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Basically just double click the exe/shortcut again

You can use Chimera itself for this, Multiclient is not needed.
Just make sure multiple_instances=1 and hash=% are set in chimera.ini. These are in the [halo] section.

They say it's better to establish yourself on Twitch before streaming on YouTube. Might be worth you trying it out then your followers will sub on YT also.

Thanks in advance for all supporters and I am gonna be uploading more Halo related content in the future!

Hi! Yes, Chimera does include a custom map downloading feature, but as of now it's a bit buggy and tend to crash (we're fixing that right now indeed). Current Chimera builds aren't compatible with HAC2, so in case you want to use both, you'll have to download older, unoptimized Chimera builds such as -572/581.
 
I highly suggest you to join the Chimera Discord server, because an upcoming update might be available soon with fixes!

Hey guys how's everyone doing today so does Chimera allow custom map downloads in halo pc and/or ce or does it not? and can I use it with hac2 yes or no? thanks!

It should not be. You should really take a step back.

Thanks in advance for all supporters and I am gonna be uploading more Halo related content in the future!

Thank you for the likes guys but as far as I can see no one has subscribed and I am really short on subscribers I am uploading and live streaming at the time and this is the end of the world for me so please just subscribe to me right now

Back in the olden days, when I hosted Halo Trial servers, real players would regularly go afk for extended periods of time only to come back and jump right in to the action. Unlike today where many of the afks are bots, these were real people. I miss it. 

Do you remember that weird and wonderful time when players were actually playing, and not AFKing to inflate pop count?
 
Crazy times :U

Hell yeah! Blood Gulch CTF action in 2023!
I remember playing this like 20 years ago in the Halo PC demo! :v
 
Like this post if you can relate! :v :v :v

Thanks in advance for all supporters and I am gonna be uploading more Halo related content in the future!

Hey guys just sharing how to edit mapvotes.txt easily
 
So here's my my mapvotes.txt file content:
 
damnation:Classic_Slayer_Pro:Damnation | Classic Slayer Pro:0:16
chillout:Classic_Slayer_Pro:Chillout | Classic Slayer Pro:0:16
bloodgulch:Classic_Slayer_Pro:Bloodgulch | Classic Slayer Pro:0:16
dangercanyon:Classic_Slayer_Pro:Dangercanyon | Classic Slayer Pro:0:16
ratrace:Classic_Slayer_Pro:Ratrace | Classic Slayer Pro:0:16
timberland:Classic_Slayer_Pro:Timberland | Classic Slayer Pro:0:16
beavercreek:Classic_Slayer_Pro:Beavercreek | Classic Slayer Pro:0:16
putput:Classic_Slayer_Pro:Chiron TL34 | Classic Slayer Pro:0:16
wizard:Classic_Slayer_Pro:Wizard | Classic Slayer Pro:0:16
sidewinder:Classic_Slayer_Pro:Sidewinder | Classic Slayer Pro:0:16
hangemhigh:Classic_Slayer_Pro:HangEmHigh | Classic Slayer Pro:0:16
carousel:Classic_Slayer_Pro:Derelict | Classic Slayer Pro:0:16
prisoner:Classic_Slayer_Pro:Prisoner | Classic Slayer Pro:0:16
gephyrophobia:Classic_Slayer_Pro:Gephyrophobia | Classic Slayer Pro:0:16
longest:Classic_Slayer_Pro:Longest | Classic Slayer Pro:0:16
deathisland:Classic_Slayer_Pro:Deathisland | Classic Slayer Pro:0:16
[h4]_pegasus:Classic_Slayer_Pro:[h4]_pegasus | Classic Slayer Pro:0:16
Disco:Classic_Slayer_Pro:Disco | Classic Slayer Pro:0:16
 
and now I will edit it with this website http://www.unit-conversion.info/texttools/replace-text/ 
 
It's a tool website that can replace text if it's not working for some reason then you can use any other replace text website. Thanks!

Your internet speeds are certainly enough to host a halo server, even multiple servers so that's not the issue. Surprised you get more upload than download that's rare for a home connection.


"What is the difference between actual VPSs that you purchase online and my laptop that has Windows Server Standard 2022?"

It may not be the laptop. It could be your ISP's firewall (or dynamic network if they use that).

