auto-updates for non-streaming servers

[Ursus Morologus]

My test server doesn't meet the criteria for streaming but I still want to be able to use the banlist, and as it looks now I will have to automate retrieval of the file. Most of home server admins are not going to have wherewithal to setup automatic downloads etc, so it seems like a point of general discussion--do you guys have any plans for allowing automatic updates to non-contributing servers?

Edited March 27, 2009 by Ursus Morologus

[Duality]

My test server doesn't meet the criteria for streaming but I still want to be able to use the banlist, and as it looks now I will have to automate retrieval of the file. Most of home server admins are not going to have wherewithal to setup automatic downloads etc, so it seems like a point of general discussion--do you guys have any plans for allowing automatic updates to non-contributing servers?

 

No, not as of the moment. We do have means of updating the banlist - but a streaming account is required to be able to use the software. So, at the moment you will have to download manually and upload to your server as required.

[jeev]

this is what i want to do, which would be very easy, at least in linux for me.. my issue is that if i ban someone locally... if i overwrite my file with the latest from http://www.pbbans.com/mbi-download-cod4-dlb27.html ... then i will lose the bans I set.

[Duality]

this is what i want to do, which would be very easy, at least in linux for me.. my issue is that if i ban someone locally... if i overwrite my file with the latest from http://www.pbbans.com/mbi-download-cod4-dlb27.html ... then i will lose the bans I set.

 

Couple of ways around this, if my memory serves me correctly.

 

Either use the COD4 built in banlist ban.txt for your local bans (using the COD4 rcon ban command, which escapes my memory at this time) - or you could use pbbans.dat to store your local bans, then upload the cod4_pbbans.dat file as it is (without renaming it) and then use pb_sv_banload to load the bans in that list into memory.

 

For the second method you would have to ensure that the pb_sv_banload cod4_pbbans.dat command is placed in your pbsv.cfg file to ensure it is loaded along with your personal bans on a server restart.

 

Hope this helps out at least a little, post back if you need help :)