New & raw web based Dominion II game server - Page 4

Tiltowait · #31 February 16th, 2004, 05:15 PM

Custom maps are on illwinter's site:
http://www.illwinter.com/dom2/maps.html

"Only /usr/local/games/dominions2/maps?"
Yes, only from there.

" the force host options are still missing. They will appear, probably tommorrow"

Holds breath

Gandalf Parker · #32 February 16th, 2004, 05:29 PM

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Originally posted by Tiltowait:
"Only /usr/local/games/dominions2/maps?"
Yes, only from there.

Actually there are environmental variables for things like maps and mods. You can keep all your maps seperate which for someone planning to host games I would highly recommend. Its too easy to forget (at least for my old brain) which ones came with the game, which ones players have to have downloaded, and which ones are half-working Versions of my own projects.

Esben Mose Hansen · #33 February 17th, 2004, 12:57 AM

I see all the games have crashed, apparantly due to clients upgraded to 2.08.�I have just upgraded the server. It seems to work, but who really knows?

As for the stat file, it does not appear to be generated(?!). I can only find the first statfile which states something like

Statistics for game 'TestGameGamma' turn -1

Man played this turn
Arcoscephale played this turn

This is what it writes every turn :-/ What I'm I missing?

Oh, if some of you want a game restarted, drop me a mail/private message, and I'll restart the game where it left off...Doing this from the web page is also on my todo.

Finally, it appears that IllWinter has made game options availble for starting AI, so apparantly no map hacking is neccessary. Those options should appear soon, in the next few days.

I'll also have to find out how to make games without victory points. I'm guessing requiredVP=0, totalVP=0 and captitalVP=off should do it, but some bug in my scripts prevents me from trying this.

Well, goodnight, I should have been sleeping hours ago...

Johan K · #34 February 17th, 2004, 01:09 AM

The statfile really doesn't list anything more than what turn it is, which player submitted their turn and which are computer controlled.

Gandalf Parker · #35 February 17th, 2004, 02:45 AM

Ive been requesting more info in the statfile. Such as scoreboard, even if its just numbers in a text file. Maybe the pretender list and the heros list. Maybe a printout of who owns what province. I can see some nice "game progress" displays being made from it.

But at least we got --preexec. A directory view of the game dir will show who does then turns and who doesnt. A backup can be made. I can even set the game to shutdown instead of processing (in order to do an upgrade)

Reverend Zombie · #36 February 17th, 2004, 04:06 AM

I started the "Zombies" game on Esben Mose Hansen's server, but I can't join it or the test beta game.

Is there a problem with the server?

Esben Mose Hansen · #37 February 17th, 2004, 09:23 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Reverend Zombie:
I started the "Zombies" game on Esben Mose Hansen's server, but I can't join it or the test beta game.

Is there a problem with the server?

What Version are you using? What is the symptons? What IP address do you use? What port#

Anybody else have problems? I'll run some test when I get home, but I had no trouble yesterday night.

Reverend Zombie · #38 February 17th, 2004, 01:42 PM

I have patched to 2.08. I tried ip address 80.161.86.108 and port 2302 for the "Zombie" game. I receive the standard failure message that no server can be found.

Esben Mose Hansen · #39 February 17th, 2004, 04:43 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Reverend Zombie:
I have patched to 2.08. I tried ip address 80.161.86.108 and port 2302 for the "Zombie" game. I receive the standard failure message that no server can be found.

Strange, I cannot reproduce this. Try using the dns name for my server: "dom2.mosehansen.dk" That should rule out mistyping. Also, try pinging the my IP from your box. Can you do SSH? I could probably set up a sshd listening to port 2400 or something. With a bit more work I could have a telnet server, but I dislike having telnet on my box

Please, can anyone but me connect to the Zombie game? Nothing seems to be wrong on my end; so I need more data.

Gandalf Parker · #40 February 17th, 2004, 05:11 PM

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Originally posted by Esben Mose Hansen:
but I dislike having telnet on my box

I use nothing but telnet. Its not a problem unless you have reason to mistrust other machines in direct network to you at your end.
Its also a big moot point if you have standard email and ftp running.

I may upgrade one of my Dom2's later. I will try to remember to check your server