Hi....i am currently speaking with a local ISP (uk) about the possibility of
hosting GPL, they give alot of support to the quake/unreal/tribes
communitys, they even have Motorhead servers :-). At the moment they are
investigating the possibility of hosting GPL but they have run into some
problems and need some answers to questions that i cant help with.
So i would like to ask the experts in this newsgroup to read the snip below
and provide me with some answers that i could pass on to the isp.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Cheers Ginger.......................(GPL, Bowt NetterToDo)
[snip] from the isp investigating
The D3D patch is cool, although my GEForce2 only runs at 640x480
- everything else crashes to the desktop :)
I was playing with the dedicated server options last night, running up
games by playing with app.ini, core.ini & server.ini. All pretty
simple (once I forced the game into windowed mode :) ).
Now comes the hard part. I know that using the chat window and 'boss'
passwords you can do some remote control over the server - the
question is, can you stop the server using the chat line?
Our biggest problem is always going to be controlling the game
remotely. As it stands, there doesn't appear to be any way to modify
the paramters of the game except through the ini files (or long
command line strings), which could lead to some interesting attempts
to run multiple servers from the same directory :)
Anywya, I just wanted to let you know that we're still investigating,
and we're a lot closer to being able to say yay/nay.
Byt he way - we will also be looking at Nascar Legends, if it uses the
same multiplayer engine as GPL.
[snip]
Check your yahoo account for some questions, and possible answers.
Cheers,
Schumi
"ginger" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:8qb3jn$8u$[email hidden]...
> Hi....i am currently speaking with a local ISP (uk) about the possibilityof
> hosting GPL, they give alot of support to the quake/unreal/tribes
> communitys, they even have Motorhead servers :-). At the moment they are
> investigating the possibility of hosting GPL but they have run into some
> problems and need some answers to questions that i cant help with.
> So i would like to ask the experts in this newsgroup to read the snipbelow
Quoted text (35 lines)
> and provide me with some answers that i could pass on to the isp. > Thanks in advance for any help. > > Cheers Ginger.......................(GPL, Bowt NetterToDo) > > > > [snip] from the isp investigating > > The D3D patch is cool, although my GEForce2 only runs at 640x480 > - everything else crashes to the desktop :) > > I was playing with the dedicated server options last night, running up > games by playing with app.ini, core.ini & server.ini. All pretty > simple (once I forced the game into windowed mode :) ). > > Now comes the hard part. I know that using the chat window and 'boss' > passwords you can do some remote control over the server - the > question is, can you stop the server using the chat line? > > Our biggest problem is always going to be controlling the game > remotely. As it stands, there doesn't appear to be any way to modify > the paramters of the game except through the ini files (or long > command line strings), which could lead to some interesting attempts > to run multiple servers from the same directory :) > > Anywya, I just wanted to let you know that we're still investigating, > and we're a lot closer to being able to say yay/nay. > > Byt he way - we will also be looking at Nascar Legends, if it uses the > same multiplayer engine as GPL. > > [snip] > >I believe that if you are boss and type "!shutdown" (sans quotes) in
chat it will immediately shut the server down.
Prowl around www.vroc.net for great info and links for this sort of
stuff.
Regards,
Brett C. Cammack
That's Racing! Motorsports
Pompano Beach, FL
Thanks very much for all your answers, i must confess that i didnt
understand the questions :-)
--
Cheers Ginger.......................(GPL, Bowt NetterToDo)
"Jason "Schumi" Murray" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...
> Check your yahoo account for some questions, and possible answers.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Schumi
>
> "ginger" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
> news:8qb3jn$8u$[email hidden]...
> > Hi....i am currently speaking with a local ISP (uk) about the
possibility
> of
> > hosting GPL, they give alot of support to the quake/unreal/tribes
> > communitys, they even have Motorhead servers :-). At the moment they are
> > investigating the possibility of hosting GPL but they have run into some
> > problems and need some answers to questions that i cant help with.
> > So i would like to ask the experts in this newsgroup to read the snip
> below
> > and provide me with some answers that i could pass on to the isp.
> > Thanks in advance for any help.
> >
> > Cheers Ginger.......................(GPL, Bowt NetterToDo)
> >
> >
> >
> > [snip] from the isp investigating
> >
> > The D3D patch is cool, although my GEForce2 only runs at 640x480
> > - everything else crashes to the desktop :)
> >
> > I was playing with the dedicated server options last night, running up
> > games by playing with app.ini, core.ini & server.ini. All pretty
> > simple (once I forced the game into windowed mode :) ).
> >
> > Now comes the hard part. I know that using the chat window and 'boss'
> > passwords you can do some remote control over the server - the
> > question is, can you stop the server using the chat line?
> >
> > Our biggest problem is always going to be controlling the game
> > remotely. As it stands, there doesn't appear to be any way to modify
> > the paramters of the game except through the ini files (or long
> > command line strings), which could lead to some interesting attempts
> > to run multiple servers from the same directory :)
> >
> > Anywya, I just wanted to let you know that we're still investigating,
> > and we're a lot closer to being able to say yay/nay.
> >
> > Byt he way - we will also be looking at Nascar Legends, if it uses the
> > same multiplayer engine as GPL.
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> >
>
>
On Wed 20 Sep 2000 08:35:44pm, ginger wrote:
>Hi....i am currently speaking with a local ISP (uk) about the
>possibility of hosting GPL<snip>
If that's going to be a free ISP (ie no contract 0845 dialup) then it's
a great idea - it would sort out the ping problems a lot. I always get
envious of the Aussies - Australian Wireplay carries GPL, British
Wireplay doesn't. Gloom :(
--
David. (GPLRank handicap: -5.17)
"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll,
really." (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)
The GPL Scrapyard - mangled wrecks from http://www.hillclimbfan.f2s.com
