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Community => Servers => Topic started by: Yoman987 on September 08, 2008, 10:09:42 am

Title: [SOLVED] USB Server
Post by: Yoman987 on September 08, 2008, 10:09:42 am
I run a server at my school at lunchtimes, and i normally just start a vanilla server and play. Lately some people are being n00bs and doing random stuff on the server, so read about making a tremded.exe server, and it seems to me that i need access to the C:/ Drive on the school computers, which as some of you may have already guessed isn't possible.

So, question:
is there some way i can run a tremded.exe server from my USB, and have all the cool commands and mods, like the patches/mods from the TJW server pack thing, and how do i do it?

can people please give specifics, cos ive never made a server before.
Title: Re: USB Server
Post by: David on September 08, 2008, 11:34:42 am
Unzip the zip file (http://tremulous.net/files) somewhere on your USB disk, and then copy your mod in as-normal.
You can move the home dir part of it by adding +set fs_homepath X:/path/on/usb/disk/ when you start the server.
Title: Re: USB Server
Post by: Yoman987 on September 08, 2008, 11:46:00 am
Quote from: David
...the zip file (http://tremulous.net/files)...

not to be , uhhh, annoying, but why are you pointing me to that zip? isn't that the vanilla trem? i wanted TJW's tremded....
Title: Re: USB Server
Post by: David on September 08, 2008, 12:03:46 pm
You still need all the stuff from 1.1, then overwrite the tremded and game.qvm in there with tjw's.
Title: Re: USB Server
Post by: Yoman987 on September 08, 2008, 12:09:22 pm
ah ok

you said i needed to change the set fs_homepath to my USB. does that path point to the vm folder? i think thats where game.qvm goes...

nevermind, i made a batch file, failed, fiddled around with the batch file and got it working. failed again. it comes up with Trem's version of the Blue Screen of Death:
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ERROR: G_ParseSpawnVars: found 2 when expecting {
this is my batch file:
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tremded.exe +set dedicated 1 +exec penguin.cfg +set fs_homepath %~dp0
(i am known as A Penguin ingame, and the   %~dp0   sets the directory the batch is running from)
Title: Re: USB Server
Post by: Psyche on September 08, 2008, 03:06:01 pm
You forgot to either upgrade the QVM or the Tremded. Try again.
Title: Re: USB Server
Post by: cactusfrog on September 08, 2008, 03:33:27 pm
use a different qvm and tremed.exe
Title: Re: USB Server
Post by: Syntac on September 08, 2008, 09:37:11 pm
Start out with TJW's tremded and his QVM. If those two don't work together, you have bigger problems.
Title: Re: USB Server
Post by: Yoman987 on September 10, 2008, 12:36:49 am
ok, i got the server working the normal way (ie put game.qvm in the local settings place) and it works fine.
is there a parameter to change where tremded.exe looks for the game.qvm? cos then i could work it on my USB.
Title: Re: USB Server
Post by: Undeference on September 10, 2008, 02:30:59 am
ok, i got the server working the normal way (ie put game.qvm in the local settings place) and it works fine.
is there a parameter to change where tremded.exe looks for the game.qvm? cos then i could work it on my USB.
+set fs_homepath ...
Title: Re: USB Server
Post by: Yoman987 on September 10, 2008, 11:23:11 am
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Working directory: C:\Documents and Settings\MYNAMEHERE\Desktop\Tremulous
fs_homepath is write protected.

how to un-write protect?
Title: Re: USB Server
Post by: Lava Croft on September 10, 2008, 12:40:17 pm
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Working directory: C:\Documents and Settings\MYNAMEHERE\Desktop\Tremulous
fs_homepath is write protected.

how to un-write protect?
Read the documentation that comes with your OS and its applications.
Title: Re: USB Server
Post by: Bissig on September 10, 2008, 10:15:25 pm
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Working directory: C:\Documents and Settings\MYNAMEHERE\Desktop\Tremulous
fs_homepath is write protected.

how to un-write protect?

Move tremulous to a proper location and off the desktop folder...
Title: Re: USB Server
Post by: Yoman987 on September 11, 2008, 01:10:43 pm
I FIGURED IT OUT!!!!
YAY IM SO HAPPY!!!!!


what I did was set the mod path thing (+set fs_game) to go to my QVM in a different folder, instead of in   C:/Docs&Settings/User/localstuff/appdata/trem/vm, i sent it to MYUSB:/Tremulous/vm and it works!!!!!!!

the only problem now is that i cant run mods.  :'(
i only just found out what fs_game did as well.
when i found out, i just (insert lightbulb here)'d! (ding'd!)
so maybe we can put my find in some sticky? has anyone found this out before? am i the god of the universe?
ok im gonna stop typing now, im just so glad i can type here forever.  ;D

@ Blissig: no that didn't work for me
@ Lava: that neither. couldnt find the manual. </sarcasm>
@ Undeference: knew that, tried that, it phail'd.
@ everyone else: couldn't be bother answering individually, but thanks for the help
Title: Re: USB Server
Post by: Undeference on September 11, 2008, 06:11:06 pm
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Working directory: C:\Documents and Settings\MYNAMEHERE\Desktop\Tremulous
fs_homepath is write protected.
that happens when you try to set fs_homepath while the server is already running. set it from the command line (or make a shortcut and do it that way) and it will not fail with that message.
Title: Re: [SOLVED] USB Server
Post by: Dr.Mario. on September 12, 2008, 12:30:41 am
Hi

i would very much appreciate it if u could post a how too make a usb server on this sight

tyvm

Title: Re: [SOLVED] USB Server
Post by: Syntac on September 12, 2008, 01:10:11 am
[DEL] I flame too much.