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Keep the ships in your hangar flying while your own machine is off, on a Turkey-located Windows server you reach over remote desktop.
DarkOrbit helper software is not a quiet background service; it needs an open desktop session. The game client window has to stay up so the software can read it. Most of the tools the community passes around are written in Java and expect a 64-bit Windows install. On your own computer that means leaving the machine running for days.
A VDS solves this three ways. The server sits in a data centre on redundant power and redundant networking, so a power cut or a router reboot at home does not strand you in the middle of a map. It comes with a static IP address that does not rotate the way a home connection does. And your own computer stays free for everything else.
One thing decides the resource requirement: how many ships you fly at once. Every ship you take out of the hangar is another session, another window and another slice of memory. Collecting Prometium on X-1 with a single ship and running three ships after Palladium on 5-1 and 5-3 are very different workloads. Size your plan by ship count.
Your server runs in the Datacasa data centre in Istanbul on redundant power and networking. Closing the remote desktop connection does not stop it; windows you left open keep running after you disconnect. You do not need your own machine on overnight to collect Uridium or clear the waves of a Galaxy Gate.
The server ships with Windows Server installed and administrator access. You connect over remote desktop and install the game client and whichever 64-bit Java build your software wants. There is no restricted panel, no list of allowed software and no approval step.
The server is entirely yours, so you can open as many windows as you like. The limit is the combined memory and CPU those ships consume. One can be mining Endurium on X-2 while another chases Palladium on 5-1, both on the same machine. As your ship count grows you can upgrade the plan from the client panel and move to the new resources after a short restart.
Your server comes with a static IP address. The Datacasa Istanbul location answers within 5 to 20 ms from Turkey, without the 60 to 90 ms a server abroad adds. On crowded maps and in clan fights that gap shows up directly as reaction time.
The table assumes the server runs game sessions only. If you will run anything else alongside them, pick the next plan up.
| Concurrent ships | Plan | Hardware | Monthly | Note | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 ship | ENT-2 | 2 vCPU · 4 GB DDR4 ECC · 40 GB NVMe | ₺240 | No published memory requirement exists; the figure is our own measurement | Buy now |
| 2 to 3 ships recommended | ENT-3 | 4 vCPU · 6 GB DDR4 ECC · 60 GB NVMe | ₺320 | The most common range; our own measurement, as no vendor figure is published | Buy now |
| 4 to 6 ships | ENT-5 | 8 vCPU · 10 GB DDR4 ECC · 100 GB NVMe | ₺480 | Every ship is its own window and process, so memory per window becomes the limit | Buy now |
| 6+ ships | ENT-7 | 12 vCPU · 16 GB DDR4 ECC · 160 GB NVMe | ₺800 | Java caps its default heap at a quarter of physical memory, so a small plan squeezes the heap | Buy now |
Every plan includes a 10 Gbps uplink, DDR4 ECC memory and NVMe SSD storage. Windows Server is installed at no extra licence cost. You can upgrade mid-month.
For a handful of ships the Xeon Enterprise line is more than enough. As the ship count grows, the Premium line breathes noticeably easier.
A selection from our technical blog.
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