How to set up a Listen server...

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20. April 2005 - 17:35
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Okay...first off,I am a hardware GENIUS and have been building and modding since Vic 20's were "tha bomb". Now I am OLD and DECREPIT.

I need Help!

I am trying to set up a listen server on my home system so that when I start the server we can play regular Excessive Plus with the hook and with my map rotations. The confusing thing is I can't seem to get the server to start up with my settings correctly...I keep getting stuck at "AWAITING SNAPSHOT" and I am not sure I am even configuring this correctly.

I can write config files fine...But how do I get xp to execute them automatically? I can't modify the existing ones per the directions given.Do I always have to launch them from the console? aRgh!

At any rate all I want to do is run xp with the hook enabled and my map
rotation and I am mucking it up. Can anyone please help?

Please keep in mind I am not a l337 CoDer and am pretty much a fish out of water here...I haven't played any games in like 5 years and I turn around with Doom 3 staring me in the face.So I Bought it and Q3a at EB, Re-installed Q3a and I'm GAMING maaaaan! I love xp!

Thanks Guys (and Gals) !

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21. April 2005 - 3:55
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How to set up a Listen server...

I read through the entie forum....So I tried setting up an autoexec.cfg with
the line bind f "+button5"...now the 0 key is the BFG as well as key 9...

I also changed the offhand grapple parameter to "1" in each place I saw it
in the conf folder...No dice...

any suggestions? I did get my map rotation going though!

Help?

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21. April 2005 - 11:11
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I do my servers a litle difrent, download one and lock at it ore drive it if u like.If modyfie it u ned to rename it. When presing bat it loads the cfg u have set in the bro.cfg that shal be put in excessiveplus folder, the bro-ffa.cfg u put in folder conf but if useing my cfg u ned to remove the server.cfg in your e+ folder. Cool http://213.114.17.98/Downloads/bro3-ffa.zip

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21. April 2005 - 16:23
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So I need to write a .bat file that points to my server.cfg (with map rotation) and just use the autoexec.cfg for my key binds....Lemme try that...

I am trying to d/L from the link you gave to that fille to look at but it keeps timing out. any ideas? Coul you email it to me? PM me please.

And Thankyou!

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21. April 2005 - 16:59
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no just use mullders download make the changes and rename it

nothing is new under the sun

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21. April 2005 - 17:12
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sorry my webcomp went down lol but its up again Cool

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21. April 2005 - 18:16
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Thanks Guys...I think I am on the right track now,I will post back and let you know how it worked out...

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21. April 2005 - 19:56
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Okay...I think I have the map rotations right (YAY)....but here are the problems I am running into :

1. I don't know if I am running a listen server or not.

2. I cannot add bots after the server starts,Each level only starts with one.

3. I still cannot get the hook to work...at all.

So I am Posting my files and locations to see if anyone can diagnose what the problem is if anyone would be so kind (? Please ?) ...

If I get it up and running you can come play on it ...I'll post again when I have it up and running. If I get it going I may rent a game server to run it
as permanently as I can. I have a few Ideas I want to try out to make it more fun.

P.S. ANybody know of a good place to rent a server from?

Here are my files and Locations...

devilxp.cfg located in excessive plus/conf folder
/* Excessive Plus v1.0
*
* Still excessive but with a special touch!
*
* THIS FILE CANNOT BE EDITED!
**/

Config {
Name: "Excessive Plus v1.02 beta"
Date: "21 April 2004"
Author: "TheDevilYouKnow <thedevilyouknow@comcast.net>"
}

Misc {
Unlagged: 1
Physics: 1

Items: 767
Powerups: 55

Switch Time: -1
Destroyable Missiles: 1
Chat Protection: 0
Gib: 0

Health Soft Limit: 300
Health Hard Limit: 400
Armor Soft Limit: 250
Armor Hard Limit: 250

Armor System {
System: 1
Green Limit: 150
Yellow Limit: 200
Red Limit: 250
Green Quality: 0.66
Yellow Quality: 0.75
Red Quality: 0.85
}

Anti Camp { Time: 15 }

if ( g_gametype < 3 ) {
Items: 783
Powerups: 63

Teleport Missiles: 1
Spawn Protection: 3
Chat Protection: 3
}
}

Weapons {
Offhand Grapple: 1; ///this making me crazy! NO grapplE? Why???//

Grapple {
Cycle: 300;
Damage: 900;
Speed: 2000;
Time: 0;
Pull Speed: 800;
Style: 1;
Gravity: 0;
Sky: 0;
Time to Live: 10000;
Weight: 1.0;

Suicide { Style: 1 }

Gauntlet {
Damage: 300
Weight: 0.75
}

Machinegun {
Ammo: 200
Cycle: 65
Damage: 35
Regen: 4000
}

Shotgun {
Ammo: 35
Cycle: 700
Damage: 30
Regen: 8500
}

Grenade Launcher {
Cycle: 450
Damage: 300
Regen: 9200
}

Rocket Launcher {
Ammo: 50
Cycle: 1000
Damage: 325
Splash Damage: 150
Speed: 1000
Regen: 11000
Radius: 100
}

Lightning Gun {
Ammo: 150
Damge: 60
Regen: 4000
Knockback: -70
}

Railgun {
Ammo: 25
Cycle: 2000
Damage: 300
Regen: 9600
Radius: 150
Knockback: -120
}

Plasma Gun {
Ammo: 120
Damage: 70
Splash Damage: 50
Speed: 2500
Regen: 8100
Knockback: 140
Style: 0
}

BFG {
Ammo: 45
Damage: 200
Regen: 13000
}
}

Items {
Shootable: 1

Respawn {
team_CTF_redflag: 40
team_CTF_blueflag: 40
team_CTF_neutralflag: 40
}

Amount {
item_armor_shard: 10
item_armor_jacket: 50
item_armor_combat: 100
item_armor_body: 150
}
}

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devilserver.cfg in is the /excessiveplus folder...

// misc

set sv_hostname "^4The^1Devil^4YouKnow's ^4Excessive Plus v1.03 BETA"
set g_motd "^1Welcome To ^4The^1Devil^4YouKnow's EXCESSIVE Plus Server. Have Fun!"
set sv_maxclients "10"
set sv_maxrate "8000"
set g_gametype "0"
set fraglimit "30"
set timelimit "30"
set bot_minplayers "4"
set com_hunkmegs "256"
set d1 "map q3dm9; set nextmap vstr d2"
set d2 "map lun3dm1; set nextmap vstr d3"
set d3 "map lun3dm2; set nextmap vstr d4"
set d4 "map runtfest; set nextmap vstr d5"
set d5 "map kaos; set nextmap vstr d6"
set d6 "map ktsdm3; set nextmap vstr d1"
wait
vstr d1
set bot_enable "1"
set bot_minplayers "4"

// works only here. in-game its: "/rcon load conf/excessive3"
//set xp_config "conf/excessive3"

// map rotation (see rotation.txt)
// this is needed to start the rotation
// test_bigbox is good because it tiny

and here is the .bat file I launch it all with...

@echo off

start quake3.exe +set fs_game excessiveplus +exec devilserver.cfg

I hope you guys think I am a script-tard or something...but just to
prove I do have some intelligence here's the specs for the system I just built to play on...

AMD Athlon 64 3400 OC'ed to 2.6 gHz
1 gig GEIL DDR
BFG 6800 GT OC 256 meg vid card
WD 36 gig Raptor SATA
WD 120 gig Caviar SATA
Liteon 166 DVD reader
Liteon 1673s Dual layer DVD burner
Samsung 915N 8ms LCD

All contained by a nice Thermaltake Armour case...BLACK IS SEXY!

Thankyou in advance for the help gents!

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23. April 2005 - 3:59
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Okay...here is what I have now and where it is, I STILL can't figure this out.

