Download Game-Loader
Filename: game-loader.tgz
Author: batmax@fragit.net
Size: 25.9 KB
Created: 6/28/1999
Updated: 6/7/2002
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Also known as: Quake 2
Game-Loader is a simple Quake2 'mod' that allows you to specify what game
DLL to load on the Quake2 command line.
Game-Loader is a simple Quake2 'mod' that allows you to specify what game
DLL to load on the Quake2 command line.
The main source program, plugin.c is a slightly modified version of Zarjazz's
plugin source code sample from http://www.barrysworld.com/Zarjazz/, the author
of BW-Admin. The only addition is the cvar used to specify what DLL to load.
I've compiled and released this program for use with Night Hunters Xatrix
(http://www.planetquake.com/nighthunters), but it can be used with any mod.
Game-Loader does NOT provide ANY added functionality for Quake2. It is only
used to specify what DLL to load when starting Quake2.
Game-Loader would be used when you want to run two servers which need to be
run from the same directory, but different DLL's need to be loaded.
For example: You want to run a Xatrix server AND a Night Hunters Xatrix
server at the SAME TIME. Both Xatrix and Night Hunters Xatrix must run from
the quake2/xatrix folder, but they both require DIFFERENT gamei386.so /
gamex86.dll files to be loaded. That creates a problem...
Another example would be with CTF. You could run two different CTF mods from
the same quake2/ctf folder.
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Installation:
1. Rename your existing DLL/SO file to something else in the mod directory
2. Copy the Game-Loader gamei386.so (Linux) or gamex86.dll (Windows) file
into the mod directory
3. Copy the second DLL/SO mod file into the mod directory with a different
name
Start up your server as you normally would but add the following:
+set game_dll (dll filename name)
For example, to run both Xatrix and Night Hunters Xatrix (NHX) servers at
the same time, your xatrix folder should contain:
gamex86.dll (Game-Loader DLL - gamei386.dll for Linux)
gamex86.xatrix.dll (original Xatrix DLL - gamei386.xatrix.so for Linux)
gamex86.nhx.dll (Night Hunters Xatrix - gamei386.nhx.so for Linux)
To start the regular Xatrix server, use:
Windows: quake2 +set game_dll gamex86.xatrix.dll +set game xatrix +set deathmatch 1 +set dedicated 1
+set port 27910 +exec server.cfg
Linux: ./quake2 +set game_dll gamei386.xatrix.so +set game xatrix +set deathmatch 1 +set dedicated 1
+set port 27910 +exec server.cfg
To start the Night Hunters Xatrix server, use:
Windows: quake2 +set game_dll gamex86.nhx.dll +set game xatrix +set deathmatch 1 +set dedicated 1
+set port 27911 +exec nhserver.cfg
Linux: ./quake2 +set game_dll gamei386.nhx.so +set game xatrix +set deathmatch 1 +set dedicated 1
+set port 27911 +exec nhserver.cfg
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I have tested Game-Loader with BW-Admin, and it appears to work fine. The
configuration is a bit tricky, but it seems to work. If Zarjazz can change
BW-Admin to allow us to specify the DLL to load on the command line (instead
of bw-admin.cfg), then we won't need to go through all this:
Windows:
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1. Setup BW-Admin as per the BW-Admin instructions (using the quake2\release
directory)
2. Copy the DLL's as desribed above and start the game as described above.
The load sequence will be:
bw-admin -> game-loader -> actual game
Linux:
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1. Setup BW-Admin as per the BW-Admin instructions (copy bwadmin's .so
file to the mod directory)
2. Copy the SO files as desribed above EXCEPT copy the Game-Loader
file as gamei386.loader.so
3. Copy the bw-admin.cfg into the mod directory and modify/add a line
to the file that reads: dll = gamei386.loader.so
4. Start the game as described above
For example, to run BW-Admin with both Xatrix and Night Hunters Xatrix
(NHX) servers at the same time, your xatrix folder should contain:
gamei386.so (BW-Admin)
gamei386.loader.so (Game-Loader)
gamei386.xatrix.so (original Xatrix)
gamei386.nhx.so (Night Hunters Xatrix)
The load sequence will be:
bw-admin -> game-loader -> actual game
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Note: If you do not specify game_dll on the command line, Game Loader will
automatically try to load gamei386.real.so.
Not much testing has gone into this, so please send any questions or
comments to: batmax@fragit.net.
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