<![CDATA[Nexuiz Ninjaz - Practicing the Ninja Art of Nexuiz - Server Administration]]> http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/forum/ Mon, 01 Feb 2016 19:31:46 -0800 MyBB <![CDATA[Maps.NN Mirror]]> http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/forum/Thread-Maps-NN-Mirror.html Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:49:58 -0700 http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/forum/Thread-Maps-NN-Mirror.html I just made a Mirror of maps.nn.
It will be updated monthly, here the URL for Nex:
[url]http://nfc.jtos.de/download.php?filename=[/url]

The File redirects to mr-jack.com/nexuiz/maps, where direct acces is NOT possible.
Maybe it can be used if the maps.nn is not fast enough.
Greets, Jack]]> I just made a Mirror of maps.nn.
It will be updated monthly, here the URL for Nex:
[url]http://nfc.jtos.de/download.php?filename=[/url]

The File redirects to mr-jack.com/nexuiz/maps, where direct acces is NOT possible.
Maybe it can be used if the maps.nn is not fast enough.
Greets, Jack]]> <![CDATA[Mass mapinfo updates]]> http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/forum/Thread-Mass-mapinfo-updates.html Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:14:06 -0700 http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/forum/Thread-Mass-mapinfo-updates.html
mapinfos in your ~/.nexuiz/data/maps/ folder will override ones in a pk3, so this means we don't _really_ need to update and redistribute packages, which at this point might cause more harm than good. I'm using the NST framework so my mapinfos go in a slightly different place but the process for updating them is the same

Step one, isolate your maps and extract the mapinfos. I do it to a clean directory called 'mapinfos'
Code:
mkdir mapinfos
for file in $(ls *.pk3); do mapinfo=$(unzip -l $file |grep mapinfo |awk '{ print $4 }'); unzip -d mapinfos $file $mapinfo; done

this will put all the mapinfos in >> mapinfos/maps

Step two update the game type in the mapinfo, our friend sed will help us out with this.
Code:
cd mapinfos/maps
for file in *.mapinfo; do sed -i 's/type race/type cts/' $file; done

This updates all race mapinfos to cts.

Now just place these in the correct directory and restart the server.]]>
mapinfos in your ~/.nexuiz/data/maps/ folder will override ones in a pk3, so this means we don't _really_ need to update and redistribute packages, which at this point might cause more harm than good. I'm using the NST framework so my mapinfos go in a slightly different place but the process for updating them is the same

Step one, isolate your maps and extract the mapinfos. I do it to a clean directory called 'mapinfos'
Code:
mkdir mapinfos
for file in $(ls *.pk3); do mapinfo=$(unzip -l $file |grep mapinfo |awk '{ print $4 }'); unzip -d mapinfos $file $mapinfo; done

this will put all the mapinfos in >> mapinfos/maps

Step two update the game type in the mapinfo, our friend sed will help us out with this.
Code:
cd mapinfos/maps
for file in *.mapinfo; do sed -i 's/type race/type cts/' $file; done

This updates all race mapinfos to cts.

Now just place these in the correct directory and restart the server.]]> <![CDATA[Starting a dedicated server on a Mac]]> http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/forum/Thread-Starting-a-dedicated-server-on-a-Mac.html Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:49:56 -0700 http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/forum/Thread-Starting-a-dedicated-server-on-a-Mac.html
$ /Applications/Nexuiz/nexuiz-osx-dedicated ; exit;
Nexuiz Mac OS X 12:37:34 May 1 2009 - release
Trying to load library... "libz.dylib" - loaded.
WARNING: base gamedir data/ not found!
Trying to load library... "libcurl.4.dylib" - loaded.
couldn't exec quake.rc
couldn't exec default.cfg
execing config.cfg
couldn't exec autoexec.cfg
SpawnServer: no map file named maps/start.bsp

I tried moving the whole Nexuiz folder to my home directory, but still no dice. I don't understand, if I can load & play the game & it can find the data folder, why can't the Nexuiz-osx-dedicated find the data folder? It's right there! The error output is very minimal, so I am not sure what is going on exactly. Does anyone have any thoughts?

