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# OpenTTD's admin network
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Last updated: 2011-01-20
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## Table of contents
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- 1.0) [Preface](#10-preface)
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- 2.0) [Joining the network](#20-joining-the-network)
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- 3.0) [Asking for updates](#30-asking-for-updates)
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- 3.1) [Polling manually](#31-polling-manually)
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- 4.0) [Sending rcon commands](#40-sending-rcon-commands)
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- 5.0) [Sending chat](#50-sending-chat)
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- 5.1) [Receiving chat](#51-receiving-chat)
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- 6.0) [Disconnecting](#60-disconnecting)
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- 7.0) [Certain packet information](#70-certain-packet-information)
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## 1.0) Preface
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The admin network provides a dedicated network protocol designed for other
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applications to communicate with OpenTTD. Connected applications can execute
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console commands remotely (rcon commands) with no further authentication.
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Furthermore information about clients and companies can be provided.
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Admin applications remain connected when starting a new game or loading a saved
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game in contrast to normal OpenTTD clients that get disconnected.
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This document describes the admin network and its protocol.
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Please refer to the mentioned enums in `src/network/core/tcp_admin.h`
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Please also note that further improvements to the admin protocol can mean that
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more packet types will be sent by the server. For forward compatibility it is
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therefore wise to ignore unknown packets. Future improvements might also add
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additional data to packets. This data should be ignored. Data will never be
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removed from packets in later versions, except the possibility that complete
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packets are dropped in favour of a new packet.
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This though will be reflected in the protocol version as announced in the
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`ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_PROTOCOL` in section 2.0).
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A reference implementation in Java for a client connecting to the admin interface
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can be found at: [http://dev.openttdcoop.org/projects/joan](http://dev.openttdcoop.org/projects/joan)
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## 2.0) Joining the network
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Create a TCP connection to the server on port 3977. The application is
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expected to authenticate within 10 seconds.
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To authenticate send a `ADMIN_PACKET_ADMIN_JOIN` packet.
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The server will reply with `ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_PROTOCOL` followed directly by
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`ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_WELCOME`.
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`ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_PROTOCOL` contains details about the protocol version.
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It is the job of your application to check this number and decide whether
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it will remain connected or not.
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Furthermore, this packet holds details on every `AdminUpdateType` and the
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supported `AdminFrequencyTypes` (bitwise representation).
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`ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_WELCOME` contains details on the server and the map,
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e.g. if the server is dedicated, its NetworkLanguage, size of the Map, etc.
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Once you have received `ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_WELCOME` you are connected and
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authorized to do your thing.
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The server will not provide any game related updates unless you ask for them.
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There are four packets the server will none the less send, if applicable:
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- ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_ERROR
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- ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_WELCOME
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- ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_NEWGAME
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- ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_SHUTDOWN
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However, `ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_WELCOME` only after a `ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_NEWGAME`
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## 3.0) Asking for updates
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Asking for updates is done with `ADMIN_PACKET_ADMIN_UPDATE_FREQUENCY`.
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With this packet you define which update you wish to receive at which
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frequency.
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Note: not every update type supports every frequency. If in doubt, you can
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verify against the data received in `ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_PROTOCOL`.
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The server will not confirm your registered update. However, asking for an
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invalid `AdminUpdateType` or a not supported `AdminUpdateFrequency` you will be
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disconnected from the server with `NETWORK_ERROR_ILLEGAL_PACKET`.
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Additional debug information can be found with a debug level of `net=3`.
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`ADMIN_UPDATE_DATE` results in the server sending:
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- ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_DATE
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`ADMIN_UPDATE_CLIENT_INFO` results in the server sending:
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- ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_CLIENT_JOIN
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- ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_CLIENT_INFO
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- ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_CLIENT_UPDATE
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- ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_CLIENT_QUIT
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- ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_CLIENT_ERROR
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`ADMIN_UPDATE_COMPANY_INFO` results in the server sending:
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- ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_COMPANY_NEW
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- ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_COMPANY_INFO
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- ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_COMPANY_UPDATE
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- ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_COMPANY_REMOVE
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`ADMIN_UPDATE_COMPANY_ECONOMY` results in the server sending:
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- ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_COMPANY_ECONOMY
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`ADMIN_UPDATE_COMPANY_STATS` results in the server sending:
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- ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_COMPANY_STATS
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`ADMIN_UPDATE_CHAT` results in the server sending:
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- ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_CHAT
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`ADMIN_UPDATE_CONSOLE` results in the server sending:
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- ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_CONSOLE
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`ADMIN_UPDATE_CMD_LOGGING` results in the server sending:
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- ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_CMD_LOGGING
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## 3.1) Polling manually
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Certain `AdminUpdateTypes` can also be polled:
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- ADMIN_UPDATE_DATE
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- ADMIN_UPDATE_CLIENT_INFO
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- ADMIN_UPDATE_COMPANY_INFO
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- ADMIN_UPDATE_COMPANY_ECONOMY
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- ADMIN_UPDATE_COMPANY_STATS
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- ADMIN_UPDATE_CMD_NAMES
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`ADMIN_UPDATE_CLIENT_INFO` and `ADMIN_UPDATE_COMPANY_INFO` accept an additional
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parameter. This parameter is used to specify a certain client or company.
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Setting this parameter to `UINT32_MAX (0xFFFFFFFF)` will tell the server you
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want to receive updates for all clients or companies.
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Not supported `AdminUpdateType` in the poll will result in the server
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disconnecting the application with `NETWORK_ERROR_ILLEGAL_PACKET`.
