[crossfire] Changing maps from under a running server

Alex Schultz alex_sch at telus.net
Fri Mar 24 07:24:26 CST 2006


Kari Pahula wrote:

>I tried replacing maps while the server was running, with less than
>spectacular results.  I ended up with having all the exits leading to
>areas that were not in the server's memory to be closed.  YMMV and you
>might end up with a less broken server state, but basically there are
>no guarantees currently about what will happen.
>
Note, you need to unload the maps before changing them, which can be 
done with the dm command, "reset". The reset command may sound like it 
reloads the map, but really it just unloads the maps, and it will be 
loaded at next attempt to use it.

Alex Schultz



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