banimod / etpro / ettv forums

DraGoNsLaYeR · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 10:03 am Post subject: Switching

Is there a way to switch from etpro to etmain using rcon or something?

Rain · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 11:09 am Post subject:

Although this is completely unsupported black voodoo magic that may crash your server, you can try 'forcecvar fs_game etmain'. You won't be able to switch back without restarting the server.
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DraGoNsLaYeR · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 11:15 am Post subject:

restart meaning rcon map_restart?

Rain · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 11:21 am Post subject:

No. You'll need to do a map_restart after doing the forcecvar for the game to switch to etmain, and then to switch it back, the server will need to be restarted entirely, i.e. quitting and restarting.
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DraGoNsLaYeR · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 11:24 am Post subject:

will there ever be future commands that allows me to switch between mods without having to quit and restart?

Rain · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 11:32 am Post subject:

Once you've switched to etmain, you get the etmain commands. There's nothing you can do except what vanilla ET allows you. You're not even supposed to be able to switch from etpro to etmain--you should use caution when using forcecvar to do so, as there is some potential for the clients to get confused.
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DraGoNsLaYeR · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 11:37 am Post subject:

Can I add switching to etpro from etmain?
Should I always do the switch when the server is empty?

=FF=im2good4u · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 11:52 am Post subject:

well i dont know if there is a commnad to do a command whne the server is empty but you will never be able to go from etmain to etpro
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DraGoNsLaYeR · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 11:55 am Post subject:

no i mean should i do forcecvar fs_game etmain when no one is in the server?

bani · Site Admin Joined: 21 Jul 2002 Posts: 3685

this is a limitation of the ET engine, its not designed for mod switching on the fly.

DraGoNsLaYeR · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 12:53 pm Post subject:

what would i need to have to be able to quit and restart the server which is on linux from a remote location which uses windows?

duke'ku · Joined: 03 Nov 2002 Posts: 1317 Location: portland, oregon

you could use ssh to run a shell script.

DraGoNsLaYeR · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 12:58 pm Post subject:

how do i do this?

Psy · Joined: 12 Oct 2003 Posts: 11

use for example putty to connect to your server and restart it manually:

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

DraGoNsLaYeR · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 5:47 pm Post subject:

alright i'll see if i can get this on teh server