Thanks!]]>
$ /Applications/Nexuiz/nexuiz-osx-dedicated ; exit;
Nexuiz Mac OS X 12:37:34 May 1 2009 - release
Trying to load library... "libz.dylib" - loaded.
WARNING: base gamedir data/ not found!
Trying to load library... "libcurl.4.dylib" - loaded.
couldn't exec quake.rc
couldn't exec default.cfg
execing config.cfg
couldn't exec autoexec.cfg
SpawnServer: no map file named maps/start.bsp

I tried moving the whole Nexuiz folder to my home directory, but still no dice. I don't understand, if I can load & play the game & it can find the data folder, why can't the Nexuiz-osx-dedicated find the data folder? It's right there! The error output is very minimal, so I am not sure what is going on exactly. Does anyone have any thoughts?

Thanks!]]> <![CDATA[Help with hosting a 'quick game' (listen server)]]> http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/forum/Thread-Help-with-hosting-a-quick-game-listen-server.html Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:29:08 -0700 http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/forum/Thread-Help-with-hosting-a-quick-game-listen-server.html
(1) I read that I might need to reconfigure the 'variable port' from 26000 to something else. How do I know what to change is to? I have household (USA) cable internet & use a wireless connection (I know, I should not be playing games on wireless, but I'd rather not have a 500 ft cord running throughout my house).

(2) Ok, even if I did know what to change my variable port to... where do I actually change it? (I think I could figure it out, but might as well ask!)

(3) I know that I can get the command list & variable list in the console (which means I found the console! [yes, I know I'm a newb]). But I can't figure out how to set up which teams which bots are on. For example, let's say I suck really bad at TDM and want to practice 1x2 (me vs two bots). Well, it automatically sets it up so that the bots are on opposing teams. I'd like to be able to control which teams bots are on. This should come in handy when my friends and I want to practice TDM 3[us] VS 3[bots].

(4) Let's say my friends and I want to all join a different server (one that wasn't hosted by one of us). Are there some tips, conventions, advice, etc. that we should get? We are beginners and don't want to annoy veteran players. Are there certain places that are best to start on? Etc.

Thanks!]]>
(1) I read that I might need to reconfigure the 'variable port' from 26000 to something else. How do I know what to change is to? I have household (USA) cable internet & use a wireless connection (I know, I should not be playing games on wireless, but I'd rather not have a 500 ft cord running throughout my house).

(2) Ok, even if I did know what to change my variable port to... where do I actually change it? (I think I could figure it out, but might as well ask!)

(3) I know that I can get the command list & variable list in the console (which means I found the console! [yes, I know I'm a newb]). But I can't figure out how to set up which teams which bots are on. For example, let's say I suck really bad at TDM and want to practice 1x2 (me vs two bots). Well, it automatically sets it up so that the bots are on opposing teams. I'd like to be able to control which teams bots are on. This should come in handy when my friends and I want to practice TDM 3[us] VS 3[bots].

(4) Let's say my friends and I want to all join a different server (one that wasn't hosted by one of us). Are there some tips, conventions, advice, etc. that we should get? We are beginners and don't want to annoy veteran players. Are there certain places that are best to start on? Etc.

Thanks!]]> <![CDATA[[how-to] grep your logs by IP to find nicks a player uses]]> http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/forum/Thread-how-to-grep-your-logs-by-IP-to-find-nicks-a-player-uses.html Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:21:22 -0700 http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/forum/Thread-how-to-grep-your-logs-by-IP-to-find-nicks-a-player-uses.html
Code:
#!/bin/bash
# Search IPs for user names
# Usage:
# ./ip_search.sh <server name> <ip>
#

grep "$2" $(ls ~/nexuiz/data/data/logs/${1}/*.log |tail -n1) |awk '{ print $7 }' |sort |uniq
]]>
Code:
#!/bin/bash
# Search IPs for user names
# Usage:
# ./ip_search.sh <server name> <ip>
#

grep "$2" $(ls ~/nexuiz/data/data/logs/${1}/*.log |tail -n1) |awk '{ print $7 }' |sort |uniq
]]> <![CDATA[NN Servers -- From an admin point of view]]> http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/forum/Thread-NN-Servers-From-an-admin-point-of-view.html Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:28:58 -0800 http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/forum/Thread-NN-Servers-From-an-admin-point-of-view.html
I'm currently going through the process of upgrading the quake3 conversions maps on the NN servers to the _fix version. I haven't completed the scripts that will automate this process yet but using some clever regex, I was able to generate the files to help in the process.

Remove old maps (Click to View)
Get new maps (Click to View)

I thought other admins would be able to benefit from these files or this process while the tools that'll make such tedious tasks a thing of the past are still in development.

