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Ok, I have now set up a server, and will idle in it until it get popular enough to be self-sustainable (till it won't empty). Assuming I can keep it up, if we ever get some clan matches going we can use it - or if it gets popular just pop in and play some games.
Server name: Armchair General Ranked (I would have used strategyzoneonline.com...but its too long)
*Updated as of 7/24* Server IP: 64.74.217.73
Best part about it, is I have remote (and in-game) admin access....so if it gets popular enough I can remotely kick people to make way for SZO users :D (in addition to other admin actions like changing map, etc).
Anyway, hopefully there isn't auto-kicking if you are idle for any period of time...if there isn't this might work! :D
EDIT: Wow...its the middle of the night in the USA, the servers only been up for a couple hours, but there are already 10 people in it playing. I guess having a ranked server gaurantees business! :p
Siberian HEAT
22 Jul 05, 10:50
This is the best news I've heard all day!
Beavs, can you PM me the information you sent to me on X-Fire, I never got a chance to save the information, and I guess X-Fire disconnected over night, closing the window.
CPangracs
22 Jul 05, 11:50
WOOHOO! An actual ACG Server!
Can we kick other squads who kick our butts (as we are often victim)?
;)
Another update: It has 29/32 people in it right now...so I have quit idleing. If it survives the nighttime without emptying I think that it might keep on going....the only thing it would stop for I guess is a server reboot. *crosses fingers*
And if it isn't obvious by the amount of people in it, the server shows up on the main list, so you don't even need the IP.
WOOHOO! An actual ACG Server!
Can we kick other squads who kick our butts (as we are often victim)?
;)
Haha, I love that about server admins. I can't even count the number of times I was kicked in Counter-Strike because I was destroying the clan that ran the server. :laugh:
WOOHOO! An actual ACG Server!
Can we kick other squads who kick our butts (as we are often victim)?
;)
If only I could customize the kick notification message...
"You have been kicked for excessive host-clan killing."
EDIT of EDIT: The server image is now the image at the upper left hand side of this page, and the text reads "Welcome to the armchairgeneral.com server! Don't TK, don't use profane language, yada-yada. Just be nice.". If anyone has any better suggestions for either, let me know.
Would anyone want me to setup special map rotation servers? Brian brought up a city-map rotation server...which I could do...problem is I think there are only like 3 urban maps (Karkland, Mashtuur, and Sharqi Pen). If there are a consensus of favorite maps I can throw them in a server...just let me know! Whatever people want to play.
creeping death
22 Jul 05, 17:05
I just wanna play...hope to see you soon.
CD
creeping death
22 Jul 05, 17:12
Cant get on must need to update the version......
CD
creeping death
22 Jul 05, 17:31
Ya had to make such a good server that we ACG friends cant even get on. I tried 2-3 times and no luck. Remains full. :blab:
If we wanna get a group together, how can we do this and how can I get on when it is full?
You know...kick the others REMFS off the server. :D
CD
Ya had to make such a good server that we ACG friends cant even get on. I tried 2-3 times and no luck. Remains full. :blab:
If we wanna get a group together, how can we do this and how can I get on when it is full?
You know...kick the others REMFS off the server. :D
CD
Let me know on xfire and I'll kick some of em off for ya :D. Of course, I'm in linux now so I'm not on xfire...:(
This might work better for scheduled meetings, where I know people will show up sometime so I can kick accordingly.
Panzer-War
22 Jul 05, 18:48
I was on mainly a bunch off lone wolf's and idiots on when I was. Can you rotate it between 32 and 64 players every now and then? Also is it possible to set it to kick people with pings 200 and over?
By the way looks good.
creeping death
22 Jul 05, 21:26
I was able to get on and killed panzer War a few times, he was with the USA and I was forced onto MEC. it was a good time.
I asked 3 different times if there were ACG members and I didn't get any response.
Looks awesome, may try again tonight.
CD
My only request would be that you set it to 3 or more rounds before map rotation. I'm still stuck on my older rig, and I get tired of waiting for a new map to load after every match.
Yahey that sounds good, actually a server worth playing on if templay works out :)
if anybody is interested my xfire ID is clarkshow, and ingame I am Clark-Show
Panzer-War
22 Jul 05, 22:09
I was able to get on and killed panzer War a few times, he was with the USA and I was forced onto MEC. it was a good time.
I asked 3 different times if there were ACG members and I didn't get any response.
Looks awesome, may try again tonight.
CD
Ya I hate being forced onto MEC or China. LOL you asked 3 times and you killed me few times coincidences? :p If you tell me your ingame name and I see you online I will join your squad.
By the way I rarely if ever notice chat lines.
Also is it possible to set it to kick people with pings 200 and over?
Thought that would exclude most (if not all) non American People from the server wouldn't it?
I mean I am currently in Australia and my connection here is not too bad (like 6m/s) but I still got a ping of 200-250 when I played on a couple of US servers this night. It wasn't too bad after all...
Ok...thanks for all of your interest.