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Additional debug information can be found with a debug level of `net=3`.
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## 4.0) Sending rcon commands
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Rcon runs separate from the `ADMIN_UPDATE_CONSOLE` `AdminUpdateType`. Requesting
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the execution of a remote console command is done with the packet
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`ADMIN_PACKET_ADMIN_RCON`.
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Note: No additional authentication is required for rcon commands.
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The server will reply with one or more `ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_RCON` packets.
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Finally an `ADMIN_PACKET_ADMIN_RCON_END` packet will be sent. Applications
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will not receive the answer twice if they have asked for the `AdminUpdateType`
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`ADMIN_UPDATE_CONSOLE`, as the result is not printed on the servers console
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(just like clients rcon commands).
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Furthermore, sending a `say` command (or any similar command) will not
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be sent back into the admin network.
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Chat from the server itself will only be sent to the admin network when it
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was not sent from the admin network.
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Note that when content is queried or updated via rcon, the processing
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happens asynchronously. But the `ADMIN_PACKET_ADMIN_RCON_END` packet is sent
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already right after the content is requested as there's no immediate output.
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Thus other packages and the output of content rcon command may be sent at
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an arbitrary later time, mixing into the output of other console activity,
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e.g. also of possible subsequent other rcon commands sent.
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## 5.0) Sending chat
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Sending a `ADMIN_PACKET_ADMIN_CHAT` results in chat originating from the server.
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Currently four types of chat are supported:
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- NETWORK_ACTION_CHAT
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- NETWORK_ACTION_CHAT_CLIENT
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- NETWORK_ACTION_CHAT_COMPANY
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- NETWORK_ACTION_SERVER_MESSAGE
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`NETWORK_ACTION_SERVER_MESSAGE` can be sent to a single client or company
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using the respective `DestType` and ID.
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This is a message prefixed with the 3 stars, e.g. `*** foo has joined the game`
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## 5.1) Receiving chat
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Register `ADMIN_UPDATE_CHAT` at `ADMIN_FREQUENCY_AUTOMATIC` to receive chat.
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The application will be able to receive all chat the server can see.
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The configuration option `network.server_admin_chat` specifies whether
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private chat for to the server is distributed into the admin network.
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## 6.0) Disconnecting
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It is a kind thing to say good bye before leaving. Do this by sending the
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`ADMIN_PACKET_ADMIN_QUIT` packet.
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## 7.0) Certain packet information
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All `ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_*` packets have an enum value greater 100.
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`ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_WELCOME`
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Either directly follows `ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_PROTOCOL` or is sent
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after a new game has been started or a map loaded, i.e. also
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after ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_NEWGAME.
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`ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_CLIENT_JOIN` and `ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_COMPANY_NEW`
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These packets directly follow their respective INFO packets. If you receive
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a CLIENT_JOIN / COMPANY_NEW packet without having received the INFO packet
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it may be a good idea to POLL for the specific ID.
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`ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_CMD_NAMES` and `ADMIN_PACKET_SERVER_CMD_LOGGING`
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Data provided with these packets is not stable and will not be
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treated as such. Do not rely on IDs or names to be constant
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across different versions / revisions of OpenTTD.
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Data provided in this packet is for logging purposes only.
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# How to compile lang files (OpenTTD and strgen)
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Last updated: 2009-06-30
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## strgen usage
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This guide is only interesting for people who want to alter something
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themselves without access to [translator.openttd.org](https://translator.openttd.org/).
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Please note that your compiled language file will only be compatible with the OpenTTD version
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you have downloaded `english.txt`, the master language file, for. While this is
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not always true, namely when changes in the code have not touched language
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files, your safest bet is to assume this 'limitation'.
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As a first step you need to compile strgen. This is as easy as typing
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`'make strgen'`. You can download the precompile strgen from:
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[http://www.openttd.org/download-strgen](http://www.openttd.org/download-strgen)
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strgen takes as argument a txt file and translates it to a lng file, allowing
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it to be used inside OpenTTD. strgen needs the master language file
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`english.txt` to work. Below are some examples of strgen usage.
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## Examples
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### Example 1
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If you are in the root of your working copy (git repository), you should type
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`./strgen/strgen -s lang lang/english.txt`
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to compile `english.txt` into `english.lng`. It will be placed in the lang dir.
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### Example 2
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You only have the strgen executable (no working copy) and you want to compile
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a txt file in the same directory. You should type
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`./strgen english.txt`
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and you will get and `english.lng` in the same dir.
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### Example 3
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You have strgen somewhere, `english.txt` in `/usr/openttd/lang` and you want the
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resulting language file to go to /tmp. Use
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`./strgen -s /usr/openttd/lang -d /tmp english.txt`
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You can interchange `english.txt` to whichever language you want to generate a
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.lng file for.