I literally copied and pasted the text from [url=http://unknown.nexuizninjaz.com/Development/Maps/ctf]alphagod's user page[/url] and ran the following find/replace regex:

Code:
find: (.*)pk3map-.*
replace: wget http://unknown.nexuizninjaz.com/Development/Maps/ctf/\1pk3

Code:
find: wget http://unknown.nexuizninjaz.com/Development/Maps/ctf/(.*)_fix.pk3
replace: rm -v \1.pk3
]]>
I'm currently going through the process of upgrading the quake3 conversions maps on the NN servers to the _fix version. I haven't completed the scripts that will automate this process yet but using some clever regex, I was able to generate the files to help in the process.

Remove old maps (Click to View)
Get new maps (Click to View)

I thought other admins would be able to benefit from these files or this process while the tools that'll make such tedious tasks a thing of the past are still in development.

I literally copied and pasted the text from [url=http://unknown.nexuizninjaz.com/Development/Maps/ctf]alphagod's user page[/url] and ran the following find/replace regex:

Code:
find: (.*)pk3map-.*
replace: wget http://unknown.nexuizninjaz.com/Development/Maps/ctf/\1pk3

Code:
find: wget http://unknown.nexuizninjaz.com/Development/Maps/ctf/(.*)_fix.pk3
replace: rm -v \1.pk3
]]> <![CDATA[Nexuiz Server Toolz and servers.nn]]> http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/forum/Thread-Nexuiz-Server-Toolz-and-servers-nn.html Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:08:26 -0800 http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/forum/Thread-Nexuiz-Server-Toolz-and-servers-nn.html
I'm currently in the process of migrating the [url=http://servers.nexuizninjaz.com]Nexuiz Ninjaz Serverz[/url] to this new beta release for live testing. The level of organization should decrease the server load in a few ways. RAM usage will be decreased because servers are no longer loading all of the same packages, files and configs ONLY the ones the server requires. CPU usage will decrease because the latest SVN has moved some effects client-side which will also decrease net transfer (not that that's a big issue).

Speaking of performance... I have some insight on why the servers were getting lag spikes the past few weeks. The graph below shows the RAM usage for the past month. There was a bad leak that caused it to go up to full capacity and beyond. We were using 2gb's on the swap. On our server, we have 2gb dedicated ram, anything above that is shared and considered burstable.

[img]http://pics.nexuizninjaz.com/files/flhnx1egm7uwepboabvl.png[/img]

After a restart we lie a above 2gbs with 6 servers online. I expect the servers to run below 2gb's at all times with the new version of NST.

NST 0.99 Beta is currently installing and I'll be working to migrate as silently as possible.]]>
I'm currently in the process of migrating the [url=http://servers.nexuizninjaz.com]Nexuiz Ninjaz Serverz[/url] to this new beta release for live testing. The level of organization should decrease the server load in a few ways. RAM usage will be decreased because servers are no longer loading all of the same packages, files and configs ONLY the ones the server requires. CPU usage will decrease because the latest SVN has moved some effects client-side which will also decrease net transfer (not that that's a big issue).

Speaking of performance... I have some insight on why the servers were getting lag spikes the past few weeks. The graph below shows the RAM usage for the past month. There was a bad leak that caused it to go up to full capacity and beyond. We were using 2gb's on the swap. On our server, we have 2gb dedicated ram, anything above that is shared and considered burstable.

[img]http://pics.nexuizninjaz.com/files/flhnx1egm7uwepboabvl.png[/img]

After a restart we lie a above 2gbs with 6 servers online. I expect the servers to run below 2gb's at all times with the new version of NST.

NST 0.99 Beta is currently installing and I'll be working to migrate as silently as possible.]]> <![CDATA[Renicing your server (automatically) so it has priority and less latancy]]> http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/forum/Thread-Renicing-your-server-automatically-so-it-has-priority-and-less-latancy.html Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:57:27 -0700 http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/forum/Thread-Renicing-your-server-automatically-so-it-has-priority-and-less-latancy.html
The soultion is RENICE (on linux boxes). But you restart your server sometimes, so the soultion becomes renice in a script placed in /etc/cron.hourly/

Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl
#autorenice_of_x by MikeeUSA ((C) GNU GPL v2)

delete @ENV{qw(IFS CDPATH ENV BASH_ENV)};   # Make %ENV safer
##$ENV{'PATH'} = '/bin/';

$username = "nexuizuser"; #User that program belongs to
$niceness = "-14";  #Nice value (less == higher priority)
$program = 'nexuiz-linux-686-dedicated';  #Program to renice

