Hi all.

I have found in Discovery 4.86 update 6, preset messages are not being saved after the player logs off. I am helping a friend who owns a server. They don’t work on that server and I can’t make them work on my test server.

They are fine while the player is logged on, but are erased when the player logs off. I even tried downloading the latest FLHook which kicks players for a failed checksum of freelancer.exe and the same.

FLserver was not running as an admin. I change that so it would and it still wouldn’t save after logoff.

I checked the player file while I was logged on and at the bottom of the file was

[flhook] and then below that a number and then discovery hexcode which I am sure was the message in hex coding. Closed the file, went back to the server and logged off. Checked the player file again and at the bottom was

[flhook] with nothing after it. Can anyone shed some light on what’s going on and how to fix it?

Thanks

Janus

I have updated this tool to v1.1

The link to the update is FLHexTool1.1.zip

Change Log:
Added a system locator function that will show the system number from a dropdown box of all systems. It is also possible to find a system by typing or pasting a number into a text field. An error message will inform the user if the number entered is not a valid system designator.

Same deal as before. Just unzip it and run it. No installation needed. One note here; if the systems.dat file that is included is not in the same directory as the program, the location function will not be available.

Janus

Sorry. I had searched after I saw it wasn’t in the spot I posted. Must have used the wrong search terms.

As for why you would need it, in the base.ini files, the infocard text, ally list, passwords and such are in a hexcode, and it’s a special hexcode with seperation characters there. This program takes that code and translates it into plain text. And will translate plain text into the hexcode the base.ini files use. If a user loses his base password, you can get it for him. If their infocard has inappropriate language or such, you can change that as well.

Also the tags.ini file uses the same hexcode for all info except last access. You can get info from it as well if say the faction leader fogot his rename password.

Anyway, here is the link.

http://www.mediafire.com/?w8e7mvoq2wx42at

Just unzip it and run it, no muss, no fuss, no installation.

Janus

Hi all.

I wrote a program, for Discovery 4.86 server admins so they could translate the hex codes in the tags.ini and base.ini files. If anyone would be interested in such, respond to this thread or PM me here.

I would put up the link, but I tried that in the Other Servers section of GC. They didn’t seem to like it and removed the post.

I know, there are some security concerns, but if you can’t trust your admin, you need to find another server to play on.

Anyway, If you’re interested, I’ll PM you the link, or if an admin here approves it, I’ll edit this post and put the link in it.

Janus

I don’t know if this is the correct place to be posting this, so sorry if it’s in the wrong section.

Does anyone know if there is a command line parameter that will allow you to temporarily, for that run of the program only, use a different MP ID?

I know there’s -sXXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:XXXX but I’m looking to create desktop shortcuts that will run a different account than what the currently active account is. I know I can use Freelancer Account Manager for this, but I don’t wan’t FAM running in the background.

Thanks in advance.

Janus

So I’m assuming the format with no replacement commodity should be thus:

zone_Bw08_beryllium, 0.75, , 5000, 100000

Or should it be like this?

zone_Bw08_beryllium, 0.75, 0, 5000, 100000

Thanks in advance

Janus

Thanks. That’s very useful. Just what I was looking for. It’s not documented in minecontrol.cfg. Appreciate the information.

So if you’re going to put in a replacement commodity would that come right after the <drop multiplier=“”>before the <recharge rate=“”>or at the end of the entry?

Janus</recharge></drop>

So is this something that’s considered classified? If so just let me know. Because there is nothing obvious in minecontrol.cfg that concenrs regeneration.

Janus

I guess I must be dense. I look at minecontrol.cfg and I see

[Settings]
This seems to be a general information seciton and has a couple of boolean values on unloading and pausing.

[MiningGeneral]
GenericFactor = 1. I’m assuming that this is a general multiplyer. put it at 0.5 and you’ll halve the loot drops.
Debug = 0

[PlayerBonus]
commodity_gold_ore, bonus, IFF, ID, ship_type(s) ,weapon Meaning it will multiply the drop by the bonus for that commodity if you have the specified IFF, ID, Ship type and the ore is struck with the specified weapon.

[ZoneBonus]
; Sigma 19
Zone_Bw07_Donryu_cloud, 0.5 Which I take to mean that in that zone, everything will be multiplied by 0.5.

There are, of course, a lot more entries than what I posted in the [PlayerBonus] and [ZoneBonus] sections. I was just clarifying what I thought an entry in each section meant.

There are no other sections in Minecontrol.cfg. If I have misinterpreted some some of these, please let me know. If there is something missing from a section, say [MiningGeneral], please let me know that as well.

Janus

DJ.DBFuz wrote:

DJ.DBFuz wrote:
I think its located in FLHook

The Disco team is using their own version of the mine_control_plugin.dll + config
(afaik^^)

you dont even read my post right?^^

now open your eyes and take a look at this:
http://forge.the-starport.net/attachments/download/295/flhook_plugin_1.6.1_discovery_release.7z

Yes, I read you entire post. I didn’t see anything about mining depletion or regeneration in the .cfg files shipped with Discovery and I didn’t see anyhing in the .ini files of the file you liniked. I did look at the source, but I am not any kind of a C programmer. I did search for deplet and regen in the source but found nothing. And whole word was not on during the search. So I am still where I was.

I’ll tell you where I got this idea. From Glock, the Lead admin on DiscoveryPTC on their website at at this link. http://www.discoveryptc.com/forums/index.php?topic=6694.0 . I was intrigued about the statement of changing the regeneration rate. Not that I’m sure I want to do it, but I’d like to have all my options open.

Janus

Nothing in FLHook.cfg about mining depletion or regeneration rates. Nothing in minecontrol.cfg about that. clasest there would be would be the generic factor. I’ve checked the other cfg files. Playercntrl.cfg etc.

Don’t know where else to look.

Janus

I have heard that Disco 4.86 server operators can determine the regeneration rate and possibly the field capacity (how much each field will hold) for mining. I have looked at the minecontrol.cfg but saw nothing about that there.

I have modified my minecontrol.cfg for my server to increase mining drops somewhat, but this was a new one on me.

Can anyone direct me to the place where I can modify this?

I searched both here and on discoverygc and found nothing.

Janus

Welcome to the wonderful world of Server Admins. It’s a real [d]pulling out your hair /d rewarding experience.

Actually, it can be very frustraitng setting up a server if you don’t know your way around. (raises hand). But once it goes online, it is worth all the hard work.

Actually, setting up a server can be easy or difficult. If you want a plain jane server it’s fairly easy. If you’re like me and most of the others, you want all the bells and whistles. That’s where the fun comes in.

Took me about a month and a half to set up a discovery server the way I wanted it and then here comes the 4.86 update. Fortunately I had almost all of the work done and just had to port the old files to the new.

Anyhoo, welcome and good luck with getting yours up and running.