So you are saying that putting "mapcyclefile arena01.txt" into arena01's cfg isn't being honoured? Because then yes, that's very strange... usually if srcds doesn't see a config file for a mode/map it just ignores it.
Nick Turner wrote: > Doesn't seem to matter, if it can't read the file or if it's empty it assumes > 'mapcyclefile' to be the default value (arena_mapcycle.txt). > > The only way to change it is apparently to put an entry in that file, and > then I'm back to square 1 - I can't run multiple arena instances without > installing srcds multiple times. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shane Arnold > Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 5:38 PM > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2 Arena Configs - mapcyclefile > > Or even chmod 000. All you need to do by the sounds of it it stop srcds > from being able to overwrite it or even read the contents. If I was > going to do a dodgy hack on Windows, I'd just give the file no > permissions for the current user I suppose :P > > Shane Arnold wrote: > >> chmod 444? Unless of course you are actually using Windows for it, in >> which case I have no idea (security in Windows? That's unpossible!). >> >> Nick Turner wrote: >> >>> srcds recreates the file with the default config >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shane Arnold >>> Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 5:08 PM >>> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list >>> Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2 Arena Configs - mapcyclefile >>> >>> Remove/rename config_arena.cfg? If it's empty you don't need it anyway. >>> >>> Nick Turner wrote: >>> >>> >>>> How does one run multiple Arena servers from a single install >>>> directory? >>>> >>>> When I comment out the mapcyclefile entry in config_arena.cfg the >>>> server loads arena_mapcycle.txt no matter what. >>>> >>>> I have mapcyclefile specified on the command line, and in the custom >>>> server config I'm specifying (on the command line) but the server >>>> executes config_arena.cfg after map load and - even if that file is >>>> completely empty - changes the mapcyclefile to the arena one. >>>> >>>> If I specify a mapcyclefile inside config_arena.cfg then that one is >>>> loaded correctly, but this means I can only have 1 arena maplist per >>>> SRCDS install directory. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>>> archives, please visit: >>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>> archives, please visit: >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>> archives, please visit: >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>> >>> > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds

