Myst you can prob help me here

[moona]

Site still looks great man  :thumbsup:

Along time ago you where promoting a seed box/server (not exactly sure what its called) it started with a V i think.

Can you remember its name? or the names of other companies preferably in the States that offer these services?

Any help is much appreciated

[Myst]

It was mightyseed.com but they stopped doing business.

[moona]

It was mightyseed.com but they stopped doing business.

Ahh yeh that was it. Do you know of anything that is able to be rented that allows me to install programs like Rod, Diablo etc and access them remotely like a normal seed box?

[Myst]

Any Windows VPS would work fine.
http://www.vpsland.com/window_vps_plans.php

[moona]

Thanks Myst your a star. I need to pick your brains again though

I want to setup a bot that can host games on Wc3. Basically it must be capable of creating say for example a Dota or Legion TD game and once it is full and has started is creates the next game whilst the other is going. These bots are all over the custom game list and rack up thousands of games.

How do people get all these bots running at once and more importantly how do they have a connection that is powerful enough to host them all? I presume these people use Ghost++?

I live in NZ so hosting games on my own connection would be impossible I'm sure.

Any way you can enlighten me on how to set this all up? or if it even possible if I'm not using my own connection

[Myst]

Yes, majority of them are Ghost++.  If you don't have a steady connection to host the bot, you can buy a server that you can use to host them on.  i.e like a Windows VPS.  Which basically is a Windows environment that you can remote desktop into and add all your bots to and start running them.  And then if you want to collect stats and a bunch of other add-ons Ghost++ site's has a bunch of additional features that expand the bot a bit more. 
So check out the site also http://www.codelain.com/  will probably have all the info you need there.

[moona]

Yes, majority of them are Ghost++.  If you don't have a steady connection to host the bot, you can buy a server that you can use to host them on.  i.e like a Windows VPS.  Which basically is a Windows environment that you can remote desktop into and add all your bots to and start running them.  And then if you want to collect stats and a bunch of other add-ons Ghost++ site's has a bunch of additional features that expand the bot a bit more. 
So check out the site also http://www.codelain.com/  will probably have all the info you need there.

Thanks for that extra info. I have gone ahead and purchased a VPN from the site you gave me. The biggest prob I'm having is installing Wc3 on it. I have managed to get the install files via FTP. Now that it is installed I just cant get the dam thing to run. The VPN has slim to no graphics capabilities and basically when I go to run Wc3 it sits on the initial load box and goes nowhere from there. Ive set it to run in its lowest quality and windows mode to no avail. Does Wc3 need to load to run the bot or does it just have to be directed to the exe files?

I have installed Direct X and the latest patch

Im also having problems with ROD. It just wont connect. I have the verbyte and server entered correctly.

BNCS(0) Connecting to uswest.battle.net That is all i get

[Myst]

No you don't need War3 installed.  The host bot is client less. 
For RoD, try installing the VB6 runtimes on the VPS: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyId=7B9BA261-7A9C-43E7-9117-F673077FFB3C&displaylang=en

[moona]

No you don't need War3 installed.  The host bot is client less. 
For RoD, try installing the VB6 runtimes on the VPS: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyId=7B9BA261-7A9C-43E7-9117-F673077FFB3C&displaylang=en

I have already installed that runtime  :thumbsup: to no avail though





Launching 10 connections or 1 its the exact same prob will not log the first BNCS account into realm. I directly copied my ROD Folder and its contents directly off my host comp that is working fine.

[Myst]

The connection might be getting blocked somewhere.  Try adding the program to the firewall exception list.  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc783494%28WS.10%29.aspx
If you continue to have problems, email the support team of the VPS or post on their forums about how to give programs access to the internet.  You'll get better feedback that way.
On a sidenote I've tested RoD v1 & v2 on Window's servers before, so I know they work, you just have to tinker it a bit, so ask a support guy at your VPS company.