Track rotation on dedicated servers

[Hubschrauber]

In my opinion it would be nice if a dedicated server not just restarts the same track after the race is finished. A track rotation (maybe alphabetical) would be nice.
Maybe also just a optional one with a parameter set in the ini-file. "trackrotation = 1" oder "trackrotation = 0" for example.

Best wishes,
Marian

[PiBoSo]

Thank you for the suggestion.
Dedicated server setup has been extended.
There are up to 10 "slots" and the dedicated server will use the next one at each restart until it reaches the end and wraps to the first one.
An example:

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track = Lonato
track2 = Lonato
track2_layout = Short
track3 = Essay
track4 = Essay

As you can see tracks can be also be repeated.

This feature will be available in next build.

[dibu]

Nice

Are there other features planed for the dedicated server administration?
For example: If I want to change and restart a server, I can't see whether someone is logged in. I have to start KRP and look, if I don't want to ruin a race.

@Hubschrauber
Are your servers stable when an admin-user changes the track from KRP? I had sometimes a dedcated server crash when I tested this feature.

[Aritz]

Are there other features planed for the dedicated server administration?
For example: If I want to change and restart a server, I can't see whether someone is logged in. I have to start KRP and look, if I don't want to ruin a race.

agree 

[PiBoSo]

Are there other features planed for the dedicated server administration?
For example: If I want to change and restart a server, I can't see whether someone is logged in. I have to start KRP and look, if I don't want to ruin a race.

Would it be ok to have the server print a line each time a client connects / disconnects with the total number of active clients?
Or it could print the each status change ( Waiting, Practice, ..., Final, ... )

[dibu]

Would it be ok to have the server print a line each time a client connects / disconnects with the total number of active clients?
Or it could print the each status change ( Waiting, Practice, ..., Final, ... )

Yes both informations would be very useful. It would be also good to have some infos about the usage of a server. If a server is not often used, I can replace the track with a more attractive one.

For people who organize races it would be good to have an option to decide when replays or other stats are written. At the moment they are only written, if the complete session was finished.

[Hubschrauber]

Hey PiBoSo!

That sounds great
Maybe for a later version a solution for adding the tracks without the .ini would be nice (with some small graphical interface like it's done in the other race-simulation dedicated servers perhaps).

@Hubschrauber
Are your servers stable when an admin-user changes the track from KRP? I had sometimes a dedcated server crash when I tested this feature.

Yes, sometimes our servers also crash on trackchange. But we have addon-tracks on the servers since day 1... So i can't say for sure if it's an overall problem or maybe just track-related

[dibu]

Yes, sometimes our servers also crash on trackchange. But we have addon-tracks on the servers since day 1... So i can't say for sure if it's an overall problem or maybe just track-related

That's why I'm still hesitating to make the admin PW for my servers public. I'm waiting for your experiences with the public PW. Thanks for testing it.