php, and map cycling?

Blaze · Post by **Blaze** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 2:19 am

I want to open a racing server, and I asked Animuson how to cycle maps and he said you need to configure your "php" but I have NO clue what php is or how to cycle maps...

Please help!

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:26 am

php is a programming language, especially popular for generating dynamic websites such as this. This map rotator also uses it:
http://wiki.armagetronad.net/index.php? ... p_Rotation
so you need it installed on your system.

Alternatively to the external rotator, you can use a server from the 0.3 development series, they have map and config rotation built in.

Blaze · Post by **Blaze** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 5:24 pm

So, Ive downloaded Lucifers map cycling program, but where exactly do I put it?

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 5:51 pm

Looks to me the location doesn't matter. Have you tried reading the included README?

Oh, of course, Lucifer's script is in Python, not PHP. The CT scripts are PHP, I think.

Blaze · Post by **Blaze** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:58 pm

All I now really want to know is how to cycle maps, I have no clue if that has ANYTHING to do with php or not...

Actually...I just reread Lucifers settings and it says "Not known to work in Windows"

wrtlprnft · Post by **wrtlprnft** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:09 pm

That's not the same as “known not to work under windows”. It very likely will, it's just that noone tested it.

Blaze · Post by **Blaze** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:45 pm

So...theres a chance that, it could work...or...is there another one that someone knows of that would work 4 windows...?

Post by **Lucifer** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:05 pm

I hven't looked at my map rotator in some time, so I don't remember if I did anything linux-specific in it or not. I may have. I'm willing to help you get it working, but you'll have to post error messages and tracebacks.

And wrtlprnft is right, "not known to work in windows" doesn't mean "doesn't work in windows". Just that nobody has tried it. I usually use what's considered best practices in the python world for cross-platform programming. So I've actually written python programs that I couldn't test in windows or mac os x that, when tested by somebody else, worked without modification. So give it a shot, eh?

Blaze · Post by **Blaze** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 12:11 am

I opened scripts and added the map_file settings, do I now put it in the 'resource' folder in my Armagetron configuration?

kyle · Post by **kyle** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 3:18 am

Z-Man wrote:The CT scripts are PHP, I think.

You think right for the most part. I'm trying some python stuff now though

smoothice · Post by **smoothice** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:36 am

Blaze wrote:I want to open a racing server, and I asked Animuson how to cycle maps and he said you need to configure your "php" but I have NO clue what php is or how to cycle maps...

Please help!

If you get server version 0.3.1 or compile the latest trunk you can use the built in map/config rotation engine.

wrtlprnft · Post by **wrtlprnft** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:26 am

kyle wrote:
Z-Man wrote:The CT scripts are PHP, I think.
You think right for the most part. I'm trying some python stuff now though

IIRC there was some perl stuff in the mean time, too. Too bad “ruby” doesn't start with a 'p', otherwise it would make a perfect addition.

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