The Save Password patch will save the encrypted password. It means that for the same password on 2 different games, the encryption will not be the same. This encryption is made with the game seed. This will avoid whole map terraforming by nasty people.Ībout Password : When a client sets a password, it is encrypted before being sent to the server. This is very interesting when some companies have a lot of money. All protected company before crash will be secured upon server restart. When loading a savegame or starting a new game, if the backup files exists, its loaded into memory. Client Password Save and load on game restart.Įach time a Player set or unset company password, a backup of all passwords is made.So when game is running (paused when no clients), then if server goes down (for any good reason), Clients will loose up to 6 months work. Automatic Save Game when last client disconnects.Īutomatic save has been planified every 6 month.To avoid this and enable server to restart with the last automatic backup, I added 2 functionnalities to Goulp OpenTTD Servers : When restarting the OpenTTD Servers, a new game starts. Sometimes because I have too much hardware powered on (Computers, TV, Washing machine, Dish Washer, Micro wave oven. I have a problem at home with Power Cuts. It means that my knowledges about OpenTTD Source code is not as good at it should be to become a real OpenTTD Developper. Of course, the way it has been trunked is not the way I wrote it. This patch has been reported to flyspray - Task 2339 and has been integrated to trunk in r17488. My second Server Side patch was to improve console output by adding a timestamp with real time and ingame date. This to avoid nasty people to use bad language or destroy the map and make all good players go elsewhere. When you host public OpenTTD Server, you need to have a look at the game from the console window. Of course I learnt about becoming an OpenTTD Server admin and moderator. Server Hosting at GoulpĪfter this, i started to host OpenTTD Server. From this day i started to understand how client & server worked together. Money was added to the player, but few seconds later a desync occurs. It was a console command to give money to a particular player. Server Side Patches First Server Side Patch So I decided to host some OpenTTD Servers and give them a friendly hostname. OpenTTDĪnd what has to do OpenTTD with Goulp ? As you already know, Goulp is a friendly place where you can find friendly services. It's L'enfer (Hell) cause they are enfermé (locked in). In fact it's Hell, well its a french joke. The Goulp is a place where Shadoks are sent when they are doing stupid things. The first one is also reverse known as "Keep It Simple, Stupid" - KISS (not the french one, but the Goulp One !) "If there is no solution, it is because there is no problem."."Why do it the easy way when you can do it the hard way?".You can get information about those stupid birds on Archimede Labs or on The English Wiki. What is Goulp ? This place appears in a 1970's French TV show called Les Shadoks. The Guy from the Goulp - Goulp Guru - Initial Luukland OpenTTD Server Patch Provider - Rubiks Solver & Dog Killer. From Luukland's Servers OpenTTD Wiki Muxy
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