Creating New Subarenas - Revision history

CypherJF: fixed spellings; added links

2007-10-01T01:51:53Z

fixed spellings; added links

Cyan~Fire: changing Category:Tutorial to Category:Guides...

2005-05-09T14:23:17Z

changing Category:Tutorial to Category:Guides...

Smong: /* The long way */ removed false statement. removed first person narrative.

2005-01-17T10:23:07Z

‎The long way: removed false statement. removed first person narrative.

I88gerbils at 16:24, 14 January 2005

2005-01-14T16:24:23Z

I88gerbils at 15:46, 14 January 2005

2005-01-14T15:46:24Z

Pests: Changing Server to ASSS

2005-01-12T21:35:57Z

Changing Server to ASSS

Pests at 05:03, 11 January 2005

2005-01-11T05:03:46Z

Pests at 05:03, 11 January 2005

2005-01-11T05:03:33Z

Smong: added 'the long way' hehe

2005-01-11T02:56:02Z

added 'the long way' hehe

Smong at 23:51, 10 January 2005

2005-01-10T23:51:32Z

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 warbird:initialbounty = 30
 </pre>
-Note: ASSS uses the last occurence of a setting, whereas subgame uses the first. You can use a conf cleaner such as [[confclean]], or you could use scripts/settoconf.py on server.set from ?getsettings (you can find server.set in your client directory).
+Note: [[ASSS]] uses the last occurrence of a setting, whereas [[subgame]] uses the first. You can use a conf cleaner such as [[confclean]], or you could use scripts/settoconf.py on server.set from ?getsettings (you can find server.set in your client directory).
 [[Category: ASSS]]
 [[Category: Guides]]

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	[[Category: ASSS]]		[[Category: ASSS]]
−	[[Category: ~~Tutorial~~]]	+	[[Category: Guides]]

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 == The long way ==
-If you use ?makearena and arenas/(default)/arena.conf #include's local files such as flags.conf then the server will generate errors as it will not be able to find these in the new arena's directory. I use a small arena.conf that starts off looking something like this:
+You can use a small arena.conf that starts off looking something like this:
 <pre>
 ;"arena name" date
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 </pre>
-Then I usually place the map and lvz in the same directory (arenas/arenaname/) as it makes things neater.
+And then you can add to it as you develop the arena. Placing the map and lvz in the same directory (arenas/arenaname) makes things easier to backup.
-Note the map name is prefixed with an underscore, this prevents users from going to an arena with the same name as the map. Good if you named the arena differently from the map (fx: #secrettesting and eventname.lvl, you can just imagine the frustration of normal players going to eventname and not getting the correct settings).
+Note the map name is prefixed with an underscore, this prevents users from going to an arena with the same name as the map. This is because if you named the arena differently from the map (fx: #secrettesting and eventname.lvl, players going to eventname will not get the correct settings).
 Other stock modules that can be attached are points_goal, points_flag, points_periodic and koth to name a few. The backslash indicates that the setting carries on to the next line. It can be used to make things look neater.

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−	To create a new arena type '''?makearena (arena name)'''. [[Settings]] changes made in this arena will now only apply to this arena.	+	To create a new arena type '''?makearena (arena name)'''. Settings changes made in this arena will now only apply to this arena.

	It's a good idea to not be in the target arena when sending the command.		It's a good idea to not be in the target arena when sending the command.

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−	To create a new arena type '''?makearena (arena name)'''. Settings changes made in this arena will now only apply to this arena.	+	To create a new arena type '''?makearena (arena name)'''. [[Settings]] changes made in this arena will now only apply to this arena.

	It's a good idea to not be in the target arena when sending the command.		It's a good idea to not be in the target arena when sending the command.

