Didn't like a good bit of the custom Pl maps sadly, it was easy to hold down choke points with spy, and I'm horrible at spy.

Several of them we played were good though, I'd like to see them stuck on the DLP server. The Egyptian one was decent, but sniper heaven.

 

So, for anyone laying tf2, I found an interesting plugin for IRC users... SteamIRC is a plugin for any Source based game. TF2, CS:S, etc... With ZNC you're supposed to be able to link your SteamIRC and IRC client together so you're only using one name.


Screen Caps of Basic Setup...




Quick Guide to Install SteamIRC is Quick:

Navigate to your C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\<yourusername>\<the game you want to install SteamIRC on>\<abbreviation of your game name> folder.

Example: C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\ragebuddha\team fortress 2\tf

This folder will be called the "game folder" from now on.

First, open the cfg folder in your game folder.
If you already have an autoexec.cfg file, then open that file and append the contents of the autoexec.cfg provided with SteamIRC.
Otherwise, just copy the autoexec.cfg provided.

Now open the autoexec.cfg, as it allows you to set some options. Follow the instructions in the file.

Now copy all the other folders ("addons" and "resource") in the ZIP to your game folder. If it asks if you want to merge folders, choose yes.

SteamIRC is now installed. If it doesn't work ingame, try the solution in the autoexec.cfg.

Long Guide to Setting Up SteamIRC and ZNC is Long:

Obviously; Download SteamIRC and ZNC.
Extract SteamIRC to your Source Game folder; C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\<yoursteamaccount>\Team Fortress 2\tf\ for example...
Extract ZNC, I'll assume you're putting it in C:\Program Files\ZNC
Go to Start > Run.
Type: "C:\Program Files\ZNC\ZNC.exe" --makeconf (WITH the quotes for computer n00bs like Bio...)
and click OK

A screen will pop up that will ask you several questions.
Remember everything you typed here well, as you will need it later.
Answer with this:

1. What port to listen on? 6667
2. Listen using SSL? no
3. Listen using ipv6? no
4. Listen Host: 127.0.0.1
5. Load any global modules? no
6. Username: <your username, for example angryzor>
7. Password: <a password that for some reason you HAVE to set -_->
8. Password confirm: Type it again
9. Would you like this user to be an admin? yes
10. Nick: <the nick you want to use on the irc network (e.g. angryzor)>
11. Alt Nick: <an alternative nick>
12. Ident: <your IRC user name. (e.g. hwguy)>
13. Real Name: <your real name. (e.g. Heavy Weapons Guy>
14. VHost: <nothing, just press enter>
15. Number of lines blabla: <nothing, just press enter>
16. Keep buffers: <nothing, just press enter>
17. Default channel modes: <nothing, just press enter>
18. Automatically load user modules? no
19. IRC server: <the irc server you want to connect to (what you would normally put in irc_hostname, e.g. irc.quakenet.org)>
20. IRC port: <the port to connect to (~ irc_host_port, e.g. 6667)>
21. Password: <if your IRC server requires a password (not likely), enter it here, otherwise just leave empty>
22. Use SSL? <if you want a secure connection, you can enter yes. otherwise enter no. note that this also depends on the IRC port (usually it's 7001 for secure connections)>
23. Add another server? no
24. Add a channel for ZNC to auto join? no (unless you really want that, but your irc client is likely to autojoin anyway)
25. Setup another user? no
26. Start ZNC now? no

The window will close.

Solving an annoyance
Now, there is an annoying thing about ZNC. This thing is: it opens a DOS prompt while running. It just sits there on your desktop doing nothing. So, we want to get rid of that.

The easiest way i can think of right now is using a script that runs it with a hidden window.

Open Notepad. Type the following lines into it:

Code:

var sh = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
sh.Run("\"<znc folder>\\ZNC.exe\"",0); 

WHILE MAKING SURE THAT YOU REPLACE ALL BACKSLASHES WITH DOUBLE BACKSLASHES!!!

