Server settings

[[BIG]magnus]

Going on from what blunt has posted in the main section I think we need to look at the settings of the server. From the official forums it looks like having punkbuster on is causing the server not to get picked up by play now. There is a setting that can be used in the cfig that can make PB look off to the server browser but is actually on. This may help. To be honest with PB off at the moment we can still kick people no great problem. It also looks like we need a min of 8 people to get the play now people as well.

We need to get some rules sorted out. I still hear moaning going on about spawn raping here and there. We will need to as admins get this sorted.

We are still waiting on a banner and a message to be sorted out as people join. We can now get a setting with one of the admin tools to put messages at timed intervals. Sadly still in the middle of the screen.

I obviously don't see all the settings and logs that TL and GM see but the server is definitely down a lot more than the logs are showing. It is also restarting every two hours but that maybe that is meant to happen when empty. During the day at work I often try other servers to see what performance and ping is like. I have not been kicked out of another server only ours. This again could be linked to some setting we have.

If we want this game to work it will take some work Granted the EA problems are making it difficult. We also may need to get one admin tool and that may need to be mounted and run on one of the dmw dedi boxes with vnc or another remote desktop control rather than being run on each persons desktop.

I understand that some people can only play certain nights but if people are on we need them on our server. I am afraid there are too many people who are only interested in playing for the points and KD. They are ranking up but not in our logs . We have two months left of this server if it does not get better there is no point and paying for it.

[TeaLeaf]

The restart is down to an EA restriction on their backend, they tell providers to shut down inactive servers and we only get to set the restart interval which has been set to 15 minutes.

The rest is up to GM to sort, he has full access - I for one am looking forward to getting rid of the bloody Multiplay advert seeing as we pay for an unbranded server.  I for one would like to see a dMw graphic, the website address, reference to tactical, mature, team based gaming in text over the graphics etc.  Full details are on the site as to how to do it and I presume that GM already has something underway, but if he has not then by all means pick it up and run with it as it needs doing.

Over to you folks.

[[BIG]magnus]

Cheers TL

I thought the inactive server was only kicked in after 8 hours.  Of coarse that will n doubt have changed since it was announced.  I will catch up with ghost when he gets back form AWOL. :roflmao: (yeah i know he is away for a week)