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## strgen command switches
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`-v | --version`
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strgen will tell what git revision it was last modified
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`-t | --todo`
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strgen will add <TODO> to any untranslated/missing strings and use the english
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strings while compiling the language file
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`-w | --warning`
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strgen will print any missing strings or wrongly translated (bad format)
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to standard error output(stderr)
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`-h | --help | -?`
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Print out a summarized help message explaining these switches
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`-s | --source_dir`
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strgen will search for the master file english.txt in the directory specified
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by this switch instead of the current directory
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`-d | --dest_dir`
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strgen will put <language>.lng in the directory specified by this switch; if
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no dest_dir is given, output is the same as source_dir
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# Some explanations about Desyncs
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Last updated: 2014-02-23
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## Table of contents
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- 1.0) Desync theory
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- 1.1) [OpenTTD multiplayer architecture](#11-openttd-multiplayer-architecture)
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- 1.2) [What is a Desync and how is it detected](#12-what-is-a-desync-and-how-is-it-detected)
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- 1.3) [Typical causes of Desyncs](#13-typical-causes-of-desyncs)
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- 2.0) What to do in case of a Desync
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- 2.1) [Cache debugging](#21-cache-debugging)
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- 2.2) [Desync recording](#22-desync-recording)
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- 3.0) Evaluating the Desync records
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- 3.1) [Replaying](#31-replaying)
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- 3.2) [Evaluation of the replay](#32-evaluation-of-the-replay)
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- 3.3) [Comparing savegames](#33-comparing-savegames)
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## 1.1) OpenTTD multiplayer architecture
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OpenTTD has a huge gamestate, which changes all of the time.
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The savegame contains the complete gamestate at a specific point
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in time. But this state changes completely each tick: Vehicles move
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and trees grow.
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However, most of these changes in the gamestate are deterministic:
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Without a player interfering a vehicle follows its orders always
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in the same way, and trees always grow the same.
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In OpenTTD multiplayer synchronisation works by creating a savegame
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when clients join, and then transferring that savegame to the client,
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so it has the complete gamestate at a fixed point in time.
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Afterwards clients only receive 'commands', that is: Stuff which is
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not predictable, like
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- player actions
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- AI actions
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- GameScript actions
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- Admin Port command
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- rcon commands
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- ...
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These commands contain the information on how to execute the command,
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and when to execute it. Time is measured in 'network frames'.
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Mind that network frames to not match ingame time. Network frames
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also run while the game is paused, to give a defined behaviour to
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stuff that is executing while the game is paused.
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The deterministic part of the gamestate is run by the clients on
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their own. All they get from the server is the instruction to
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run the gamestate up to a certain network time, which basically
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says that there are no commands scheduled in that time.
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When a client (which includes the server itself) wants to execute
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a command (i.e. a non-predictable action), it does this by
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- calling DoCommandP resp. DoCommandPInternal
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- These functions first do a local test-run of the command to
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check simple preconditions. (Just to give the client an
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immediate response without bothering the server and waiting for
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the response.) The test-run may not actually change the
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gamestate, all changes must be discarded.
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- If the local test-run succeeds the command is sent to the server.
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- The server inserts the command into the command queue, which
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assigns a network frame to the commands, i.e. when it shall be
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executed on all clients.
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- Enhanced with this specific timestamp, the command is send to all
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clients, which execute the command simultaneously in the same
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network frame in the same order.
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## 1.2) What is a Desync and how is it detected
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In the ideal case all clients have the same gamestate as the server
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and run in sync. That is, vehicle movement is the same on all
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clients, and commands are executed the same everywhere and
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have the same results.
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When a Desync happens, it means that the gamestates on the clients
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(including the server) are no longer the same. Just imagine
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that a vehicle picks the left line instead of the right line at
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a junction on one client.
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The important thing here is, that no one notices when a Desync
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occurs. The desync client will continue to simulate the gamestate
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and execute commands from the server. Once the gamestate differs
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it will increasingly spiral out of control: If a vehicle picks a
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different route, it will arrive at a different time at a station,
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which will load different cargo, which causes other vehicles to
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load other stuff, which causes industries to notice different
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servicing, which causes industries to change production, ...
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the client could run all day in a different universe.
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To limit how long a Desync can remain unnoticed, the server
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transfers some checksums every now and then for the gamestate.
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Currently this checksum is the state of the random number
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generator of the game logic. A lot of things in OpenTTD depend
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on the RNG, and if the gamestate differs, it is likely that the
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RNG is called at different times, and the state differs when
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checked.
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The clients compare this 'checksum' with the checksum of their
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own gamestate at the specific network frame. If they differ,
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the client disconnects with a Desync error.
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The important thing here is: The detection of the Desync is
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only an ultimate failure detection. It does not give any
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indication on when the Desync happened. The Desync may after
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all have occurred long ago, and just did not affect the checksum
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up to now. The checksum may have matched 10 times or more
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since the Desync happened, and only now the Desync has spiraled
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enough to finally affect the checksum. (There was once a desync
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which was only noticed by the checksum after 20 game years.)
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## 1.3) Typical causes of Desyncs
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Desyncs can be caused by the following scenarios:
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- The savegame does not describe the complete gamestate.
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- Some information which affects the progression of the
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gamestate is not saved in the savegame.
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- Some information which affects the progression of the
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gamestate is not loaded from the savegame.
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This includes the case that something is not completely
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reset before loading the savegame, so data from the
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previous game is carried over to the new one.
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- The gamestate does not behave deterministic.
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- Cache mismatch: The game logic depends on some cached
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values, which are not invalidated properly. This is
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the usual case for NewGRF-specific Desyncs.
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- Undefined behaviour: The game logic performs multiple
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things in an undefined order or with an undefined
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result. E.g. when sorting something with a key while
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some keys are equal. Or some computation that depends
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on the CPU architecture (32/64 bit, little/big endian).
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- The gamestate is modified when it shall not be modified.
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- The test-run of a command alters the gamestate.
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- The gamestate is altered by a player or script without
|
||||
using commands.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
## 2.1) Cache debugging
|
||||
|
||||
Desyncs which are caused by improper cache validation can
|
||||
often be found by enabling cache validation:
|
||||
- Start OpenTTD with '-d desync=2'.
|
||||
- This will enable validation of caches every tick.
|
||||
That is, cached values are recomputed every tick and compared
|
||||
to the cached value.
|
||||
- Differences are logged to 'commands-out.log' in the autosave
|
||||
folder.
|
||||
|
||||
Mind that this type of debugging can also be done in singleplayer.
|
||||
|
||||
## 2.2) Desync recording
|
||||
|
||||
If you have a server, which happens to encounter Desyncs often,
|
||||
you can enable recording of the gamestate alterations. This
|
||||
will later allow the replay the gamestate and locate the Desync
|
||||
cause.
|
||||
|
||||
There are two levels of Desync recording, which are enabled
|
||||
via '-d desync=2' resp. '-d desync=3'. Both will record all
|
||||
commands to a file 'commands-out.log' in the autosave folder.
|
||||
|
||||
If you have the savegame from the start of the server, and
|
||||
this command log you can replay the whole game. (see Section 3.1)
|
||||
|
||||
If you do not start the server from a savegame, there will
|
||||
also be a savegame created just after a map has been generated.
|
||||
The savegame will be named 'dmp_cmds_*.sav' and be put into
|
||||
the autosave folder.
|
||||
|
||||
In addition to that '-d desync=3' also creates regular savegames
|
||||
at defined spots in network time. (more defined than regular
|
||||
autosaves). These will be created in the autosave folder
|
||||
and will also be named 'dmp_cmds_*.sav'.
|
||||
|
||||
These saves allow comparing the gamestate with the original
|
||||
gamestate during replaying, and thus greatly help debugging.
|
||||
However, they also take a lot of disk space.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
## 3.1) Replaying
|
||||
|
||||
To replay a Desync recording, you need these files:
|
||||
- The savegame from when the server was started, resp.
|
||||
the automatically created savegame from when the map
|
||||
was generated.
|
||||
- The 'commands-out.log' file.
|
||||
- Optionally the 'dmp_cmds_*.sav'.
|
||||
Put these files into a safe spot. (Not your autosave folder!)
|
||||
|
||||
Next, prepare your OpenTTD for replaying:
|
||||
- Get the same version of OpenTTD as the original server was running.
|
||||
- Uncomment/enable the define 'DEBUG_DUMP_COMMANDS' in
|
||||
'src/network/network_func.h'.
|
||||
(DEBUG_FAILED_DUMP_COMMANDS is explained later)
|
||||
- Put the 'commands-out.log' into the root save folder, and rename
|
||||
it to 'commands.log'.
|
||||
- Run 'openttd -D -d desync=3 -g startsavegame.sav'.
|
||||
This replays the server log and creates new 'commands-out.log'
|
||||
and 'dmp_cmds_*.sav' in your autosave folder.
|
||||
|
||||
## 3.2) Evaluation of the replay
|
||||
|
||||
The replaying will also compare the checksums which are part of
|
||||
the 'commands-out.log' with the replayed gamestate.
|
||||
If they differ, it will trigger a 'NOT_REACHED'.
|
||||
|
||||
If the replay succeeds without mismatch, that is the replay reproduces
|
||||
the original server state:
|
||||
- Repeat the replay starting from incrementally later 'dmp_cmds_*.sav'
|
||||
while truncating the 'commands.log' at the beginning appropriately.
|
||||
The 'dmp_cmds_*.sav' can be your own ones from the first reply, or
|
||||
the ones from the original server (if you have them).
|
||||
(This simulates the view of joining clients during the game.)
|
||||
- If one of those replays fails, you have located the Desync between
|
||||
the last dmp_cmds that reproduces the replay and the first one
|
||||
that fails.
|
||||
|
||||
If the replay does not succeed without mismatch, you can check the logs
|
||||
whether there were failed commands. Then you may try to replay with
|
||||
DEBUG_FAILED_DUMP_COMMANDS enabled. If the replay then fails, the
|
||||
command test-run of the failed command modified the game state.
|
||||
|
||||
If you have the original 'dmp_cmds_*.sav', you can also compare those
|
||||
savegames with your own ones from the replay. You can also comment/disable
|
||||
the 'NOT_REACHED' mentioned above, to get another 'dmp_cmds_*.sav' from
|
||||
the replay after the mismatch has already been detected.
|
||||
See Section 3.2 on how to compare savegames.
|
||||
If the saves differ you have located the Desync between the last dmp_cmds
|
||||
that match and the first one that does not. The difference of the saves
|
||||
may point you in the direction of what causes it.
|
||||
|
||||
If the replay succeeds without mismatch, and you do not have any
|
||||
'dmp_cmd_*.sav' from the original server, it is a lost case.
|
||||
Enable creation of the 'dmp_cmd_*.sav' on the server, and wait for the
|
||||
next Desync.
|
||||
|
||||
Finally, you can also compare the 'commands-out.log' from the original
|
||||
server with the one from the replay. They will differ in stuff like
|
||||
dates, and the original log will contain the chat, but otherwise they
|
||||
should match.
|
||||
|
||||
## 3.3) Comparing savegames
|
||||
|
||||
The binary form of the savegames from the original server and from
|
||||
your replay will always differ:
|
||||
- The savegame contains paths to used NewGRF files.
|
||||
- The gamelog will log your loading of the savegame.
|
||||
- The savegame data of AIs and the Gamescript will differ.
|
||||
Scripts are not run during the replay, only their recorded commands
|
||||
are replayed. Their internal state will thus not change in the
|
||||
replay and will differ.
