Revision as of 14:23, 4 April 2008

On this page all the needed commands are shown to administrate a Server via SSH and especially those for administrating the #openttdcoop Servers

Directories (Addresses)

• Member Zone: ~/svn-zone/bin/ (mz.openttdcoop.org:3980)
• Public Server: ~/svn-public/bin/ (ps.openttdcoop.org)
• CoopetitionServer: ~/svn-coopetition/bin/ (openttdcoop.org:3982)

Starting the Server (via autopilot)

• Start a new game: ./autopilot.tcl new
• Load the default savegame (save/game.sav): ./autopilot.tcl load
• Load another savegame: ./autopilot.tcl load save/game/path.sav

Reloading the Server (via console)

• configure settings with Progman's Config Tool
• save current game with save game$Number (Recommend to add a number, so you can find it better for archiving.)
• Reload server: newgame

Editing the openttd.cfg

Common things should be edited with the Configuration Tool: http://openttdcoop.ppcis.org/config/

Before you start a new game, the config file has to be edited. Map-Size, diff_custom, NewGrfs and need to be set.

• To edit openttd.cfg via SSH you should use vim: vi openttd.cfg
• To search for a string change to search-mode with ? and type your search string, with n you can jump to next result.
• To edit a value you have to change to the insert mode with i, then you can edit the values
• To save and leave vim, leave any mode first with ESC, and type :wq (: = command mode)
• To leave without saving type :q!
• Some values are a bit confusing, i.e. diff_custom, you can find details about this value on the openttd.org wiki page

Basic SVN Commands

• We are updating our Server's via SVN: svn up -r $revision_number && ./configure -D && make

• Sometimes everything is screwed up and we need to check out a new version (its very bad if this happens):
  • Backing up the old data: i.e. cp -r ~/svn-coop/bin ~/backup
  • Remove the corrupt copy: rm -rf ~/svn-coop
  • Check out a new working copy via svn: svn co -r $revision_number svn://svn.openttd.org/trunk svn-coop
  • Restore files from the backup like grfs and openttd.cfg
  • folder save is linked to webpage: ln -s ~/website/blog/files/publicserver_archive save in ./bin

Using rcon

Some values have to be change in runtime, you can do this really easy with Remote Connection in-game. If you are connected to the Server toggle the Console with ^ and use commands:

• To pause/unpause the game: rcon password pause/unpause
• To change a patch setting: rcon password "patch patch_setting value" (don't forget the breakets)
  • To view a value of a setting: rcon password "patch patch_setting"
  • Some settings use namespaces: i.e. "patch yapf.rail_use_yapf"

Archiving a Game

If a game is done do the following steps via SSH:

• exit (=save+exit) the game, the game will be saved to the default save: save/game.sav
• copy the file to the archive: cp save/game.sav save/PublicServerGame_$Number_Final.sav (save is linked to web)
• add a Report to the Wiki (if you don't have time, add at least the date and the used revision!)

Dedicated Servers

Ammler's server for high usage games.

SSH: ottdc@mozart.ammler.ch