E Xtreme+29 Quick Setup Guide EN
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- Legal Stuff
- Table of Contents
- Table of Contents II
- 1 About this Guide 1
- 1.1 Conventions 1
- 1.2 Intended Audience 1
- 1.3 Comments & Suggestions 1
- 2 About eXtreme+ 2
- 2.1 Features 2
- 2.2 Supported Game Types 3
- 2.3 Compatibility 4
- 2.4 Support 5
- 2.5 Donations 5
- 2.6 Development and Maintenance 5
- 2.7 Special Thanks 5
- 3 Preliminary Requirements 6
- 3.1 Game Support 6
- 3.2 Hardware 6
- 3.3 Operating Systems 6
- 3.4 Software 6
- 4 Basic Understanding 7
- 4.1 Before we Begin 7
- 4.2 eXtreme+ Distribution Packages 7
- 4.2.1 Advanced Setup 7
- 4.2.2 Fixpack 8
- 4.2.3 Optional Files 8
- 4.3 The fs_game folder 8
- 4.4 Magical IWD files 8
- 5 Installing eXtreme+ on a Rented Server 10
- 5.1 Game Installation 10
- 5.2 Maintaining a Local Shadow Copy 10
- 5.2.1 Prepare the Shadow Copy Base Folder 10
- 5.2.2 Prepare the Shadow Copy Server Folder 11
- 5.2.3 Prepare the Shadow Copy Fixpack Folder 11
- 5.2.4 Prepare the Shadow Copy Optional Folder 12
- 5.2.5 Prepare the Shadow Copy Client Folder 12
- 5.3 Update Shadow Copy Server Folder With Fixpack 13
- 5.4 Applying Optional Mods 13
- 5.5 Updating the Client IWD 13
- 5.6 Creating the Mod Folder 14
- 5.7 Installing eXtreme+ 15
- 5.8 Creating a Player Profile for the Server 16
- 5.9 Setting Up the Command Line 17
- 5.10 Basic Server Settings 20
- 5.10.1 Public Server Information 20
- 5.10.2 Network Settings 20
- 5.10.3 Player Slots 21
- Legal Stuff I
- 5.10.4 Password Settings 21
- 5.10.5 Download Redirection 21
- 5.10.6 Disable PunkBuster Setting 22
- 5.11 Start Your Game Server and Connect 23
- 5.12 To PunkBuster or Not To PunkBuster 23
- 5.13 eXtreme+ Configuration 24
- 5.14 Updating the eXtreme+ Fixpack 24
- 6 Installing eXtreme+ on a Windows Dedicated Box 26
- 6.1 Game Installation 26
- 6.2 Creating the Mod Folder 26
- 6.3 Installing eXtreme+ 26
- 6.4 Installing the eXtreme+ Fixpack 26
- 6.5 Creating a Player Profile for the Server 27
- 6.6 Creating Server Shortcut 27
- 6.7 Advanced Startup Shortcut 27
- 7 Installing eXtreme+ on a Linux Dedicated Box 29
- 7.1 Game Installation 29
- 7.2 Creating the Mod Folder 29
- 7.3 Installing eXtreme+ 29
- 7.4 Installing the eXtreme+ Fixpack 29
- 7.5 Creating a Player Profile for the Server 29
- 7.6 Using Screen for Startup 30
- 7.7 Creating a Server Startup File 30
- 7.8 Creating an Advanced Server Startup File 31
- 7.9 Creating a Server Stop File 31
- 7.10 Creating a Server Status File 31
- 8 Installing eXtreme+ on Your PC 32
- 8.1 Game Server Installation 32
- 8.2 Creating the Mod Folder 32
- 8.3 Installing eXtreme+ 33
- 8.4 Installing the eXtreme+ Fixpack 33
- 8.5 Creating a Player Profile for the Server 33
- 8.6 Creating Server Shortcuts 33
- 8.6.1 Local Dedicated Server Shortcut 33
- 8.6.2 Local Listen Server Shortcut 34
- 8.7 Basic Server Settings 34
- 8.8 Configuring eXtreme+ for Spawn Point Designer Mode 34
- 8.9 Configuring eXtreme+ for MeatBot Waypoint Designer Mode 35
- 9 Basic Configuration 36
- 9.1 Where are the Configuration Files? 36
- 9.2 How to Set Variables in Configuration Files 36
- 9.2.1 Basic Variable Extensions 37
- 9.2.2 Player Based Variable Extensions 38
- 9.2.3 Variable Extensions: Order of Processing 39
- 9.3 Where Can I Find What? 39
- 9.4 Basic Server Settings 42
- 9.4.1 Public Server Information 42
- 9.4.2 Network Settings 43
- 9.4.3 Player Slots 43
