How can I export a headless project?

DotGo

Hi, I want to develop a server with Godot and I want to export and run it without X11 bindings. I tried to create a super simple Project with just a node and attached script, that just prints a message. If I export this script and run it from the command line it still opens a game window.

If I run the project with the headless or serve version it runs fine, but I want to be able to export it to a single executable.

How can I do that?

Regards

Megalomaniak

Have you tried the headless/server build?

https://godotengine.org/download/server

edit: jumped the gun, I see you mention it. Not sure why you want it in a single executable, but if so then, no I don't think you are going to be able to go headless. Just develop a Control Panel UI for the server then and make it more user friendly to your player base. Might as well turn the "negative" into a positive.

DotGo

I can run the project with the headless or server. Works fine so far.

I tried to run the .pak file, but I get error messages. If that would work it would be a makeshift

But finally I would like to have a single executable file for the server

Calinou

But finally I would like to have a single executable file for the server

Now that PCK embedding will be available again in 3.2, this could be done once a server export preset is added.

To be able to follow the traditional export process for a dedicated server, you could also try specifying a Linux server binary as a custom export template in the X11 export preset. I don't know if this will work reliably though :)