[cod] CoD:WaW - How do I run custom mods with 1.2 Linux binaries?

[blast - Mondialservers]

helloJinxter,

Same problem here.

I tryed a lot of mods, only promod and little mods without mod.ff are working fine.




>Hi folks,
>
>I'm still trying to get the OpenWarfare mod up and running under Linux
>(1.2 patch). The success is quite limited so far.
>
>These are the things I discovered
>
>- putting the ow mod.ff and z_openwarfare.iwd in the mods folder will not
>force the server to run the mod. The server.cfg and the custom *.cfgs are
>executed (the dvar dump shows that all settings are read). But the server
>starts with stock weapons/standard settings as ranked server. No issues
>with these settings on client side.
>
>- screening the log shows a warning that the file xyz/zone/english/mod.ff
>can not be found ("could not find xyz/zone/english/mod.ff")
>
>- copying/linking the mod.ff from the custom mods to this directory
>removes that warning and the server starts the custom mod. This is proven
>by the fact that he starts the randomm maprotation (as set in the ow
>settings). Before he started always with the first map in the
>maprotation.cfg. Now with every new start a new map is loaded.
>
>- connecting with the client ends up with the message "mod.ff is different
>from the server". Yes, I put the same files on the server, the download
>and redirect. I also deleted the local install of the mod to force him to
>download. Same result. As the redirect download of the mod.ff seems not to
>work I installed it manually at the end.
>
>- I copied the corresponding mod.ff in the local directory (client side)
>C:\Program Files\blah blah\zone\english and now I can connect to the
>server. The server is really running the mod... BUT
>
>- I can not join any team... I'm stuck being a spectator...
>
>Long story - short questions:
>- Anyone else having this kind of probs?
>- Anyone managed to get his Linux server up and running with custom mods?
>- What are the points I'm missing?
>
>FYI: I start the server with the provided script and set the needed var's
>as discussed here in the forum.
>
>Any help appreciated!
>
>cheers
>Jinxter
>Openwarfare Project
>http://openwarfaremod.com
>
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22-02-2009