$rnpid = '';
$user = '';
##print"$program\n";
dict0();
$pid = `/bin/pidof $program`;
##print"$pid\n";
chomp($pid);
dict1();

sub dict0 {
    $program =~ s/\W\-\_//g;
}

sub dict1 {
    ##print"$pid\n";
    (@buffe) = split(/ /,$pid);
    ##print"@buffe\n";
    foreach (@buffe) {
        $_ =~ s/\W//g;
        $rnpid = $_;
        $user = `ps -p $_ -o user`;
        $user =~ s/USER//g;
        $user =~ s/\n//g;
        ##print"$user\n";
        $user =~ s/\W//g;
        ##print"$user\n";
        if ($user eq $username) {
            print"renice $niceness -p $rnpid";
                system("renice $niceness -p $rnpid");
                print "Reniced $rnpid ($program) to $niceness\n";
        }

    }
}
]]>
The soultion is RENICE (on linux boxes). But you restart your server sometimes, so the soultion becomes renice in a script placed in /etc/cron.hourly/

Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl
#autorenice_of_x by MikeeUSA ((C) GNU GPL v2)

delete @ENV{qw(IFS CDPATH ENV BASH_ENV)};   # Make %ENV safer
##$ENV{'PATH'} = '/bin/';

$username = "nexuizuser"; #User that program belongs to
$niceness = "-14";  #Nice value (less == higher priority)
$program = 'nexuiz-linux-686-dedicated';  #Program to renice

$rnpid = '';
$user = '';
##print"$program\n";
dict0();
$pid = `/bin/pidof $program`;
##print"$pid\n";
chomp($pid);
dict1();

sub dict0 {
    $program =~ s/\W\-\_//g;
}

sub dict1 {
    ##print"$pid\n";
    (@buffe) = split(/ /,$pid);
    ##print"@buffe\n";
    foreach (@buffe) {
        $_ =~ s/\W//g;
        $rnpid = $_;
        $user = `ps -p $_ -o user`;
        $user =~ s/USER//g;
        $user =~ s/\n//g;
        ##print"$user\n";
        $user =~ s/\W//g;
        ##print"$user\n";
        if ($user eq $username) {
            print"renice $niceness -p $rnpid";
                system("renice $niceness -p $rnpid");
                print "Reniced $rnpid ($program) to $niceness\n";
        }

    }
}
]]> <![CDATA[Questions about running a public server]]> http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/forum/Thread-Questions-about-running-a-public-server.html Sun, 27 Jul 2008 07:56:41 -0700 http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/forum/Thread-Questions-about-running-a-public-server.html
I fell in love with nexuiz a couple months back and have my own public dedicated server running for about a month now. It can be found on 81.173.19.154:26000 and it is located at a 1Gbps connection in Amsterdam, Holland.

With the administration of my server I am having a couple of issues. It would be really nice if someone could point me in the right direction.

[b]Kicking/banning[/b]
For some strange reason this just doesn't work. I identify with rcon_password, and after that "rcon kick/kickban <username>" simply does nothing. I have no clue where to find logs, but this is annoying.

[b]Bots[/b]
Obviously my server is not occupied 24/7, and when the server is empty, there is little fun in playing, so the server remains empty. I'd like a little script or some setting where I can define that bots should join when there is very little people playing. A reasonable setting would seem to add bots until there is 4 people playing.

[b]Exceptions for joining[/b]
On other occasions the server is full, and I would like to be able to always join my own server. As I am currently the only admin, I cannot be bothered that this would cause going over the maxplayers limit or that this would cause another user to be kicked.

I'd love to hear any suggestions on how to tackle these problems.

Merlijn]]>
I fell in love with nexuiz a couple months back and have my own public dedicated server running for about a month now. It can be found on 81.173.19.154:26000 and it is located at a 1Gbps connection in Amsterdam, Holland.

With the administration of my server I am having a couple of issues. It would be really nice if someone could point me in the right direction.

[b]Kicking/banning[/b]
For some strange reason this just doesn't work. I identify with rcon_password, and after that "rcon kick/kickban <username>" simply does nothing. I have no clue where to find logs, but this is annoying.

[b]Bots[/b]
Obviously my server is not occupied 24/7, and when the server is empty, there is little fun in playing, so the server remains empty. I'd like a little script or some setting where I can define that bots should join when there is very little people playing. A reasonable setting would seem to add bots until there is 4 people playing.

