[TF2] Automatic Steam Update - Page 31

robotortoise · 10-23-2014 , 12:20 Re: [ANY] Automatic Steam Update

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Originally Posted by Powerlord

You're configuring it in a steamcmd script, but SteamCMD scripts can be located anywhere. Mine are located in the steamcmd directory and not the TF2 directory.

Yeah, but isn't TF2 executing the command, so can't it know where it's located?

(I'm just throwing out hypotheticals here. I'm not attacking the plugin. If anything, I'm attacking TF2! Auto update should be built in!)

Powerlord · 10-23-2014 , 16:10 Re: [ANY] Automatic Steam Update

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Originally Posted by robotortoise

Yeah, but isn't TF2 executing the command, so can't it know where it's located?

No, the shell is executing it.

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Originally Posted by robotortoise

(I'm just throwing out hypotheticals here. I'm not attacking the plugin. If anything, I'm attacking TF2! Auto update should be built in!)

Auto update is built in... on Linux.

However, it's more difficult to do on Windows due to Windows automatically locking files. As wikipedia puts it:

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Originally Posted by Wikiepda: File locking

Any file that is executing on the computer system as a program (e.g., an EXE, COM, DLL, CPL or other binary program file format) is normally prevented by the file system from being opened for write or delete access, reporting a sharing violation, despite the fact that the program is not opened by any application. However, some access is still allowed. For example, a running application file can be renamed or copied (read) even when executing.

While there are ways around this, Valve has chosen not to do them.

Chdata · 10-23-2014 , 16:51 Re: [ANY] Automatic Steam Update

Wait what, Linux can automatically shut down my server and update?

Then again this has a really neat timer...

Powerlord · *Last edited by Powerlord; 10-23-2014 at 16:54.*

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Originally Posted by Chdata

Wait what, Linux can automatically shut down my server and update?

Then again this has a really neat timer...

Yes, but only if it's not empty... it only checks on map change.

Edit: The proper command-lin flags for Linux autoupdating are -autoupdate, -steam_dir, and -steamcmd_script

Chdata · *Last edited by Chdata; 10-23-2014 at 16:57.*

Oh well I already

Code:

#!/bin/sh
./srcds_run -console -game tf -maxplayers 24 -tickrate 66 +ip ip.ip.ip.ip -port portport +randommap -autoupdate -steam_dir ../SteamCMD/ -steamcmd_script ../SteamCMD/tf2_dis.txt

then

Which I thought only autoupdates when the server is closed.

Though... this makes restarting the server after a crash take a long time because it does a file check every time. Anyway to get around that?

I've also noticed that "exit" can close my server (and restart it automagically). Is there a difference between exit, quit, and _restart?

away000 · 10-23-2014 , 22:23 Re: [ANY] Automatic Steam Update

+randommap work with any SteamCMD game? Work with CSGO?

Dr. McKay · 10-24-2014 , 01:29 Re: [ANY] Automatic Steam Update

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Originally Posted by Chdata

-port portport

Powerlord · *Last edited by Powerlord; 10-24-2014 at 10:31.*

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Originally Posted by Chdata

Oh well I already

Code:

#!/bin/sh
./srcds_run -console -game tf -maxplayers 24 -tickrate 66 +ip ip.ip.ip.ip -port portport +randommap -autoupdate -steam_dir ../SteamCMD/ -steamcmd_script ../SteamCMD/tf2_dis.txt

then

Which I thought only autoupdates when the server is closed.

Though... this makes restarting the server after a crash take a long time because it does a file check every time. Anyway to get around that?

I've also noticed that "exit" can close my server (and restart it automagically). Is there a difference between exit, quit, and _restart?

Linux autoupdate is kinda heavyweight. There's a reason I use steamcmd_nemrun with a second process running in Daemon mode (example #2 from nemrun-steamcmd --help_examples). Even running this plugin is better than a standard auto-update check because you're only checking for updates occasionally instead of every map change.

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Originally Posted by away000

+randommap work with any SteamCMD game? Work with CSGO?

I think only TF2 supports the randommap command.

Valve added it when they started running TF2 QuickPlay servers. For a long time, randommap only worked in autoexec.cfg, until someone (read: me) complained about it not working on the command line.

Nemdox · *Last edited by Nemdox; 11-03-2014 at 23:15.*

Please make a plugin windows? On windows does not work restart command

Horsedick · 11-04-2014 , 08:54 Re: [ANY] Automatic Steam Update

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Originally Posted by Nemdox

Please make a plugin windows? On windows does not work restart command

This works fine for windows servers...all it does is send the _restart command - your startup script is what does all the rest.