Server Help

Dr Brain · Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 10:04 pm Post subject:

Donkano, come into hyperspace, I'll help you in game.

Donkano · Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 10:31 pm Post subject:

Okay, I can't make it tonight because my Dad is hogging the other comp to himself tonight

It is the only computer in the house with Windows XP.

But tomorrow I am going to see about installing Windows XP on this computer and place it on a 40 gig drive while Linux will sit on a 20 gig drive.

And I will use Lilo for booting because I heard it is more flexible than Windows' way of booting.

Contempt+ · Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 11:47 pm Post subject:

Have fun. It's a pain in the ass if you don't know what you're doing.
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i88gerbils · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 12:18 am Post subject:

It's pretty obvious I'm talking about process here. Once again Dr Brain fails to even READ my posts. I can only assume that he's an idiot when it comes to this sort of thing. By his further posts he was unable to follow a step-by-step guide to improving himself. Oh well, even if I am ignored I'll keep on trying to help him out.

One thing that annoys me about his self-proclaimed superiority is that he gives no references to back himself up. Take a look here:

"What happened to 'practical & contextual advice?'" makes no sense. When you are trying to help someone you don't automatically assume their operating system or software. It's just not done. If you don't know how to help you just don't post instead of fucking up the situation.

In defense of "wiping and starting over" I was trying to RESTART this whole thread & attempt at installing asss because someone had made too many assumptions & confused the hell out of the person asking for help. It's amazing how smart someone can be in understanding technical information, but how utterly incompetent they are when trying to apply that knowledge. Dr Brain tries again & again to refute the obvious statements that are trying to HELP HIM, but he takes things too personally himself. Thanks to his fuckup, yes, the thread has been utterly destroyed.

You'll notice I was the first one to ask about the "displaying nothing" statement, but hey, nobody else picked up or answered that one.

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The point of this flame was that Dr Brain was upset at being told that the original support posts of his were meaningless to the situation, and had to lash out. Unfortunately, he still fails to comprehend what he did wrong even when pointed out clearly. Also, I find it poor form that he cannot take criticism, and possibly improve. I'll say it again, better luck next time newb.

And yes, I'll admit to the typos Today. It was not my best, but nonetheless better than anything Dr Brain tried to do.

Lastly, "I can only quote others and make illogical replies" (Dr Brain 2005). I'll remember that one for later. Sarcasm doesn't transfer too well in type if you don't place a smiley next to it.
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D1st0rt · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 12:29 am Post subject:

This thread deserves a big

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Smong · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:56 am Post subject:

Donkano · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 10:33 am Post subject:

Dr Brain · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 11:47 am Post subject:

I see your problem now. You can't run asss like a GUI program.

open a shell (sometimes called a terminal) and type this in at the command prompt:

Code: Show/Hide

$ cd /Server/asss-1.4.0/
$ bin/asss

As a bonus, the window won't close if asss dies for some reason, and you can post the error message.

Donkano · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 11:58 am Post subject:

Okay, it worked, now I will have to go in and test it, also, can someone tell me how I wold host other zones that will be connected to this zone?

Dr Brain · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:05 pm Post subject:

By connected do you mean part of the same zone? So the other zone is just a subarena?

Or do you mean so that they all share the same binaries and just run with different configs+arenas? (Standard hosting)

Donkano · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:21 pm Post subject:

i88gerbils · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 7:45 pm Post subject:

much better. :)

Make sure that ap_multipub is uncommented in modules.conf if you would like multiple arenas that act like different zones.

Then create an arena directory for each in the arenas/ folder with a unique name. To see what an arena directory should look like you can "cp "(default)" myarenaname" and then make changes from there.

You can then specify which arenas will act like independent zones in the global.conf under the General section.

Donkano · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 8:19 pm Post subject:

Mine GO BOOM · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 10:37 pm Post subject:

Dr Brain · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 10:56 pm Post subject:

Donkano · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 12:27 am Post subject:

Thanks a lot Dr Brain, it worked great.

Also, as another question, how do I get my server to show up in the listings with ASSS?

Smong · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 6:01 am Post subject:

Uncomment the directory module in conf/modules.conf.

Donkano · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 9:49 am Post subject:

Thanks Smong.

I take it I have to make .lvl files on a non-linux box or is SSME linux compatible?

And hopefully, my last question...

/Server/asss-1.4.0/arenas/scf/

It has a .lvl file which is really just the tileset image and it has a .conf file in there.

Why I am asking is, why is the tileset seperate and why is it labelled as .lvl ???

i88gerbils · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:56 am Post subject:

CLIT works for LVL files in Linux. I have not tested the latest version for LVZ support.

A LVL file may contain a Bitmap image, which is the tileset, and also the level file. That's why if you open up a LVL file in an image program it may show the Bitmap file only.

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It was my understanding that the preferred method for running multiple "zones" on asss was through ap_multipub. My mistake.