ETAdmin v NQ

(BlackEight) #1

Hey
I am absolutely going out of my mind about that sucky crap called etadmin. I works on its own accord and there is nth i can do in order to make him work fine…I want to ask about some of etadmin settings…i mean, whether there is a chance to copy them.

For egzample, with admin there is XXX DREW FIRST BLOOD! in the cp when first frag is made. NQs got in in cpm and i think it lookes also good in the cp. Is there any possibility of altering that in NQ? I tried with that .dll files but once i alterered them and restarted server, it all crushed: /

Kind regards

(stealth6) #2

no easy way of altering that in NQ nope…

(BlackEight) #3

But why? Isnt this just a matter of changing Firs Blood announcer? I opened the qagame_mp_x86 with notepad and found cpm “^7%s ^7drew ^1FIRST BLOOD ^7from ^7%s^7!”. I tried to change message position into cp but server crushed : / I do hope am not making a fool of me by presenting you how i tried to change this :slight_smile: I know nth about programing but there must be some way of changing that!

(ailmanki) #4

I suppose your change is possible, but notepad will probably screw lots of things up… If you want to use that ehrm very straigth hammering method… use a hexeditor, if it still crashes, try to replace the text with some text which has the exact same length… yer Still that might not work… Its not thought for humans to read or modify… but its surely possible to modify when you know whats going on.

(Paul) #5

This is possible… even with notepad you can edit some parts of the files.
Where it gone wrong is that you changed:

cpm “^7%s ^7drew ^1FIRST BLOOD ^7from ^7%s^7!”

to

cp “^7%s ^7drew ^1FIRST BLOOD ^7from ^7%s^7!”

The problem here is that the 2nd string is 1 character too short :slight_smile: This will cause problems with addressing and stuff… for you this is easy to fix: change it to

cp "^7%s ^7drew ^1FIRST BLOOD ^7from ^7%s^7! "

(an extra space at the end)… this should work I think :wink:

(BlackEight) #6

Am sorry it didnt…
When i changed that file qagame_mp_x86 (adde cp "^7%s ^7drew ^1FIRST BLOOD ^7from ^7%s^7! ") then server worked fine. I mean, server started after restart but there was no FIRST BLOOD in the cp anyway. But when i altered qagame.mp.i386 then server adter restart didnt start.

I tried to put them differently…i mean i altered qagame_mp_x86 and put it along with not qagame.mp.i386 which allowed to start server after restart. Then i tried to put both of them altered but server didnt run. It seems like if i make any changes with qagame.mp.i386 then it all messes up : /

If i cant alter them anyway…then can i create such qagame.mp.i386 file myself?

(Paul) #7

Depends on it… if you want to change it on nq version 1.2.3 or 1.2.5 or 1.2.7 it’s possible because that code is available. Rest is unavailable

(system) #8

uhm, you really think its a good idea just to edit compiled files ?
At least first check if its opensource and then edit the source and recompile it.

Giving hints on how to edit compiled files is plainly wrong…

edit : Blackeight, if its etpub or NQ you can get the sources and edit/compile it. Dunno wich version from NQ are open, thought 1.27 is closed but i am probably wrong :slight_smile:

(BlackEight) #9

Yeah…i want to run that on 127 nq mod. Do you have any idea where i could find such sources?

(system) #10

Dunno to be honest. Maybe try directly at their site www.shitstorm.org :slight_smile: Or them forums : http://forums.shitstorm.org/ …

(Paul) #11

They closed source since the issue with me (that I released that DB extention)… so sux… anyway… I still have the latest sources that I got from somebody and I’ve no problem sharing it with you… will sent you it tomorrow or something.

(system) #12

uhm, yeah probably cause of you and dont you think that when its closed it should not be spreaded anymore ?
Are you really this disrespectfull…even tho not all is clear atm. at least do try to respect what they wished.
Don’t act like a child please. They clearly said that they are bothered by your release and they closed it cause of that. So show some dignity and dont share sources they closed…

(-SSF-Sage) #13

[QUOTE=dutchman;216679]uhm, yeah probably cause of you and dont you think that when its closed it should not be spreaded anymore ?
Are you really this disrespectfull…even tho not all is clear atm. at least do try to respect what they wished.
Don’t act like a child please. They clearly said that they are bothered by your release and they closed it cause of that. So show some dignity and dont share sources they closed…[/QUOTE]

Double that.

(BlackEight) #14

Sorry to put you guys that way.Am just trying to make my server more unique. 127 is kinda big step forward you know…much different then previous nq mods. Yet i wish i could see nq mod as flexible as etadmin is.

Thank you for Your feedbacks.

(system) #15

Blackeight, i would just ask the NQ people if i were you. They are pretty nice to talk with imho.
Just editing this kinda way is just wrong :slight_smile:

I would head over to shitstorm.org, register and kindly ask in their forum or pm or maybe give them an idea or something :slight_smile: Maybe they like it to put it in their next version :slight_smile:

(BlackEight) #16

Blackeight, i would just ask the NQ people if i were you. They are pretty nice to talk with imho.
Just editing this kinda way is just wrong

I would head over to shitstorm.org, register and kindly ask in their forum or pm or maybe give them an idea or something Maybe they like it to put it in their next version

Rodger, rodger

:slight_smile: