[cod] Howdy

Bryan Kuhn bryan at infinityward.com
Sun Nov 7 12:31:13 EST 2004


Server don't need cd keys. Does it show up here?
http://stats.callofduty.com/
whats its ip address?

Saturday, November 6, 2004, 10:21:51 PM, stalvi wrote:
> I see the heartbeat messages.  Its on a university LAN which does not
> have any firewall blocking that traffic.  I've verified that I can 
> connect to the server from my home by typing in the domain name or IP.
> ohura.iarc.uaf.edu

> The game plays fine and does what I expect it to, it just doesn't show
> up in the join a game listing.

> So I'm I correct in assuming that no special registration is required
> to activision or gamespy to get this working?   Meaning, anyone can 
> just simply hookup and go?

> Another thing I was unsure of is CD Key.  I know that on a Windows CoD
> server the CD key has been already put in, but on linux there seems to
> be no requirement for that.  Is that correct?

> Thanks,


> On Nov 6, 2004, at 2:12 PM, Kenny Southpark wrote:

>> Just a quick questiojn about the location of this server, is it at 
>> home? IF yes then is the your firewall setup for forwarding properly?
>>
>> I think if the sv_dedicated was set to 2 like it should be in this 
>> case then you should be seeing the heartbeat output in the server 
>> sonsole
>>
>> ----Original Message Follows----
>> From: "BludGeonT[EUG]" <bludgeont at gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: cod at icculus.org
>> To: cod at icculus.org
>> Subject: Re: [cod] Howdy
>> Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 09:10:57 -0800
>>
>> do you have +set dedicated 2, in your startup?  This makes a server
>> send a heartbeat to whichever servers you have specificed in your
>> sv_master settings.  If you dont have sv_master settings set, it will
>> default to the one that is needed for you.  Connect to your game
>> server and from console or using rcon, just type /dedicated <ENTER>
>> if it comes back with 1, then its set up for LAN play, disallowing
>> heartbeats to the master server.  However, if you have punkbuster
>> enabled, I dont think the dedicated setting will matter as punkbuster
>> will do its think.  iF you dont knwo if punkbuster is on or not, from
>> console or rcon you can issue '/sv_punkbuster <ENTER>' and see. You
>> cant just turn it on at will though.  You should have +set
>> sv_punkbuster 1 set in your launch line also, so an example would be
>>
>> ./cod_lnxded +set dedicated 2 +set sv_punkbuster 1 +exec
>> yourserverconfig.cfg +map_rotate
>>
>> at least in the simplest form, hope this helps.
>>
>> BludGeonT[EUG]
>> EarthLink Ultimate Gaming
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 10:08:53 -0900, stalvi <stalvi at tek.iarc.uaf.edu>
>> wrote:
>> > I was just wondering if this list is active at all.
>> >
>> > I'm trying to set up a linux server and am very confused of why 
>> certain
>> > things are not happening.
>> >
>> > It is working as I can go to console and type "connect
>> > myserver.server.net" and get connected and play, but it never shows
>> up
>> > in the regular Join Game window.
>> >
>> > I've looked everywhere online for anything related to setting up CoD
>> > server on Linux and most just point me to the 1.4 patch and give 
>> basic
>> > install instructions.  Obviously, I've gotten that far.
>> >
>> > Any ideas?  Do I have to go through a service (ie activision) to
>> > activate the server to show up on their net?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Stalvi
>> >
>> >
>>
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