
Note the command in the console next to the server GUI. Edit the settings to suit your preferences and click Launch Server. Now start your server by running the DedicatedServer.exe file within the Binaries directory of your Homefront folder. This article explains more about the configuration settings that are of interest to most people. Homefront uses one configuration file, C:\homefront\GCGame\Config\DedicatedProfile_DefaultProfile\DedicatedPlaylist, to store its profile settings. You should also stop your server and run the shortcut every week or so to grab the latest server updates. It might take a few hours to update everything. Click the shortcut you created and let it run. Now download the Homefront server files via Valve’s content servers. Next edit the properties of the shortcut and in the target box, at the end of it (with a space before the following), put: +login anonymous +force_install_dir "C:\Homefront" +app_update 55280 validate +quitThe target box should now look something like: C:\SteamCMD\steamcmd.exe +login anonymous +force_install_dir "C:\Homefront" +app_update 55280 validate +quit First before you can download the files, go to the directory where you installed SteamCMD and create a shortcut to "SteamCMD.exe". The download is small (< 2 MB).ĭownload the Homefront server files via Valve’s content servers. Homefront Dedicated Server Setup Under FireDaemon Proįirst download and extract SteamCMD. You can also use Fusion to manage FireDaemon and other Windows services via a web browser. This HOWTO will show you how to set it up.

FireDaemon will allow you to have the dedicated server start automatically at boot prior to login, start multiple instances of the dedicated server and so forth.

If you want a ranked server, you will need to rent one from a Game Server Provider. You can only run the unranked server when hosting it yourself. The dedicated server component can be run as a Windows Service using FireDaemon Pro. Homefront is a first person shooter game.
