Switching

DraGoNsLaYeR · Post by **DraGoNsLaYeR** » Sun Oct 12, 2003 10:03 am

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

Rain · Post by **Rain** » Sun Oct 12, 2003 11:09 am

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.

DraGoNsLaYeR · Post by **DraGoNsLaYeR** » Sun Oct 12, 2003 11:15 am

restart meaning rcon map_restart?

Rain · Post by **Rain** » Sun Oct 12, 2003 11:21 am

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.

DraGoNsLaYeR · Post by **DraGoNsLaYeR** » Sun Oct 12, 2003 11:24 am

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

Rain · Post by **Rain** » Sun Oct 12, 2003 11:32 am

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.

DraGoNsLaYeR · Post by **DraGoNsLaYeR** » Sun Oct 12, 2003 11:37 am

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

=FF=im2good4u · Post by **=FF=im2good4u** » Sun Oct 12, 2003 11:52 am

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

DraGoNsLaYeR · Post by **DraGoNsLaYeR** » Sun Oct 12, 2003 11:55 am

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

Post by **bani** » Sun Oct 12, 2003 12:45 pm

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

DraGoNsLaYeR · Post by **DraGoNsLaYeR** » Sun Oct 12, 2003 12:53 pm

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 · Post by **duke'ku** » Sun Oct 12, 2003 12:54 pm

you could use ssh to run a shell script.

DraGoNsLaYeR · Post by **DraGoNsLaYeR** » Sun Oct 12, 2003 12:58 pm

how do i do this?

Psy · Post by **Psy** » Sun Oct 12, 2003 4:47 pm

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

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

DraGoNsLaYeR · Post by **DraGoNsLaYeR** » Sun Oct 12, 2003 5:47 pm

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