- 9.4.4 Password Settings 43
- 9.4.5 Download Redirection 43
- 9.5 Basic Mod Settings 44
- 9.5.1 Clan Logo Text 44
- 9.5.2 Welcome Messages 45
- 9.5.3 Server Messages 45
- 9.5.4 Adding Custom Maps 45
- 9.5.5 Features Requiring Optional Mods 48
- 9.5.6 On-demand Download of Custom Maps 48
- 10 Close Encounter of the Third Kind 50
- 10.1 Map Loading Screen 50
- 10.2 Cinematic Intro 50
- 10.3 Server Information Menu 51
- 10.4 Team Selection Menu 51
- 10.5 Classes Menu 52
- 10.6 Weapon Selection Menu 53
- 10.6.1 The All Weapons Menu 53
- 10.6.2 The Modern Weapons Menu 53
- 10.6.3 All From Team Weapons Menu 54
- 10.6.4 Weapon Classes 54
- 10.7 In-game Menu 55
- 10.8 Call Vote Menu 56
- 10.8.1 eXtreme+ Change Map 56
- 10.8.2 eXtreme+ Change Game Type 57
- 10.9 eXtreme+ RCON Menu 57
- 10.9.1 eXtreme+ RCON PIN Entry 57
- 10.9.2 eXtreme+ RCON Main Menu 58
- 10.9.3 eXtreme+ RCON Map Control 58
- 10.9.4 eXtreme+ RCON Player Control 59
- 10.9.5 eXtreme+ RCON MeatBot Control 59
- 10.9.6 eXtreme+ RCON Weapon Mode 60
- 10.9.7 eXtreme+ RCON Server Settings 60
- 10.9.8 eXtreme+ RCON Client Settings 61
- 10.9.9 eXtreme+ RCON Weapon Setttings 61
- 10.10 Map Voting System 62
- 10.10.1 Voting for Map 62
- 10.10.2 Voting for Game Type 62
- 10.10.3 Voting for Weapon Mode 63
- 10.10.4 The Winner Is 63
- 10.11 Main Menu 64
- 11 eXtreme+ Specialty Store (Perks) 65
- 11.1 Set Up the Specialty Store 65
- 11.2 Available Perks 65
- 11.3 How to Configure Perks 65
- 11.4 How to Buy Perks 65
- 11.5 How to Activate Perks 65
- 11.6 Damage Table 66
- 12 eXtreme+ Optional Modifications 67
- 12.1 Adding Optional Mods to Main IWD 69
- 12.2 Optional Mods in Separate IWD 69
- 13 eXtreme+ Spawn Point Designer Mode 70
- 13.1 Enabling Spawn Point Designer Mode 70
- 13.2 Welcome to Egg-land 70
- 13.3 Adding Spawn Points 70
- 13.4 Moving Spawn Points 70
- 13.5 Deleting Spawn Points 70
- 13.6 Adding Flags 70
- 13.7 Moving Flags 70
- 13.8 Saving Your Changes 70
- 13.9 Testing Your Spawn Points 70
- 14 eXtreme+ MeatBot Waypoint Designer Mode 71
- 14.1 Enabling MeatBot Waypoint Designer Mode 71
- 14.2 Welcome to Egg-land 71
- 14.3 Quick Message Control Panel 71
- 14.4 Creating and Manipulating Waypoints 71
- 14.5 Changing Waypoint Types 71
- 14.6 Checking for Errors 71
- 14.7 Activating and Manipulating BuddyBot 71
- 14.8 Saving Your Changes 71
- 14.9 Testing Your Waypoints 71
- 14.10 Creating Easy Access Binds 71
- 15 Troubleshooting 75
- 15.1 eXtreme+ Troubleshooting Tools 75
- 15.1.1 Problem Map Setting 75
- 15.1.2 Entity Management Feature 77
- 15.2 ERROR: G_ModelIndex: overflow: 79
- 15.3 ERROR: G_FindConfigStringIndex: overflow 80
- 15.4 ERROR: Out of HUD Elements 81
- 16 Additional GSP Control Panels 82
- 16.1 Gameservers.com 82
- 17 Adding CTF to a Map 85
- 17.1 Creating Flag and Spawn Locations 85
- 17.2 Preparing for Insertion 86
- 17.3 Adding the Flags 87
- 17.4 Adding the Spawn Points 87
- 18 Thumbnail Factory 88
- 18.1 Unpacking the Thumbnail Factory Archive 88
- 18.2 Creating Your Own Text Stamp 88
- 18.3 Creating Your Own Image Stamp 89
- 18.4 First Test: Creating Thumbnails 89
- 18.5 Second Test: Creating an HTML Gallery 91
- 18.6 Making Clean and Crisp Screenshots 93
- 18.6.1 Setting Up the Server 93
- 18.6.2 Setting Up the Client 94
- 18.7 Setting Up Your Own Project 95
- 18.8 Maintaining the Map List Yourself 95
- 18.9 Thumbnail Factory Version History 96
- 19 Creating Your Own Cinematic Intro 97
