the server itself is part of Freelancer's install
If you're talking about a host, then it's variable depending on hosting company, bandwidth, and slots available (some)

Chris Bates

And if your taking about the physical server, a good one is around $3000 similar to what lancers needs

I have seen decent looking DELL ones for about £1500 GBP. Ifyou are going to get a web-hosting company in the UK to do a server for you then I would not recomend 123-reg.co.uk. I have heard the most terible reviews about them. (It probably explain why there so cheap!)

Edited by - cbrain on 9/1/2006 12:47:42 PM

I might get one if i wihn the lottery.

Same here, don't get your hopes up though, the chances of winning the lottery are very very very very very very (you get the idea) slim.

Hey, if it makes you feel any better you still have a slightly better chance of winning the lottery than you do of being struck by lightning.

to be honest to run a freelancer server the system requirements are very low by todays standards
i have pcs lying around doing nothing that arent even worth selling that can handle fl server with ease
the biggest outlay is bandwidth if you want to handle more than a few players

the bandwith is very low in FL (compared to other games)

but in fact the problem is the serverload and there you need a damn good PC
sure you can host FL on a small old PC but then you wont be able to get more than 5-10 players on it without lag

Not the bandwith is the major problem with lag... its the serverload and the RAM

you can make a freelancer server on a good pc with about two to three gigs of ram make sure its dedicated dont run nothing else on it.hey steel can i buy one of those old computers from you lol. make sure also you have a high speed connection.



Edited by - richard s on 10/3/2006 3:10:59 AM

the price of bandwidth i still say is the biggest out lay (in comparison to the hardware) for a useable fl server
the old computers i refer to are athlon 2600 xps which have the ability for many more than 5/10 players and you can get a 2nd hand pc like that for about 50 quid as for memory well even if you had to add some a couple of gig would cost washers on ebay
as for server load well many servers have minimised this too reducing random npcs it is a way to save on load and bandwidth

out of 3 years experience with hosting FL servers i can say for sure that if you want to host a good server where many ppl want to play you need a good hardware
additional to this there is the factor "mod" which causes extra serverload

the most successful mods atm have up to a few hundred additional mb to load
and the high player count doesnt help either
therefore they use high end hardware