[cod] UO Punkbuster

[Robert Mount]

pbsetup.run will run from a shell, no gui needed.  None of my linux
boxes have X installed either.

--Rob

On Nov 21, 2007 7:09 AM, Crispy Beef <crispy.beef at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm 100% positive that the user has write access; 1) I can update PB with
> pbweb as that user, 2) it's the users home directory and the game server runs
> as that user, 3) I double checked running chown. :-)
>
> I'll give the fs_basepath a shot anyway as it's probably a bit cleaner to move
> those files out of the .callofduty directory.
>
> I can't run pbsetup.run on the server as it's a remote headless machine, no
> GUI to use, hence why I've been using pbweb.x86.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Crispy
>
>
> Roman Schräder [yusho GmbH] wrote:
> > Hi!
> > Try setting a " +set fs_basepath /the/directory/of/coduo/ " in your
> > commandline and make sure the user you are running cod:uo with has write
> > permissions on that directory.
> > Then update your PB with the pbsetup.run
> > (http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=pbsetup.php).
> > maybe this will help.
> > greetz
> > Roman
> >
> > Crispy Beef schrieb:
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> On a slightly older topic that the recent discussions I am having some
> >> trouble
> >> with punkbuster on my CoD:UO server (Gentoo Linux). I've been running
> >> it for a
> >> while without PB but have decided that I want to enable this but I'm
> >> having
> >> some trouble finding the information I need. I only run a single
> >> instance of
> >> the game server so the pb directory resides in ~/.callofduty/, I don't
> >> run CoD
> >> either, just UO.
> >>
> >> What do I need to put in that pb directory? Previously I've taken the
> >> content
> >> from the install discs and then run the pbweb utility to update
> >> everything to
> >> the latest version. Then when I start the server I have:
> >>
> >> coduo_lnxded +set sv_punkbuster 1 +set dedicated 2 +set net_ip xxx
> >> +set ttycon
> >> 0 +sets gamestartup \"`date +"%F %T"`\" +exec master.cfg +map_rotate
> >>
> >> The master.cfg file contains general settings and the punkbuster stuff:
> >>
> >> pb_sv_enable
> >> wait
> >> set sv_punkbuster "1"
> >>
> >> However when the server fires up I'm told that sv_punkbuster is read
> >> only.
> >> >From research this says that this is due to the UO server running
> >> before the
> >> PB server and hence the variable is read only, however I thought that
> >> running
> >> the PB set part of the command line at the start should enable PB
> >> *before* UO
> >> starts up?
> >>
> >> Any help would be most appreciated.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Paul
> >>
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