That’s great to hear that it will run smoothly on 2k3.

What server programs do you suggest I use? FLHook is obvious, but what management programs if any? I know Hazard is working on one for Freeworlds, is there any way your old clanmate could model it for you? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Anyway, thanks for the comments!

@Fury: Thanks a lot man; I really appreciate your help. It’s been forever since I touched FLScript. ;D

@w0dk4: Alright, then what about dual Phenoms? The data center this is being ran out of hosts with Server 2k3 I believe… is there anything I will need to watch out for? Thanks in advance, I really appreciate the help.

So this is what I have so far as general ideas:

Start in NY, type one of these commands:
/restart eagle
/restart sabre
/restart titan
/restart hh

FLHook moves you to Tekagi’s arch in the ship you select, with the jumphole to Chugoku closed off (and NPCs removed from around the hole on the Chugoku side.) In your inventory is this:
4 of every level 10 gun.
6 of every level 8 and 9 gun.
6 of every missile, minus para.
1 Starkiller & Sunslayer.
1 of every mine.
1 of every level 7-9 turrets.
1 brig, barrier, and a champ 9.
1 Adv thruster/CM.
1 Wasp & Hornet.

When you kill someone your stat will be upgraded by 1. When you kill people with higher stats you will get more points. Probably on a scale between 1 and 10 points for a kill. Your stat will also get upgraded by this:
(2) Double-kill!
(3) Multi-kill!
(5) Monster kill!
(10) RAMPAGE!
(15) DOMINATING!
(20) UNSTOPPABLE!
(25) GODLIKE!!!

(Parenthesis numbers are kills as well as bonus points for reaching these tiers.)

Now that I think about it I would probably need to script a tiny mod to sell ammo at Tekagi’s. Whatever, I can do that.

I figure the point system will need to be developed with PHP. I can script something to throw stats up to the web for parsing inside PHPBB… but does FLHook have a plugin to record kills? Or would I need to do that with another server program?

Thanks for all the help guys. I really appreciate it. When the server goes up be sure to check it out! ;D

Yeah, I figured that I’d need to run it in separate cores.

I’ll check out that FLHook plugin, thanks.

Alright, so I will be setting up a server within the next month or so based explicitly around PvP. It will be based out of the USA, and be a pretty powerful machine (I think I will be able to run about 100-150 slots.)

There are a few ideas I have that may or may not be possible. I’d just like a bit of guidance from people who know.

1. /restart eagle, /restart sabre, /restart hammerhead, etc… commands to put people in Tekagi’s arch (where the PvP will be based out of.) 50k starting cash, all the normal weapons for setups unmounted, shields, etc… I know this is possible considering it was done on FLU with /restart Zoner and such. But is there any limit to this command? Was this developed for FLAC or FLHook?

2. Can I close the jumphole in Tohoku from both sides rather than just from the Chugoku side completely serverside? Also get rid of the NPCs? Or actually just remove the NPCs completely and still remain only a serverside mod?

3. Is there any fix for running FLServer.exe on a multi-core systems? The server machine will be running dual Phenom x4s.

4. Is there any sort of .ini check subroutine for FLHook to check for .ini edits?

5. Is there a FLHook plugin to track and parse kill stats, and dump it somewhere for another program to throw up on the web? I’d like to mess around with the idea of points per kill that change based on your kill to death ratio.

Thanks for the help!

Banzai from FLU?

@w0dk4:

sorry guys, im currently kinda on vacation, Ill add you as soon as i can

No rush, enjoy yourself. ^^

Wonderful idea w0dk4; I’d like you to add IMMORTAL to the clan section if you would. I’ll also inform the people at FLU.

IMMORTAL Clan
www.immortalhq.com

Hello.

I have been playing FL since beta; multiplayer on Andromeda, CHSP, Eagle Utopia, and FLU as many different aliases.

In the past I have been:
[SLF]-Ac!dburn-[SOT]
[FN-G]-ZeroCool-[CIC] (or Zero)
Comad3
IMMORTAL-Prod!gy

I am currently one of several leaders of the IMMORTAL clan on FLU, one of the oldest and among the highest skilled clans in Freelancer (We have been on COGS, EU, Procyon, LV, and FLU.) You can find our forums at http://immortalhq.com

Good to meet all of you.

I suggest a clan forum for clans to advertise their membership.