Cvar for sending log information to a remote IP?

(Soul Beaver) #1

Coming from the Half-Life world, there is a cvar called “logaddress” that sends all data that goes into the log files to a remote IP. Poeple use this for parsers on remote boxes.

Is there an equivilent setting in ET?

Thanks!

Soul Beaver

(Soul Beaver) #2

Not one single reply?

Can anyone answer this? If yes, what is the cvar, if no, is there any way the dev team would consider adding it?

– Soul Beaver

(DG) #3

not at all sure, but maybe :confused: check the RTCW documentation for admins on the PB site, in the settings there is:

PB_SV_LogAddr [Address / Internet Hostname]
Holds the address of the machine to which remote logging is sent (default is empty meaning the feature is not used)

PB_SV_LogPort [Port #]
Holds the listen port of the machine to which remote logging is sent (default is 0 meaning the feature is not used)

but - i dont know if this will only make punkbuster logs there, or rtcwconsole.log files aswell… maybe better of trying somewhere like www.gameadmins.com tbh :frowning: whats the intended use btw?

(Soul Beaver) #4

I write a program called “ServerInfo” that includes an Rcon feature. I also have a server-side component that relays real-time console information to the Rcon client window. Right now, this feature only works with Half-Life servers because only HLDS servers have this “logaddress” feature.

I know that it would not take much coding to include this feature, so I’m asking that the Dev team add it. I for one, do not like to have to remote control the server box to get at the console. I realize rcon implementations can let you issue commands, but I want more than that. I want real-time log information so I can see everything that’s going on with the server without having to be at the actual server console.

The “logaddress” feature of the Half-Life server, just send a UDP packet for every line that gets written to the log file to the IP address specificed in the “logaddress” cvar. They originally put this in to pass log file information to stats parsers, but my app just uses it to broadcast to all of the admins that are currently connected to my server helper app.

The ServerInfo app works with RTCW, Q3 and Half-Life master servers as a game browser and rcon console. The server helper app currently only works with Half-Life, but I really REALLY want to add RTCW/ET to this.

http://www.sciencedrive.com/ServerInfo if you’re curious. Yes, it is completely free, not shareware, no ads and not nag-ware. I do this because it’s fun. :slight_smile:

(Soul Beaver) #5

Do the developers read this message board?

(gurb) #6

The pb_X cvars all refer to PunkBuster. They have some support information on here: http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=support-et.php

have fun