[b]Exceptions for joining[/b]
On other occasions the server is full, and I would like to be able to always join my own server. As I am currently the only admin, I cannot be bothered that this would cause going over the maxplayers limit or that this would cause another user to be kicked.

I'd love to hear any suggestions on how to tackle these problems.

Merlijn]]> <![CDATA[[bash] Move maps to a new copy of Nexuiz]]> http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/forum/Thread-bash-Move-maps-to-a-new-copy-of-Nexuiz.html Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:24:24 -0700 http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/forum/Thread-bash-Move-maps-to-a-new-copy-of-Nexuiz.html
To make upgrading easier, I've created a bash script to move all pk3's except [b]common-spog.pk3[/b] and [b]data[0-9]{8}.pk3[/b] to a new copy of Nexuiz.

[size=x-large]Instructions[/size]

1. Save the following code as [url=http://nexuizninjaz.com/scripts/nn_map_copy.sh]nn_map_copy.sh[/url] in your [b]Nexuiz data directory[/b].

Code:
#!/bin/bash
# nn_map_copy.sh - 06/02/2008 - v0.8
# Tyler "-z-" Mulligan of www.nexuizninjaz.com
# Used to copy all packages minus the common spog and data pack to a new dir

# Destination folder name, should be in the same directory as this Nexuiz' parent directory
echo "Where are these bad boys going? (Name of the new Nexuiz directory)"
read destination

# Copying or Moving?
echo "What action would you like to perform?"
PS3='Enter a #: '

# bash select
select action in "Copy" "Move"
do
  echo "Preparing to $action!"
  break # Break, otherwise endless loop
done

# Check for valid folder name - nohacksplz
if [[ $destination =~ ^[a-zA-Z0-9_-][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*$ ]]; then

    # Prepend the double drop
    final_destination="../../$destination/data"

    # Check to see if the destination directory exists
        if [ -d "$final_destination" ]; then

        # Create temp directory for common-spog.pk3 and data pack
        if [ -d "temp" ]; then
            echo "/!\ Directory \"temp\" already exists (but that's okay!)"
        else
            `mkdir temp`
        fi

        # Get the name of the data pack and move it with common-spog.pk3
        datapack=`ls |grep 'data[0-9]\{8\}'`

        # If you already moved these, it'll break here.  Let the script do the work.
        `mv $datapack temp/`
        `mv common-spog.pk3 temp/`
        
        # Perform the action
        echo $action"ing pk3's to \"$final_destination\""
        if [ $action == "Move" ]; then
            mv *.pk3 "$final_destination"
        else
            cp *.pk3 "$final_destination"
        fi

        # Clean up - Move common-spog.pk3 and data pack back to the data dir
        echo "Removing temp files"
        `mv temp/* .`
        `rmdir temp`
    else
        "/!\ Destination does not exist \"$final_destination\""
    fi
else
    echo "/!\ The destination \"$destination\" failed the search pattern \"[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+\""
fi

exit 0

2. chmod it so you can run it
Code:
chmod +x nn_map_copy.sh

3. Grab a copy the latest Nexuiz build and extract it to the same parent as the one you're upgrading from:
Code:
my_nexuiz_servers
  old_server
  new_server

4. Run it
Code:
./nn_map_copy.sh

5. Answer the questions.
Code:
Where are these bad boys going? (Name of the new Nexuiz directory)
new_server
What action would you like to perfom?
1) Copy
2) Move
Enter a #: 1
Preparing to Copy!
Copying pk3's to "../../new_server"
Removing temp files

Yay!]]>
To make upgrading easier, I've created a bash script to move all pk3's except [b]common-spog.pk3[/b] and [b]data[0-9]{8}.pk3[/b] to a new copy of Nexuiz.

[size=x-large]Instructions[/size]

1. Save the following code as [url=http://nexuizninjaz.com/scripts/nn_map_copy.sh]nn_map_copy.sh[/url] in your [b]Nexuiz data directory[/b].

