Server plugin: Automatic server messages

[Sammy]

Like on the US open server, I've seen rcon (server) display automatic messages such as send the website link, etc.

How could I do that with my own server? What does it require? Thanks in advance .

 

[Viserys]

You can run a php script at a certain interval (via cron jobs for example, on linux)

here's the php script (example from BG server):

<?php
require('q3query.php');

// Server3
$q3 = new q3query('164.132.54.88', 29072);
$q3->set_rconpassword('blabla');
$q3->rcon('svsay ^7Type ^3/showmotd ^7in the console to see the server rules.');
sleep(3);
$q3->rcon('svsay ^7This server has an RTV service. Type ^3!rtv ^7if you want to change maps.');
sleep(3);
$q3->rcon('svsay ^7Type ^3!maplist ^7to see a list of available maps, and ^3!nominate ^7to add one to the vote.');


?>

 

[Sammy]

You can run a php script at a certain interval (via cron jobs for example, on linux)

here's the php script (example from BG server):

<?php
require('q3query.php');

// Server3
$q3 = new q3query('164.132.54.88', 29072);
$q3->set_rconpassword('blabla');
$q3->rcon('svsay ^7Type ^3/showmotd ^7in the console to see the server rules.');
sleep(3);
$q3->rcon('svsay ^7This server has an RTV service. Type ^3!rtv ^7if you want to change maps.');
sleep(3);
$q3->rcon('svsay ^7Type ^3!maplist ^7to see a list of available maps, and ^3!nominate ^7to add one to the vote.');


?>

Alright, and what about in relation to q3query? What do I do to get that?

 

[Viserys]

you need to save this .php file in the same directory as your automessage.php

<?php

/*
PHP Quake 3 Library
Copyright (C) 2006-2007 Gerald Kaszuba

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
*/

class q3query {

    private $rconpassword;
    private $fp;
    private $cmd;
    private $lastcmd;

    public function __construct($address, $port) {
        $this->cmd = str_repeat(chr(255), 4);
        $this->fp = fsockopen("udp://$address", $port, $errno, $errstr, 30);
        if (!$this->fp)
            die("$errstr ($errno)<br />\n");
    }

    public function set_rconpassword($p) {
        $this->rconpassword = $p;
    }

    public function rcon($s) {
        sleep(1);
        $this->send('rcon '.$this->rconpassword.' '.$s);
    }
   
    //Returns a parsed array of the rcon status for this server
    public function status(&$cur_map = 0){
        $this->send('rcon '.$this->rconpassword.' status');
        $response = $this->get_response();
        preg_match_all('/^\s+(\S{1,2}?)\s+(\S{1,4})\s+(\S{1,3})\s+(.*)\^7\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+):(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)$/m', $response, $aStatus);
        if ( !is_int($cur_map) ){
            preg_match('/^map:\s+(.*)$/m', $response, $aMap);
            $cur_map = $aMap[1];
        }
        return $aStatus;
    }
   
    //Returns an array of all the maps available on this server
    public function maplist(){
        $this->send('rcon dir maps bsp');
        $response = $this->get_response();
        $parts = split("---------------\n", $response);
        $maplist = split("\n", $parts[1]);
        return $maplist;
    }

    public function get_response($timeout=5) {
        $s = '';
        $bang = time() + $timeout;
        while (!strlen($s) and time() < $bang) {
            $s = $this->recv();
        }
        if (substr($s, 0, 4) != $this->cmd) {
        }
        return substr($s, 4);
    }

    private function send($string) {
        fwrite($this->fp, $this->cmd . $string . "\n");
    }

    private function recv() {
        return fread($this->fp, 9999);
    }
}

?>

 

[maxfranx]

I'm sorry to revive an old thread, but I can't work out how to implement these scripts in to my server.
Are they referenced some how in the server.cfg file?
Thanks.

 

[Viserys]

nothing to do with cfgs. you need to run php