Install ACE on your Server
How do I install ACE and related mods?
Please make sure you have the latest ArmA 2 patch installed!...Stable
Let us know about your server so it can be listed over at Servers
Configure your Server
Settings for dedicated server features may be adjusted in the ..\ArmA2\userconfig\ACE\ACE_serverconfig.hpp file. Also see Running an ACE Server...Lock
Recommendations
See also Biki Dedicated Server for general ArmA server setup, modfolder principle. (Additional read: BIKI "Addons").
Add version information to your Servername
Add the ACE version to your servername, example:
MyServername @ACE Stable or MyServername @ACE Dev
Make sure that users connecting to your server, actually have ACE installed
All users connecting to a server running ACE should have ACE installed, and preferably be on exactly the same version.
If this is not the case, severe issues can arise!
This is a tricky one. One way is to make sure that all missions on your server
.To require ACE in your missions, usually adding some ACE unit or vehicle should add some ace_*** addons to your mission.sqm addons and addonsAuto arrays, ...You can use the ACEify_Missions tool to mass-update missions to require ACE Mod.
Make your users aware of ACE information
ACE Documentation is pretty useful!
Especially Installation (& Update methods) are useful.
Ingame Help is useful too!
If you run the Ongoing Development version, the Update Schedule is pretty useful too!
Support too!
Other mods and Compatibility
It is recommended to always use the latest versions of Mods, as especially incompatibility issues tend to get fixed. It is important to verify the ...Also see Community for Compatible Mods and Missions.
Difficulty Settings
For realism, it is recommended to disable Enhanced Armor, Enemy Tags, Autoreport, auto guided AT, 3rd Person View, Crosshairs.
For Accuracy and Skill tweaking please see the howto of
+image AI parameters including accuracy, how fast they will fire weapons, ability to detect enemy forces, reload speed, endurance, courage when attacked, ...
Streamlining addon management
There are software tools that ease the use of addons and mods on server and client machines.
Turn on Signature checking
Signature verification will verify if your players are only running addons that you have allowed by the usage of Keys.
It is recommended to use this, as you can force equality of mods, possibly mod versions, and therefore control and hopefully limit the amount of issues.
Please see BIKI Signature Verification
How can I disallow ACE mod on my server?
- BIKI Signature Verification
- BIF Thread - Kick players with ACE addons this snippet is confirmed working) (Please also see this post for extended info)