Code:
#!/bin/bash
# nn_map_copy.sh - 06/02/2008 - v0.8
# Tyler "-z-" Mulligan of www.nexuizninjaz.com
# Used to copy all packages minus the common spog and data pack to a new dir

# Destination folder name, should be in the same directory as this Nexuiz' parent directory
echo "Where are these bad boys going? (Name of the new Nexuiz directory)"
read destination

# Copying or Moving?
echo "What action would you like to perform?"
PS3='Enter a #: '

# bash select
select action in "Copy" "Move"
do
  echo "Preparing to $action!"
  break # Break, otherwise endless loop
done

# Check for valid folder name - nohacksplz
if [[ $destination =~ ^[a-zA-Z0-9_-][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*$ ]]; then

    # Prepend the double drop
    final_destination="../../$destination/data"

    # Check to see if the destination directory exists
        if [ -d "$final_destination" ]; then

        # Create temp directory for common-spog.pk3 and data pack
        if [ -d "temp" ]; then
            echo "/!\ Directory \"temp\" already exists (but that's okay!)"
        else
            `mkdir temp`
        fi

        # Get the name of the data pack and move it with common-spog.pk3
        datapack=`ls |grep 'data[0-9]\{8\}'`

        # If you already moved these, it'll break here.  Let the script do the work.
        `mv $datapack temp/`
        `mv common-spog.pk3 temp/`
        
        # Perform the action
        echo $action"ing pk3's to \"$final_destination\""
        if [ $action == "Move" ]; then
            mv *.pk3 "$final_destination"
        else
            cp *.pk3 "$final_destination"
        fi

        # Clean up - Move common-spog.pk3 and data pack back to the data dir
        echo "Removing temp files"
        `mv temp/* .`
        `rmdir temp`
    else
        "/!\ Destination does not exist \"$final_destination\""
    fi
else
    echo "/!\ The destination \"$destination\" failed the search pattern \"[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+\""
fi

exit 0

2. chmod it so you can run it
Code:
chmod +x nn_map_copy.sh

3. Grab a copy the latest Nexuiz build and extract it to the same parent as the one you're upgrading from:
Code:
my_nexuiz_servers
  old_server
  new_server

4. Run it
Code:
./nn_map_copy.sh

5. Answer the questions.
Code:
Where are these bad boys going? (Name of the new Nexuiz directory)
new_server
What action would you like to perfom?
1) Copy
2) Move
Enter a #: 1
Preparing to Copy!
Copying pk3's to "../../new_server"
Removing temp files

Yay!]]> <![CDATA[Make a server from nothing]]> http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/forum/Thread-Make-a-server-from-nothing.html Fri, 16 May 2008 10:12:39 -0700 http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/forum/Thread-Make-a-server-from-nothing.html
[b]I have no idea[/b] (only a bit) of how to create a server.

Anyone can explain me [b]how to make a server with an specific map[/b]?

Thanks
EDIT: I selected the green icon for the post by error, i saw the question mark icon and clicked in the right, now it's the question mark]]>
[b]I have no idea[/b] (only a bit) of how to create a server.

Anyone can explain me [b]how to make a server with an specific map[/b]?

Thanks
EDIT: I selected the green icon for the post by error, i saw the question mark icon and clicked in the right, now it's the question mark]]> <![CDATA[maps.nn curl_urls.txt]]> http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/forum/Thread-maps-nn-curl-urls-txt.html Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:37:59 -0800 http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/forum/Thread-maps-nn-curl-urls-txt.html The current curl_urls.txt provided by maps.nn is useless to server admins. There are 2 use cases for this:

  1. In a case like mine where the map config is heavily automated, the curl_urls.txt provides no information as to what maps that server has.
  2. In cases where a server pulls maps from multiple mirrors, a curl_urls.txt with any wildcard is useless to them; they have to generate it from scratch.


The previous mirror I used, [url]http://hagger.rbi.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/~polzer/nexuiz/maps/[/url] had a generated [url=http://hagger.rbi.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/~polzer/nexuiz/maps/curl_urls.txt.cgi]curl_urls.txt[/url] which I found extremely useful.

How automated am I talking about? I have about [url=http://www.astro73.com/download/nexuiz/]8 scripts and 4 data files[/url] that go into my server config.]]> The current curl_urls.txt provided by maps.nn is useless to server admins. There are 2 use cases for this:

  1. In a case like mine where the map config is heavily automated, the curl_urls.txt provides no information as to what maps that server has.
  2. In cases where a server pulls maps from multiple mirrors, a curl_urls.txt with any wildcard is useless to them; they have to generate it from scratch.


The previous mirror I used, [url]http://hagger.rbi.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/~polzer/nexuiz/maps/[/url] had a generated [url=http://hagger.rbi.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/~polzer/nexuiz/maps/curl_urls.txt.cgi]curl_urls.txt[/url] which I found extremely useful.