|
||||
|
||||
To compare savegame more semantically, there exist some ugly hackish
|
||||
tools at:
|
||||
http://devs.openttd.org/~frosch/texts/zpipe.c
|
||||
http://devs.openttd.org/~frosch/texts/printhunk.c
|
||||
|
||||
The first one decompresses OpenTTD savegames. The second one creates
|
||||
a textual representation of an uncompressed savegame, by parsing hunks
|
||||
and arrays and such. With both tools you need to be a bit careful
|
||||
since they work on stdin and stdout, which may not deal well with
|
||||
binary data.
|
||||
|
||||
If you have the textual representation of the savegames, you can
|
||||
compare them with regular diff tools.
|
||||
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
|
||||
<a href="landscape_grid.html">Landscape grid</a> page.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<p>Nine attributes (counting "<span style="font-weight: bold;">type</span>" and
|
||||
"<span style="font-weight: bold;">height</span>") hold the informations about a tile.<BR>
|
||||
"<span style="font-weight: bold;">height</span>") hold the information about a tile.<BR>
|
||||
These attributes are referred to as
|
||||
"<span style="font-weight: bold;">type</span>",
|
||||
"<span style="font-weight: bold;">height</span>",
|
||||
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
|
||||
<a name="tropic_zone"></a>
|
||||
Bits 1..0:
|
||||
<table border="1" style="width: 30em;">
|
||||
<tr bgcolor="#CCCCCC"><td colspan="2">Only meaningfull in tropic climate. It contains the definition of the available zones</td></tr>
|
||||
<tr bgcolor="#CCCCCC"><td colspan="2">Only meaningful in tropic climate. It contains the definition of the available zones</td></tr>
|
||||
<tr><td style="width: 5em;"><tt>00</tt></td><td>normal</td></tr>
|
||||
<tr><td><tt>01</tt></td><td>desert</td></tr>
|
||||
<tr><td><tt>02</tt></td><td>rain forest</td></tr>
|
||||
@@ -98,6 +98,32 @@
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">m4:</span><br>
|
||||
<a name="RoadType"></a>
|
||||
Road roadtype. Used for all tiles with road (road, station, tunnelbridge).
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li>
|
||||
Bits 5..0: Road roadtype, 0x3F for no road.
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">m8:</span><br>
|
||||
<a name="TramType"></a>
|
||||
Tram roadtype. Used for all tiles with road (road, station, tunnelbridge).
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li>
|
||||
Bits 11..6: Tram roadtype, 0x3F for no tram.
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">m8:</span><br>
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li>
|
||||
<a name="RailType"></a>
|
||||
Bits 5..0: Railtype. Used for all tiles with rail (road, rail, station, tunnelbridge).
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">m7:</span><br>
|
||||
Animation frame/state. Used for houses, industries, objects and stations.
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
@@ -108,7 +134,7 @@
|
||||
<table border=1 cellpadding=3>
|
||||
<tr bgcolor="#0099FF">
|
||||
<th align=left><font color="#FFFFFF">Class</font></th>
|
||||
<th align=left><font color="#FFFFFF">Meaning & details of encoding</font></th>
|
||||
<th align=left><font color="#FFFFFF">Meaning & details of encoding</font></th>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr bgcolor="#CCCCCC">
|
||||
<td align=left><strong><a name="Class0"><tt> 0 </tt></a></strong></td>
|
||||
@@ -223,6 +249,7 @@
|
||||
<td valign=top nowrap> </td>
|
||||
<td>
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li>m1 bit 7: Ship docking tile status (for half-tile with water)</li>
|
||||
<li>m1 bits 4..0: <a href="#OwnershipInfo">owner</a> of the tile</li>
|
||||
<li>m2: see signals</li>
|
||||
<li>m3 bits 7..4: see signals</li>
|
||||
@@ -535,21 +562,10 @@
|
||||
<td>
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li>m2: Index into the array of towns (owning town for town roads; closest town otherwise, INVALID_TOWN if there is no town or we are creating a town)</li>
|
||||
<li>m7 bit 5 set = on snow or desert</li>
|
||||
<li>m7 bits 7..6: present road types
|
||||
<table>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>bit 0 </td>
|
||||
<td>normal road</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>bit 1 </td>
|
||||
<td>tram</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
</table>
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
<li>m3 bits 7..4: <a href="#OwnershipInfo">owner</a> of road type 1 (tram); OWNER_NONE (<tt>10</tt>) is stored as OWNER_TOWN (<tt>0F</tt>)
|
||||
<li>m4 bits 5..0: <a href="#RoadType">Roadtype</a></li>
|
||||
<li>m7 bit 5 set = on snow or desert</li>
|
||||
<li>m8 bits 11..6: <a href="#TramType">Tramtype</a></li>
|
||||
<li>m5 bits 7 clear: road or level-crossing
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li>m6 bits 5..3:
|
||||
@@ -744,7 +760,7 @@
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
<small><a name="newhouses"></a>Newhouses is the name englobing a newGRF feature developped by TTDPatch devs (mainly Csaboka).<br>
|
||||
<small><a name="newhouses"></a>Newhouses is the name englobing a newGRF feature developed by TTDPatch devs (mainly Csaboka).<br>
|
||||
It allows the replacement of the properties as well as the graphics of houses in the game.<br>
|
||||
To distinguish between the standard behaviour and the newGRF one, HouseID (m4 + m3[6]) is tested for anything above 110.<br>
|
||||
110 is the count of standard houses. So above 110 means there is a new definition of at least one house</small>
|
||||
@@ -856,12 +872,14 @@
|
||||
<td valign=top nowrap> </td>
|
||||
<td>
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li>m1 bit 7: Ship docking tile status (for buoys)</li>
|
||||
<li>m1 bits 6..5: water class for buoys, water part of docks and for airport tiles</li>
|
||||
<li>m1 bits 4..0: <a href="#OwnershipInfo">owner</a> of the station</li>
|
||||
<li>m2: index into the array of stations</li>
|
||||
<li>m3 bits 7..4: persistent random data for railway stations/waypoints and airports)</li>
|
||||
<li>m3 bits 7..4: <a href="#OwnershipInfo">owner</a> of tram tracks (road stop)</li>
|
||||
<li>m4: custom station id; 0 means standard graphics</li>