Re: Map rotation, I thought I had it on 3 rounds per map...are you sure it was 1 round per map?
Re: Ping kicking. I don't have that much control over the server. It is actually a Gamecenter hosted server, that I can customize somewhat.
Re: Auto teambalance - just turned it off :D.
Re: Teamwork. The players on it will probably be just like the rest of the BF2 population - until we get some organized times for us to meet. I can't play much this weekend unfortunately, family reunion...but after this weekend I should be able to play more.
Ok...the server quit for some reason or another...and I can't start another right now. Thats one problem with relying on a service....
I'll try again tomarrow morning to get the server back up, but as I said before I have stuff going on this weekend so I don't know exactly when it will be back up.
When I do get it up I will post information here.
Why don't you just keep as much standard as you can? Mainly I'm just thinking the exact same text for the name, so everyone can just search the name and find the server.
Re: Map rotation, I thought I had it on 3 rounds per map...are you sure it was 1 round per map?
Sorry for the confusion - I was just referring to servers in general. I haven't had a chance to play on yours. I just thought I'd throw that out there since more and more servers seem to be using the 1 round rotation idea. Cheers.
creeping death
24 Jul 05, 21:18
Did the server crash for ACG? If it is back uo next weekend who can play Fri/Sat night 8pm-9pm CST.
I am ready to play as a team lets rock n roll.
CD
CPangracs
24 Jul 05, 22:49
Did the server crash for ACG? If it is back uo next weekend who can play Fri/Sat night 8pm-9pm CST.
I am ready to play as a team lets rock n roll.
CD
I'm in!!
Ok...end of family reunion and the server is back up.
IP: 64.74.217.63 (updated also on the 1st post)
Name: Armchair General Ranked (same as before)
As before, I'll idle till its popular, and see how long it lasts...before I think the whole Gamecenter server launching service quit so it took down my server also.
EDIT: Map rotation is as follows
Dalian_Plant
Daqing_Oilfields
Dragon_Valley
Gulf_of_Oman
Mashtuur_City
Sharqi_Peninsula
Strike_at_Karkand
Did the server crash for ACG? If it is back uo next weekend who can play Fri/Sat night 8pm-9pm CST.
I am ready to play as a team lets rock n roll.
CD
Thought it would be saturday 8-9am for me I will be in if I remember to get my alarm clock up for it :P
Did the server crash for ACG? If it is back uo next weekend who can play Fri/Sat night 8pm-9pm CST.
I am ready to play as a team lets rock n roll.
CD
I think I can make it. Friday might be iffy, Saturday most definately.
My first post in quite awhile.
You can count me in as well since my clan and their server, USMCG.org is down and will be for several weeks.
I'm in linux now
Go check out this (http://www.strategyzoneonline.com/forums/showpost.php?p=376106&postcount=6). (It is from here (http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/ThinGuy?entry=the_war_on_terror_as).)
Go check out this (http://www.strategyzoneonline.com/forums/showpost.php?p=376106&postcount=6). (It is from here (http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/ThinGuy?entry=the_war_on_terror_as).)
Hehe...ya, I saw that earlier today....so true :D
Okay Ross, you really need to turn off the team auto-balance feature. One minute I'm a runnin' gunnin' Marine with 20+ kills, a great team, and kicking butt all over the map...the next thing I know I'm holding an AK-47 and screaming in farsi. Also, when the server auto balances the sides a player looses their stats, and that sucks because I really want that G-36K. :)
Okay Ross, you really need to turn off the team auto-balance feature. One minute I'm a runnin' gunnin' Marine with 20+ kills, a great team, and kicking butt all over the map...the next thing I know I'm holding an AK-47 and screaming in farsi. Also, when the server auto balances the sides a player looses their stats, and that sucks because I really want that G-36K. :)
Thanks for the feedback. I thought I had turned it off....but I just set it to off again. If it is still on let me know....
I see someone named USMCG_DD0811 in the server, is that you?
Thanks for the feedback. I thought I had turned it off....but I just set it to off again. If it is still on let me know....
I see someone named USMCG_DD0811 in the server, is that you?
Thanks Ross.
Yeah, that's me!
Okay Ross, you really need to turn off the team auto-balance feature. One minute I'm a runnin' gunnin' Marine with 20+ kills, a great team, and kicking butt all over the map...the next thing I know I'm holding an AK-47 and screaming in farsi. Also, when the server auto balances the sides a player looses their stats, and that sucks because I really want that G-36K. :)
ON the stats: I remember reading somwhere in an EA related Forum that actually the points are saved after something like five minutes of playing, so you would keep the points you gained as USMC team member, and as your team ruled before, if you now can get the other team into ruling that's even more points for you :)
Besides I dislike autobalance as well, I think it is allright as long as (depending on the experience and stuff of the teams) one team doesn't get like more than 2 players more than the other team. At least for me it is that I then generally swap sides to the other team if I am not currently squad leader,in a really good working squad or if the other team rules the map even though.
