EZRcon Private Slots

[N3xuS]

I use EZRcon for the server I admin and whenever I use EZRCon to make all slots private it does not work. On the server in the Server.CFG I have

seta rconpassword "password"
seta g_password "left blank no password"
seta sv_privatepassword "password"

Changing the maps and everything else works with EZRcon just won't make All Slots Private...it sez on screen that ALL SLOTS ON THIS SERVER ARE PRIVATE NOW.
Any suggestions....I would really appreciate it. Thanx
By the way...excellent site, I have learned alot from it.

[Defiant]

all EZRcon does is give the command for private slots,i haven't used it in awhile,but i checked it after reading your post and it worked fine.
if you have pakscape,open the pk3 and check in the ui folder and then EZRcon.urc,check to make sure the set private slot command is right.

[GaSplat]

If the private password is "". then it will appear not to work but in fact will work.

Also, passwords are not checked until map load for players that are already on. It does not take effect for them until they have to next authenticate (on map load).

[SNYPE]

Theres a mistake in the cfg file, EZRcon.cfg
You will need to open this file and edit a line then resave it.

Change this line to the number of slots you have on the server so that it can set ALL of your slots to be private:

alias ezr_private "ezr_floodoff;exec EZRcon_password;ezr_wait;exec scripts/EZRcon_privpw; ezr_wait; rcon set sv_privateClients 0;ezr_wait;restart;ezr_say_prv;"

change sv_privateClients 0 to the number of slots you have.

[N3xuS]

I opened that file and edited it with the number of slots on server but still notta, sez all slots are private now but guest can still come into server even after new map or restart. Thanx for taking yer time to help me out.

[SNYPE]

I opened that file and edited it with the number of slots on server but still notta, sez all slots are private now but guest can still come into server even after new map or restart. Thanx for taking yer time to help me out.
Somethings not quite right...you can do some basic troubleshooting to figure this out.
Once you have run the Privat command from EZRcon...open the console and enter the cvar in the console and it should return the current value.
For instance:
if on the server console enter:
sv_privateclients
...it should return the value then you can tell if its getting set.
Do the same with priavetpassword. I think you will find that one or the other is not getting set. Then all you need to do is check the scripts in the cfg to see where the command is and if there is something wrong with it.

[N3xuS]

Snipers still coming in. I did the All Slots Private on EZRcon then went to the game console and typed in sv_privateclients ... it sed "sv_Privateclients" is "0" default "0" Also did the "sv_privatepassword" and it sed privatepassword is "default" Ima confused as to what to do next. Once again thanx for yer help, w/o this forum I would be lost.

[GaSplat]

You need to set both of those.

set sv_privateclients to whatever sv_maxclients is set to.

set sv_privatepassword to whatever you want it to be.

Example:

seta sv_privateclients 24 // assumes sv_maxclients is 24
seta sv_privatepassword "myprivpass"

[SNYPE]

EZRcon should be able to do all of this without entering commands thru console as long as you set it up correctly.
The EZRcon zip contains the pk3, 3 cfg files and a Readme.
cfgs:
EZRcon.cfg--settings and alias scripts
EZRcon_password.cfg---for setting a password for the server
EZRcon_privatepassword.cfg--for setting password for Private Slots

If you add your Rconpassword to the startup shortcut (or input it manually when you after you start) of your client, add the Private Password to the EZRcon_privatepassword.cfg and change the number of private slots in the script as in the post above it should all work fine.
The reason you see sv_Privateclients" is "0" default "0" Also did the "sv_privatepassword" and it sed privatepassword is "default" is most likely because you did not enter the rconpassword before you tried to change the cvars.

Check the Readme file in the zip, it has all of the instructions there.

[N3xuS]

Just about to give up....still can't git it. totally bummed out. gonna be lookin for new wife if i dont git it soon. thanx

[N3xuS]

Okie Dokie I got it to work like this, I made a match.cfg and a ffamatch.cfg and made the max and private clients the same numbers. Instead of using EZRcon I bring up the console in game and type rcon exec match.cfg or ffamatch.cfg then server gits password protected, once I have that set I can use the EZRcon to change the different dm maps. Once I git done I go back into console and type rcon exec server.cfg then it goes back to public, then if that doesn't always go I just restart server and all is well. At least I can git server locked this way, although it woulda been nice to totally do everything through EZRcon, that way would have been easy for all the admins. Might git it fixed yet tho. Got any other ideas? Can't stress enuf how much I appreciate yer time, without this forum I wouldn't know Jack. Thank You 4 helping a newbie admin. MOHADMIN.COM / THANK YOU

[N3xuS]

I reread Defiaint's earlier post above :

all EZRcon does is give the command for private slots,i haven't used it in awhile,but i checked it after reading your post and it worked fine.
if you have pakscape,open the pk3 and check in the ui folder and then EZRcon.urc,check to make sure the set private slot command is right.

I got pakscape but I don't understand nuthin bout them files...ima newbie, what can I say. sry.

[SNYPE]

You wont need to open the pk3 for the PrivateClients stuff because all of the info is in the cfg files.
Heres all you need to do:
1. You already fixed the "set sv_privateClients 0" code in the EZRcon.cfg so doublecheck to make sure its ok----
alias ezr_private "ezr_floodoff;exec EZRcon_password;ezr_wait;exec scripts/EZRcon_privpw; ezr_wait; rcon set sv_privateClients 16;ezr_wait;restart;ezr_say_prv;"

2. Open EZRcon_privatepassword.cfg and add your Privatepassword to it.
3. Make sure all 3 cfg file and the EZRcon pk3 are in your Main folder.
4. Start your game, enter your rconpassword in the console.