ECF Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Here us a link to a directory structure document which will give you an overview of how it should be setup. http://www.tcadmin.com/downloads/directories.pdf Once you have your directories setup, you can place the game install files or the .zip files in the proper location. You will need to add and/or configure the game for which you would like the automation process to work. That would include specifying the .exe, and paths to files within the System Settings>Supported Games> section. You will also need to add your command line variables, along with your server.cfg file. Only then will a game be ready for automation. If you do not configure the backend properly, automation will not work. May I suggest you import one of the config files from the forums and take a look at the setup of one. This should give you an idea of how to configure games on your own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFA Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 An easy sample: Download wolfet.exe and install to a folder named WOLFET inside your game installations folder. http://www.filemirrors.com/search.src?file=WolfET.exe&size=270305943 Download and import this file: http://forums.tcadmin.com/viewtopic.php?t=118 Go to the "Create Game Server" page and fill in all the required information. In about 3 minutes your Enemy Territory Server will be ready. The mods and patches won't work because you will need the files. You can download the mods and save them to a folder named TCA.Mods inside your WolfET folder. The patch files can be created using the Update File Generator. Just run the Generator, select the downloaded patch exe and under that select your wolfet installation folder. Click on "run the update". After running the update click on "generate zip file". Save it to a folder named TCA.Patches inside your Enemy Territory installation folder. Log in to your control panel, go to system settings > supported games, select Wolfenstein Enemy Territory. Click on "Game Updates" and configure your new patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHideout Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 <table border="0" align="center" width="90%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td class="SmallText">LFA</td></tr><tr><td class="quote"> Download and import this file: http://forums.tcadmin.com/viewtopic.php?t=118 </td></tr></table> Error while saving configuration. I'm able to import other ones listed though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHideout Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 I was able to fix that error by adding the following to the txt file i was importing. <div class="pre"><pre></RCONCOMMAND> </RCONCOMMANDS> </GAME></pre></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHideout Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Ok, so I've installed W:ET to the WOLFET directory in my default game giles dir. I imported the specified config file. I went to my admin home and clicked on Gaming Services. I clicked on new service. Display Name: Testing GameType: Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory Slots: 10 Selected a valid IP Left default ports Application: ET.exe Working Directory: / Game Root Directory: / User Files Directory: / Additional argument: <blank> Gave it affinity to a CPU Clicked save <table border="0" align="center" width="90%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td class="SmallText">Quote:</td></tr><tr><td class="quote"> Service has been created. </td></tr></table> No files were copied, and starting the server does nothing. Where did I mess up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECF Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 You created a service manually. To use the automation click on Create a Game and Voice Server icon from the main menu. I would recommend you delete the one you have just created so it is not left there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFA Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 services > new service is for manually creating a service. This is for when you already have a game server running and just want to be able to control it. Where you should go is to "Create a Game and Voice Server" in the main page (right after you log in as admin). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHideout Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Ah, I knew I was just missing one step. If it were me I'd put the word "automated" or something to that note in the descripting instead of create a game and voice server... Thanks for your patience with me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHideout Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Ok.... guess i lied. It created the proper directory, and moved the files but didn't assign the game server to the user. And it's not listed under gaming services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECF Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 First thing to check is make sure that you have a server.cfg file within the install files. Second, make sure it is blank. The panel creates the .cfg file from the one you have stored in your database. But you must have a blank server.cfg file within your install directory so they panel has something to copy over and write contents to. If it is not present it will copy the files, but fail on writing the config file. Delete the folder which the panel created from your users file folder and check what I said above. Then try it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHideout Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 <table border="0" align="center" width="90%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td class="SmallText">ECF</td></tr><tr><td class="quote"> First thing to check is make sure that you have a server.cfg file within the install files. Second, make sure it is blank. The panel creates the .cfg file from the one you have stored in your database. But you must have a blank server.cfg file within your install directory so they panel has something to copy over and write contents to. If it is not present it will copy the files, but fail on writing the config file. Delete the folder which the panel created from your users file folder and check what I said above. Then try it again. </td></tr></table> Ok, I did that with the same outcome. Files were copied, nothing was written to server.cfg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFA Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Make sure you set your email settings so the panel can notify you of any errors. Check the Logs folder on you master for a file named Mail.Errors.txt and update your email in the admin's profile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHideout Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Looking through the logs files I found this... 5/4/2005 1:42:29 PM : GSAutomation.Processes.CreateGameServer: Could not write to D:\clients\ADMIN\GameServers\TC83100572031523871868600\\cstrike\cfg\server.cfg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHideout Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 I found a problem in my directory structure, I think that will fix the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECF Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Looks like you have an extra \ in your path. Go into Sytem Settings>Supported Games, and click on the Couterstrike game in the list. Then please post what you have set for the following 2 fields. Relative Working Directory and Relative User Files Directory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHideout Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 both are / Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHideout Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Ok, the problem was I had moved the whole directory I had installed css to, which was css. So the files being copied had the following structure: c:\dconfig\css\css\ instead of c:\dconfig\css\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECF Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Set the Relative User Files Directory to the following: /cstrike/ Click save and try it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHideout Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 It's working properly now. Thanks so much for all of your help, the whole process makes sense to me now. I liked the panel a lot when i was manually entering services, this just makes it sooooo much sweeter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECF Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Just keep in mind that any file links that you create within the panel will be relative to the User's Path. In this instance we set the users path to /cstrike/ for this game. The file link for server.cfg will look like this in the current config: cfg/server.cfg However if we change the User's path to reflect the top directory of / then we would want to add the link to the server.cfg file as this: /strike/cfg/server.cfg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHideout Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Alright, sounds good. Didn't mean to hijack this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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