[levko]

i'd like to know is there anyway to change name of command line parameter which starts the server e.g. cod2_lnxded to let's say cod2_lnxded_test

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[Andrew]

No you cannot change what executable is ran at this time.

What you may want to do is create your own cod2_lnxded script and let it act as a wrapper that decides what to run.

[levko]

Okay can you give me one example of wrapper script?

[Andrew]

What you need to do is create a simple bash script with the same name as the file GameCreate tries to start, cod2_lnxded, and inside it decide (based upon the argument supplied) choose what executable to then run.

Be sure GC is configured to run the game inside a screen (via Game Config area) so that the process does not become rogue.

You will need to do some research on bash scripting (simplest I can think of), it's been a while since I have had to use it.

[levko]

okay but where do i tell in GC which binary i wanna start? i mean how does the script get the argument? via command line parameter in GC?

[Andrew]

GameCreate is *always* going to start cod2_lnxded - so you need to write a wrapper script called that (and rename the 'real' cod2_lnxded to something else, like cod2_lnxded_real) that your wrapper script starts (or decides instead to start cod2_lnxded_test as per your example) instead.

You can then make your wrapper script decide what executable to start (_real or _test) based upon what command line arguments are sent (and make GC send different one/s depending on what executable you want it to start).

This will take a bit of technical know-how.

[levko]

i'm planning to try out this script today