the .bat file is located in D:\games\Quake III Arena\

@echo off

start quake3.exe +set fs_game excessiveplus +exec devil_ffa_server.cfg

=================================================

The server config file is in D:\games\Quake III Arena\
excessiveplus\

// devil_ffa_server.cfg
set sv_hostname "^4The^1Devil^4YouKnow's FFA Server"
set g_motd "^1Welcome To ^4The^1Devil^4YouKnow's FFA server. Have Funzies!"
set sv_maxclients "10"
set g_gametype "0"
set fraglimit "30"
set timelimit "15"
set g_friendlyFire "0"
set g_warmup "0"
set sv_pure "0"
set sv_allowdownload "1"
set bot_nochat "0"
set bot_groundonly "0"
set com_hunkmegs "100"
set capturelimit 0
set sv_minping 0
set sv_maxping 400
set xp_config "conf/devil_ffa_xp.cfg"
set d1 "map q3dm9; set nextmap vstr d2"
set d2 "map lun3dm1; set nextmap vstr d3"
set d3 "map lun3dm2; set nextmap vstr d4"
set d4 "map kaos; set nextmap vstr d5"
set d5 "map runtfest; set nextmap vstr d6"
set d6 "map ktsdm3; set nextmap vstr d1"
wait
vstr d1
set bot_enable "1"

set bot_minplayers "4"

// works only here. in-game its: "/rcon load conf/excessive3"
//set xp_config "conf/excessive3"

// map rotation (see rotation.txt)
// this is needed to start the rotation
// test_bigbox is good because it tiny
// map test_bigbox

===============================================

this file is the .cfg in the /conf folder <devil_ffa_xp.cfg >

/* Excessive Plus v1.2 beta
*
* Still excessive but with a special touch!
*
*
**/

Config {
Name: "Excessive Plus v1.2 beta"
Date: "22 April 2005"
Author: "TheDevilYouKnow <thedevilyouknow@comcast.net>"
}

Misc {
Unlagged: 1
Physics: 1

Items: 767
Powerups: 55

Switch Time: -1
Destroyable Missiles: 1
Chat Protection: 0
Gib: 0

Health Soft Limit: 300
Health Hard Limit: 400
Armor Soft Limit: 250
Armor Hard Limit: 250

Armor System {
System: 1
Green Limit: 150
Yellow Limit: 200
Red Limit: 250
Green Quality: 0.66
Yellow Quality: 0.75
Red Quality: 0.85
}

Anti Camp { Time: 5 }

if ( g_gametype < 3 ) {
Items: 783
Powerups: 63

Teleport Missiles: 1
Spawn Protection: 3
Chat Protection: 3
}
}

Weapons {
Offhand Grapple: 1;

Grapple {
Cycle: 400;
Damage: 300;
Speed: 2000;
Time: 0;
Pull Speed: 800;
style: 1;
Gravity: 0;
Sky: 0;
Time to Live: 10000;
weight: 1.0;
}

Suicide { Style: 0 }

Gauntlet {
Damage: 300
Weight: 0.75
}

Machinegun {
Ammo: 200
Cycle: 65
Damage: 35
Regen: 4000
}

Shotgun {
Ammo: 35
Cycle: 700
Damage: 30
Regen: 8500
}

Grenade Launcher {
Cycle: 450
Damage: 300
Regen: 9200
}

Rocket Launcher {
Ammo: 50
Cycle: 1000
Damage: 325
Splash Damage: 150
Speed: 1000
Regen: 11000
Radius: 100
}

Lightning Gun {
Ammo: 150
Damge: 60
Regen: 4000
Knockback: -70
}

Railgun {
Ammo: 25
Cycle: 2000
Damage: 300
Regen: 9600
Radius: 150
Knockback: -120
}

Plasma Gun {
Ammo: 120
Damage: 70
Splash Damage: 50
Speed: 2500
Regen: 8100
Knockback: 140
Style: 0
}

BFG {
Ammo: 45
Damage: 200
Regen: 13000
}
}

Items {
Shootable: 1

Respawn {
team_CTF_redflag: 40
team_CTF_blueflag: 40
team_CTF_neutralflag: 40
}

Amount {
item_armor_shard: 10
item_armor_jacket: 50
item_armor_combat: 100
item_armor_body: 150
}
}

I am still befuddled beyond belief... Any help?

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24. April 2005 - 23:20
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ANYBODY?

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24. April 2005 - 23:41
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All seems to be fine just I noticed this:

// map rotation (see rotation.txt)
// this is needed to start the rotation
// test_bigbox is good because it tiny
// map test_bigbox <-------- this line is commented, Un comment it, IE.

// map rotation (see rotation.txt)
// this is needed to start the rotation
// test_bigbox is good because it tiny
map test_bigbox

It is the only thing I see that could be wrong.

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