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To be more precise, the mod folders the SERVER uses are written in the ingame browser. Well, to each his own i guess, but i don't understand why server should need modfolders at all... I don't use any as i want to be able to use all addons on my server, else i wouldn't have installed them in the first place

Ports are UDP and are the Serverport you set in the config (default: 2302) and serverport+1 (default: 2303). You can look that up in the ds-admin.rtf in the server folder of your resistance cd

No, no file changed, only one file added: the new executable. BTW: I didn't start the patch in the ofp folder and it worked nevertheless. You get the "Operation Flashpoint is not installed on your computer or installation is corrupted." error message when either ofp is not in the location specified in the registry or... well, when your installation is corrupt Regarding addons folder: you don't need those addons as they are overlaid by those from the resistance folder. Same should be true for all other files in the res folder, eg res\bin\config.bin replaces bin\config.bin, so you should be able to delete those other files too (as long as you don't want to start the cwc exe anymore)....

Just so you know And that is GOOD THING[TM] Just now updating the server to 1.92 and kissing all 1.85 users goodbye

The linux server doesn't need a serial, i am not sure about the win server. You could check if your win server has a serial in the registry [1] and delete it. I am not sure if it works afterwards, so you should export that registry keys first. If it doens't work without serial you will most likely need 2 serials, one for the server and one for your client.... [1] HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Codemasters\Operation Flashpoint

Because 1.92 was due a month ago, so it shouldn't take that long til it comes. And the config.bin will most likely change. So the source has to be changed as well. If PitViper released it now, you would have source that is unusable in a few days when 1.92 comes out. If you are such an config editing hero that you can make the changes yourself you wouldn't need PitVipers config.cpp anyway....

Outlook Express is one of the first things i delete from the harddrive after installing windows My new xp installation is the first i left the internet explorer on... But i haven't got any of those new virus mails, although i'm kind of a spam whore (many dozens spams a day of which luckily several spamfilters take good care of) with using my real email adresses in usenet and stuff, i'm a bit surprised i do not get those virus mails...

PitViper said that he wanted to wait until after v1.92 is out and then release which makes sense to me, after all, if the config.bin changes in 1.92 you would need a new config.cpp again ;)

I don't really have a problem doing that, as it is basically only one copy operation (and a little config file tweaking). The problem is: would you let anybody have access to your box? Especially guys that know linux better than you? The better way would be to get someone to explain things to do so you learn to do it yourself, can help yourself the next time and don't have to give your login to someone else. For a starter: get putty and winscp and Kegetys Skript. Make the tar, log into your box with putty and winscp. Make a new directory in your home (mkdir ofp) with putty and change into it (cd ofp), copy the tar file into your ofp directory with winscp, unpack it ("tar xf servfile.tar" or "tar xzf servfile.tar.gz" when you used gzip compression) and you are nearly ready to go. Copy the linux dedi files to the server directory. Run them (chmod 755 serverwhatever; ./serverwhatever), run tolower (./tolower). You only need to edit the config files and put a wrapper for restarts on your linux box if you want something like that.

CRC are not bad but this case we should use MD5. As was written above crc IS bad, as a checksum. It is good for finding transmission errors. I found an article describing how to get 2 different files two have the same crc sum. So it is not the case of "trying 4 billion documents" anymore but more if you want them to have the same crc or not. The only similar thing i know about md5 is that is possible to get 2 files to have similar starts and endings. This could fool users who look at the start and end only (i happen to do that myself sometimes ) but not machines comparing those values. An interesting question is how to check how the game was started. Especially command line options like -mod....

That was clear from the start, BUT either it doesn't solve my problems, then it is just a waste of time, or it solves my problems, then it is an "inacceptable" solution. You see, i used over 200 addons on my server and never had this problem, i played missions that used some 100mb of inofficial addons in one and the same mission, and never had this problem. If the bas blackhawk is the only addon that has this problems i have to consider it broken But i hope this is not the case and there will be a satisfactory solution cause it's a really good addon. I just tested a little more but so far no clear pattern has emerged. I first tried with turning graphic settings (LOD) a little down (i think, you can never be too sure what autodetect in preferences does, normally i edit the flashpoint.cfg with an editor) and tried one mission (made by one of our players, playing on trinity) which had freezes without end, and then the two mp maps from nagual (i played helo assault 3 times, once with each chopper, btw when we played that mission the first time we accomplished the first objective, but after that we never got a check for that objective again), which had freezes before but not yesterday (except one when landing and the dust appeared).

