[bf1942] The 1.61 patch

[Andreas Fredriksson]

Yes, but in the BF2 case it suffices to have an option for the server
settings file to load since we never restart the executable.

Configurable ports are scheduled, but I assume ASE will have the same
issues unless anything on their side has changed.

// Andreas 

-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Hartland [mailto:killing at multiplay.co.uk] 
Sent: den 8 december 2004 10:36
To: bf1942 at icculus.org
Subject: Re: [bf1942] The 1.61 patch

Sounds great, can we still expect to see the +overlayPath or similar out
of the box as well as fully configurable ports? Only ask as I know it
took a while for these to appear for the original :)

    Steve / K
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andreas Fredriksson" <andreas.fredriksson at dice.se>

I don't know what kind of admin support we will be offering in terms of
GUI programs (I'm a server guy), but I know for a fact that the admin
support is much better in BF2.

- The doesn't restart anymore (so it's easier to track the uptime using
a launcher script).

- The remote console server comes with python source code and you can
change anything you like there to suit your needs. Do you want
multi-level admin support w/ longer passwords? It can be written in an
hour and swapped in instead of the default implementation.

- There's a pluggable admin module system (also in python) that allows
you to tweak and change many aspects of your server's behavior. For
example, if you want to kick team-killers after two team-kills, it's
simply a matter of adding a few lines of python code and registering a
hook function.

While providing an API doesn't immediately provide excellent admin
support it makes it a lot easier for the community to come up with smart
solutions. After all, you guys run the servers and all of you have
different needs.



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