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<H1>Weapons Factory Server Setup</H1>
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<font size = +1><b>
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<a href="#download">How To Download the 4.2 Server Software</a><br>
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<a href="#whatsnew">See What's New for 4.2</a><br>
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<p>These instructions will show you how to set up a Weapons Factory server. You should
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also follow these instructions if you are setting up a single player game to use the
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Weapons Factory eraser bots. </p>
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<h2>Setting up a Basic Weapons Factory Server</h2>
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<p>Before you can set up a Weapons Factory server, you should first understand how to set up
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a normal Q2 server. It is important to understand that there two types of Q2 servers. For
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both server types, you need to download and install the Weapons Factory server software.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><b>Listen -</b> A listen server uses the normal Q2 game. In this mode, of the players acts as the "host"
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and lets other players connect to their Q2 game. You also need to follow these instructions
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if you want to play WF as a single player game with WF eraser bots.
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<p>To run a listen server, you start Q2 just as you would if you were going to play. You then
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use the Q2 menus to start a server. Before you do that though, you need to add an option to your
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Q2 startup icon to make it use the Weapons Factory mod. So here are the steps to set up a listen server:
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<ul>
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<li>Make sure you have the latest Q2 patches from id Software. Q2 updates can be found at <a
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href="ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/idgames/idstuff/quake2">ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/idgames/idstuff/quake2</a></li>
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<li>Download and install the latest <a href="wf.software.html">WF client files</a> into your quake2\wf directory if needed</li>
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<li>Download and install the latest <a href="#download">WF server files</a> into your quake2\wf directory</li>
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<li>Make sure the team10.class file has been unzipped into your quake2\wf directory</li>
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<li>Download and install map files you wish to use into your quake2\wf\maps directory</li>
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<li>Change your Q2 startup icon. Go to the icon properties, select the "Shortcut" tab,
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and edit the "Target" field to add this at the end of the line: "+set game wf +set deathmatch 1"</li>
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<li>Start Q2 using the modified Q2 icon</li>
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<li>Bring up the Q2 menu and select "Multiplayer". Then select "Start network server".</li>
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<li>You can fill in a number of server settings, including the initial map. Unfortunately, you
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can't pick any of the WF maps from this screen. Don't worry about it - just select the
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"begin" option.</li>
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<li>Join a team and pick a class.</li>
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<li>If you want to change maps, type "gamemap 2fort8wf" in the console (or whatever map you want). You are now
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running as a WF listen server.</li>
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<li>Have other people connect to your game by giving them your IP address. They can
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connect to your server by typing "connect <ip address>" in their console window.</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li><b>Dedicated - </b> Dedicated servers are the most common way to set up a public server. In
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dedicated mode, a separate machine acts as the server, and players connect to it
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from separate machines. The key difference between listen servers and dedicated servers
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is that dedicated servers only show the console window - you can't play as the
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server administrator. Also, dedicated servers are the only kind of server that can
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register with the Q2 master servers to be visible from GameSpy. To set up a dedicated WF
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server, do the following:
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<ul>
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<li>Make sure you have the latest Q2 patches from id Software. Q2 updates can be found at <a
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href="ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/idgames/idstuff/quake2">ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/idgames/idstuff/quake2</a></li>
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<li>Download and install the latest <a href="wf.software.html">WF client files</a> into your quake2\wf directory if needed</li>
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<li>Download and install the latest <a href="#download">WF server files</a> into your quake2\wf directory</li>
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<li>Make sure the team10.class file has been unzipped into your quake2\wf directory</li>
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<li>Download and install map files you wish to use into your quake2\wf\maps directory</li>
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<li>Start a dedicated server by using this command line (or from an icon):<br>
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quake2.exe +set dedicated 1 +set game wf +set deathmatch 1
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</li>
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<li>Join a team and pick a class.</li>
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<li>If you want to change maps, type "gamemap 2fort8wf" in the console (or whatever map you want). </li>
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<li>Have other people connect to your game by giving them your IP address. They can
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connect to your server by typing "connect <ip address>" in their console window.</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p>If you need some more information on how to set up a Q2 server, visit <a
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href="http://www.planetquake.com/q2s-faq">http://www.planetquake.com/q2s-faq</a>.