|
||||
<li>m4: <a href="#RoadType">Roadtype</a> for road stops</li>
|
||||
<li>m5: graphics index (range from 0..255 for each station type):
|
||||
<table>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
@@ -977,8 +995,8 @@
|
||||
<li>m6 bit 2: pbs reservation state for railway stations/waypoints</li>
|
||||
|
||||
<li>m7 bits 4..0: <a href="#OwnershipInfo">owner</a> of road (road stops)</li>
|
||||
<li>m7 bits 7..6: present road types (road stops)</li>
|
||||
<li>m7: animation frame (railway stations/waypoints, airports)</li>
|
||||
<li>m8 bits 11..6: <a href="#TramType">Tramtype</a></li>
|
||||
<li>m8 bits 5..0: <a href="#TrackType">track type</a> for railway stations/waypoints</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
</td>
|
||||
@@ -992,6 +1010,7 @@
|
||||
<td valign=top nowrap> </td>
|
||||
<td>
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li>m1 bit 7: Ship docking tile status</li>
|
||||
<li>m1 bits 6..5 : Water class (sea, canal or river)
|
||||
<li>m1 bits 4..0: <a href="#OwnershipInfo">owner</a> (for sea, rivers, and coasts normally <tt>11</tt>)</li>
|
||||
<li>m2: Depot index (for depots only)</li>
|
||||
@@ -1443,8 +1462,10 @@
|
||||
<td valign=top nowrap> </td>
|
||||
<td>
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li>m1 bit 7: Ship docking tile status (for aqueducts)</li>
|
||||
<li>m1 bits 4..0: <a href="#OwnershipInfo">owner</a></li>
|
||||
<li>m3 bits 7..4: <a href="#OwnershipInfo">owner</a> of tram</li>
|
||||
<li>m4: <a href="#RoadType">Roadtype</a></li>
|
||||
<li>m5 bit 4: pbs reservation state for railway</li>
|
||||
<li>m5 bits 7 clear: tunnel entrance/exit</li>
|
||||
<li>m5 bit 7 set: bridge ramp
|
||||
@@ -1581,7 +1602,7 @@
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
<li>m7 bits 4..0: <a href="#OwnershipInfo">owner</a> of road</li>
|
||||
<li>m7 bit 5 set = on snow or desert</li>
|
||||
<li>m7 bits 7..6: present road types for road</li>
|
||||
<li>m8 bits 11..6: <a href="#TramType">Tramtype</a></li>
|
||||
<li>m8 bits 5..0: <a href="#TrackType">track type</a> for railway</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
</td>
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ the array so you can quickly see what is used and what is not.
|
||||
<td class="caption">rail</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">XXXX XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">XXXX XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OOO</span>X XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">X<span class="free">OO</span>X XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OOOO</span> XXXX <span class="free">OOOO OOOO</span></td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OOOO OOOO</span></td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OOOO</span> XXXX</td>
|
||||
@@ -143,11 +143,11 @@ the array so you can quickly see what is used and what is not.
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OOO</span>X XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">XXXX XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OOOO OOOO</span></td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OO</span>XX XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">XXXX XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OO</span>XX X<span class="free">OOO</span></td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">XXX<span class="free">O</span> XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO</span></td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OO</span>X<span class="free">O</span> XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OOOO</span> XXXX XX<span class="free">OO OOOO</span></td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td class="caption">level crossing</td>
|
||||
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ the array so you can quickly see what is used and what is not.
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OOOO OOOO</span></td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">XXXX <span class="free">OOO</span>X</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OO</span>XX X<span class="free">OOO</span></td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">XXXX XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OOOO OOOO OO</span>XX XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OO</span>XX XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OOOO</span> XXXX XXXX XXXX</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td class="caption">road depot</td>
|
||||
@@ -169,11 +169,11 @@ the array so you can quickly see what is used and what is not.
|
||||
<td class="bits">-inherit-</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">-inherit-</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">XXXX <span class="free">OOOO</span></td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OOOO OOOO</span></td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">-inherit-</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">XX<span class="free">OO OO</span>XX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OOOO OOOO</span></td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">XXX<span class="free">O</span> XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO</span></td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OO</span>X<span class="free">O</span> XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">-inherit-</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>3</td>
|
||||
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ the array so you can quickly see what is used and what is not.
|
||||
<td class="caption">rail station</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">XXXX XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">XXXX XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">O</span>XXX XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">XXXX XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">XXXX <span class="free">OOOO</span></td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">XXXX XXXX</td>
|
||||
@@ -237,11 +237,11 @@ the array so you can quickly see what is used and what is not.
