Need Help With BF2 Demo Recorder

[djtech2k]

Ok. I have been working on this thing on several servers and only gotten it to work once in a while. I just setup a new server and I cannot get it to work. Here's the deal. The BF2 server is Windows. My ftp/http server is Linux. I have a custom ftp user setup on my web/ftp server just for demos. I have the home directory of this user set to where I want the demos put. I have the dir with 777 permissions and my ftp user as the owner.

Ok, I am going to post the contents of my config files. Here's my rotate_demo file:

# set the number of demo files to keep in rotation
file_limit = 30

# for local web server; edit this path and make it match the one in serversettings.con
target_root = /path/to/webroot/demos

# set to 1 to enable ftp uploading
use_ftp = 1

# set to the target directory on the ftp server
ftp_target_dir =

# login information for the ftp server goes here
ftp_server = ftp.mysite.us
ftp_user = ftp_user
ftp_password = ftp_password



Here is my serversettings.con section for recorder:

sv.autoRecord 1
sv.demoIndexURL http://www.mysite.us/demos
sv.demoDownloadURL http://www.mysite.us/demos
sv.autoDemoHook "adminutils/demo/rotate_demo.py"
sv.demoQuality 1

ok. Now, like I said, I have the ftp user setup to go directly to mysite.us/demos, so no change directory is needed. My BF2 server creates the demos, but they never showup on my other server where the ftp should go.


Any help? I am stuck.

[djtech2k]

Re: Need Help With BF2 Demo Recorder

Anybody?

[bbrain]

Re: Need Help With BF2 Demo Recorder

please post your rotate_demo.cfg, because you need to modify the setting inside

[djtech2k]

Re: Need Help With BF2 Demo Recorder

I posted it above with look-alike values. The only thing different is the domain name, username, and password.

[djtech2k]

Re: Need Help With BF2 Demo Recorder

Is anyone else having this problem?

[bbrain]

Re: Need Help With BF2 Demo Recorder

try to use the modified rotate_demo.py from http://bf2.fun-o-matic.org
i have set up recorder and works well, without any problem.

[djtech2k]

Re: Need Help With BF2 Demo Recorder

Thanks. I will try it tonight.

[djtech2k]

Re: Need Help With BF2 Demo Recorder

I tried it and still no go. I do not know what is wrong. I have a couple different servers on different platforms. The one I am trying now is from escapedturkey. ANy help is appreciated.

Again, the demo gets created, but never gets uploaded to my webserver.

[djtech2k]

Re: Need Help With BF2 Demo Recorder

can someone give me an example of a working config on Linux or Windows using FTP?

[bbrain]

Re: Need Help With BF2 Demo Recorder

Please log the happenings:
Edit the battlefield 2 Server/python/__init__.py

Look for tihs:
sys.stdout = fake_stream('stdout')
sys.stderr = fake_stream('stderr')

and replace it with:

logFile = open('mylogfile.log', 'a')
sys.stdout = logFile
sys.stderr = logFile


We will see what is the prob.

[djtech2k]

Re: Need Help With BF2 Demo Recorder

Ok, I will try it when I get home. So does it matter what I name the logfile or do I have to give it a location? I say this because I get NO logs as of now from escapedturkey. On my dedicated boxes, I get the rotate_demo_err.txt, but I get nothing on this ET box.

[bbrain]

Re: Need Help With BF2 Demo Recorder

No, you can use any name and it will be saved to <bf2dir>/

[« R²» HKS]

Re: Need Help With BF2 Demo Recorder

target_root = /path/to/webroot/demos

sv.demoIndexURL http://www.mysite.us/demos
sv.demoDownloadURL http://www.mysite.us/demos

2 problems I see, having just setup Battle Recorder on our ranked server.

1st problem:
target_root = /path/to/webroot/demos

You haven't left that path in have you? Use \mods\bf2\demos\

2nd problem:
sv.demoIndexURL http://www.mysite.us/demos
sv.demoDownloadURL http://www.mysite.us/demos

you need to add / after the end of each line. So these lines should look like this:
sv.demoIndexURL http://www.mysite.us/demos/
sv.demoDownloadURL http://www.mysite.us/demos/

Also check the rotate_demo_err if there is one to see the error report.

Thats all I can see wrong with your setup, taking into consideration that you have the ftp address/username/password and path setup correctly. Make sure that where you put the files in your ftp is like a public_html section as well. So that may mean changing your path for the ftp to public_html/

Hope this helps