- 19.1 Software Needed 97
- 19.2 Creating the Video Clip 97
- 19.3 Creating the Sound Clip 97
- 19.4 Creating the ROQ Video Clip 97
- 19.5 Activating Your Intro 98
- A Version History 99
- B Credits 119
- C Table of Figures 123
- 1 About this Guide
- 2 About eXtreme+
- 3 Preliminary Requirements
- 4 Basic Understanding
- 5 Installing eXtreme+ on a Rented Server
- 5.1 Game Installation
- 5.2 Maintaining a Local Shadow Copy
- 5.3 Update Shadow Copy Server Folder With Fixpack
- 5.4 Applying Optional Mods
- 5.5 Updating the Client IWD
- 5.6 Creating the Mod Folder
- 5.7 Installing eXtreme+
- 5.8 Creating a Player Profile for the Server
- 5.9 Setting Up the Command Line
- 5.10 Basic Server Settings
- 5.11 Start Your Game Server and Connect
- 5.12 To PunkBuster or Not To PunkBuster
- 5.13 eXtreme+ Configuration
- 5.14 Updating the eXtreme+ Fixpack
- 6 Installing eXtreme+ on a Windows Dedicated Box
- 7 Installing eXtreme+ on a Linux Dedicated Box
- 7.1 Game Installation
- 7.2 Creating the Mod Folder
- 7.3 Installing eXtreme+
- 7.4 Installing the eXtreme+ Fixpack
- 7.5 Creating a Player Profile for the Server
- 7.6 Using Screen for Startup
- 7.7 Creating a Server Startup File
- 7.8 Creating an Advanced Server Startup File
- 7.9 Creating a Server Stop File
- 7.10 Creating a Server Status File
- 8 Installing eXtreme+ on Your PC
- 8.1 Game Server Installation
- 8.2 Creating the Mod Folder
- 8.3 Installing eXtreme+
- 8.4 Installing the eXtreme+ Fixpack
- 8.5 Creating a Player Profile for the Server
- 8.6 Creating Server Shortcuts
- 8.7 Basic Server Settings
- 8.8 Configuring eXtreme+ for Spawn Point Designer Mode
- 8.9 Configuring eXtreme+ for MeatBot Waypoint Designer Mode
- 9 Basic Configuration
- 10 Close Encounter of the Third Kind
- 10.1 Map Loading Screen
- 10.2 Cinematic Intro
- 10.3 Server Information Menu
- 10.4 Team Selection Menu
- 10.5 Classes Menu
- 10.6 Weapon Selection Menu
- 10.7 In-game Menu
- 10.8 Call Vote Menu
- 10.9 eXtreme+ RCON Menu
- 10.9.1 eXtreme+ RCON PIN Entry
- 10.9.2 eXtreme+ RCON Main Menu
- 10.9.3 eXtreme+ RCON Map Control
- 10.9.4 eXtreme+ RCON Player Control
- 10.9.5 eXtreme+ RCON MeatBot Control
- 10.9.6 eXtreme+ RCON Weapon Mode
- 10.9.7 eXtreme+ RCON Server Settings
- 10.9.8 eXtreme+ RCON Client Settings
- 10.9.9 eXtreme+ RCON Weapon Setttings
- 10.10 Map Voting System
- 10.11 Main Menu
- 11 eXtreme+ Specialty Store (Perks)
- 12 eXtreme+ Optional Modifications
- 13 eXtreme+ Spawn Point Designer Mode
- 14 eXtreme+ MeatBot Waypoint Designer Mode
- 14.1 Enabling MeatBot Waypoint Designer Mode
- 14.2 Welcome to Egg-land
- 14.3 Quick Message Control Panel
- 14.4 Creating and Manipulating Waypoints
- 14.5 Changing Waypoint Types
- 14.6 Checking for Errors
- 14.7 Activating and Manipulating BuddyBot
- 14.8 Saving Your Changes
- 14.9 Testing Your Waypoints
- 14.10 Creating Easy Access Binds
- 15 Troubleshooting
- 16 Additional GSP Control Panels
- 17 Adding CTF to a Map
- 18 Thumbnail Factory
- 18.1 Unpacking the Thumbnail Factory Archive
- 18.2 Creating Your Own Text Stamp
- 18.3 Creating Your Own Image Stamp
- 18.4 First Test: Creating Thumbnails
- 18.5 Second Test: Creating an HTML Gallery
- 18.6 Making Clean and Crisp Screenshots
- 18.7 Setting Up Your Own Project
- 18.8 Maintaining the Map List Yourself
- 18.9 Thumbnail Factory Version History
- 19 Creating Your Own Cinematic Intro
- A Version History
- B Credits
- C Table of Figures