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 Note: ASSS uses the last occurence of a setting, whereas subgame uses the first. You can use a conf cleaner such as [[confclean]], or you could use scripts/settoconf.py on server.set from ?getsettings (you can find server.set in your client directory).
-[[Category: Server]]
+[[Category: ASSS]]
 [[Category: Tutorial]]

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	Note: ASSS uses the last occurence of a setting, whereas subgame uses the first. You can use a conf cleaner such as [[confclean]], or you could use scripts/settoconf.py on server.set from ?getsettings (you can find server.set in your client directory).		Note: ASSS uses the last occurence of a setting, whereas subgame uses the first. You can use a conf cleaner such as [[confclean]], or you could use scripts/settoconf.py on server.set from ?getsettings (you can find server.set in your client directory).

−	[[Category: ~~Test~~]]	+	[[Category: Server]]
		+	[[Category: Tutorial]]

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	</pre>		</pre>
	Note: ASSS uses the last occurence of a setting, whereas subgame uses the first. You can use a conf cleaner such as [[confclean]], or you could use scripts/settoconf.py on server.set from ?getsettings (you can find server.set in your client directory).		Note: ASSS uses the last occurence of a setting, whereas subgame uses the first. You can use a conf cleaner such as [[confclean]], or you could use scripts/settoconf.py on server.set from ?getsettings (you can find server.set in your client directory).
		+
		+	[[Category: Test]]

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	To change the map, change the location of the file in the [General] Section.		To change the map, change the location of the file in the [General] Section.
	Or when in the arena you can use ?putmap <mapname.lvl>, the map will be uploaded from your client directory to maps/uploads/ and the arena.conf modified accordingly.		Or when in the arena you can use ?putmap <mapname.lvl>, the map will be uploaded from your client directory to maps/uploads/ and the arena.conf modified accordingly.
		+
		+
		+	== The long way ==
		+	If you use ?makearena and arenas/(default)/arena.conf #include's local files such as flags.conf then the server will generate errors as it will not be able to find these in the new arena's directory. I use a small arena.conf that starts off looking something like this:
		+	<pre>
		+	;"arena name" date
		+
		+	#include conf/svs/svs.conf
		+
		+	[General]
		+	Map = _arenaname.lvl
		+
		+	[Modules]
		+	AttachModules = \
		+	fm_normal \
		+	points_kill
		+
		+	; changed settings:
		+
		+	</pre>
		+	Then I usually place the map and lvz in the same directory (arenas/arenaname/) as it makes things neater.
		+
		+	Note the map name is prefixed with an underscore, this prevents users from going to an arena with the same name as the map. Good if you named the arena differently from the map (fx: #secrettesting and eventname.lvl, you can just imagine the frustration of normal players going to eventname and not getting the correct settings).
		+
		+	Other stock modules that can be attached are points_goal, points_flag, points_periodic and koth to name a few. The backslash indicates that the setting carries on to the next line. It can be used to make things look neater.
		+
		+	The comment 'changed settings' is there because when settings are edited in game they are appended to the end of arena.conf.
		+
		+	After heavy in game editing of the settings there will be a lot of redundant settings in arena.conf which will inflate the size of the file:
		+	<pre>
		+	; set by x on Mon Feb 16 16:36:52 2004
		+	warbird:initialbounty = 20
		+
		+	; set by x on Fri Feb 20 12:35:54 2004
		+	warbird:initialbounty = 30
		+	</pre>
		+	Note: ASSS uses the last occurence of a setting, whereas subgame uses the first. You can use a conf cleaner such as [[confclean]], or you could use scripts/settoconf.py on server.set from ?getsettings (you can find server.set in your client directory).

← Older revision		Revision as of 23:51, 10 January 2005
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	To create a new arena type '''?makearena (arena name)'''. Settings changes made in this arena will now only apply to this arena.		To create a new arena type '''?makearena (arena name)'''. Settings changes made in this arena will now only apply to this arena.

−	To change the map, change the location of the file in the [General] Section	+	It's a good idea to not be in the target arena when sending the command.
		+
		+	To change the map, change the location of the file in the [General] Section.
		+	Or when in the arena you can use ?putmap <mapname.lvl>, the map will be uploaded from your client directory to maps/uploads/ and the arena.conf modified accordingly.