View source for Zone.dat

The zone.dat file contains several entries which define a player's favorite server list. The information can either be downloaded from a [[directory server]] or manually added to the file.

== Format ==
For each zone a entry like the following exist in the zone.dat file.

<pre>
<Zone name>,<Zone ip>,<Zone port>,<unknown dns>,<Warn non-SSC zone>
#<description>
</pre>

Example:

<pre>
SSCU Trench Wars,66.36.241.110,5400,server.trenchwars.org,0
#SSCU Trench Wars - Sysops: DoCk> and PriitK - http://www.trenchwars.org ss://server.trenchwars.org
</pre>

=== Notes ===
* The <Unknown dns> field often seems to contain a DNS name for some zones (ex.: "server.trenchwars.org" for Trench Wars). It may remain blank.

* The <Warn non-SSC zone> field is a boolean value which indicates whether or not [[Continuum]] will not warn you are entering a non-[[SSC]] zone. When this field is set to 1 Continuum will not warn the player they are [[This zone is not connected to the central player database|entering a non-SSC zone]].

* The <Warn non-SSC zone> field is ignored by Continuum if the zone is an [[SSC]] zone.  

== Tips and Tricks ==

In Continuum, in order to add a link into the "Web Links & News" menu, you may prefix URLs with site name in brackets in the zone description field.

<pre>
(Zone Website)http://zone.website/
</pre>

[[Category: Formats]]