|
||||
<td class="bits">-inherit-</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">-inherit-</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">XXXX <span class="free">OOOO</span></td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OOOO OOOO</span></td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OO</span>XX XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="option">~~~~ ~</span>XXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OO</span>XX X<span class="free">OOO</span></td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">XX<span class="free">O</span>X XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO</span></td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OOO</span>X XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OOOO</span> XXXX XX<span class="free">OO OOOO</span></td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td class="caption">dock</td>
|
||||
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ the array so you can quickly see what is used and what is not.
|
||||
<td class="caption">sea, shore</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">XXXX XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">XXXX XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">O</span>XXX XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">XXXX XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO</span></td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OOOO OOOO</span></td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OOOO OOOO</span></td>
|
||||
@@ -354,14 +354,14 @@ the array so you can quickly see what is used and what is not.
|
||||
<td class="caption">tunnel entrance</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">XXXX XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">XXXX XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OOO</span>X XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">X<span class="free">OO</span>X XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO</span></td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">XXXX <span class="free">OOOO</span></td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OOOO OOOO</span></td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OO</span>XX XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">X<span class="free">OO</span>X XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OOOO OOOO</span></td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">XXXX XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OOOO OOOO OO</span>XX XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OO</span>XX XXXX</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OOOO</span> XXXX XXXX XXXX</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>bridge ramp</td>
|
||||
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ the array so you can quickly see what is used and what is not.
|
||||
<td class="bits">-inherit-</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO</span></td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">-inherit-</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OOOO OOOO</span></td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">-inherit-</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">-inherit-</td>
|
||||
<td class="bits"><span class="free">OO</span>XX XX<span class="free">OO</span></td>
|
||||
<td class="bits">-inherit-</td>
|
||||
|
||||
30
docs/linkgraph.md
Normal file
30
docs/linkgraph.md
Normal file
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
|
||||
# Some clarifications about the link graph
|
||||
|
||||
`InitializeLinkGraphs` joins all threads, so if the game is abandoned
|
||||
with some threads still running, they're joined as soon as the next game
|
||||
(possibly the title game) is started. See also `InitializeGame`.
|
||||
|
||||
The MCF (multi-commodity flow) algorithm can be quite CPU-hungry as it's
|
||||
NP-hard and takes exponential time (though with a very small constant
|
||||
factor) in the number of nodes.
|
||||
|
||||
This is why it is run in a separate thread where possible. However after
|
||||
some time the thread is joined and if it hasn't finished by then the game
|
||||
will hang. This problem gets worse if we are running on a platform without
|
||||
threads. However, as those are usually the ones with less CPU power I
|
||||
assume the contention for the CPU would make the game hard to play even
|
||||
with threads or even without cargodist (autosave ...). I might be wrong,
|
||||
but I won't put any work into this before someone shows me some problem.
|
||||
|
||||
You can configure the link graph recalculation time. A link graph
|
||||
recalculation time of X days means that each link graph job has X days
|
||||
to run before it is joined. The downside is that the flow stats won't be
|
||||
updated before the job is finished and thus a high value means less
|
||||
updates and longer times until changes in capacities are accounted for.
|
||||
If you play a very large map with a complicated link graph you may want to
|
||||
raise the time setting to avoid lags. The same holds for systems with slow
|
||||
CPUs.
|
||||
|
||||
Another option to avoid excessive lags is to reduce the accuracy of link
|
||||
graph calculations. Generally the accuracy is inversely correlated to the
|
||||
CPU requirements of the MCF algorithm.
|
||||
213
docs/multiplayer.md
Normal file
213
docs/multiplayer.md
Normal file
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
|
||||
# Multiplayer manual for OpenTTD
|
||||
|
||||
Last updated: 2011-02-16
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
## Table of contents
|
||||
|
||||
- 1.0) [Starting a server](#10-starting-a-server)
|
||||
- 2.0) [Connecting to a server](#20-connecting-to-a-server)
|
||||
- 2.1) [Connecting to a server over the console](#21-connecting-to-a-server-over-the-console)
|
||||
- 3.0) [Playing internet games](#30-playing-internet-games)
|
||||
- 4.0) [Tips for servers](#40-tips-for-servers)
|
||||
- 4.1)[Imposing landscaping limits](#41-imposing-landscaping-limits)
|
||||
- 5.0) [Some useful things](#50-some-useful-things)
|
||||
- 6.0) [Troubleshooting](#60-troubleshooting)
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
## 1.0) Starting a server
|
||||
|
||||
- Make sure that you have your firewall of the computer as well as possible
|
||||
routers or modems of the server configured such that:
|
||||
- port 3979 is free for both UDP and TCP connections in- and outgoing
|
||||
- port 3978 is free outbound for UDP in order to advertise with the master
|
||||
server (if desired). Otherwise you'll have to tell players your IP.
|
||||
- port 3977 if use of the admin interface is desired (see admin_network.txt)
|
||||
- Click "multiplayer" on the startup screen
|
||||
- Click "start server"
|
||||
- Type in a game name
|
||||
- Select the type of game ('LAN/Internet' or 'Internet (advertise)'. With the
|
||||
last one other people are able to see you online. Else they need your IP and
|
||||
port to join)
|
||||
- Click "start game", "load game" or "load scenario"
|
||||
- Start playing
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
## 2.0) Connecting to a server
|
||||
|
||||
- Click "multiplayer" on the startup screen
|
||||
- If you want to connect to any network game in your LAN click on 'LAN', then
|
||||
on 'Find Server'
|
||||
- If you want to see which servers all online on the Internet, click on
|
||||
'Internet' and 'Find Server'
|
||||
- If there were more than one server
|
||||
- select one in the list below the buttons
|
||||
- click on 'join game'
|
||||
- If you want to play and you have the ip or hostname of the game server you
|
||||
want connect to.