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Admins using Linux may want to check <a href="http://www.linuxquake.com">http://www.linuxquake.com</a>.
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We also recommend the news group "rec.games.computer.quake.servers". Here you can
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post server questions and seek answers. You can also subscribe to the <a
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href="http://list.gamespy.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=q2servers">Q2 server mailing
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list</a>.</p>
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<p>At this point, you should have a basic WF server up and running. The remainder of the document describes all of the
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various WF server options.</p>
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<h2>Setting up a LAN Network</h2>
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<P>For basic information on how to set up a Local Area Network, check out <A href="http://www.gamers.com/quake2/server-lan.asp" target="_top">Gamers.com</A>.</P>
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<h2>Special Linux/Unix Installation Instructions</h2>
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<p>A few additional steps are required to get Weapons Factory working under Linux or
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Solaris. You'll get the best results by running your server under the root login. If you are upgrading, be sure to copy your server config file and
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wfserver.ini file to a safe location, or they will be overwritten. </p>
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<ul>
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<li>As with NT, you must first get and configure a standard Quake2 server Be sure to install the binaries
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that include the CTF option.</li>
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<li> Make a "wf" subdirectory off your Quake2 directory. </li>
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<li>Download the WF server and Client files. The server files come in both *.tar.gz and *.tar.Z flavors.</li>
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<li>Uncompress the server files by copying the archive into the Quake2 directory. Type the following command to uncompress the binaries into the
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WF directory: zcat wfserver42.tar.gz | tar xvf -</li>
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<li>Now, copy the Client files into the WF directory. Uncompress the archive by typing: unzip wfclient42.zip</li>
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<li>Now that the files are uncompressed, change the ownership of the files to the root user. Change to the WF directory, and type:
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chown root.root *</li>
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<li>Check to be sure all files are named with lower case letters.</li>
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</ul></p>
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<a name="download"><h2>Downloading the Weapons Factory server software</h2></a>
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<p><b>NOTE!!!</b> If you are upgrading from an older version, make sure you create a backup version of your server.cfg and
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wfserver.ini files. This version will replace those files.</p>
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<p><b>Download problems?</b> If you have any trouble downloading from the links below, go
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to this site: <a
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href="ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/idgames2/planetquake/captured/weaponsfactory/">ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/idgames2/planetquake/captured/weaponsfactory/
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</a>. You'll have to make a note and download the individual files that you need.</p>
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<blockquote>
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<table width="540" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5">
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<td width = 150 valign="top" bgcolor="#62570C"><b><a
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href="http://asp.planetquake.com/dl/dl.asp?captured/weaponsfactory/wfserver42-nt.zip">wfserver42-nt.zip</a></b></td>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#62570C">Win 95/NT - Version 4.2 Server Files. (You must also
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download wfclient42.zip from the <a
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href="http://www.captured.com/weaponsfactory/wf.software.html">downloads</a> page)</td>
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</tr>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#62570C"><b><a
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href="http://asp.planetquake.com/dl/dl.asp?captured/weaponsfactory/wfserver42-unix.tar.gz">wfserver42-unix.tar.gz<B></a></b></td>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#62570C">Combined Linux/Solaris server for WF 4.2. Includes
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updated documentation and installation instructions for WF 4.2. .tar.gz version. (You must
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also download wfclient42.zip from the <a
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href="http://www.captured.com/weaponsfactory/wf.software.html">downloads</a> page)</td>
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</tr>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#62570C"><b><a
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href="http://asp.planetquake.com/dl/dl.asp?captured/weaponsfactory/wfserver42-unix.tar.z">wfserver42-unix.tar.z<B></a></b></td>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#62570C">Combined Linux/Solaris server for WF 4.2. Includes
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updated documentation and installation instructions for WF 4.2. .tar.Z version for people
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who don't have gzip. (You must also download wfclient42.zip from the <a
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href="http://www.captured.com/weaponsfactory/wf.software.html">downloads</a> page)</td>
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</table>
