running a sauerbraten server

[oldmanstan]

i have having issues with the sauerbraten dedicated server. whenever i run the server it starts just fine and players can connect but then when i want to stop the server i hit ctrl-c and nothing happens. i end up having to stop the process manually.

also, does anyone know of a faq or something for the server? because it really isn't documented that well, or do i just have to mess with it until i get the options right?

thanks

[Onimae]

I'm having the same problem, well, the fact that it's not very well documented. What you can do to stop the server is push "ctrl+z". That's the sequence for the what's called the escape key. It'll stop any process that you're running in the terminal. I would, however, like to know where I can find information on running a dedicated server, because the only thing I can figure out how to do is run it with default settings (whatever those are).

Onimae

[Onimae]

Okay, after a bit of mucking around and looking at the readme that comes with the game I've made some discoveries.

First off, the server is obviously run by invoking ./sauerbraten_unix -d. However, there are some other useful command line options you have. -pPASS will set the admin password to PASS. To log in as the admin (or "master" as the game calls it), go into your server and type /setmaster 1, and if someone else has already taken master, but you want it, type /setmaster 1 PASS.

While you are the master you can do a few things. /kick, does what it says. You can also set the "master mode" of the game, by invoking /mastermode X, where X is an integer between 0 and 3. 0 is "free mode", where the only power the master has is to kick people. 1 is "veto mode", where the master reserves the right to change the map and game type, without a vote. 2 is "spectator mode", where any new players to join the game will become spectators. The master is the only one who can switch them out of spectator mode. The final type, type 3, is private mode, where no new users will be accepted into the game.

There are also two other useful command line options you can use: -cX and -nNAME. -c will set the maximum clients to X. -n will set the description of the server to NAME.

That's about all i've found.

Onimae

[patrick295767]

hi,

by the way how can we change / set the map of dedicated server ?

./sauerbraten_unix -lbase/rpg_01 -d
not working

./sauerbraten_unix -lbase/rpg_01
working as non-server

[donarntz]

Is there a gui interface for the sauerbraten server?