[cf-admin] re:maps

[Todd Mitchell]

On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 02:27:25AM -0500, Todd Mitchell wrote:
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      Hi, I have set up Crossfire on a Redhat 7.1 and thought everything was
     
     working.
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      I use the crossloop script to keep things going and run it as a user I
     
     created
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      for this purpose (and for Roger Wilco). I have had a few friends
     
     connecting so
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      we could try it out. Everything was/is working in Scorn, but whenever we
     
     try
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      to go out the eastern gate I get the message - Map closed. I thought I
     
     had
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      installed the maps correctly, but perhaps not.
     
     
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     If you can visit scorn, you should be able to visit the other maps too,
     
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     check the logfiles and look if there are any error messages.
     
     
Hi, I went into the logs and saw that there was a problem loading the World
maps (although they were there).  There is a Perl script (connect.pl) in the
world folder so I chown the map files to my crossfire account and the
connect.pl and ran it.  Now I can go out the east gate.  Great.  I have no
idea if it was running the script or chown, but it works.  Does this sound
like a reasonable thing to do, or have I gone too far over the edge?

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      Also I was wondering how often new map sets or updated maps are published
     
     and
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      what is the procedure for upgrading them on my installation (just clean
     
     out the
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      old map folder and add the new stuff?).
     
     
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     Sometimes people create new maps. Often they are mailed to the
     
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     crossfire-devel mailinglist, or they just run on 1 server. After the
     
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     maps are tested for game balance impact, they will almost always be
     
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     placed into CVS. Just CVS update and you will get the latest.
     
     
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      Also: If there is a guide (or the
     
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      beginnings of a guide) for maintining a crossfire server I would be
     
     grateful
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      for a peek at it (for things like: is there a way to mute a shouty
     
     player? or,
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      I am running with ~128kb up and 600kb down (ADSL) and have 512MB ram on a
     
     P2
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      400 running redhat 7.1 - any ideas on how many people I could have
     
     playing at
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      one time?)
     
     
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     There are some hints on the official site, but a good document doesnt
     
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     exist. A lot of admins have their own solutions for common admin
     
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     practices... that should really be standarized. Any creation is such a
     
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     document will be appreciated, would you like to start with it?
     
     
I will think about it - not going to weasel out of that question but no
promises yet.  I spent
quite a while picking Crossfire out of the roguelike pile and really think
it is quite great.  With a week of experience under my belt it will not be
comprehensive. Or rapid.  I know Perl as well as C which is to say, not at
all.  I will see what I can snag from the readme files.  Any one want to
send me procedures, tips, tricks or snippets and I will put them in a pile
and perhaps add an index.

-Thanks
Todd

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     Main crossfire realtime discussion does happen on IRC,
     
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     ircserver: irc.openprojects.net channel: #crossfire
     
     
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     Regards,
     
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     Joris Bontje / mids