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</blockquote>
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<h2>Quick Start Dedicated WF Server</h2></a>
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<p>Once you've downloaded the WF server files, you can start a dedicated WF
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server by starting Q2 like this:
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quake2.exe +set dedicated 1 +set deathmatch 1 +set game wf +set gamedir wf
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</blockquote>
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Thats all there is to it. The rest of this document describes all of the
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various server options.</p>
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<a name="whatsnew"><h2>What's New in 4.2?</h2></a>
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Just about everything! We've made some major changes (hopefully for the better) to help make administering
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WF servers easier. Almost all of the WF specific settings have moved to the WFSERVER.INI file. Previously,
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the wfserver.ini file was used only for the map list. It now controls almost all aspects of the WF server including:
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<ul>
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<li>Individual settings to replace the WFFLAGS variable</li>
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<li>Scoring</li>
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<li>Class Limits</li>
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<li>Message of the day</li>
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<li>Banned Word List</li>
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<li>Defining the class definition file to use</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Keep in mind you still will need a server.cfg file for setting variabes like DMFLAGS, frag limits, time limits
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and the initial map to load. But you no longer need to set the WFFLAGS variable. Each WFFLAGS option now has it's own
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setting line in the wfserver.ini file.</p>
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<h2>What makes a good server?</h2>
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<ul>
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<li>A good admin. Check your server often. Play there. Listen to your
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users. Resist the urge to be a tyrant.</li>
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<li>A fast network connection. ISDN or telephone modems won't cut the mustard.
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Cable modems can, in some circumstances, work well. But it depends on your
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cable company's quality of service.</li>
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<li>A good machine. You don't need a Cray to run a first class server. But you won't
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get good results on a 486 either. Linux servers tend to need less horsepower than NT
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servers, but both need an adequate machine. A pentium 200+ should be able to run a
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16 player game pretty well with enough memory. 128 megs is ideal on Linux - NT <em>may</em>
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require more depending on what else you have running on the machine.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>Advanced Weapons Factory Game Options</h2>
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<p>Included in the WF distribution files are two sample server
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configuration files - <em>server.cfg</em> and <em>wfserver.ini</em>. The biggest change for WF server administrators
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in version 4.2 is that most WF specific settings are now done by setting options in the wfserver.ini file. Each of the
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sections in this file are described. When editing the wfserver.ini file, remember that anything after a / character will be
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ignored. This is usefull for adding comments to the file.</p>
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<p>If you are running multiple WF servers from the same machine, you can select different configuration files
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to use on startup. Lets say you want to run two dedicated WF servers on the same machine with different configuration
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files. You could do this with the following commands:</p>
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<font size = -1 color = yellow>
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quake2.exe +set dedicated 1 +set game wf +set deathmatch 1 +set port 27910 +set wfconfig server1.ini +exec server1.cfg<br><br>
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quake2.exe +set dedicated 1 +set game wf +set deathmatch 1 +set port 27911 +set wfconfig server2.ini +exec server2.cfg<br>
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</font>
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</blockquote>
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<p>In this case, server1.ini and server2.ini are modified copies of the wfserver.ini file. The server1.cfg
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and server2.cfg are modified copies of the server.cfg file.</p>
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<h2>WFSERVER.INI - [general] Section</h2>
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<p>The WFFLAGS settings in previous versions of WF are no longer needed. Instead, each option is controlled by
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a specific line in the [general] section of wfserver.ini. Here are the settings that can be controlled in the [general]
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section:</p>
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[general]
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classdef = team10.class / Defines the class definition file to use.
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map_voting = 0 / allow map voting? Will use the current map list to vote from
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zbot_detect = 0 / Stop those zbots!
