Shutting down after a set period of time.

Spazzy McGee · Post by **Spazzy McGee** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 6:01 pm

how do i set the server to shut down after a set period of time.

at the moment i have

-time 30
-g

to test, but when it counts down from 00:30 to 00:00, like it should - but it dosn't shutdown the server. it just stays at 0:00. is there another command for shutting down after the game? i thought it was -g?

The Knights Who Say Ni · Post by **The Knights Who Say Ni** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:01 pm

it doesnt shut donw the server it dosent allow any one to connect i think...

JPT · Post by **JPT** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:14 pm

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-time 30

is just a time limit for the game. After the countdown is on 0, the game is over. Nobody will be able to spawn and play.

Spazzy McGee · Post by **Spazzy McGee** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:49 pm

how do you shut down the server after a game has expired then?

i'm sure there is a way to do it... for example silvercat?
or am i going to just have to make a program which logs in to bzadmin and shuts down manually?

JPT · Post by **JPT** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:57 pm

It could be necessary to write a simple skript, which shuts down the server after the game is over.
I think you should ask silverfox directly.

Winny · Post by **Winny** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 8:01 pm

this worked for me: no script needed.

-g

time 2000

try adding the -g over the time....just a thought.... becuase that is right out of my rotation conf (s).

Spazzy McGee · Post by **Spazzy McGee** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 8:04 pm

hmmm..... could be that i suppose. I don't haave the -time in my conf, it is added in the command line, so i'll add it to all the confs.

i have written an applescript rotation script you see....

temporal distraction · Post by **temporal distraction** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 8:07 pm

Spazzy Mcgee wrote:hmmm..... could be that i suppose. I don't haave the -time in my conf, it is added in the command line, so i'll add it to all the confs.

i have written an applescript rotation script you see....

I'd appreciate a look at that applescript. Do you plan on releasing it?

Spazzy McGee · Post by **Spazzy McGee** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 8:43 pm

well, it's got to work first

and it's very 'filepath intensive' you'll have to get the folders right, but otherwise that's fine. If i get it working i'll post it.

khazhyk · Post by **khazhyk** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 11:06 pm

everyone needs to leave the server for it to shut down i think- that's what happend for me.

Winny · Post by **Winny** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 11:09 pm

me1 wrote:everyone needs to leave the server for it to shut down i think- that's what happend for me.

nope, adding -g and -time 2000

that killed the server with ppl on it.

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 1:27 am

order of the options, or the if it's in config or command line should not matter. It's all merged by bzfs in the end.

Winny · Post by **Winny** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 1:31 am

but yet it seems to.......

Spazzy McGee · Post by **Spazzy McGee** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 6:39 pm

winxp, can you send me your whole conf?

Winny · Post by **Winny** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 7:57 pm

kk, give me a while to find it. ( I have many confs....)

Spazzy McGee · Post by **Spazzy McGee** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 2:17 pm

hmmmk...

it's still not working. I'm wondering is this the right behavior for the -g -time thing. Is it ment to shutdown the server after the time limit, or simply wait untill everyone leaves the server?

can someone please enlighten me as to what i'm doing wrong

?

Winny · Post by **Winny** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 2:18 pm

I honestly have no idea what isn't working.

The Knights Who Say Ni · Post by **The Knights Who Say Ni** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 4:26 pm

i dont think - g actualy shuts it down (as in closes it) it just dosent start any more games after the time has run out thats what i thought...

Winny · Post by **Winny** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 8:50 pm

maybe its becuase I am using Lddw's auto3 rotation app....

orange · Post by **orange** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 7:43 pm

Spazzy Mcgee wrote:hmmmk...

it's still not working. I'm wondering is this the right behavior for the -g -time thing. Is it ment to shutdown the server after the time limit, or simply wait untill everyone leaves the server?

can someone please enlighten me as to what i'm doing wrong ?

Where are you running this? There are some platforms where it does exactly what you said. Silvercat is running on bzflag.bz right now and without a patch, the game won't end.

Same config files as our normal host, but on bzflag.bz it doesn't work.