tubesock Posted April 16, 2002 Share Posted April 16, 2002 Just got the correct version of 1.02c (Linux) and tried the exploit against them, and the new binaries did not die. Looking good! -Tube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white_lancer Posted April 16, 2002 Share Posted April 16, 2002 On a completely different note, is it true that a server has to have custom skins for players to use them? I am an inexperienced admin and need to know these things... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatrixCPA Posted April 16, 2002 Share Posted April 16, 2002 It would make more sense to start a new thread than hijack a totally different topic. The odds of you getting an answer go way down. Now, to answer your question, players cannot use skins that the server doesn't have installed unless the server is "unpure" (sv_pure "0"). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white_lancer Posted April 16, 2002 Share Posted April 16, 2002 Sorry, sir. I didn't think the point was important enough to merit a thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatrixCPA Posted April 16, 2002 Share Posted April 16, 2002 All questions are important--to me at least. If the question is in it's own thread, then it's more likely someone with the same question will find it and not need to start the thread themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geronimo27 Posted April 16, 2002 Share Posted April 16, 2002 This new binary seems to have broken the status command. Now with the win32 version whenever I type status, I get this very LONG list of players and data, where there are two newlines of space in between each player item, and about 5 newline spaces in between each player. My advice to admins who check status regurlarly via console would be to not use 1.02c. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatrixCPA Posted April 16, 2002 Share Posted April 16, 2002 Is that when you type it into the server console or when you use rcon? I can say that from the server console, the 1.02c linux binary works fine. I'll have to test rcon from home later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geronimo27 Posted April 16, 2002 Share Posted April 16, 2002 No, it is when you type it directly into the server console. And this is the win32 binary. Using the status command from rcon in my client works fine. It is not the status command that is buggy, but rather the display of the information returned with the status command - and only in the new binary console window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Posted April 16, 2002 Share Posted April 16, 2002 It doesn't work. Damn, and I use the status command quite often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatrixCPA Posted April 16, 2002 Share Posted April 16, 2002 Strange, it works fine in the linux binary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellfireSK Posted April 16, 2002 Share Posted April 16, 2002 5$ says it's a space-padding problem in the mini-console window that q3a/jk2 pops up. We had a similar issue in the early stages of a q3a mod I worked on. -h Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaustin1 Posted April 16, 2002 Share Posted April 16, 2002 The first thing I did on my win32 server after putting in the new ded. serv. file was type status. I quickly reverted back to the previous version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristian Posted April 16, 2002 Share Posted April 16, 2002 Yet another reason to go and install Linux -C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellfireSK Posted April 16, 2002 Share Posted April 16, 2002 One of two things must be true for you to host q3a-based stuff under win32. a) You're a masochist. 2) You really, really, really, want to host and can't change the OS. I don't understand why things got so soupy with q3a, quake2 ran like a champ regardless of OS... -h Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prezident Posted April 16, 2002 Share Posted April 16, 2002 Originally posted by tubesock Just got the correct version of 1.02c (Linux) and tried the exploit against them, and the new binaries did not die. Looking good! -Tube Can I get a link with that? I'm not quite sure where to look. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hell Raiser Posted April 16, 2002 Share Posted April 16, 2002 The download for the new dedicated server binary can be found on the front page of jediknightii.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mertado Posted April 16, 2002 Share Posted April 16, 2002 One of two things must be true for you to host q3a-based stuff under win32. a) You're a masochist. 2) You really, really, really, want to host and can't change the OS. I don't understand why things got so soupy with q3a, quake2 ran like a champ regardless of OS... Hey, I run all my servers on Win32 (Win2k Advanced Server). Why? Simple. It's incredibly stable. And if it ain't broke and doesn't crash, why change it? Before you go climbing on that 'Linux command line rules all' high horse, you should know that we had a HELL of a time getting Linux to run a few simple Q2 Lithium servers a few years back. In the end, we went to a different game because it refused to register the paths to the config files. 2 weeks later, exact same setup works like a charm. I know you'd like to believe differently, but Linux isn't without it's quirks also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rivmin Posted April 16, 2002 Share Posted April 16, 2002 Originally posted by Mertado .... we had a HELL of a time getting Linux to run ..... Magic word: FreeBSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellfireSK Posted April 17, 2002 Share Posted April 17, 2002 Don't bring out the holy hand-grenades, I wasn't implying anything beyond q3a under win32 is evil. With exception of TRIBES nothing was quite so annoying under win32 than q3a, whereas under linux q3a is cake. Anything under win32 is "easier" than linux, but management is sure different. Unless something has drastically changed you still can't run q3a as a service... That's just plain dumb for a dedicated server. That was my original point, it has nothing to do with the relative merits of this vs that. It's entirely a q3a+win32=pisspoor vs q3a+linux=easy comparison. I gauge management ease by what I'd rather do - ssh or VNC. VNC is nice, but that doesn't hold a candle to ssh/scp. -h Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geronimo27 Posted April 17, 2002 Share Posted April 17, 2002 For me its a combination of lack of time to learn a whole new OS (and how to run game servers, ftp servers, web servers, email servers, security issues, firewall, etc., etc., etc.), and the fact that I still do things on my server box that requires Win32 because there still isn't the same quantity and quality of software available for linux that there is for win32. Granted, I am tempted to switch over due to being sick of the fact that win32 can't multitask worth a crap, and I would like to be able to run multiple web servers (I only have win2k pro, not server, so can only run one web server atm), but I tried it once before years ago, and it seemed more of a hassle than a help. Who knows - maybe things have changed since then? If I were to look into a switch to Linux, which distro would be best to run multiple web servers and game servers? I have a p3 933 and 512MB ram. And if you have the time, what are the pros and cons of each? Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathsHead Posted April 19, 2002 Share Posted April 19, 2002 You can now run Q3A as a service. Its fairly easy. I used Fire Daemon to do it. It installs .exe files as services... Muhahah Windows 2000 Advanced server is the ****... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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