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Kybber
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 Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:38 pm Post subject: How-to: HLTV |
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I just helped out with servers at a LAN, and had to
jump through a couple of hoops to get HLTV to work
properly. I'll therefore share my solution with this
forum. The server was installed under Linux, so
the first part of the solution may not apply to Windows-
users.
1. If you start HLTV immediately after installing,
it will fail. If you try to run the command from the
command-line, you will see it fails to locate some
files. You need to tell HLTV to look in the current
dir for these files.
Solution: Make a wrapper script for hltv.
| Code: | | # mv hltv hltv_orig |
Create a new file called hltv and edit it:
Insert the following:
| Code: | #!/bin/bash
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`
exec ./hltv_orig $* |
Make the new file executable:
2. HLTV won't be able to connect since it doesn't
care about the serverpassword set in GC.
Solution: Modify the startup-string in GC.
Click the "games"-tab, followed by clicking the
"Half-Life TV" icon. Then click the "Configuration"-
Tab. Add the following before the +connect argument
on the command-line:
| Code: | | +serverpassword "%serverpass%" |
The final commandline should now read (on one line):
| Code: | | -port %server:port% -norestart +exec hltv%server:port%.cfg +record hltvdemo%server:port% +serverpassword "%serverpass%" +connect %serverip%:%serverport% |
Clikk "save"
HLTV should now work properly. |
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| Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 3:57 am |
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compuwiz
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| Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:06 am Post subject: |
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I can start it from the command line using that command now, but If i let game create do it, it shows | Code: | | [gamecreate.x86] <defunct> |
in the processes list, it keeps showing up and going away every few seconds. |
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Kybber
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| Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:25 am Post subject: |
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| Try to remove the "exec" from the wrapper script. |
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compuwiz
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| Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:32 am Post subject: |
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| Still nothing. |
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compuwiz
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| Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:49 am Post subject: |
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| This is becoming to big of a hassle, I think ill just go back to using webmin to start it. |
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compuwiz
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| Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:47 pm Post subject: |
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| If I can get it to work, I will use it. |
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Kybber
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| Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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Try the following variations on the exec-line above:
| Code: | | exec ./hlds_i686 $* |
One of them may work. The reason I am suggesting
this is that I have a similar problem with my BF2
servers. Unless I start them from a wrapper script
(which I want to do anyway since I do some other
stuff before the server is started), they won't work
and I'll get defunct processes. This is all related to
how exec behaves when used to start a script contra
an executable, and how GC starts the top script/exe.
So just try out those four variations and see if one
works for you.
Oh, and make absolutely sure that it is your wrapper
that is called by GC. |
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compuwiz
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| Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Kybber wrote: | Try the following variations on the exec-line above:
| Code: | | exec ./hlds_i686 $* |
One of them may work. The reason I am suggesting
this is that I have a similar problem with my BF2
servers. Unless I start them from a wrapper script
(which I want to do anyway since I do some other
stuff before the server is started), they won't work
and I'll get defunct processes. This is all related to
how exec behaves when used to start a script contra
an executable, and how GC starts the top script/exe.
So just try out those four variations and see if one
works for you.
Oh, and make absolutely sure that it is your wrapper
that is called by GC. |
When you say wrapper, do you mean the file that is called hlds_i686 & has this stuff in it?
| Code: | #!/bin/bash
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`
exec ./hltv_orig $* |
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Kybber
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| Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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Yes. The point is that you replace the original script
or executable with a script that calls the original.
Hence the new script "wraps" the original.
And you don't _really_ need to quote my entire post
which is right above your reply 
Edit: I assume you have mv'd hlds_i686 to hltv_orig
in your above example? You've chosen a strange
name, but that doesn't matter. As long as GC actually
calls your script, you should be fine. But I would
suppose GC calls hlds_run and not hlds_i686. Make
100% certain that is not the case. If it is, then try
to wrap hlds_run instead i hlds_i686. |
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compuwiz
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| Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:05 am Post subject: |
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| i have it called hlds_orig. But if I wrap hlds_run, gc wont exec it, it will try to exec hlds_i686, if i rap hlds_hun to hlds_i686, hlds_run wont be able to work since it would be executing itself. |
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compuwiz
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| Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:19 am Post subject: |
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| With NS it now wants to run hlds_run and it works without any changes. I have no idea what happened. |
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compuwiz
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| Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:54 am Post subject: |
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| Whn I try to make a dod server, it uses hlds_i686. I cant have both work at the same time, i guess. |
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Andrew
Mammoth
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| Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:22 am Post subject: |
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| It should have been using hlds_run - I've made DoD run with hlds_run, can you see how that looks now please? |
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compuwiz
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| Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:49 am Post subject: |
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It still wont start, and it days this in gc.
| Code: | | Command Line: hlds_i686 -game dod -console +ip *********** +port 27015 +maxplayers 32 +servercfgfile port27015.cfg +exec port27015.cfg +map dod_avalanche -sport 27035 |
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Andrew
Mammoth
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| Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:19 am Post subject: |
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| Try now. |
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