How to run TFS OTServ compiled for Windows

Install wine

You may have to install wine if it's not installed yet. Due to the amount of space used by wine (1.1 GB), we do not pre-install it on the OTS Hosting Service.

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt -y install wine32-development wine-development

This will allow you to run both 32-bit and 64-bit .exe files. Note that sometimes wineconsole yields better results than using wine directly.

Test manually

otsmanager@176-31-89-137:~/ots$ wineconsole YurOTS.exe

If everything works as expected and after a minute you see a console, you may proceed to change configuration for service unit.

Set up service unit

You need to edit /etc/systemd/system/tfs.service and set up working directory and binary path.

otsmanager@176-31-89-137:~$ sudo mcedit /etc/systemd/system/tfs.service

Add or change the following three lines if your .exe is /home/otsmanager/ots/YurOTS.exe

Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/bin/wine YurOTS.exe WorkingDirectory=/home/otsmanager/ots

Save the file (F2) and exit mcedit (F10).

Now you need to reload systemd configuration:

otsmanager@176-31-89-137:~$ sudo systemctl daemon-reload

And start "tfs" (the name "tfs" here refers to the filename in tfs.service):

otsmanager@176-31-89-137:~$ sudo systemctl start tfs

Check "tfs" log:

otsmanager@176-31-89-137:~$ journalctl -u tfs -f