I just thought I would share this for people running servers. I run 24/7 servers. I am away most often. It is important to be able to have the server restart if it crashes or have it auto start if your computer crashes. This can be done easily with a .bat file.
You need to have the fie in your startup if you want your server to autostart when your server computer boots. There is a couple ways to do this. You can just add the .bat file to your startup group, that is the easiest. I use W2k on my server machine. I downloaded a utility that is like the msconfig in win 98 and xp. It is called startup control panel. I don't recall the site that I got it from, but I do remember that I did a search in mamma.com with the search keywords "msconfig windows 2000"... or you can email me and I will send it to you. I added my .bat file to the startup(common) tab. I like this tool because it allows drag and drop as well as several other great tools.
Here are the two .bat files I use.
This one is for a coop server. I named the file unreal.bat
You can just copy and paste this code into notepad and save as or rename to .bat
@echo off
:10
\unreal.exe
dig?game=unreali.coopgame?difficulty=255?-server-log=server.log
copy server.log servercrash.log
;goto 10
The following is the .bat for launching my infiltration server:
@echo off
:10
D:\Unreal\System\unreal.exe
INF_teeth2.unr?game=Infiltration.INFIL_StandoffGame?difficulty=1?-server-log=server.log
copy server.log servercrash.log
;goto 10
** dont forget to change the path to match the absolute path to your unreal/system directory
ok ... so, there is two ways to use this file. you can either go start--> Run--> unreal.bat or put the bat in your startup group. If you want your game to auto restart when a crash happens, you must leave the command box open that opens when the .bat executes.
Later
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Auto start server
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Jurz
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Re: Auto start server
heres the link, nice find.
http://is-it-true.org/nt/nt2000/utips/utips22.shtml
Jurz
http://is-it-true.org/nt/nt2000/utips/utips22.shtml
Jurz
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jus10
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- Joined: Thu Mar 14, 2002 11:15 pm
Re: Auto start server
Along those same lines, if you are running 2000/NT/XP you can have your unreal server run as a service...
http://www.planetunreal.com/TheAdminPage/nt4service.htm
just subsitute your unreal startup line for the UT one in the tutorial, and make sure your service is set to start with the system.
Also, that Serverdoc program is great.
http://www.planetunreal.com/theadminpage/serverdoc.htm
Will restart your server for you if it crashes.
http://www.planetunreal.com/TheAdminPage/nt4service.htm
just subsitute your unreal startup line for the UT one in the tutorial, and make sure your service is set to start with the system.
Also, that Serverdoc program is great.
http://www.planetunreal.com/theadminpage/serverdoc.htm
Will restart your server for you if it crashes.