If it helps you track down the problem i could try turning my setting down, although i don't like this "solution." As i said before, i am using lots of addons for a long time and never had this problem with ANY other addon. Kind of like saying "we build an addon which freezes even the fastest pc unless you turn graphics detail down." Even other addons which lagged for some of my players were fine for me. BTW: i just started ranger extraction (not resuce, doh) again and noticed no freezes. But with at least two other missions this was the case. I will try to find other conditions which could be causing it but it definitively only happens when the blackhawk comes into view. Sometimes fps stay low as long as it is in view, sometimes they go up again after a few seconds even when the blackhawk is still in view. Which settings do you suggest turning down? Geometry performance, Vehicle LOD, Shadows LOD, Auto drop down, something else?

Where did you get it?

Most likely the port for gamespy is not forwarded to your server then. Normally this is port 2303, except your server admin has changed it. You should check the configuration of the switch or that of the router/whatever that connects it to the internet.

I had not too much time to play with them so i am not sure if this is a constant problem. I hope to be able to test this tonight. But it seems to be a constant problem... in the other mission i was not able to get onto the ladder as i always had freezes when getting near it. On the other hand i can't recall freezes in ranger rescue (will definitively test that mission again although we completed it first time). Ehm, why should i do that? I bought a fast pc to play with everything set to on, all other addons (and i use lots of those) make no problems at all with the settings i use. I don't want to sound rude or something, but i do not hope that turning down my graphic options is the only solution, cause everything else works with these settings and i would have to consider the addon broken then And before you get me all wrong i want to tell how much i like the new choppers

Some questions did not get answered... Is the server connected directly to the internet? If not, are all the ports forwarded correctly (give output of "iptables -t nat -L PREROUTING -nv | grep 230")? Is there a firewall running which could block those ports (check for iptables with "iptables -L -nv" as root)? Does the server have a static ip with a hostname known to dns servers? I don't think a reinstall of ofp would help you in this case. Sometimes gamespy doesn't work for my server too, but normally those problems are over in a matter of minutes.

I think i have browsed the whole thread now, but only found a similar problem, not the same one... I get this whenever i look at the blackhawks. I was standing on ground with my team and a blackhawk hovered above me. Whenever i looked up my fps would drop to 2 or less. And btw: my hardware specs are not bad, i normally play 1600x1200 with all hitexture mods that i can get Second time i noticed it on a base where i wanted to refuel my littlebird. Whenever i turned to look in the direction of 2 parked blackhawks (doing nothing, with noone inside) my frames went down. Refuelling was nearly impossible as everything freezed for a second or two, including the refueling process. I had to hit refuel at refuel truck ten or twenty times until my chopper was refueled and even going through the action menu was difficult, so laggy was the gameplay. When i turned the littlebird around to face the other way everything worked fine.

Adding weight would make the LB less manouverable. true.. but i learned to get out of the stall, and you can make some really airshow like manouvers when you learned to get used to it...form 200m to 10 in 2-3 sec (when i counted right ) I think you should leave it as it is. Still working through this thread to see if my problem has been reported before... Anyway, the first (and maybe only) thing i learned in IL-2 was to counter a stall (cause it happens to me that often), so i don't have a problem with the choppers stalling. I "managed" to get 3 or 4 stalls in a row while trying to avoid a shilka or two firing at me. Only problem were that the guys in cargo told me they feel sick afterwards

They work on my linux server since release and i put them into the addons folder (where i put all inofficial addons). Not sure where your problem came from, but it has nothing to do with linux. Maybe an incompatibility to another addon?

On my server host.conf looks like this: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17 Jul 23 2000 host.conf The content is: order hosts,bind But on another box i hosted a server on there was no host.conf at all. So i don't think that this file is the problem. But "order hosts,bind" looks like a name resolving issue, so you should check your /etc/hosts, /etc/resolv.conf and maybe your /etc/nsswitch.conf and the hostname command.

I KNOW of several people doing it, they backup their original files and overwrite them. Not everyone uses modfolders, but more and more ppl do. I know of only one guy who uses some kind of addon manager.

You can either turn everything off in difficulty settings and cut away whats left in the picture or you can script a movie sequence and take screenshots there.

Does the tool take into account addons which the server does NOT need but you want to start nonetheless, eg clientside addons like dynamic range, hisky, etc? I only play on one server which is a linux server so i can't really test this tool (well, sometimes i play on 2 other servers, but those are linux servers too)... I will download the client anyway and try what i can do with that, maybe i still get some ideas for improvement

I had some programs which wouldn't start when UTF was set, this seems not to be your problem though. The "port 2302" normally means something is not correct with your network setup, check your /etc/hosts, resolv.conf, route, ifconfig, etc. Use the search function for more about this topic.

WHAT did you put into your config? reportingIP="master.gamespy.com";? Do you have the gamebrowser port enabled on the server (serverport+1)?