Setting up Respawn on a Mac

plotz · Post by **plotz** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:04 am

I have a server, which I would love to add a hold the flag/minefield settings DF style respawn. I have a mac, my server is on a mac, but I can use Microsoft, if necessary.

The closest I got was the pigsty patch. Directions on how to setup/ where to put the patch after download would be greatly appreciated. I also do not know if this patch is mac compatible.

Would I need to shut down my server and restart it for the patch to take effect?

Thanks,
plotzki

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:28 am

I think it should work if you follow the Unix instructions. I haven't used the Unix way to compile a server on my Mac yet, so take this as my typical "OSX is Unix with a fancy UI on top" suggestion.

And yes, you certainly need to restart your server, and before that, you need to unpack the source, apply the patch, compile, and optionally install.

plotz · Post by **plotz** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 6:08 pm

Is the pigsty patch the right way to go? I couldnt find any unix instructions for this patch. could you lead me in the right direction to find the instructions, i.e. arma forums keywords search/ google keywords search? Thanks for the fast response.

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 6:16 pm

Yeah, the pig sty patch is the one that allows you to activate CTF and other cool stuff. The wiki page (found by searching our wiki for 'patch') on it describes the installation, you should follow the BSD instruction bits: http://wiki.armagetronad.net/index.php?title=Sty

plotz · Post by **plotz** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 7:08 pm

I downloaded/installed subversion and then started setting up the patch and got:

Welcome to Darwin!
arbogast-jenkins-computer:~ arbogastjenkins$ mkdir armagetronad+sty
mkdir: armagetronad+sty: File exists
arbogast-jenkins-computer:~ arbogastjenkins$ cd !^
cd armagetronad+sty
arbogast-jenkins-computer:~/armagetronad+sty arbogastjenkins$ patch -p0 </Users/arbogastjenkins/Desktop/pigsty-061021\ Folder/pigsty-061021.patch
(Stripping trailing CRs from patch.)
can't find file to patch at input line 5
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|Index: config/settings_dedicated.cfg
|===================================================================
|--- config/settings_dedicated.cfg (revision 6248)
|+++ config/settings_dedicated.cfg (working copy)
--------------------------
File to patch:

Should I have the dedicated server already open on the terminal? or is this the "file to patch?" when I try to access the dedicated server in "file to patch" it says:

File to patch: /Users/arbogastjenkins/Desktop/armegetron/armagetronad-dedicated
patching file /Users/arbogastjenkins/Desktop/armegetron/armagetronad-dedicated
Hunk #1 FAILED at 295.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file /Users/arbogastjenkins/Desktop/armegetron/armagetronad-dedicated.rej
(Stripping trailing CRs from patch.)
can't find file to patch at input line 102
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|Index: language/english_base.txt
|===================================================================
|--- language/english_base.txt (revision 6248)
|+++ language/english_base.txt (working copy)
--------------------------
File to patch:

so I remain without a clue. I also tried opening up the dedicated server in terminal first, but when I tried to access the pigsty patch it said "command CD unknown and "command patch unknown." thats all the info I have at he moment. thanks for all the help.

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:49 pm

looks like you skipped the "svn co" step.

You're the second person trying to "entering the patch" at the server console; may I inquire what made you think it could work?

plotz · Post by **plotz** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 6:14 am

the "svn co" link has a lot of choices. I go into :
src/
macosx/
then i get these choices:
# Armagetron Advanced_Prefix.pch
# English.lproj/
# Info.plist
# SDLMain.h
# SDLMain.mm
# client/
# config_common.h
# dedicated/

all of these choices lead to code, which I have no clue what to do with.

hmmmm. I guess I'd blame the baseless attempt on desperation, plus I was trying as many methods as possible in an attempt to waste less of your time

. looks like that worked impeccably.

a bit noobish at all of this, but generally well intentioned,
PLOTZ

Post by **Lucifer** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 6:19 am

Ah, the patch is a code patch, it is applied to the source code. Then you have to build the source code into a working binary. That's the basic process, at least. How it works on Mac OS X is similar but different to linux. It's similar because you use the patch program to apply the patch to the source code. It's different because the Mac OS X build system is a bit different, so building it is different.

I can't give any specific details, because I'm not a mac guy. But there you go.

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 6:29 am

Last time I tried a dedicated server could be built the normal way.

plotz · Post by **plotz** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 8:21 am

Jonathan wrote:Last time I tried a dedicated server could be built the normal way.

yes, The server is fine and dandy and dedicated, but you don't magically come back to life after you die, which really kinda sucks.

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 10:09 am

Well, I fixed a small error in the instructions on the wiki (all sources were checked out into src/, but the patch was applied to ./), but they still don't run through. Could someone who is familiar with the patch please update the instructions so they work? Checking out a source version that works with the patch would do the trick.

QUARG · Post by **QUARG** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 8:35 pm

or release 0.2.8.3 wich would include the ctf game style.

EDIT: i meant this as a temporary solution to all the questions about compiling we have been asking of late. not as a jab at the dev team. sorry for not being clear.

QUARG · Post by **QUARG** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 7:33 pm

z-man wrote: Could someone who is familiar with the patch please update the instructions so they work? Checking out a source version that works with the patch would do the trick.

Has source been added that works with the patch been posted?

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 1:19 am

Umm, sorry, I don't understand that question. None of the currently available versions of the patch works with the most up to date source versions, if that's what you're asking.

Luke-Jr · Post by **Luke-Jr** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 2:40 am

QUARG wrote:or release 0.2.8.3 wich would include the ctf game style.

Um, no. The patch is known to introduce bugs and leak memory.