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weaponfilename = / Used to change default damage/speed of weapons and grenades
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frag_logging = 0 / if 1, turns on frag logging
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logfilename = std.log / Name of the frag log file
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ref_password = / If it's blank, nobody can be the ref
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floodertime = 5 / messages typed quicker x seconds will be considered flooding
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unbalanced_limit = 0 / prevents teams with too many people from taking fag. 0 = no checking
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zoid_flagcap = 0 / set for old style flag captures
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auto_team_balance = 0 / Turns on automatic team balancing
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anarchy = 0 / special mode for death match instead of ctf play
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no_fort_respawn = 0 / disable same fort respawn? (the rest are probably not usefull)
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no_decoys = 0 / decoys disabled?
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no_flying = 0 / flying disabled?
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decoy_pursue = 0 / no longer usefull
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no_turret = 0 / turrets disabled?
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no_earthquakes = 0 / earthquakes disabled? (not used)
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no_player_classes = 0 / don't think this works any more
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friendly_fire = 0 / does not determine damage, but targeting of weapons
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no_grapple = 0 / grapple disabled?
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no_homing = 0 / homing missles disabled?
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<p><b>Notes:</b></p>
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<ul>
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<li><b>classdef</b> - If no class definition is specified at startup, WF will load the team10.class file. WF ships
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with 3 class files:
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team3.class - Old WF2.1B style
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team6.class - 6 classes, well armed
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team10.class - True TF style classes
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</pre>
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</li>
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<li><b>auto_team_balance</b> - Team Balancing is a server option that seeks to balance
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the damage players receive based on the current team score (captures only,
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not frags). It is only active when either team has at least three captures.
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It works by adding or subtracting 10% of the damage for each point
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difference.</p>
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<p>It is not noticeable until the point difference is at least 3 or 4. When it
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gets to 8 or 9, it rocks.</p>
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<p>Examples:</p>
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<p>Your team is down 3 points, you will receive 100% - 30% = 70% damage<br>
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Your enemy will get 130% damage</p>
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<p>Your team really sucks and is down 15 points,<br>
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You will receive 100% - 80% = 20% damage (there is a 20% minimum)<br>
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Your enemy will get 250% damage (no maximum)</p>
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<p>Your team is winning by 6 points, you will receive 100% + 60% = 160%<br>
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The losers on the other team receive only 100% - 60% = 40%</p>
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<p>This has undergone extensive play testing on out internal LAN. It stopped
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the whining about teams.</p>
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</li>
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<li><b>unbalanced_limit</b>
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<p>You can now prevent unbalanced teams from being able to capture the flag by using the
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unbalanced_limit setting.
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The setting number determines how unbalanced the teams can be before the flag
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pickups are disallowed. </p>
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<p>For example, lets say you set the unbalanced_limit to 3. If the blue team has 3 or more
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players greater than the red team, the blue team will not be able to pick up the red flag.
