Baka Admin + SolTV v0.8.8 ~ A comfortable admin client.

[jrgp]

aaanyway... SolTV shouldn't beable to be run on a linux server (if it's gonna be up and running all the time, then you need a server running it), so the demo saving should be in the baka admin client, since that's supposedly able to run under linux?

putting autodemo on soldat gather servers and soldat ladder servers would be quite interessting.

You're living in a different reality..

Baka nor SolTV can run under Linux because of their dependence on Windows tools, such as the Winapi and DirectX. I've tried both of them under Wine and they don't work well. Baka admin client has never "supposedly been able to run under linux."

If you want some sort of auto record just have baka run nonstop on a windows machine connected to a remote linux soldatserver.

[-Major-]

you just said earlier that baka admin should work on a linux server -.-...
there's a big difference between connected to a linux server and running on a linux server.

well, having baka admin running on a home pc is certainly possible... but that's just ugly -.-.

[jrgp]

you just said earlier that baka admin should work on a linux server -.-...
there's a big difference between connected to a linux server and running on a linux server.

Yes, there is a big difference, but you're not being clear which one you're talking about. It can work on a linux server in that it can connect to one, but not run on a linux machine.

well, having baka admin running on a home pc is certainly possible... but that's just ugly -.-.

Christ, stop being a whiny b***h and deal with it. Or just rent a windows server and run it there.

[VirtualTT]

Ok, new version is released!
Also new release includes several new SolTV features (now it's possible to type commands in SolTV) along with large set of options to customize it (font and all the colours SolTV is using for text hood and polygons are fully customizable now), and several bug fixes as well as minor performance improvements.
Release notes for Baka Admin v0.7.2

See the first post for the download link.

[VirtualTT]

It seems that term "sys menu" is somewhat confusing for most of the ppl so they can't find Always on top option is SolTV. Sys menu is the default menu that every window has - normally it contains items such as minimize, move, close etc. You can call it be clicking on the small icon in the window caption, right-clicking anywhere on the caption or on the corresponding preview bar (see the image below). BA also has two additional items (to hide/restore local dedicated servers) there.

Small bug with players and bots counters in the captions of the inactive tabs not updated will be fixed in the next release.

From: August 21, 2010, 03:51:17 pmOk, new version is released!
This release contains a set of IP db improvements: now it has new format and much faster search algorithm, complete country name is being displayed as tooltip over flag in players list, db itself was updated (now it's using fresh august info) and also small tool to manually update it with CSV DB also included (see readme). Fixed bug with tab captions not refreshed and various minor things.
Release notes for Baka Admin v0.7.3

See the first post for the download link.


Also this is probably the last major BA update from me. When (and if) new Soldat servers will be released i'm going to maintain compatibility. But the rest of ToDo list i'm leaving on some volunteers. Feel free to download & edit it's source code.

[VirtualTT]

Updated ip db (september 2010) attached.

[Illuminatus]

Also this is probably the last major BA update from me. When (and if) new Soldat servers will be released i'm going to maintain compatibility. But the rest of ToDo list i'm leaving on some volunteers. Feel free to download & edit it's source code.

Noooo.
Pls implement the first two items (thats were ARSSE is better):
# More options to customize server log colours.
# Some means to filter unwanted messages.
(It's really hard to read the server log since it's only in one color).

Together with the possibility to play a soundfile when someone writes something (e.g. when some player writes "hax" or "hacker" it plays the notification sound so I know to check the server) this would be all I need.

[Silnikos]

Also this is probably the last major BA update from me. When (and if) new Soldat servers will be released i'm going to maintain compatibility. But the rest of ToDo list i'm leaving on some volunteers. Feel free to download & edit it's source code.

Noooo.
Pls implement the first two items (thats were ARSSE is better):
# More options to customize server log colours.
# Some means to filter unwanted messages.
(It's really hard to read the server log since it's only in one color).

