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Keelah's Arma Server Tool to manage Arma 3 Servers and manage Steam Workshop mods

License: GNU General Public License v3.0

C# 32.98% HTML 67.02%

arma3 csharp server-management server-manager wpf steam steam-workshop

kast's Introduction

Keelah Arma Server Tool (KAST)

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INTRO

After developing FASTER for a few years, I decided to restart the whole project to make a new Architecture from a clean slate. This new Architecture should allow contributors to better participate in the project development.

Big up to all the devs, testers and users. Also, to BI for giving us an awesome game to break.

PREREQUISITES

Steam account with valid copy of Arma 3.
Basic understanding of Arma 3 dedicated servers.

FEATURES

Steam Workshop Integration
- Install and update Arma 3 Server (Stable, Dev, DLCs, Legacy)
- Install, update and manage Arma 3 Workshop mods
- Import Local Mods
- Supports Steam Guard and Mobile Auth
- Import mod presets from Arma 3 Launcher
- Check for mod updates on app launch
Multiple Server Profiles
- Save and load multiple server presets
- Supports all server config options
- Supports all server command line options
- Custom mission params
- Custom difficulty
- Headless Client support and auto launch
- Correctly displays mods in Server Browser
- Load Steam Mod Presets (html presets) to your profiles
- Manually editable config files
Local Mod Support
- Reads local mods from server folder
- Include additional folders to search

ISSUES and FEEDBACK

As always, best place to report issues is on the GitHub Repo. As for general discussion I'll keep an eye on the BI forum thread but I'll be more active on Discord.

DOCUMENTATION

A complete Documentation is available on the GitHub Wiki

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kast's Issues

[FEATURE] A proper database system

FASTER uses configuration files stored in AppData
Yikes

KAST needs a proper database system to work.
For now, the easiest way to do it would be SQLite

Keypoints :

Minimal install (SQLIte has none, all handled by the program)
Relational DB to link Mods with Profiles and so on...
Easy integration with C# (EF Core or other framework)

Link	Notes
LiteDB	Requires a custom EFCore Wrapper
SQLite	Old but it works
SQL Server CE	SQL Server but no install
VistaDB	Never heard of it

Starter issues

Could you put up some starter issues / things you'd prefer people work on?

[FEATURE] Linux Support

Despite the fact that Linux is not recommended by Bohemia, some users still want to use Linux so... I guess KAST should too

Images for documentation

Just an issue to post images for README or Documentation

[FEATURE] Remote FIlesystem Access

KAST's main objective is to support being used directly on the server or being a remote app (through a web browser) so users can run it on VPS with no RDP/TeamViewer feature
So a Web App, that's why I used Blazor

FASTER was able to select where to download Arma Servers and where to store Mods
However, this is not that easy with a web app.

So either find a File Browser addon, build a File Browser from the ground up or just select a path

Be mindful of security too, can't allow anyone to see the content of the whole server's filesystem.

[FEATURE] Mod Management

THE feature that FASTER had

KAST need to be able to manage mods as well and probably in a better way
The most difficult thing in FASTER was the updater

Needs :

Download a mod from Steam (from URL or ID)
Notify if a mod needs an update
Update mods
Fix broken mods
Efficient storage (don't have dozens of duplicates)
Local Mods management
Import from Steam ?
Import from Arma Preset ?

So far FASTER went through SteamAPI + SteamCMD (yikes) and BytexDigital's Steam Wrapper that works but is still kind of a mess to update

[FEATURE] Server Profiles

This feature was started (a bit)

But just like FASTER, KAST should be able to manage multiple server profiles

Manage each config file
Manage launch command settings
Manage server-only Mods
Manage Client Mods
Manage optional Mods
Manage HC settings

[FEATURE] Docker Support

Just like Linux Support, Docker support might be easier to use for some users.

Probably base Server Path and Mod Storage path on some environment variable

[FEATURE] Config File formatter

One of the main Features in FASTER was the config file generator
Every changes UI generates the different config files

KAST need to have a better system to :

Generate the config file from UI
Update UI if config file changes
Include custom settings from the USER

[FEATURE] Server Monitoring

KAST need to be able to monitor the Arma Servers running on the machine