Setting Up a Separate VoIP BF2 Server

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This was pulled from the "Read Me" file that comes with the BF2 software.

STANDALONE VoIP SERVER

Battlefield 2 supports running a remote VoIP server. Running the VoIP
server remotely takes load off the main game server, and so increases
performance.


SETUP

In the Battlefield 2 Server Launcher:

- VoIPEnabled
Enables VoIP in Battlefield 2.

- VoIPServerRemote
Enable this if you would like to run VoIP via a remote server.

- VoIPServerRemoteIP
Enter the IP address of the remote VoIP server.

- VoIPServerPort
Specifies the Battlefield 2 server socket used to communicate with the
Remote VoIP Server.

- VoIPBFClientPort
Specifies the Battlefield 2 client socket used to communicate with the
Remote VoIP Server.

- VoIPBFServerPort
Specifies the socket on the Remote VoIP Server used to communicate
with the Battlefield 2 client and the Battlefield 2 server.

- VoIPSharedPassword
Here you can specify a password to be used to access the VoIP server.

- VoIPQuality
Here you can specify the VoIP quality. Higher values will increase
the quality of the transmitted sound, and will also require more
bandwidth.
- LAN servers started via the front end have a default quality setting
of 5, the highest.
- The Battlefield 2 Server Launcher defaults to a quality setting of 3.
This is best for internet games. For LAN games you can increase this
to improve the transmission quality.


The Battlefield 2 Standalone VOIP Server can be installed on a separate
machine by following the install procedure; select custom install and
select BF2 VOIP server.

You may need to edit the 'voip.con' file on the standalone VoIP
server. By default this file contains:

55125 no_password

- '55125'
This is the default port assignment the Battlefield 2 Server will use
to communicate with the Standalone VoIP Server. This number must match
the one in VoIPServerPort, set in the Battlefield 2 Server Launcher.

- 'no_password'
This password must match the one set in VoIPSharedPassword in the
Server Launcher.


MULTIPLE INSTANCES

You can have multiple instances of the Battlefield 2 Server connected to
the Battlefield 2 Standalone VoIP Server. To do this you must ensure
that each instance connects via an unique port. For example:

- Instance 1
VoipServerPort 55127
VoipBFClientPort 55128
VoipBFServerPort 55129

- Instance 2
VoipServerPort 55130
VoipBFClientPort 55131
VoipBFServerPort 55132