How automated am I talking about? I have about [url=http://www.astro73.com/download/nexuiz/]8 scripts and 4 data files[/url] that go into my server config.]]> <![CDATA[Minimal server project]]> http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/forum/Thread-Minimal-server-project.html Tue, 25 Dec 2007 11:20:07 -0800 http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/forum/Thread-Minimal-server-project.html
I'm a very neat and organized person. I dont like clutter and cruft. Strange doesn't even describe my computer usage habits. I also have a lot of old hardware I like to put to good use. For the sake of getting the best possible gameplay and satisfying my curiosity as to how barebones a server I could build, I have made a minimal server ready for rapid deployment. This project has two phases, and most of you will be interested in the second.

[Phase 1]
Using a gentoo minimal x86 installcd I installed gentoo as generically as possible to be as compatible as possible on x86 hardware. I compiled everything with full i686 generic optimisations. Any further processor specific optimizations have been omitted. This build should work on any 32bit 686 or 64-bit running as 32. I installed only a basic install with no X or anything other than a working system with working toolbox to compile anything else. If anyone is interested in more on this, I'll be glad to elaborate and/or provide the binaries for this. If I ever get to it, I'll make a livecd out of this w/ the nexuiz installation, so you can run this on a computer w/o requiring a harddrive. I could launch nexuiz from a ramdrive. There is some fun potential for this project.

[Phase 2]
[i]* Performance evaluation: Uncompressed (no overhead, more disk usage) vs Best compressed (Dec overhead, less disk thrashing)
* Re-run the process to get exact results for here
[/i]
The stock data pack (data-20070531.pk3) is 261mb. Uncompressed it is 612mb. To uncompress, simply unzip the data-20070531.pk3 with your favorite zip/rar/ace/7zip/tar/gz/etc tool.
One of my servers is a 1v1 ladder rules. I have no interest in changing it to any other gamemode, so I don't need any of those maps or models. I stripped out all the maps but the 13 ladder rules maps (aggressor, aneurysm, bloodprison, darkzone, downer, final_rage, reslimed, runningman, runningman_1v1remix, soylent, stormkeep, toxic, warfare). Although just small text files, I also took out the 13 map configurations for other gamemodes (dom, tdm, etc). Since we use fullbright models, I could take out the other models. The 5 included demo files got scrapped. duAfter all was said and done these were my results:
data20071122-common.pk3 4.7MB
data20071122-1v1.pk3 26MB

From 261MB to 31MB :)
I also did the same for 2v2: data20071128-2v2.pk3 27MB

$ unzip data-20070531.pk3
$ 7za a -tzip -mx=9 -mfb=64 -md=32m data20071225.pk3 *

Thus far this was a proof-of-concept for me. Since all the maps are being reworked, this project is on hold until 2.4 comes out. I'm watching the progress of the data pack now and I should be able to adapt quickly.]]>
I'm a very neat and organized person. I dont like clutter and cruft. Strange doesn't even describe my computer usage habits. I also have a lot of old hardware I like to put to good use. For the sake of getting the best possible gameplay and satisfying my curiosity as to how barebones a server I could build, I have made a minimal server ready for rapid deployment. This project has two phases, and most of you will be interested in the second.

[Phase 1]
Using a gentoo minimal x86 installcd I installed gentoo as generically as possible to be as compatible as possible on x86 hardware. I compiled everything with full i686 generic optimisations. Any further processor specific optimizations have been omitted. This build should work on any 32bit 686 or 64-bit running as 32. I installed only a basic install with no X or anything other than a working system with working toolbox to compile anything else. If anyone is interested in more on this, I'll be glad to elaborate and/or provide the binaries for this. If I ever get to it, I'll make a livecd out of this w/ the nexuiz installation, so you can run this on a computer w/o requiring a harddrive. I could launch nexuiz from a ramdrive. There is some fun potential for this project.

[Phase 2]
[i]* Performance evaluation: Uncompressed (no overhead, more disk usage) vs Best compressed (Dec overhead, less disk thrashing)
* Re-run the process to get exact results for here
[/i]
The stock data pack (data-20070531.pk3) is 261mb. Uncompressed it is 612mb. To uncompress, simply unzip the data-20070531.pk3 with your favorite zip/rar/ace/7zip/tar/gz/etc tool.
One of my servers is a 1v1 ladder rules. I have no interest in changing it to any other gamemode, so I don't need any of those maps or models. I stripped out all the maps but the 13 ladder rules maps (aggressor, aneurysm, bloodprison, darkzone, downer, final_rage, reslimed, runningman, runningman_1v1remix, soylent, stormkeep, toxic, warfare). Although just small text files, I also took out the 13 map configurations for other gamemodes (dom, tdm, etc). Since we use fullbright models, I could take out the other models. The 5 included demo files got scrapped. duAfter all was said and done these were my results:
data20071122-common.pk3 4.7MB
data20071122-1v1.pk3 26MB

