[bf1942] I've the BF2 ranked server binaries and now?

[Stefano Pepe]

Thank you Jon, I really appreciate your help. And your humility too.
My provider dont' sell any server rent, and I'm not a "server admin",
so don't worry.
I've solved my problem, the two servers run fine with the new configuration.
Thank you. :-)

On 8/25/05, Jon Wolberg <jon at defenderhosting.com> wrote:
> This command has no bearing at all on whether your server lists as ranked,
> it just allows people to use their ranks on your servers or  not ( this is
> stated in the readme ).
> 
> Even if it is set to 1, the browser will report it as 0, it is a known bug.
> 
> Jon
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <steve at sendithere.com>
> To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 4:24 PM
> Subject: RE: [bf1942] I've the BF2 ranked server binaries and now?
> 
> 
> > Also, I'm not getting on the ranked email list either, so sorry for
> > interjecting this here, but from the server console, if you are ranked an
> > you type sv.UseGlobalRanks
> > does that return 0 or 1?
> >
> > my config says 1, but the console says 0...
> > ----console-----
> >> sv.useGlobalRank
> > 0
> >> sv.useGlobalRank 1
> >> sv.useGlobalRank
> > 0
> > -----end--------
> >
> > This odd?
> >
> > On Thursday, August 25, 2005 1:07 pm, steve at sendithere.com said:
> >> I show up as ranked, but players points/ranks don't actually
> >> accumulate...
> >>  :/
> >>
> >> EA thus far hasn't been responsive...
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thursday, August 25, 2005 12:49 pm, Stefano Pepe said:
> >> > Hello all,
> >> > finally EA sent me the BF2 ranked server binary file, that I've
> >> > promptly installed on my linux server. They asked me the IP and port
> >> > of the server too, and also here I've done all the necessary. They
> >> > told me to "wait" and my server will became "ranked" and appear with
> >> > the appropriate flag in the gamebrowser.
> >> > Now it's three days that I've put online my servers, but no ranking
> >> > flag is enabled.
> >> > Here my doubts:
> >> > - first of all I run the two game instances on the same "executable".
> >> > In other words I start two "screen" sessions with +config +pbPath and
> >> > +maplist on a specific path (/server1 and /server2), but all starts
> >> > from the same dir. I've seen that the maplist is some sort of
> >> > "hardcoded" on the ranked server, but It's not a problem now.
> >> > - the two server run on the same IP, with 16567 and 16568 game ports.
> >> > - I'm behind a firewall, and I've manually opened all the necessary
> >> > ports without issues for now.
> >> > I'm wondering if:
> >> > - I need to write "sv.ranked" (but now it gives me an error) in the
> >> > console
> >> > - I need to open some sort of a tcp/udp port on the firewall
> >> > - I need to install the two servers on two separate folders
> >> > Can you help me? My "EA dude" is some sort of community manager, and
> >> > can't help me on technical informations.
> >> > Thank you :)
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