2142 reserve slots help

[dunkemdeep]

the way i was led to believe was that i could set up reserve slots on our 2142 server. which instead of listing all the players in the reservelist.con i could put a password in for all our clan to use which as a member joined the last public player to join would be kicked. because these slots can be taken up by the public i could set 32 reserve slots on our 32 man server.
is this the way it works or do i need to put every member of the clan in the reservelist.con
i would be very greatfull for any help in this matter and if possible some sort of direction in setting the above up:)

[K]

You need to list every member in the .con

[panpantom]

The method for reserved slots has changed with patch 1.10. However here are the fundamentals: There is never a password. You must list each soldier ID in 'reserverdslots.con' in your Clanforge profile. Do not include any prefixes used during logon, and be absolutely accurate with the spelling, syntax and and capitalisation of the names. Here is an example of how the file should look:

reservedSlots.addNick l337nifer
reservedSlots.addNick BIGballs
reservedSlots.addNick BlindAsABat
reservedSlots.addNick NunTheWiser
...

From experience I believe the limit for the number of names that will activate in the reserved slots is 64. So basically don't add more than 64 names to your list because after the 64th the entries are ignored.

In your clanforge profile you define the number of reserved slots available via the 'Settings' tab. For 48 or 64 servers I reserve 2 slots so that the sides will be even. Patch 1.10 has introduced a new method so the server will fill to capacity and when a player from reservedslots.con joins the server it should 'bump off' the most recent joiner to make space for the reservee. In reality the server seems to have problems if the most recent joiner was also a reservee in which case your joining player has to wait for someone to leave or get kicked.
So for your 32p server you could also now reserve 2 slots, the server will fill to 32p and autokick recent joiners to make space for your reservees (except for the problem I've described). I'm not sure the effect of having 32 reserved slots but please try it and then report what happens!

Tip: You can use 2142cc to add names to 'Slots' during the game and the effect will be immediate i.e. players can join as reservees without a server restart. You can also use 2142cc to add in-game players to your 'Slots'. However don't forget you must manually update reservedslots.con in Clanforge because often the 'Slots' managed by 2142cc are forgotten during a server crash or restart. Use the option to export the Slots from 2142cc to a plain text file that ensures you have them accurately recorded then add them into reservedslots.con.

OK, long-winded but I hope that helps you.

[Say_Ten]

Long winded, perhaps. Useful, defiantly ;)

[dunkemdeep]

thanks very much for the help
i will try the 32 reserve spots and post the effects:)

[.Griff.]

In your clanforge profile you define the number of reserved slots available via the 'Settings' tab.

sv.numReservedSlots $$bf2142_reservedslots$$

That part? ^^ What part needs changing or adding?

[Say_Ten]

You leave that as is. You should see a "Settings" tab in your profile edit, I believe it's just left of the "Config" tab. In there you should find a text field labelled accordingly. You edit that.

[.Griff.]

Aah ok thanks!