Together with the possibility to play a soundfile when someone writes something (e.g. when some player writes "hax" or "hacker" it plays the notification sound so I know to check the server) this would be all I need.

I would add some simple scripting aswell and ARSSE's times would be gone.

[VirtualTT]

Illuminatus these are already in TO DO list, however i really don't have any time to work on it now.
Silnikos scripting is not going to be implemented. This have been already discussed several times.

[Silnikos]

Silnikos scripting is not going to be implemented. This have been already discussed several times.

Yes I know that, but I still don't get why. You said few pages before that you don't like the way ARSSE's scripting is used. But imo some simple onData event with possibility to send /command back would be enough - just to make the admin client able to respond to anything. Now you cannot even answer for !admin calls, which makes Baka Admin pretty much useless (so many hackers nowadays, you know ;-)), which is just waste of a great looking so far piece of code.

[VirtualTT]

Scripting system ARSSE has was made before servers received proper scripting support and is mostly aimed at server enchantment. So today it's kinda worthless since everything can be coded to run on the server (which is way better since there is no need for the admin client to be connected all the time and no problems when several connected admin clients execute same or opposite commands; also server scripting uses normal syntax and offers greater capabilities). The only feature in ARSSE scripting aimed on client application itself is customizable logging. But this can also be implemented as server script. Btw i had an idea to add feature to browse server logs by downloading them from server.
BA already has highlight if someone types !admin. Adding customizable list of highlight messages shouldn't be a problem.

[Illuminatus]

Btw, where is the default highlight sound file ("baka") located? Is it hardcoded?

[VirtualTT]

It's in resourses.dll You can find original wav in the source code rar.
It's from  4th ep of Baka to test.

[VirtualTT]

Updated ip db (november 2010) attached.

[VirtualTT]

Updated ip db (december 2010) attached.

[Stuffy]

Im useing your program all the time. Its nice, but I have a few suggestions. I hope its okay if Im posting them here:

1. Make a checkbox or something to disable the auto-scrolling too the bottom of the console. Its really annoying if you like to copy a ip or something and it keeps scrolling down. (If theres already a button to do this, Im sorry for my stupidness.)
2. The possible to rename tabs and add them as a bookmark via right-clicking on them.
3. Make different colors for the console like in arsse, sometimes its hard to see whats going on.
4. If theres a large amout of text being sended by the server, baka seems to crash. (f.e. if some stupid hacker is brute-force-crashing the server.)
5. Also, a auto-/say-checkbox would be nice. I know you can do it with ctrl+enter, but it would be a nice to have.
6. The error-messages of SolTv are annoying, because they minimize every other application if they pop-up, which happens quite often because of unknown textures or something. Maybe you could make them less dominant or remove them completely.

Thats all right now. Maybe I'll add more later.

[VirtualTT]

1,3 log window enchantments are already in TODO list
2 If server link is in the bookmarks list tab will get custom title automatically. Adding "Add to bookmarks" item to the tab context menu is a nice idea, added in TODO list.
5 I was thinking about changing Enter key functionality to prefix "/say" automatically if typed text doesn't start with "/" and Ctrl+Enter to send text as it is. This probably would be more comfortable as server admins usually tend to chat with players more than with other admins. Adding checkbox to alternate this behavior wouldn't be a problem.
4,6 What kind of error messages are you getting and when?

[Stuffy]

4: Different type of messages, Admin failed to connect (IP), or just some spam from a script.
6: If a new map loads, sometimes it says me "Could not load texture" or something like that, I'll check it exactly if Im at home. And, if the server disconnects, its says "Connection Lost" in its dominant way (Error noise and minimize every other application-window).

Also, I little response to the player if he enters !admin would be nice, something like in arsse.

[VirtualTT]

4: But what exact message leads to crash?

HL on !admin is already implemented.

[Stuffy]

Not one message, I think its the amout of them.

HL on !admin is already implemented.

Uhm, okay.