Re: Linux Admining
I also had another recent head-slapper. I can now offer the feature "refuses player going AI"
In one of the special games the person running it asked if the game could be set to refuse allowing anyone to go AI. He wanted a chance to always try to find a sub, or set AI later as a last resort. My initial response was to say it couldnt be done. Then I thought how nice it would be if it could. Then I realized how it could be done.
A) My pre.sh always make a zip of the game just before hosting. For backups, or I email it to the person running the game, or for doing rollbacks.
B) If the game is run with the --statfile switch then the stats.txt is generated each turn which looks like this...
Helheim played this turn
Hinnom didn't play this turn
Atlantis is computer controlled
The post.sh which runs just after hosting can check the stats.txt for anyone that went computer controlled. Then shut down the game. The options would be to unpack the zip, delete the 2h that went ai, and then rehost (that one would go stale) or wait until a sub can turn in a good 2h file.
Yeah I know. Not very impressive or difficult. We should have thought of it long ago.
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