CoD-Server-Control
 

Hello pilots,

I like to introduce you a little tool I have programmed to control the startup of Steam and launcher.exe and then it watches every minute whether or not everything is still running.

The tool has right now the following features:

• It deletes the cache folder if you have set it up
• It starts Steam with the input credentials. Start call is: -single_core -tcp -retry -login ' & $sSteamUser & ' ' & $sSteamPassword & ' ' & '-applaunch 63950 -server'
• If an error occurs, it stops Steam and launcher.exe and makes a complete restart
• It writes everything what it is doing into the GUI and a logfile
• You can set what you want to log (Infos, Warnings, Errors)
• You can configure to receive an email if an event occurs
• You can set the program to autorun the server when it starts
• It saves all settings to an inifile
• The passwords of Steam and the optional SMTP server password are saved with RC4 encryption in the inifile
• It supports English and German at the moment (if one want to translate the labels into an additional language, then let me know, I can provide a list)

At the moment it (hopefully) detects every Steam window which can appear (because I couldn't test them all -> have to wait until they appear. At the moment it reacts to situations I experienced and the ideas from the Repka Server, provided by Ataros here in the forum) and if the process launcher.exe disappear. If one of these things happen it stopps Steam and launcher.exe and restarts the server. But that's just a start. I want to encourage you to test it and if you have wishes or improvements or you find errors then I will do my very best to implement them. Enclosed you see a couple of pics of the program and the download link.

Feedback very appreciated !!! ~S~


Edit:
Almost forgotten: If you activate info events AND email notification the program will spam your inbox, 'cause an info event occours at least every minute... ;)

ftp://ftp.stg2immelmann.de/CoD/CoD-S...er-Control.exe

any external program that asks for steam username and password is a big no no. sorry

That's the last thing what I need, sorry. One line of no case sensitive text, and only destructive b********t !!!!

You do not have to use the program. Tell me how you solve the problem of server crashes and how you AUTOMATICALLY restart everything wihtout the necessary credentials

For all others: If one is interested I can provide the sourcecode, so that you can compile it on your own...

I don't understand it but I'm interested since our group run a server. I'll point our guru to it. Thanks ~S~

I know of at least three different people (Collander, Willie, Winni) working on a COD commander. Perhaps it's time to pool resources into a common effort. maybe starting a single thread with commander suggestions to help direct a coordinated project?