[OneOfUs]

Hello!

I've been trying to get a Dota 2 Dedicated server up and running for the past couple of days. Tried various methods found online, but none of them seemed to work for me

I am able to download the necessary Dota 2 server files with SteamCMD.

But after that I can't seem to figure out how to actually launch the server.
I tried using srcds file found in this thread, but it gives me the following error:

Failed to load the launcher DLL:
The specified module could not be found.

What steps are necessary to actually launch the dota 2 server?

Would love to get any input on this.

[8guawong]

dota2 is not supported i'm afraid

[OneOfUs]

It seems to be listed in the valve's Dedicated Servers List, though.

Under Linux Dedicated Servers, with appid 570. Maybe it's an error on their part?

[psychonic]

Originally Posted by OneOfUs But after that I can't seem to figure out how to actually launch the server. I tried using srcds file found in this thread, but it gives me the following error: Failed to load the launcher DLL: The specified module could not be found.

That srcds.exe is from Source1. Dota 2 is on the Source2 engine now and does not use a separate executable to run the server as dedicated.

Originally Posted by OneOfUs What steps are necessary to actually launch the dota 2 server?

Run game/bin/win[32|64]/dota2.exe (or game/dota.sh on Linux) with the -dedicated parameter. If on Windows, you will also need to have Metamod:Source installed for it the server to not automatically exit upon map load. (I don't think there are install instructions on the wiki for MM:S on Source2, but it's very similar to using the documented "gameinfo" loading method on Source1).

Also, I don't think it will let you have players join without creating further plugins - been a while since I tested. If they try to connect manually as-is, I believe they will get a message about there not being a lobby for them, as Dota 2 defaults to exclusively using matchmaking, which isn't implemented for non-Valve servers.