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The default setting is 0, which means no limit will be imposed.</p>
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<p>Note that setting this value should be dependant on the max players you allow for your
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server. For example, if you run 64 players on a server, you would probably want to set the
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unbalanced limit higher, say to 5. For smaller servers, you may want to set the limit to 2
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or 3.</p>
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</li>
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<li><b>floodertime</b> - WF has built-in flood control to limit how fast players can type messages. Without this
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control, players can flood servers with messages which can cause lag. To set how long a
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player must wait between messages, set the floodertime variable to some number of seconds. For example,
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if you set the flood protection time to 8, players have to wait 8 seconds between
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messages. Setting floodertime to 0 will disable flood
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protection. Note that the flood control also works with the wfplay and wfplay_team commands to prevent
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players from flooding the server with sound commands. </p>
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</li>
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<li><b>zbot_detect</b> - ZBot is a program that helps players cheat in Q2 games by auto-aiming and firing their
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weapons. Some of the big advantages the ZBot has over human players is that it can
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see through walls, and fire the instant they have a clear shot.</p>
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<p>The way ZBot works, is that it intercepts commands from the player, and either passes
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them on to the server, or interprets them itself. The ZBot-specific commands either
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start with "!", or "impulse". These are used to control the
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ZBot, and are not passed on to the server.</p>
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<p>The zbot detection works by passing a ZBot-specific command to the client,
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and then waiting to see if that command is passed back to the server. If the server
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does not receive the command, it assumes that the player is a zbot user. Older
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versions occaisionally incorrectly identified users with poor network connections as ZBot
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users. Weapons Factory uses a newer version of the code that takes poor network
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connections into account, resulting in very few false detections.</p>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>WFSERVER.INI - [motd] Section</h2>
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The Message Of The Day section is used to replace the top text of the Team and Class menus. Up to
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three lines can be defined, as in this example:
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<pre>
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[motd]
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WEAPONS FACTORY SERVER
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*Hosted by John Smith
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http://www.johnsmith.com
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</pre>
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<p><b>Note:</b> You should try to keep each line to 27 characters or less, otherwise it wont fit on
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the menu graphic. You also have your choice of colors for the text - white or green. To
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use white text you don't have to do anything special. For green text, simply put a
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"*" as the first character of the line.</p>
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<h2>WFSERVER.INI - [maplist] Section</h2>
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<p>With the maplist feature, you can create a list of maps that the server will cycle through.
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To enable this feature, set the "" field in the [general] section, and enter the names of the maps below the
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"[maplist]" line like this:
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<pre>
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[maplist]
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2fortme2
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2fort8wf v
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blastoma2wf
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cancer1wf
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</pre>
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<p><b>Note!</b> You no longer need to use the "sv maplist" to start the map list. It will automatically start
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if the map list is defined in the wfserver.ini file.</p>
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<p>You can define a map that will not be in the normal rotation, but will be availabe if people vote for it.
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Just put a The "v" after a mapname </p>
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<p>You must ensure that EVERY map is spelled exactly. Errors in the maplist will
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cause the game to crash at map change. On unix systems, mapnames are case-sensitive.
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Do not add the .bsp file extension to the list entry.</p>
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<h2>WFSERVER.INI - [banwords] Section</h2>
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The banwords section lets you ban the use of inappropriate language. Just list the words that you don't
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want to be used on your server like this:</p>
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<pre>
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[banwords]
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dork
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jerk
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ass
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foureyes
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</pre>
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<p><b>Note:</b> - The whole typed message will be rejected if any banned words are used, even if they are parts
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of another word. For example, if you ban the word "ass", then people will not be able to use the word "class". One
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way to get around this problem is to put a space before the word, like " ass".</p>
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<h2>WFSERVER.INI - [classlimits] Section</h2>
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The classlimits section lets you limit the number of people that can select a specific class for each team.
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In this example, the engineer is limited to three per team:</p>
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<pre>
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1 = 99 / recon
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2 = 99 / nurse
