[theWeird]

Hey there

I've got a small problem with the game "Teeworlds"

I'd like to run some instances with different mods.
By default teeworlds is started using the file teeworlds_srv.
But if you want to use a mod - e.g. the ball mod - you have to start the modified binary ball_srv instead.
I can't modify the full command line that is used to start the server.
It is only possible to modify the parameters.
Could you make it possible to change the file a server is started with?

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[Kybber]

Are you using Linux? If so, then simply make a wrapper-script with the name
of the original exe, which fires off the correct exe based on the an argument
on the command line. Rename the original exe to e.g. teeworlds_srv_orig.
You can then let e.g. the first argument be "default" og "ballmod", and have
a case-select statement in the script to select which exe to run. Or even simpler:
Use the name of which exe to run as the argument to avoid the case-select.

[Andrew]

99% of games do not need this feature; and its also a security risk (run arbitrary executables).

Kybber's suggestion is good; you can run the game in a screen (see Game Configuration) to ensure when the server is Stopped via gamecreate, the game is shutdown (the screen and everything in it).

[theWeird]

Thank you for this hint.
Now I wrote a script to start the server with.
But there is one problem with screen.
It seems user 'gamecreate' is not allowed to open a screen session on the server.
If I just type 'screen' as user gamecreate, the answer is
Cannot open your terminal '/dev/pts/0' - please check.

Any idea what I can do?

[Andrew]

I'm not too sure, it sounds like you don't have permission to do that.

I've encountered this myself when I logged in as one user, and sudo'd to another user and tried to run a screen as them directly.

I would check Google.