How do I create a Steam listing server?

[HuntTheShunt]

Originally Posted by >BKA< T Wrecks

Ahem...*cough* *cough* Shouldn't this be moved to "Server admin help" ? It doesn't have that much to do with waypointing, you see...

Well I know what you mean.
BUT
It is not a query about running servers it's about a poor sole trying to waypoint.
And from what I have learnt here you need a listening server to do that.
I am not serving others I just want to test my waypoints.
I think other people learning about waypointing will find it useful.

In the end I bow to your jugment

Hunt.

[>BKA< T Wrecks]

Ah, so that's why you posted here! Ok, that's a good argument, I reckon. And yes, I imagine waypointing from a Dedicated Server to be a little bit difficult...

Good thing that I'm powerless here, otherwise I would have moved the thread already, assuming that your question was of a general kind and not waypoint-related. :o

So you want to get into the waypointing business? That's always good news... there's still tons of decent maps out there and so few good waypointers. May I ask which maps you are planning to adorn with your skill- and colourful waypoint glory ?

[Pierre-Marie Baty]

Many of the commands have changed since the original POD-bot 2.5. I suppose you'd have better chances if you posted that in the PB2.6mm forum. The last time I touched this bot before handing it over to Splo and the community the command was "wp on" (but from what I remember "waypoint on" should work as well...)

[sPlOrYgOn]

your memory must be faded
the time you gave it to me it only had 2 waypoint commands "stats" and "teleport"
everything is being handled by the wpmenu

[HuntTheShunt]

>BKA<T Wrecks
>>>So you want to get into the waypointing business? That's always good news... there's still tons of decent maps out there and so few good waypointers. May I ask which maps you are planning to adorn with your skill- and colourful waypoint glory ?

Oh do not get to excited
No new maps.

I’ve noticed some of the popular maps have faults (no criticism intended here just an observation)

This way pointing is so long winded if you have never done it before (again(no criticism intended here just an observation people seem to forget the game was never built to do the things it does and is the result of a lot of hard work de-compiling code to find hooks)

My aim is to see if I can stop the bots getting locked at some points and see if I can get them to move differently.


My goal/wish is to have a server were if a guy/gal joins my server and there are no humans currently on he/she thinks he/she is not alone (I know you look at the pings. Is it possible to raise the indicated ping of a bot?).

Hunt.

[>BKA< T Wrecks]

What you're saying about using bots for a server sounds reasonable. Not only will people who join not feel so alone, but anyone browsing the web for a good server will also be more willing to join if he sees that there are 4 players and not zero.
However, in this respect, PODBot leaves some room for improvement because there are some minor details other ppl already mentioned here:
1) The welcome messages on the screen ("Welcome to PODBot v2.6mm by...")
2) The waypoint credit message ("Waypoints created by...")
3) The ping, which seems to be impossible to change. I mean, I can't judge that, of course, being a complete ignoramus when it comes to coding and stuff, but I think I remember some 1337 people said so.

Well, at least 1) and 2) can theoretically be fixed...

Oh, and are you going to run default maps or custom maps?

[HuntTheShunt]

Hi >BKA<T Wrecks,

1) is in the c code bot_globals.cpp
line:-
const char *szWelcomeMessage = "Welcome to POD-Bot V2.6mm by Count Floyd\n"

2) is in the c code waypoint.cpp
line:-
sprintf (g_szWaypointMessage, "Waypoints created by %s\n", header.creatorname);

3) Yes. I suppose that the bot being on the server the bot has zero ping. Shame though we cannot trick the server into reporting it differently.

I am using standard popular maps dust,aztec.....
Used to have a good small game and bots server on 1.5 before steam messed every thing up

Hunt

[Pierre-Marie Baty]

You could ask sPlOrYgOn to make a CVAR to disable these messages in POD-bot. It's very simple to do.

[sPlOrYgOn]

already did it yesterday

[>BKA< T Wrecks]

Ok, so does that mean it's

1) off,
2) off by default, but can be turned on, or
3) on by default, but can be turned off ?