BlackOps3ServerInstaller

Simplifying Black Ops 3 server installation for both Steam Black Ops 3 and Custom Clients (like T7X or BOIII).
No copyrighted files are distributed using these scripts.

This repository merges configurations and scripts from these projects:
T7X
EZZBOIII
T7 Configuration files
BOIIIEasyServer

You can create servers on both Linux-based platforms and Windows.

There doesn't seem to be a way to run zombies server using the official BO3 Server Launcher. Currently zombies servers are only available using custom clients

Table of Contents

• How to install on Windows
• How to install on Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Arch)
• EZZBOIII Server Additional Steps
• Cool, but Zombies?
• Mods?
• Custom Maps?
• Notes

How to install on Windows

1. Clone this repository wherever you want to install the server
2. Double click on server_files_downloader.bat
3. Wait for server files to download through steamcmd
4. Wait for the custom clients executable to download (currently T7X or EZZBOIII)
5. (For Custom Clients) You can now edit CustomClient_Server.bat and zone/server.cfg (or zone/server_cp.cfg or zone/server_zm.cfg) with your desired settings
6. (For Custom Clients) Launch your server using CustomClient_Server.bat boiii if you want to use EZBOIII or CustomClient_Server.bat t7x if you want to use T7X
7. (For official servers on vanilla BO3) Launch your server using Launch_Server.bat
8. Done!

How to install on Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Arch)

Official BO3 servers only aimed for Windows support, but Wine can help us run it on Linux too.

1. Clone this repository wherever you want to install the server
2. Make server_files_downloader.sh executable using chmod +x and execute it with ./server_files_downloader.sh ubuntu (note, I currently support ubuntu, debian and arch). Example, if you're on arch just type ./server_files_downloader.sh arch
3. Follow the setup "wizard" and confirm a bunch of wine required steps. Wait for server files to download through steamcmd
4. Wait for the custom clients executable to download (currently T7X or EZZBOIII)
5. (For Custom Clients) Make CustomClient_Server.sh executable using chmod +x. Edit your CustomClient_Server.sh and zone/server.cfg (or zone/server_cp.cfg or zone/server_zm.cfg) with your desired settings
6. (For Custom Clients) Launch your server using CustomClient_Server.sh boiii if you want to use EZBOIII or CustomClient_Server.sh t7x if you want to use T7X
7. (For official servers on vanilla BO3) Launch your server using Launch_Server.sh
8. Done!

EZZBOIII Server Additional Steps

EZZBOIII requires some additional files in your %APPDATA%/Local folder to create a new server. Extract boiii-server-files.zip and move the extracted boiii folder:

• Windows: in your %APPDATA%/Local folder
• Linux: open your wine prefix and copy the boiii folder in AppData/Local folder present in it

Cool, but Zombies?

The default server files only downloads MP-ready stuff. To serve a Zombies server you need to copy these fast files from your BO3 game files and put them into zone:

zone/en_zm_patch.ff
zone/en_zm_common.ff
zone/en_zm_levelcommon.ff
zone/zm_patch.ff
zone/zm_common.fd
zone/zm_common.ff
zone/zm_levelcommon.ff

Let's say you want to create a Shadows of Evil server, you need to copy these fast files too.

zone/en_zm_zod.ff
zone/en_zm_zod_patch.ff
zone/zm_zod.ff
zone/zm_zod.fd
zone/zm_zod_patch.ff

Mods?

There's a difference between Custom Maps and Mods, this section will explain how to load a mod downloaded from the Steam Workshop. Let's say you subscribed to the The Kermit Mod, this will create a folder in your Steam folder in steamapps/workshop/content/311210/1638465081, create a new mods folder inside the root of your server folder (in UnrankedServer) and copy the folder named 1638465081 (this number changes depending on the mod) inside it. The resulting folders structure should look like this:

Now modify the set ModFolderName= in CustomClient_Server.bat into set ModFolderName=1638465081, that's it, you're done!

Custom Maps?

This section will explain how to load custom maps downloaded from the Steam Workshop. Let's say you downloaded the Mob of the Dead custom map and want to host a server with it, create the usermaps folder inside the root of your server folder (in UnrankedServer) and create a folder within it called zm_prison (the map codename, easily guess the name from the map gamefiles), put all map files inside this folder.

Edit server_zm.cfg and add in map rotation zm_prison

set sv_maprotation "gametype zclassic map zm_prison"

That's it

Notes

1. Unless you're playing LAN with friends, you need to port forward you router and open the ports used by your server in Windows Firewall.
2. If you don't need any custom client, just delete t7x.exe or boiii.exe.
3. Remember to change the port in CustomClient_Server.bat if you're launching the server in the same machine where you're playing Black Ops 3.
4. To save space, you can delete any unused fast files in UnrankedServer/zone
5. (For Custom Clients) To customise your server maps rotation and gamemodes just edit the files in UnrankedServer/zone, server_zm.cfg changes zombies configuration, server.cfg changes multiplayer configurations, server_cp.cfg changes coop campaign configuration. These files can be executed even with the vanilla Launch_Server.bat or Launch_Server.sh but you need to edit these first to execute the desired .cfg file.