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3 = 3 / engineer
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4 = 99 / marine
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5 = 99 / cyborg
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6 = 99 / arsonist
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7 = 99 / gunner
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8 = 99 / sniper
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9 = 99 / spy
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10 = 99 / mercenary
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</pre>
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<p><b>Note:</b> - Class numbers are used to limit classes rather than names because different class definitions
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from MOCK authors can be used. Also notice the comments (after the "/" character) at the end of each line that
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document the class name. </p>
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<h2>WFSERVER.INI - [scoring] Section</h2>
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The scoring section lets you change the frags awarded for each type of score. Note that the default scoring values have
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not changed in version 4.2. The current default frag scores are:</p>
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<pre>
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Point Name Default Value Description
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------------------------- ------------- ---------------------
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frag_points 1 points for a frag
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suicide_points -1 points for a suicide
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sentry_points 1 points for killing a sentry gun
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capture_bonus 15 what you get for capture
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team_bonus 10 what your team gets for capture
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recovery_bonus 1 what you get for recovery
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flag_bonus 0 what you get for picking up enemy flag
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frag_carrier_bonus 2 what you get for fragging enemy flag carrier
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carrier_danger_protect_bonus 2 bonus for fragging someone who has recently hurt your flag carrier
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carrier_protect_bonus 1 bonus for fragging someone while either you or your target are near your flag carrier
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flag_defense_bonus 1 bonus for fragging someone while either you or your target are near your flag
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return_flag_assist_bonus 1 awarded for returning a flag that causes a capture to happen almost immediately
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frag_carrier_assist_bonus 2 award for fragging a flag carrier if a capture happens almost immediately </pre>
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</pre>
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<h2>Other WF Configuration Settings</h2>
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<p>This section describes additional configuration settings that are not controlled in the wfserver.ini file.</p>
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<h3>IP Banning </h3>
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<p>A set of new server commands have been added to allow server admins to ban specific
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users based on their IP address. The commands have the same format as id's CTF mod. They
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are:</p>
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<blockquote>
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<pre> sv addip (ip address) - adds an ip address to the ban list
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sv removeip (ip address) - removes an ip address from the ban list
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sv writeip - writes the ban list to ban list file
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sv listip - lists the currently banned ip addresses
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sv testip (ip address) - test a given ip address against the ban list</pre>
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</blockquote>
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<p>Each time an ip address is added or removed from the ban list, the list is written to
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the ban file located in the quake2\wf directory (called listip.cfg). Therefore, the
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writeip command is not really needed. The listip.cfg file can be edited directly
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outside the game.</p>
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<p>A new CVAR called "FILTERBAN" can also be set to change the behavior of the
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ban list. By default, filterban is set to 1 which means that any person with an ip address
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in the ban list will not be allowed to play. If you set filterban to 0, it means that ONLY
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people with ip address in the ban list will be allowed to play.</p>
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<p>You can also ban a group of players on the same subnet. For example, if you wish to ban
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all players that have ip addresses starting with 199.111.222, just set the last number in
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the ip address to zero, like this:</p>
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<blockquote>
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<pre>sv addip 199.111.222.0</pre>
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</blockquote>
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<p>This one entry would ban 199.111.222.1 through 199.111.222.255.</p>
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<p>At this time, subnets other than those using the last number (octet) of the ip address
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are not supported. For example, you cannot ban all 199.111.*.* players.</p>
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<p>Since many players log on to ISP's that use dynamic IP addressing, it is often
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necessary to ban an entire network in order to prevent that user from merely logging off,
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and logging back on again with a new ip - at which time he can get into your server if you
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don't ban the whole network number.</p>
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<h3>GameSpy Support</h3>
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<p>To make your server show up in gamespy, you need to have it send periodic messages to a
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Q2 master server. To do this, enter the following lines into the console, or add them to
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|
your startup script:</p>
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<blockquote>
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<pre>set public 1
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setmaster q2master.planetquake.com </pre>
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</blockquote>
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<p>NOTE: This will only work for dedicated servers, make sure you are running Weapons
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Factory from your quake2/wf directory or your server will NOT show up in the GameSpy tab.
