Help wanted / HowTo: Dedicated hosting

[Auswaschbar]

Is there a way to make the dedicated server record demos ?

Only possible by hacking the code, but it has low priority atm so I won't do it for now.

edit: btw, it seems the dedicated server no longer compiles (CGameServer constructor signature changed, but main.cpp hasn't been updated)

Corrected

[bibim]

Is there a way to make the dedicated server record demos ?

Only possible by hacking the code, but it has low priority atm so I won't do it for now.

Ok, it would be a nice feature to add later.

edit: btw, it seems the dedicated server no longer compiles (CGameServer constructor signature changed, but main.cpp hasn't been updated)

Corrected

Yeah, it seems to work.

It would be great if someone could set up a dedicated server in for buildbot.no-ip.org.

Is this still needed ? My autohost is still under development, but I could set up an instance of it with current implemented features on the main lobby server if needed.

edit: I forgot to say, during my LAN tests with your first versions of the dedicated server, I used to have a ping of about 50-150 at start. But now I have 300+ pings, and I have to do the speed trick to fix pings at start...

[Licho]

I can run dedicated server svn springie if you want.

[REVENGE]

So Licho, will Springie be bundled with the dedicated server when it's ready in the next release? [Along with the next Spring release of course]

[Licho]

Bundled? What you mean?
It can already work with dedicated server, just spring isnt ready and it spams chat message error.

[bibim]

I think the real question is: will the dedicated server be tested enough to have a stable state for next Spring release ?

[imbaczek]

there isn't much to test in this dedicated server, it's basically a repeater with multiple outputs (or a hub, if you like.)

[bibim]

Yeah I know. But this doesn't prevent bugs, as you can see in the previous posts of this thread. And it's so easy to change something in Spring and forget to report the change in the dedicated server for example...

[bibim]

I modified my autohost to handle the "/<command>" syntax, however the forcestart command seems to be missing... So when I try the dedicated server in "Choose start pos" mode, I can't start the game because the dedicated server doesn't autostart, and the forcestart command doesn't work.

Btw, when we enter an invalid command, the command appears normally, without any warning saying it's an invalid command. Maybe it should be changed ?

edit: actually, even in Fixed start pos mode the dedicated server doesn't seem to autostart :/

[Auswaschbar]

I modified my autohost to handle the "/<command>" syntax, however the forcestart command seems to be missing... So when I try the dedicated server in "Choose start pos" mode, I can't start the game because the dedicated server doesn't autostart, and the forcestart command doesn't work.

Please try agein, it should work now.

Btw, when we enter an invalid command, the command appears normally, without any warning saying it's an invalid command. Maybe it should be changed ?

I once enabled a warning for invalid commands, but I disabled it again because there were far too much warnings.

[bibim]

Well it still doesn't seem to work.

Btw, is it normal that even locally, when I hit in the console "/f" then <tab> for completion, I don't see the "forcestart" command ?

[bibim]

I've linked my autohost to BuildServ, so if you want you can test by yourself.

Entering "!rebuild linux" in #buildserv channel will rebuild my local Spring linux binaries from SVN repository, including the dedicated server.

Spads is the AutoHost running this dedicated server on main lobby server (password is "aaa"). The start pos mode can be changed by entering "!bset startPosType <n>" (n=0, 1, or 2) in the battle lobby. "!start" can be used to start a game, and "!say <command>" to send something on the autohost interface while in game.

[Auswaschbar]

Could you give me the right to "!say" and "!forceStart" something?


edit1:
can't reproduce, for me its starting fine with the startscripts a lobby would generate (I have attached them)

edit2:
are other commands working (try e.g. "/cheat" or "/nopause")

[bibim]

Oups sorry, indeed I forgot to lower the "!say" command requirements.
However, the !forceStart command should have worked.

I'm gonna check the startscripts...
Concerning other commands, I tried the kick command and it didn't work neither.

[bibim]

Hum, the autohost can't be set as a spectator in the startscript maybe ? It's the only big difference I see with my startscripts...
edit: I fixed the !say rights

[bibim]

Here is the server side startscript (Spads is set as a spectator because it's an autohost, so there is only one team):

[Auswaschbar]

<edit> commands got repaired

[bibim]

Indeed, but now the server chat messages no longer work
Something changed in the way to send chat messages on the autohost interface ?

[Auswaschbar]

Now both commands and chat is working. It also autostarts when in choose-startpos-mode.

[bibim]

OK nice. There just remains the autostart for "fixed" and "random" startpos modes then.

edit: actually autostart works for all start pos modes, it was just a bug in my autohost