Panzer-War
26 Jul 05, 12:30
Unfortunately I won’t be able to make it this weekend. I agree the team balance is annoying, one would think that it would be set to switch lone wolfs first if it doesn’t alrdy (I dought it though).
I couldn't get in the server last night to idle because I had some account login problems (anyone else get that?), so the server went empty and quit overnight....so when this happens I'm just going to try to restart the server with the same settings - but it will probably have a different IP address....so I would recommend joining the game by name instead of IP address if you don't do so already.
It seems it won't let me start another server....stinking beta service :(.
Hopefully no one was relying on this as a dependable server ;)
That gives me an idea.:devil:
HEY DON or ERIC !!!:salute:
If you give me permission to use the Strategy Zone Online name, I will contact Game Daemons (http://www.gamedaemons.net/) (I had Speakeasy service for over two years and was very happy.) I will ask them for a 3 month account for free in exchange for a full review on the Strategy Zone Online website. I am already doing a review of EEII and should have that wrapped soon. I will cordinate with Jim on the particulars. If the they agree and we like the service I will coordinate donations to keep it up for the 5TH ACG after the 3 months.:halo:
That gives me an idea.:devil:
HEY DON or ERIC !!!:salute:
If you give me permission to use the Strategy Zone Online name, I will contact Game Daemons (http://www.gamedaemons.net/) (I had Speakeasy service for over two years and was very happy.) I will ask them for a 3 month account for free in exchange for a full review on the Strategy Zone Online website. I am already doing a review of EEII and should have that wrapped soon. I will cordinate with Jim on the particulars. If the they agree and we like the service I will coordinate donations to keep it up for the 5TH ACG after the 3 months.:halo:
Sounds like a good idea! Except if you can get the review time, after that 3 months (unless you get a discount) it will be 96 bucks a month for only a 16-player server.....I doubt we could raise that kind of money :(.
But still, that would give us 3 months :D
ON the stats: I remember reading somwhere in an EA related Forum that actually the points are saved after something like five minutes of playing, so you would keep the points you gained as USMC team member, and as your team ruled before, if you now can get the other team into ruling that's even more points for you :)
Correct, Felix. However, since this games still appears to be in the "alpha stage" who knows as to what, when, and where these settings and advancements are collected and stored.
Hell...they had to patch a patch. :rolleyes:
Correct, Felix. However, since this games still appears to be in the "alpha stage" who knows as to what, when, and where these settings and advancements are collected and stored.
Hell...they had to patch a patch. :rolleyes:
Damn, good point, Bryan :D
Maybe the next patch will work out otherwise..., well BF1942 patching ended with 1.61 or something..
Well, the next patch should have 140+ fixes and improvements.....so I have high hopes.
But if it goes like the last patch, 20 of those new features will be memory leaks :p
Both of you are correct!
Now if you will excuse me, I'm off to fight Hadji and his horrid Commie buddies via the server. ;)
Or not...
Is the server still down, Ross?
Or not...
Is the server still down, Ross?
Yeah, it is....although I haven't tried to put it up in a while. Unfortunately, now isn't the best time...I expect to put it up sometime tomarrow at least.
Is the account server up now?
Yes, the account server is now up. I finally registered my account. The problem was that the one I made for the demo was conflicting with the new one I was trying to make. Anyways, my name is StewartC123.......
Server is up again.
EDIT: Though I can't idle in it, so it might not be up for long....
Server is up again.
EDIT: Though I can't idle in it, so it might not be up for long....
Yeah, that could be why it's down as of now.
I was on for about an hour last night but no one really joined. I did have some great dogfights with this one guy and really improved my flying skills. I can now fly the helicopters and those jets. It was amazing going at like Mach 2 just above ground level. More often than not we both crashed performing crazy manueveurs instead of actually shooting each other down.
BarcelonaBlom
28 Jul 05, 09:26
lol sounds like a game of Halo when me and my bud get into the air units there... More crashing than shooting.
sigh I guess I'll have to wait before I can play BF2 with you all.
CPangracs
28 Jul 05, 10:39
I was on for about an hour last night but no one really joined. I did have some great dogfights with this one guy and really improved my flying skills. I can now fly the helicopters and those jets. It was amazing going at like Mach 2 just above ground level. More often than not we both crashed performing crazy manueveurs instead of actually shooting each other down.
How do I get my J-Stick working with the aircraft?! I tried, but can't seem to get it working.
Any tips? It's an older Destroyer USB stick, but should work just the same.
I didn't think that you could. It is really hard but I think you just have to master flying with the mouse and keyboard.
How do I get my J-Stick working with the aircraft?! I tried, but can't seem to get it working.
Any tips? It's an older Destroyer USB stick, but should work just the same.
Well, I know you can do it.
If I am not completely wron you attach the stick and then go into the flight controls menue. There you than select up/down or left/right and if you now move your stick in the right directions the programm should automatically dedcide that that is Joy axis X or Y and there you go. After that you simply need to configure any buttons as you like and done it is.
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