconport=` is the flag you need to have set in your commandline. You may place this anywhere, but recommend being towards the end of the commandline next to `-log` - without the flag, it will default to having a "silent" `-beaconport=15000`, and it is a UDP listen port. **If you only have one server, this will be fine.** If you have more than one server, you will need to give each a unique beacon port. Recommend 5 port spaces to be safe ie. Server1 has -beaconport=15000, Server2 has -beaconport=15005, etc etc
- The `-beaconport=` flag is mobile - you can change your beaconport to wherever you wish, though it would be recommended to stay in the 15000-15050 range as that's what has been tested.
- Your Game Port (commandline argument `PORT=`) whichever it is, must be exposed and contactable. You cannot have this locked down, and a firewall rule must be in place to allow traffic to pass.
- You must have DNS throughput to the box. Otherwise it can't resolve EOS things.
- You must allow the beacon port through the firewall - your server may show up, but it will not be joinable unless you do.

**So, new requirements for your firewall:**
Game Port - UDP only - set via `Port=` flag in the command line
Steam Query Port - UDP only- set via `QueryPort=` flag in the command line
Beacon Port - UDP only- set via `-beaconport=` flag in the command line
RCON Port - TCP only - set via `RCONPORT=` flag in the command line
ICMPv4 allowed - in Windows this is done via cmd.exe easily - `netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="ICMP Allow incoming V4 echo request" protocol=icmpv4:8,any dir=in action=allow` in Linux, this is `iptables -A INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type echo-request -j ACCEPT`

**New requirements for your commandline**
Add `-beaconport=15000` to your commandline - if you have more than 1 server, increase this number (no two beacon ports on the same port binding)

[lbzepoqo]

Would love to have workshop mods support too if possible ❤️

https://squad.fandom.com/wiki/Uploading_a_mod_to_a_dedicated_server

[gOOvER]

why with Proton, when there is a native Linux Server?

[ImKringle]

^^ Any specific reason? Is it a compatibility issue or

Adding proton to the mix is just another point of issues, if it isnt needed its pretty rare anyone here makes one lol

[gOOvER]

I bet, this is Not possible, AS Long Proton Tricks dont run correct

[lbzepoqo]

why with Proton, when there is a native Linux Server?

Mod compatibility since not all of them are compatible with Linux or won't be cooked for Linux at all due to exponential growth of file size if cooked for Linux.

[lbzepoqo]

I bet, this is Not possible, AS Long Proton Tricks dont run correct

May I ask what do you mean by this?

[gOOvER]

why with Proton, when there is a native Linux Server?

Mod compatibility since not all of them are compatible with Linux or won't be cooked for Linux at all due to exponential growth of file size if cooked for Linux.

then you need wine. it will Not work with proton.

and not all mods running with wine

[lbzepoqo]

why with Proton, when there is a native Linux Server?

Mod compatibility since not all of them are compatible with Linux or won't be cooked for Linux at all due to exponential growth of file size if cooked for Linux.

then you need wine. it will Not work with proton.

and not all mods running with wine

Oh. Should I be requesting a wine egg instead like this game_eggs/steamcmd_servers/mordhau/egg-mordhau-wine.json ?

[lbzepoqo]

why with Proton, when there is a native Linux Server?

Mod compatibility since not all of them are compatible with Linux or won't be cooked for Linux at all due to exponential growth of file size if cooked for Linux.

then you need wine. it will Not work with proton.

and not all mods running with wine

The mod we intend to use is compatible with wine I think. I just thought wine eggs does not exist and proton eggs are the alternatives for it.

[lbzepoqo]

Should I rename this issue to wine instead or do I have to create a new one and close this one?

[gOOvER]

I don't think you have to do that. But I don't think someone will be found so quickly to do the egg just because of a plugin.

You'll just have to wait, pay someone to make one or make one yourself

[Cartitarul]

Hi @sergelouie6, I can help you with some information regarding the the questions you have.

1. Regarding the Wiki information
   From what I know that information is not published in the Wiki because its a Community Managed Wiki, OWI doesn't go out of there way to just update the wiki themselves after every update. Its a community responsibility to do so. To get the accurate and best information its better to go on the OWI Hosting Discord. I am gonna try and update the data with the mentions you made this week.

2. Regarding the Workshop Mods and the beacons and new server requirements
   Last month I made a egg commit that fixed every detail you mentioned above even the beacon parameter. I view it like a fix planning to polish it in the future. And also I added the possibility to install Mods on the server same on a beta(working) level planning to fix and polish everything this week.

3. Proton Support
   Regarding Proton Support as a lot of members said above its kind of weird and some mods even if they run on windows behave strange on wine and Proton and from my opinion I do not recommend that. My self I host 2 servers called [RO#1] and [RO#2] on Squad with a lot of mods and I didn't experience any critical bugs or problems using a Linux server. It can cause bugs but harmless and most mods work on Linux.

[lbzepoqo]

Hi @sergelouie6, I can help you with some information regarding the the questions you have.

1. Regarding the Wiki information
   From what I know that information is not published in the Wiki because its a Community Managed Wiki, OWI doesn't go out of there way to just update the wiki themselves after every update. Its a community responsibility to do so. To get the accurate and best information its better to go on the OWI Hosting Discord. I am gonna try and update the data with the mentions you made this week.
2. Regarding the Workshop Mods and the beacons and new server requirements
   Last month I made a egg commit that fixed every detail you mentioned above even the beacon parameter. I view it like a fix planning to polish it in the future. And also I added the possibility to install Mods on the server same on a beta(working) level planning to fix and polish everything this week.
3. Proton Support
   Regarding Proton Support as a lot of members said above its kind of weird and some mods even if there run on windows behave strange and from my opinion I do not recommend that. My self I host 2 servers called [RO#1] and [RO#2] on Squad with a lot of mods and I didn't experience any critical bugs or problems using a Linux server. I can cause bugs but most mods work on Linux.

Hi @Cartitarul, thank you for your response.

2. May I know how updating the mods work with the commit you made?
3. For proton support, I will be dropping my request for this and would change this to for a wine egg instead that has console support. The mods that we specifically wanted to use only supports Windows. We also had the same issue a year ago that we even opted to install Windows on our dedicated server just to be able to play the mod (Dynamic Direction) which was requested by the community but was not sustainable for us especially with control compared to Pterodactyl's features and it didn't take off that well due to other factors and since most communities run on Linux. This will be a good addition also if a wine egg is available since modders won't have to cook for Linux which bloats the mod's file size. As far as I remember, the devs of a specific mod before said that if they cook the mod for Linux it will make it x10+ in size from its original size of just 1GB.