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If your server is down more than a few minutes, it will be removed from the active
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master server lsit, and users will not be able to see it. Please note, that users
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|
often update their lists only occaisionally. Therefore, you should not expect your
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server to become instantly popular. It may take a few days for the players to find
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you.</p>
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<p>Most players will use the <a
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|
href="http://www.captured.com/weaponsfactory/download/wf.qst">WF Custom Gamespy Tab</a>.</p>
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<p>Here is the <a href="http://www.planetquake.com/servers">Planet Quake Server List</a>.</p>
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<p>Voyager has set up a <a href="http://my.voyager.net/shryqe/quake2/q2wf.html">Weapons
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|
Factory server list for Gamespy</a>. Follow this <a
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|
href="http://my.voyager.net/shryqe/quake2/">link</a> to add your WF server to the server
|
|
list page, scroll down, you need to send an email to <a href="mailto:shryqe@voyager.net" .>shryqe</a>.</p>
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<p><strong>You should also put "(WF)" in your server name</strong>. This will
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|
help older GameSpy tabs find your server.</p>
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<h3>Turning off CTF</h3>
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<p>It is possible to turn the Weapons Factory CTF mod into a pure deathmatch mod. This
|
|
will remove the flags, teams, and team scoring. To do this, add the following option at
|
|
startup:</p>
|
|
<blockquote>
|
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<pre>+set ctf 0</pre>
|
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</blockquote>
|
|
<p>Thats it!</p>
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<h2><a name="servercfg">Using Server Config Files</a> </h2>
|
|
<p>Server configuration files store all your game settings in one place, and make it
|
|
simple to run your server with consistant settings from game to game. This will be
|
|
important to your users, who may become irrritated if you experiment too often with game
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settings.</p>
|
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<p>The Weapons Factory distribution comes with a sample server configuration file called
|
|
server.cfg. This file contains a basic configuration that you can use as a template to set
|
|
up your own server config file.</p>
|
|
<p>NOTE: Do not name your actual working server config file <em>server.cfg</em>.
|
|
Choose a name that will be difficult to guess, since knowledgable users may be able
|
|
to download your config file if it is easily guessed.</p>
|
|
<p>Your config file name can be passed to the server on the command line. Here's an
|
|
example command line to give you an idea (NT version) quake2 +set
|
|
dedicated 1 +set game wf +set port 27910 +exec server.cfg +set noipx 1</p>
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<p>Here's a Linux version (runs in background. To run on console, use same command
|
|
as the NT version):</p>
|
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<p>nohup ./quake2 +set dedicated 1 +set game wf +set port 27910 +set gamename wf +exec
|
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server.cfg +set noipx 1 > /dev/null &</p>
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<h2>Editing the Config File</font></h2>
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<p>Open the file in a convienient text editor, and change it to reflect your desires.
|
|
You can enter comments in the file by starting the line with 2 / characters.
|
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</p>
|
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<p>//This is a comment line</p>
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<p>We recommend that you do not change the dmflags setting. You may get unexpected
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|
results.</p>
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<p>First, set the wfflags variable. 17442 is a good starting setting (this will also
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|
enable frag logging and zbot protection. To disable frag logging, use 17440).</p>
|
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<p>Next, edit the Hostname, FTP, admin, system, inet, and os variables to reflect your
|
|
servers information. These values will be visible in gamespy.</p>
|
|
<p>Do not change the deathmatch variable unless you fully understand the settings.</p>
|
|
<p>Now, edit the maxclients variable. This setting will determine the number of
|
|
players that can play at one time on your machine. Resist the temptation to set this too
|
|
high. Overdoing it will make your server "laggy" to your players.</p>
|
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<p>Next, edit the following variables.</p>
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<p><font color="#80FF80">fraglimit</font> (number of frags before the map will change -
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try 150 for a start)<br>
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<font color="#80FF80">capturelimit</font> (number of flag captures one team can make
|
|
before the map will change - try 8)<br>
|
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<font color="#80FF80">timelimit</font> (Time limit before the map will change - try 30
|
|
(minutes)).</p>
|
|
<p>Leave the zombietime variable alone.</p>
|
|
<p>If you want to have rcon access available, add the following line:</p>
|
|
<p>set rcon_password <em>mypassword</em></p>
|
|
<p>Finally, add a line to load your maplist:</p>
|
|
<p>sv maplist wf/wfserver.ini 1 (the 1 will enable random map selection
|
|
if no votes were received.)</p>
|
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<p>That should do it. Now save the file, and don't forget to use the name you saved
|
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it as on the command line when you start the game.</p>
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<p>See sections above for additional variables that can be set, or for other values for
|
|
these settings.</p>
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<h2>Support</h2>
|
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<p>Email support can be obtained from the <a href="http://www.captured.com/weaponsfactory/wf.contact.html"> contacts page</a>.</p>
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<p>If you are having configuration problems be sure to include your server.cfg in your mail message.
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