Dedicated Server Installation ¶

This guide will step you through the process of how to install a Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45 server on your Windows or Linux machine.

Install SteamCMD ¶

To download the most up-to-date server files, you must have SteamCMD installed on your machine.

Click here to get instructions on installing the latest version of SteamCMD.

Download Server Files ¶

Open a new command prompt (Windows) or Terminal window (Linux) and enter the following commands, being sure to replace values like <STEAMCMD_DIR> with the correct values for your machine.

Windows ¶

cd "<STEAMCMD_DIR>"
steamcmd
login "<STEAM_USERNAME>" "<STEAM_PASSWORD>"
force_install_dir "<INSTALL_DIR>"
app_update 223240 verify
app_update 1290 verify
quit

Linux ¶

cd "<STEAMCMD_DIR>"
steamcmd
login "<STEAM_USERNAME>" "<STEAM_PASSWORD>"
force_install_dir "<INSTALL_DIR>"
app_update 223250 verify
app_update 1290 verify
quit

Modify steam_appid.txt ¶

Open <INSTALL_DIR>\System\steam_appid.txt and change the contents to:

1280

Launch! ¶

The server executable is called ucc. It lives in your <INSTALL_DIR>/System directory. To launch your server, run the executable and supply it with (at bare minimum) the following arguments:

ucc server DH-Brecourt?game=DH_Engine.DarkestHourGame -mod=DarkestHour -ini=DarkestHour.ini

For Windows users, there is a batch file located at <INSTALL_DIR>/System/dh_server_launcher.bat that already has these commands pre-loaded.

Windows Server Info ¶

If you are running the server on a dedicated windows server machine with windows firewall on, you will need to allow UCC.exe on both UDP and TCP (all ports). And allow HTTP (port 80) traffic, this is for the Steam master server.