But

You mentioned the halo server dropping some pings from yourself. When you clicked on your server multiple times you were also on the same home network correct? If so I'd check and see if there are any driver updates fo'r the network interface card on the laptop from the NIC's manufacturer's website. I'd also run a packet capture tool like Wireshark on at least the laptop, for instance when clicking on the halo server multiple times if you see the laptop doesn't even send a packet out for one of the clicks, it's definitely a software issue on the laptop itself. With the small exception of a lose cable inside it. And it's likely the driver for the NIC but it could be some other software issue. Perhaps an old windows firewall bug or something else if you haven't updated it.

Pretty sure like regular windows OSes the server versions will try to install generic net drivers if it can't find the correct manufacturer driver in its own lists.

*edit* Moving my reply to the appropriate post.
As for buyvm being out of stock that's unfortunate. But they are still active from what I see in the Discord so I'd keep checking for availability.

np, I would be interested to know how it goes if you end up using anycast with ddos protection from them. This is by far the cheapest anycast provider I've found. AWS charges like $1000 /month for this sort of thing. Cloudflare itself charges $3000/month. There was another host that charges like $50/month for the anycast itself but I forgot what it was, but if BuyVM doesn't work out I'll try and find it again if you want to try it.
 
As for the gateway it looks intimidating but really it's just a matter of picking the right guided install script for the linux distro OS of the vps, running it, and answering the 3 questions it will prompt you for in order to make configs (firewall and wireguard client files).

Once it's done you copy client1.conf (or client2.conf) file it makes to the Windows server's Wireguard and click Activate. And run ./start.sh on the gateway. This completes both ends of tunnel (Wireguard has a Windows installer)

Granted yeah you could run into issues like getting locked out of ssh or RDP but I don't mind helping out some if needed should you decide to try it. And as usual rebooting the vps will flush my firewall, along with wireguard rules on the gateway should it lock out.
 

The Wireguard VPN setup with Linode and Vultr sounds effective but seems very complicated lol, On the other hand, BuyVM looks very promising and has no complex setup so I think I'll go with that. Thanks! 

Buyvm has anycast without being ridiculously expensive, there's also OVH that has DDoS protection but no anycast or Dallas region. I haven't tried Buyvm yet though. Buyvm has a Discord too.

If affordability is the main concern Linode doesn't even charge for incoming bandwidth. I don't think OVH does either. As long as you are running one of my iptables firewalls it will indeed prevent reflection so that you don't get any extra charges for outgoing bandwidth even if you get flooded constantly. This is true for any host that doesn't charge for incoming bandwidth. Linode also has an API for their outside/edge firewall so that you can send player ips up to it for whitelisting, but it takes 8 seconds to update and that is enough time for a larger attack to knock out players (most edge firewalls take longer than 8 seconds).

https://github.com/antimomentum/haloce/tree/master/firewalls

You could also use a Linux server as a gateway while the halo server runs at the other end of the tunnel on Windows or Linux or even MacOS since Wireguard works in those OSes. If you do that I would be sure the gateway is in the same region as the real halo server (unless you're doing anycast). So yeah you could have a gateway on Linode with say, a Windows Vultr server behind it running halo.

https://github.com/antimomentum/haloce/tree/master/firewalls/vpngateway

Eschaton is the most advanced Halo PC/MD map editor, which comes fully loaded with various comprehensive plugins (including Sparky's). This program is found to be most useful for its unique automated tag import and map rebuilding process, which you can learn how to do, here.
 
Eschaton 0.8.1 (Windows).zip
Eschaton 0.8.1 (Linux).zip
Eschaton 0.8.1 (OSX).zip

Passed my CAS-004 exam today.

What you've done is create a place for that topic of discussion. Now you have to begin the discussion. Paraphrasing blog posts is certainly one thing. But you'll need some kind of body of work available to make the site useful.
 
For example, look at OC. What is the most valuable thing here? Believe it or not, it's not the links to maps, although there are many. There are other sites that have more. No, it's the permanent repository of tutorials, scripts, technical discussion, and tools. Anybody at any level of experience can come here and find something useful.
 
You need to get the ball rolling on creating that, but for fitness.

@ranarene Alternatively, you can use this script (wrote it specifically for you just now). If you have any issues, let me know.
It is designed to only block grenade and rocket launcher damage against teammates, whereas the script @Enclusion linked will block all damage (regardless of weapon) against teammates.

Pretty flashy forum though. I don't have any criticisms. You'll have to seed a lot of your initial content if you hope to get anywhere.