From 261MB to 31MB :)
I also did the same for 2v2: data20071128-2v2.pk3 27MB

$ unzip data-20070531.pk3
$ 7za a -tzip -mx=9 -mfb=64 -md=32m data20071225.pk3 *

Thus far this was a proof-of-concept for me. Since all the maps are being reworked, this project is on hold until 2.4 comes out. I'm watching the progress of the data pack now and I should be able to adapt quickly.]]> <![CDATA[Qstat eggdrop]]> http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/forum/Thread-Qstat-eggdrop.html Tue, 25 Dec 2007 10:11:32 -0800 http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/forum/Thread-Qstat-eggdrop.html
I plan to continue working on this bot and adding a lot of features, and I wanted to get some feedback and suggestions about this.

1) The name. I selected something "ninja" but I think it could have a better name. I'm open for suggestions

2) As of now, the bot either does the following, or should:
!ninjato = help response
!nex <ip:port> = get the status of server
!nexp <ip:port> = get the status of the server + scoreboard
!1v1
!1v1us = alias for ga/ny/tx(galts)/nc(my practice) servers
!1v1eu = alias for popular eu 1v1 servers
!2v2 = 2v2 servers
!3v3 = 3v3 servers
!ctf
!ctfus = us ctf servers
!ctfeu = eu ctf servers

The bot also receive updates such as map-change events and can echo them.
The output is semi-skinnable

3) TODO:
A) [b]!follow/!nofollow X <ip:port>[/b] will be implemented for the purpose of giving the scores of a 1v1 match every X interval (1min).
B) rcon support to manipulate the server from irc (this may be a new project altogether along with C))
C) sitechannel support, which is a boost to the already existing event (map change) notification
D) Change the qstat to dump to XML and implement an XML parser. This will allow users to configure output easier
E) Rework the current hardcoded system to allow storing of server aliases via channel commands. Eliminate server hardcodes.
F) ####COMMENTS!!!!! heh, im such a bad coder

Once again, what I want from you is a name for the script and some feature suggestions.]]>
I plan to continue working on this bot and adding a lot of features, and I wanted to get some feedback and suggestions about this.

1) The name. I selected something "ninja" but I think it could have a better name. I'm open for suggestions

2) As of now, the bot either does the following, or should:
!ninjato = help response
!nex <ip:port> = get the status of server
!nexp <ip:port> = get the status of the server + scoreboard
!1v1
!1v1us = alias for ga/ny/tx(galts)/nc(my practice) servers
!1v1eu = alias for popular eu 1v1 servers
!2v2 = 2v2 servers
!3v3 = 3v3 servers
!ctf
!ctfus = us ctf servers
!ctfeu = eu ctf servers

The bot also receive updates such as map-change events and can echo them.
The output is semi-skinnable

3) TODO:
A) [b]!follow/!nofollow X <ip:port>[/b] will be implemented for the purpose of giving the scores of a 1v1 match every X interval (1min).
B) rcon support to manipulate the server from irc (this may be a new project altogether along with C))
C) sitechannel support, which is a boost to the already existing event (map change) notification
D) Change the qstat to dump to XML and implement an XML parser. This will allow users to configure output easier
E) Rework the current hardcoded system to allow storing of server aliases via channel commands. Eliminate server hardcodes.
F) ####COMMENTS!!!!! heh, im such a bad coder

Once again, what I want from you is a name for the script and some feature suggestions.]]> <![CDATA[General Server Questions]]> http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/forum/Thread-General-Server-Questions.html Tue, 25 Dec 2007 00:05:38 -0800 http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/forum/Thread-General-Server-Questions.html
About how much bandwidth does the server take (daily, weekly, etc)?
How resource intensive is it? (could I run mythtv on the same box?)
How much maintenance is necessary/are there often difficulties upgrading?

I'm probably going to setup the server no matter what the answers are to these questions, but I'd like to know how big of a headache I should prepare myself for.]]>
About how much bandwidth does the server take (daily, weekly, etc)?
How resource intensive is it? (could I run mythtv on the same box?)
How much maintenance is necessary/are there often difficulties upgrading?

I'm probably going to setup the server no matter what the answers are to these questions, but I'd like to know how big of a headache I should prepare myself for.]]>