Example:

Code:

var sh = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
sh.Run("\"C:\\program files\\znc\\ZNC.exe\"",0); 

Save that in your ZNC folder, under the name runznc.js (make sure you set "Save as type" to "All files (*.*)")

Making ZNC autorun

Yeah, well... this depends on your flavor.
Once you run it, it will connect to the IRC server and it will appear to people on IRC as if you are online (you won't join any channels though).

So either you choose to run it automatically when windows boots, you choose to run it manually, or you devise a devious personal way. ^^
Whatever you choose, your irc client won't be able to connect without it.

To make it run automatically, right click the start button, click open.
Enter "Programs" and "Startup" (if the latter doesn't exist create it).
Make a shortcut to runznc.js here (by just dragging it to the folder while holding down CONTROL and SHIFT).
Just make a shortcut in Programs if you want to run it manually.

Almost there: connecting to ZNC with your standard client

Add a new server to your client's known servers.

Call it ZNC, and make it use the following data:
hostname: localhost
port: 6667
password: <username>:<password> (those are the username and password you had to enter at the beginning of ZNC's configuration, NOT the ident!)

Make sure your user data is identical to what you entered in ZNC's configuration.

Now start ZNC by clicking the shortcut you made in the start menu.

Tell your irc client to use the ZNC server you added, connect and off you go. Your first irc client is connected.

Last step: editing SteamIRC's autoexec.cfg file.

set irc_hostname to "localhost"
set irc_host_port to "6667"
set irc_host_pass to "<username>:<password>"

Make sure your username/nick etc setting are IDENTICAL to those you entered during the configuration of ZNC.

Now start TF2, and both clients should be connected to the same nick.

[SteamIRC Sauce]
[SteamIRC/ZNC Sauce]

Edit;

Digging a little further, I found DmIRC. I haven't played with it, so I dun know how different it is...

 

Raven would you consider adding these to your server if we don't have them already?


Payload frontier
http://www.fpsbanana.com/maps/74124

Payload Cranetop
http://www.fpsbanana.com/maps/65823

Payload Cashworks
http://www.fpsbanana.com/maps/69298

Vash has a pretty nice looking one Stalingrad something, that was interesting to play on.

 

pl_stalingrad_b5

 

Epic sauce. My stats, one map: Hoodoo. Would of been higher but I crashed a few times after the map started. Awesome time, me and Chaos had the spies after us 3 at a time. We held about 12 ppl inside their base for around 5 minutes before a massive pyro and heavy rush wiped us out. And by we, I mean like me, chaos, and a few other DLPers.

 

Also Raven, (/me glares at Jon) can you check out my access to admin fuctions? Jon has a fu... er.. lovely habit of turning on uber low gravity or other fun options, that aren't bad at the time, but when we get full up I can't access the rcon command to turn off.

Gravity was stuck at nearly nonexistent for a few hours because I couldn't get the idiots to vote to turn the shit off, despite ppl leaving enmasse over it. I do /admin or /sm_admin and I get the popup box but only options 1-5, no rcon, no ability to really change anything but the map and teams for ppl.

Be awesome too if you could enable whatever it is for [DLP] ppl to be immune from autobalancing.

Our server is pretty serious business I think, everytime I've checked it lately it's had a steady number of folks, even without DLP presence there.

 

My bad then, you got blamed for it when I asked, and I know you has a habit of it =P

Either way, I still have no way of changing it back other then forcing a vote.

 

Sree also has a habit of blowing me.

 

What's with the crowds lately? Usually the server's empty until enough DLPers gather to reach critical mass and start attracting randoms, but now every time I look in there's like 20 people minimum, and usually none of them DLPers.

 

We just have such an awesome server, people can't stay away.

 

A few ppl from Cybernations know it's GOD on that server, they're in there some, others are just folks who like the way we roll and how we throw out idiots in a heartbeat.

 

Aw yiss.

 

Not quite my 226 from earlier in the thread, but yeah nice =P Having Chaos with you always makes a fun run. Those guys were maaaaadddd, lol

 

Didn't you know? Heavies are OP, and give an unfair advantage.

 

Raven. Can you add me to the reserve list?

 

And only pussies use them!

 

Heh I haven't played this game in forever, I'll try and hop on in the next couple of days. When do most of you all tend to play?