Vampero
04-12-2010, 07:31 AM
EA has updated all Battlefield: Bad Company 2 servers, bringing an improved auto-balance system to the game.
The server update also brings a list of other changes, fixes and improvements to the all important multiplayer component of the game.
From the description:
* admin.say command implemented
the output currently looks a bit funky on the game client, like so:
Player: [Server]: but with the next game client it will look like:
Server:
* admin.yell to squad has changed (you need to specify both team and squad)
* squad numbering has changed - the "no squad" squad has ID 0, and real squads are 1 and up.
* Autobalance improved, it shuffles people both during and between rounds now, and does a better job. Note: There is currently no way to turn it off
* mapList* commands reworked
* banList* commands reworked
* listPlayers command added
* admin.listPlayers command reworked (GUID, kills, deaths, ping and score added)
* Players have non-PB GUIDs now (these are distinct from PB GUIDs)
* onChat event reworked
now it specifies target player subset as well
shows text before profanity filtering
client-originated chat messages starting with "/" make it to the server, and broadcast via onChat, but are not broadcast to other game clients
use "/!" if you want to be able to send commands to your homemade rcon tools without showing the commands to other players
* player.onAuthenticated added (it's triggered when a player receives GUID)
* player.onSquadChange, player.onTeamChange implemented
* Couple of crash fixes
* Support for server-side "region" setting (not yet used by the game client)
* Ranked ON forces game-password OFF
* Ranked and PunkBuster settings can only be changed during server startup
* A server is marked as "hardcore" either when Friendly Fire is enabled, or when all the typical hardcore settings (hardcore killcam minimap etc) have been flipped
* exposed number of rounds per maps in maplist.txt, and via the remote admin commands
Example maplist:
RUSH
levels/mp_012gr # runs with default number of rounds for the map
levels/mp_012gr 0 # runs with default number of rounds for the map
levels/mp_012gr 1 # run 1 round
levels/mp_012gr 2 # run 2 rounds
levels/mp_012gr 3 # run 3 rounds
Example console commands:
mapList.append levels/mp_012gr # add map with default number of rounds
mapList.append levels/mp_012gr 0 # add map with default number of rounds
mapList.append levels/mp_012gr 1 # add map with 3 rounds
mapList.append levels/mp_012gr 2 # add map with 3 rounds
mapList.append levels/mp_012gr 3 # add map with 3 rounds
mapList.list # get maplist
-> OK “levels/mp_012gr” “levels/mp_012gr” “levels/mp_012gr”
mapList.list magic_extra_argument_which_will_be_named_in_an_hou r_or_so # get maplist, including number of rounds
-> OK “levels/mp_012gr” “0” “levels/mp_012gr” “3” “levels/mp_012gr” “0” # get pairs of where 0 = default for that gamemode
serverInfo
-> OK “2” # After the current round finishes, there are 2 rounds left to play on the current map
The server update also brings a list of other changes, fixes and improvements to the all important multiplayer component of the game.
From the description:
* admin.say command implemented
the output currently looks a bit funky on the game client, like so:
Player: [Server]: but with the next game client it will look like:
Server:
* admin.yell to squad has changed (you need to specify both team and squad)
* squad numbering has changed - the "no squad" squad has ID 0, and real squads are 1 and up.
* Autobalance improved, it shuffles people both during and between rounds now, and does a better job. Note: There is currently no way to turn it off
* mapList* commands reworked
* banList* commands reworked
* listPlayers command added
* admin.listPlayers command reworked (GUID, kills, deaths, ping and score added)
* Players have non-PB GUIDs now (these are distinct from PB GUIDs)
* onChat event reworked
now it specifies target player subset as well
shows text before profanity filtering
client-originated chat messages starting with "/" make it to the server, and broadcast via onChat, but are not broadcast to other game clients
use "/!" if you want to be able to send commands to your homemade rcon tools without showing the commands to other players
* player.onAuthenticated added (it's triggered when a player receives GUID)
* player.onSquadChange, player.onTeamChange implemented
* Couple of crash fixes
* Support for server-side "region" setting (not yet used by the game client)
* Ranked ON forces game-password OFF
* Ranked and PunkBuster settings can only be changed during server startup
* A server is marked as "hardcore" either when Friendly Fire is enabled, or when all the typical hardcore settings (hardcore killcam minimap etc) have been flipped
* exposed number of rounds per maps in maplist.txt, and via the remote admin commands
Example maplist:
RUSH
levels/mp_012gr # runs with default number of rounds for the map
levels/mp_012gr 0 # runs with default number of rounds for the map
levels/mp_012gr 1 # run 1 round
levels/mp_012gr 2 # run 2 rounds
levels/mp_012gr 3 # run 3 rounds
Example console commands:
mapList.append levels/mp_012gr # add map with default number of rounds
mapList.append levels/mp_012gr 0 # add map with default number of rounds
mapList.append levels/mp_012gr 1 # add map with 3 rounds
mapList.append levels/mp_012gr 2 # add map with 3 rounds
mapList.append levels/mp_012gr 3 # add map with 3 rounds
mapList.list # get maplist
-> OK “levels/mp_012gr” “levels/mp_012gr” “levels/mp_012gr”
mapList.list magic_extra_argument_which_will_be_named_in_an_hou r_or_so # get maplist, including number of rounds
-> OK “levels/mp_012gr” “0” “levels/mp_012gr” “3” “levels/mp_012gr” “0” # get pairs of where 0 = default for that gamemode
serverInfo
-> OK “2” # After the current round finishes, there are 2 rounds left to play on the current map