ranked to unranked

[Hollow]

hi all, im basically try to make up my own lil set up for one of our servers.

althou the config is showing that the settings have changed to want i put them as, like diabled some things, the server still allows u to use them.

now the server is ranked so im guessing that wont let u change the default, bit i cant figure out how to make it unranked, dont seem to be as simple as BF2 lol.

n e help would be great, thx guys.

n e 1 plz

[imported_Whiskey]

http://www.infinityward.com/community/forum/index.php?topic=1839.0

[CptainCrunch]

As soon as you add a command that goes against the requirements of ranking, it becomes unranked.

Check out Whiskey's link, its pretty good.

Crunch

[eXo|Cecil]

As soon as you add a command that goes against the requirements of ranking, it becomes unranked.

Check out Whiskey's link, its pretty good.

Crunch

Completely FALSE.

If i have a ranked server, and make any change to any dvar you can think of, and put that config back in the main folder, the server will still always and forever be ranked. The game was coded that way. Certain dvars cannot be changed unless the config is in a fs_game folder.

To run a modded or "unranked" server there are a few things you have to do. I am going to explain the way i have it done.


Add "+set fs_games mods/yourmodfoldernamehere" to your servers startup line

Make a sub folder in the mods folder with the same name as in your startup line.

Copy the z_modwarefare.iwd and mod.ff from the mods/modwarefare folder into your new folder.

create a config with all the good stuff you want to change, like perks/weapon limits and so on and put it in the new folder. (i'll call it mods.cfg for example). I personally have all my settings in this config. I still keep a config in the main folder, but it just contains server settings like the rcon password, teamchat and the like. I also run a separate config for the rotation. Makes it easier for new server admins to change a rotation without the worry of messing up something important.

In your config in the main folder add the line

exec mods.cfg

at the bottom.

Restart your server.

Done.

The reason that i did it this way instead of using the "stock" modwarfare folder, was to keep it organized. When custom maps come out, servers will have to be "unranked" to run them. If everyone uses the stock modwarfare folder, that folder is going to become grossly unorganized. If you use your own fs_game folder, it keeps all your servers stuff nice and separated from the rest of the junk.

I think i got it all, but i probably left out something

[Hollow]

thx m8, thats a real help, now to try it :hmm: lol, ill let u know

hang on

i didnt have these files in my server webpage, i found them in my mods folder which is in my program folder. do u mean that i create my stuff there? in my games program files, on my own comp. or do i upload these files to my server webpage?

bit confused now.

well ive done all of the above but still no joy, the server is just not having it

[CptainCrunch]

Completely FALSE.

Maybe that was YOUR experience on YOUR servers, but on MY servers, whenever I made a change based on the outline found at infinityward.com, the status on the server goes from ranked to unranked. We dont run mods, just alter the origional parameters on the configuration file.

Now the only way I was able to verify was the change on the browser and how it responded to the filters. Maybe this was just a bug or something back in the 1.0 days, but thats what happened.

Thanks,

Crunch

[Hollow]

ok, all i need to know now is where the hell is this command line?

thx

n e 1 please

[GrossKopf]

ok, all i need to know now is where the hell is this command line?

thx

n e 1 please

Do you rent a server from a game server host? If so, log into your control panel for them or ask them for tech support.

[Hollow]

ok, finnaly got the mod to work, althou got a couple of issues i hope u can help with

1) its grayed out create-a-class, n e 1 know y?

2) some weapons/perks its still allowing even thou the server.cfg file is saying thier off, n e 1 know that either please

thx

[GrossKopf]

ok, finnaly got the mod to work, althou got a couple of issues i hope u can help with

1) its grayed out create-a-class, n e 1 know y?

2) some weapons/perks its still allowing even thou the server.cfg file is saying thier off, n e 1 know that either please

thx

Are you modifying the server.cfg in the mod folder?

[eXo|Cecil]

Create a class is not available yet on any modded server. It's a pita to make a custom class each time a map loads.

[Hollow]

Are you modifying the server.cfg in the mod folder?

i was told there should'nt be a modded server.cfg in the mod folder, just the 2 mod warefare files.

[eXo|Cecil]

Changes to things like Perks/weapons/harpoints can ONLY be done from a mod folder.

It's in my post above.

[GrossKopf]

i was told there should'nt be a modded server.cfg in the mod folder, just the 2 mod warefare files.

You need to have a server.cfg file in the mod's folder.

See this post over on the Wolf Servers forums for more information. It's specific to Wolf Servers, but hopefully it'll clear some things up for you:

http://www.wolfservers.com/portal/showthread.php?t=2999

When I refer to the "modwarfare.cfg" file in that post, I am refering to whatever your server.cfg is called in the mod's folder. We renamed it to modwarfare.cfg just to make it easier for clients to understand that it's not the server.cfg file contained in the "main" folder.

[Hollow]

ok

so ur telling me that u cant select what perks u want.

me being the server admin will load out the defualt classes as i see fit and thats what ppl will use??

if so, thats crap, what i like might not be what most ppl like.

plus, using the pam4 mod allows u to select ur own load out with the perks thas been made avliable to you.