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T3d 1.1 B3 - dedicated server mission cycling

by Donald Teal · in Torque 3D Professional · 12/06/2010 (11:31 am) · 10 replies

I am attempting to set up my dedicated server. I have the server set up to run with

"C:\Torque\Torque 3D 2009 Pro 1.1 Beta 3\My Projects\Valhyre FPS\game\Valhyre FPS.exe" -dedicated -mission levels\TestLevelEmpty.mis

also have tried

"C:\Torque\Torque 3D 2009 Pro 1.1 Beta 3\My Projects\Valhyre FPS\game\Valhyre FPS.exe" -dedicated -mission levels\islandHideaway.mis TestLevelEmpty.mis

and

"C:\Torque\Torque 3D 2009 Pro 1.1 Beta 3\My Projects\Valhyre FPS\game\Valhyre FPS.exe" -dedicated -mission levels\islandHideaway.mis levels\TestLevelEmpty.mis

The server starts and runs fine, but the problem is it fails to load mission on cycle. can someone help push me in the right direction on this. Also once it does cycle will it cycle through all missions in the levels folder or just those listed in the command line? Or do they have to be set up in a file some how?

Thanks in advance
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Torque Owner Jules
Something2Play
#1
12/06/2010 (11:34 am)
Try something like this...

"C:TorqueTorque 3D 2009 Pro 1.1 Beta 3ExamplesFPS ExamplegameFPS Example.exe" -dedicated -mission levels/dividingbridge12.mis

You have your slash the wrong way round on the levels bit.

Also if no one is in the game it will go to the next mission on game end, there is a piece of code that increments missions in game.cs I believe

Torque Owner Donald Teal
Duck's Den Productions Inc
#2
12/06/2010 (11:57 am)
k, will give that go. Thanks

Torque Owner Jules
Something2Play
#3
12/06/2010 (11:58 am)
also don't include spaces in the mission filename as it treats it as two words. Let me know how you get on :)

Torque Owner Donald Teal
Duck's Den Productions Inc
#4
12/06/2010 (3:31 pm)
ok well that got it cycling but its not properly loading the missions. missing terrains and other things randomly.
I had already taken spaces out of the mission names after seeing others having problems in my forums search while trying to get this going. Now its off to figure this out.

Torque Owner Jules
Something2Play
#5
12/06/2010 (3:48 pm)
hmm.. worth looking at your mission filename and see what terrains its using, it may have the same issue with spaces if your terrains have spaces?

Torque Owner Donald Teal
Duck's Den Productions Inc
#6
12/07/2010 (1:17 am)
ok got that fixed, or seems fixed for now. I am noticing that my weapons don't cycle when running from the dedicated server. I have their datablocks in /scripts/server/weapons/ folder. this works fine on a client/host. when I try and cycle I get this in the command line screen "mapping string: cycleWeapon to index: 5"

after some testing, even if I place the weapons in the mission and pick them up I can not cycle them. it just changes the weapon when you pick it up.
although I did see the bots change weapons

again any info if greatly appreciated

Associate Steve Acaster
[YorkshireRifles.com]
#7
12/07/2010 (1:36 am)
Just to check - comment out everything that says "$zoomon" if you haven't already, there's a nasty (weapons related) global in there which causes issues on a dedicated server (cos I remember seeing a thread about it)

Torque Owner Donald Teal
Duck's Den Productions Inc
#8
12/07/2010 (2:23 am)
cool, will try that. I had not seen that.

Associate Steve Acaster
[YorkshireRifles.com]
#9
12/07/2010 (3:20 am)
I think it's in inventory.cs ... can't quite remember.

Torque Owner Donald Teal
Duck's Den Productions Inc
#10
12/07/2010 (1:35 pm)
yeah from this post www.torquepowered.com/community/forums/viewthread/121325
tried this and it did not fix the problem. gonna go back and check other things when I get the chance tonight.