LINUX:SetupSpringie

Basics

Springie is a standalone windows/linux application written in C# by Licho. It is an alternative to the SPADS Autohost written by bibim. There is a forum-thread dealing with springie. More information can be found in "How to use Springie".

In order to run the application on Linux, you need to have mono installed.

It is possible to run Springie on a dedicated sever without graphical interface.

Springie on Ubuntu

The following steps have led to a successful installation of Springie on an Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) server.

1. Install Spring as described here.

2. Install mono:

sudo apt-get install mono-common libmono-winforms2.0-cil

3. Get Springie:

wget http://springie.licho.eu/springie.zip

4. Extract "springie.zip" in a separate directory, e.g.:

In your home-directory:

mkdir springie
mv path/to/springie.zip springie
cd springie
unzip springie.zip

5. Read the readme.txt file.

6. Edit the main.xml file in your springie directory:

Replace:

<ExecutableName>spring-dedicated.exe</ExecutableName>

with:

<ExecutableName>/usr/games/spring-dedicated</ExecutableName>

7. Run Springie.

When running Springie for the first time, it creates a bunch of files in its directory.

Run Springie either with

mono Springie.exe

or

mono Springie.exe -nogui

in case of a headless display.

8. Stop Springie.

Use Ctrl+C (Strg+C) to stop Springie.

9. Configure Springie as described below.

10. Run Springie as described in item number 7.

Configure Springie

Bot account

In order to be able to play Spring and to host games at the same time, you need a new spring account.The easiest way to register a new account is to use your Multiplayer Lobby client, e.g. SpringLobby.

Server Settings

In case you are hosting on a server with a display attached, you simply can use the Springie GUI for configuration.

If you set Springie up on a headless server, you have to manually edit autohost.xml to set the configuration options. Of course, you can use Springie on a host with a display, use the GUI for configuration and then copy over the autohost.xml file.

Add admin users

Between the closing </DefaultRectangles>-tag and the opening <AutoLockMinPlayers>-tag insert:

 <PrivilegedUsers>
 </PrivilegedUsers>

Then for each admin insert between these tags:

   <PrivilegedUser>
     <Level>LEVEL</Level>
     <Name>ADMIN</Name>
   </PrivilegedUser>

where LEVEL is a number from 1 to 5 and ADMIN is a player's name who should be able to perform admin tasks.

The result could look like this:

 <PrivilegedUsers>
   <PrivilegedUser>
     <Level>5</Level>
     <Name>YOUR-SPRING-PLAYER-ACCOUNT</Name>
   </PrivilegedUser>
   <PrivilegedUser>
     <Level>4</Level>
     <Name>admin1</Name>
   </PrivilegedUser>
 </PrivilegedUsers>

Set a password

To set a password replace

<Password>*</Password>

with

<Password>YOUR-PASSWORD</Password>

in autohost.xml.

Set default map and mod

The tags

<DefaultMap></DefaultMap>

enclose the default map, the tags

<DefaultMod></DefaultMod>

the default mod.

An example for hosting a BA 6.95 mod with the SmallDivide map is:

<DefaultMap>SmallDivide.smf</DefaultMap>
<DefaultMod>Balanced Annihilation V6.95</DefaultMod>

Change the game title

Use the

<GameTitle></GameTitle>

tags to set the game title, e.g.:

<GameTitle>MYCOOLSERVER!!!1!</GameTitle>

Administer Springie

You can use the commands listed in the readme.txt to administer Springie by "talking" to the bot user. The commands !help and !helpall provide lists of accepted commands.

Add mods

TO DO