actually im sort of thinking of a variation that does not allow the server to start. It will run before the service starts. If an illegal variable is detected, the wont allow the service to start. It will then squirt out and email to me and the client letting them know an illegal variable has been detected. Rather than change or remove it with the script, the client can change their server.cfg and restart the server. But, your way has merits too. I just have to figure out which is more fool proof. I like the idea of being notified by email with no changes being made, so I can actually go look myself in case a mistake is made.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James Tucker Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 10:42 PM To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlds] maxplayers in server.cfg for hlds Yes indeed you can use the principle to do any cvar of course. The only thing you need to watch out for are potentially lines might be written like so: sv_something 1; sv_somethingelse 2; maxplayers 234; mp_another 0; As a solution you could build a parser with the for loop command which produces a carriage return after every semi-colon. But don't forget that you need to ignore semi-colon's inside of certain parenthesis. Isn't parsing fun? - You probably don't need to worry, but if you wanted to be complete... ...just a sidenote. On 7/18/05, dexion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > never mind, I assumed it was with you post at the top, didnt scroll down. > That is a good idea thanks > > I think I can expand on that to find and replace a few other svars that are > troubling thanks > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James Tucker > Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 10:26 PM > To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com > Subject: Re: [hlds] maxplayers in server.cfg for hlds > > > bigger? o.0 > > On 7/18/05, dexion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > great! > > windows flavor is fine > > can you make the file bigger so i can see it :) > > > > dex > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James Tucker > > Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 10:04 PM > > To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com > > Subject: Re: [hlds] maxplayers in server.cfg for hlds > > > > > > -- > > Try this file, it's for windows, let me know if you need a *nix shell > > script to do the same job, but you should be able to get the idea. > > > > You can schedule this to run regularly using the 'schtasks' command. > > > > Enjoy. > > > > On 7/17/05, dexion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > well i suppose I can squirt in a test line to their server.cfg if it is > > > missing to exec a file they have no access too. > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul Sands > > > Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 1:31 PM > > > To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com > > > Subject: RE: [hlds] maxplayers in server.cfg for hlds > > > > > > > > > You cant exec configs outside of the game folder, couldnt do it in hl1 > > > engine either, and you cant do it in quake engine ... i see a pattern > here > > > ;) > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of dexion > > > Sent: 17 July 2005 18:18 > > > To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com > > > Subject: RE: [hlds] maxplayers in server.cfg for hlds > > > > > > > > > ive tried to get it to execute something outside the gamefolder but with > > no > > > success. I wanted to lock down a few other svars that people like to > > change. > > > I believe it has a place it is coded to look and can not deviate from. > > > Unless I am just plain not pathing it correctly. Anyone have any luck > > > execing a config outside the game folder? I have sort of come up with a > > > workaround in my head. Always adding a line at the end of their > server.cfg > > > via a dos window every time the server restarts that execs a cfg that is > > in > > > the gamefolder that they do not have access to (remove permissions to > it.) > > > That would work, but I would prefer not to have to have so many steps, > who > > > knows what I have not thought of. > > > dex > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of sprout > > > Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 1:06 PM > > > To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com > > > Subject: Re: [hlds] maxplayers in server.cfg for hlds > > > > > > > > > something you could do as I host is have it execute a server config > thats > > > not in the folder they have access to like if they have c:/games/source > > then > > > set it in > > > c:/games/source1.cfg have that as the config I don't think if you set it > > to > > > another config file I don't think it executes the first one > > > to do this you would prolly do havn't ever done this so correct me if im > > > wrong > > > exec ../../source1.cfg im just figuring from my dos learning days... so > > > please correct me if im wrong or if this is even possible > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "dexion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <hlds@list.valvesoftware.com> > > > Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 9:06 AM > > > Subject: RE: [hlds] maxplayers in server.cfg for hlds > > > > > > > > > > woops thats supposed to read mmaxplayers works in hlds no idea about > > srcds > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of dexion > > > > Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 9:57 AM > > > > To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com > > > > Subject: RE: [hlds] maxplayers in server.cfg for hlds > > > > > > > > > > > > thats not a bad idea unless they overwrite the server.cfg with their > own > > > > (which they nearly often do, but I could work something up like that.) > > > > > > > > That maxplayer in the server.cfg world or hlds, not sure about srcds. > > > > dex > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of ironchef > > > > Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 5:22 AM > > > > To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com > > > > Subject: RE: [hlds] maxplayers in server.cfg for hlds > > > > > > > > > > > > dexion wrote: > > > >> I guess i wasnt clear enough. When launching a hlds server in the > > > >> command > > > >> line one must specify a maxplayers -maxplayers 10 for instance. It is > > > >> possible to put maxplayers 32 in the server.cfg and have the server > > > >> launch > > > >> with 32 players instead of 10. I would like a way to invalidate the > > > >> command > > > >> in the server.cfg and have only the command line one be used. > > > >> dex > > > > > > > > Odd, I was always under the impression that this variable was limited > to > > > > startup only. I wonder if this changed with Source. > > > > > > > > I suppose you could also make a config file for each of your clients, > > > > and use the mapchangecfgfile cvar (does this work on Source?) to make > > > > your own, that'll: 1) exec the client's server.cfg; 2) exec YOUR > server, > > > > overwriting any cvars you want restricted, like maxplayers. > > > > > > > > So for instance, for client 1, his startup becomes: > > > > > > > > +mapchangecfgfile client1.cfg > > > > > > > > And in client1.cfg, we have: > > > > > > > > exec Client1-editable.cfg // the file the client can edit > > > > maxplayers 16 // the value YOU want for maxplayers > > > > > > > > That should overwrite any changes they make. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > ironchef > > > > http://www.dexworld.org/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > > please visit: > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > > please visit: > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > > please visit: > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > -- > > @echo off > > if not defined 1 goto :usage > > echo copying to random temporary file... > > set CFG_FILE=%RANDOM% > > copy %1 %TMP%\temp%CFG_FILE%.cfg > > echo removing illegal entries... > > type %TMP%\temp%CFG_FILE%.cfg | find /V "maxplayers" > %1 > > echo removing temporary storage... > > del %TMP%\temp%CFG_FILE%.cfg > > set CFG_FILE= > > echo complete. > > goto EOF > > :usage > > echo Usage: rem-maxplayers [filename] > > -- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
