diff --git a/game/startup.bat b/game/startup.bat
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-@echo off
-rem ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-rem WINDOWS STARTUP SCRIPT
-rem NOTE: This _MUST_ be launched with the Twisted environment variables
-rem set. It is recommended that you launch Twisted Command Prompt to do so.
-rem ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-set DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=game.settings
-set PYTHONPATH=..
-echo Starting Evennia...
-
-rem ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-rem We're only going to run in interactive mode until we've had more time to 
-rem make sure things work as expected on Windows.
-rem ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-twistd -oy --logfile=- --python=../src/server.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/game/startup.sh b/game/startup.sh
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-#!/bin/bash
-#############################################################################
-# LINUX/UNIX SERVER STARTUP SCRIPT
-# Sets the appropriate environmental variables and launches the server
-# process. Run without flags for daemon mode.
-# It can be used for stoping the server.
-#
-# FLAGS
-# -i    Interactive mode
-# -d    Daemon mode
-# -s    Stop the running server
-# -h	Show help display
-#############################################################################
-
-init () {
-	## Sets environmental variables and preps the logs.
-	export PYTHONPATH="..":$PYTHONPATH
-	export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE="game.settings"
-	mv -f logs/evennia.log logs/evennia.logs.old
-}
-
-startup_interactive() {
-	## Starts the server in interactive mode.
-	init
-	echo "Starting in interactive mode..."
-	twistd -n --python=../src/server.py
-}
-
-startup_daemon() {
-	## Starts the server in daemon mode.
-	init
-	twistd --logfile=logs/evennia.log --python=../src/server.py
-}
-
-stop_server() {
-	## Stops the running server
-        echo "Stopping the server..."
-	kill `cat twistd.pid`
-}
-
-help_display() {
-	echo "SERVER STARTUP SCRIPT"
-	echo "Sets the appropriate environmental variables and launches the server"
-	echo "process. Run without flags for daemon mode."
-	echo ""
-	echo "FLAGS"
-	echo " -i    Interactive mode"
-	echo " -d    Daemon mode"
-	echo " -s    Stop the running server"
-	echo " -h    Show help display"
-
-}
-
-case "$1" in 
-	'-i') 
-		startup_interactive
-	;;
-	'-d')
-		startup_daemon
-	;;
-	'-s')
-		stop_server
-	;;
-	'--help')
-		help_display
-	;;
-	'-h')
-		help_display
-	;;
-	*)
-		# If no argument is provided, start in daemon mode.
-		startup_daemon
-esac