|
||||
- click add server
|
||||
- type in the ip address or hostname
|
||||
- if you want to add a port use :<port>
|
||||
- Now you can select a company and press: "Join company", to help that company
|
||||
- Or you can press "Spectate game", to spectate the game
|
||||
- Or you can press "New company", and start your own company (if there are
|
||||
slots free)
|
||||
- You see a progressbar how far you are with joining the server.
|
||||
- Happy playing
|
||||
|
||||
## 2.1) Connecting to a server over the console
|
||||
|
||||
- Open the console and type in the following command:
|
||||
connect `<ip/host>:<port>#<company-no>`
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
## 3.0) Playing internet games
|
||||
|
||||
- Servers with a red dot behind it have a different version then you have. You
|
||||
will not be able to join those servers.
|
||||
|
||||
- Servers with a yellow dot behind it have NewGRFs that you do not have. You
|
||||
will not be able to join those servers. However, via "NewGRF Settings" and
|
||||
"Find missing content online" you might be able to download the needed
|
||||
NewGRFs after which you can join the server.
|
||||
|
||||
- It can happen that a connection is that slow, or you have that many clients
|
||||
connected to your server, that your clients start to loose their connection.
|
||||
Some things you can do about it:
|
||||
- [network] frame_freq:
|
||||
change it in console with: 'set network.frame_freq <number>'
|
||||
the number should be between the 0 and 10, not much higher. It indicates
|
||||
the delay between clicking and showing up. The higher, the more you notice
|
||||
it, but the less bandwidth you use.
|
||||
A good value for Internet-games is 2 or 3.
|
||||
|
||||
- [network] sync_freq:
|
||||
change it in console with: 'set network.sync_freq <number>'
|
||||
the number should be between the 50 and 1000, not much lower, not much
|
||||
higher. It indicates the time between sync-frames. A sync-frame is a frame
|
||||
which checks if all clients are still in sync. When the value it too high,
|
||||
clients can desync in 1960, but the server detects it in 1970. Not really
|
||||
handy. The lower the value, the more bandwidth it uses.
|
||||
|
||||
NB: changing frame_freq has more effect on the bandwidth then sync_freq.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
## 4.0) Tips for servers
|
||||
|
||||
- You can launch a dedicated server by adding -D as parameter.
|
||||
- In UNIX like systems, you can fork your dedicated server by adding -f as
|
||||
parameter.
|
||||
|
||||
- You can automatically clean companies that do not have a client connected to
|
||||
them, for, let's say, 3 years. You can do this via: 'set autoclean_companies'
|
||||
and 'set autoclean_protected' and 'set autoclean_unprotected'. Unprotected
|
||||
removes a password from a company when it is not used for more then the
|
||||
defined amount of months. 'set autoclean_novehicles' can be used to remove
|
||||
companies without any vehicles quickly.
|
||||
|
||||
- You can also do this manually via the console: 'reset_company'.
|
||||
|
||||
- You can let your server automatically restart a map when, let's say, year 2030
|
||||
is reached. See 'set restart_game_date' for detail.
|
||||
|
||||
- If you want to be on the server-list, enable Advertising. To do this, select
|
||||
'Internet (advertise)' in the Start Server menu, or type in console:
|
||||
'set server_advertise 1'.
|
||||
|
||||
- You can protect your server with a password via the console: 'set server_pw',
|
||||
or via the Start Server menu.
|
||||
|
||||
- When you have many clients connected to your server via Internet, watch your
|
||||
bandwidth (if you have any limit on it, set by your ISP). One client uses
|
||||
about 1.5 kilobytes per second up and down. To decrease this amount, setting
|
||||
'frame_freq' to 1 will reduce it to roughly 1 kilobyte per second per client.
|
||||
|
||||
- OpenTTD's default settings for maximum number of clients, and amount of data
|
||||
from clients to process are chosen to not influence the normal playing of
|
||||
people, but to prevent or at least make it less likely that someone can
|
||||
perform a (distributed) denial-of-service attack on your server by causing
|
||||
an out-of-memory event by flooding the server with data to send to all
|
||||
clients. The major factor in this is the maximum number of clients; with
|
||||
32 clients "only" sending one chat message causes 1024 messages to be
|
||||
distributed in total, with 64 clients that already quadruples to 4096. Given
|
||||
that upstream bandwidth is usually the limiting factor, a queue of packets
|
||||
that need to be sent will be created.
|
||||
To prevent clients from exploiting this "explosion" of packets to send we
|
||||
limit the number of incoming data, resulting in effectively limiting the
|
||||
amount of data that OpenTTD will send to the clients. Even with the default
|
||||
limits it is possible to generate about 70.000 packets per second, or about
|
||||
7 megabit per second of traffic.
|
||||
Given that OpenTTD kicks clients after they have not reacted within about 9
|
||||
seconds from sending a frame update packet it would be possible that OpenTTD
|
||||
keeps about 600.000 packets in memory, using about 50 megabytes of memory.
|
||||
Given that OpenTTD allows short bursts of packets, you can have slightly
|
||||
more packets in memory in case of a distributed denial of service attack.
|
||||
When increasing the amount of incoming data, or the maximum number of
|
||||
clients the amount of memory OpenTTD needs in case of a distributed denial
|
||||
of service attack is linearly related to the amount of incoming data and
|
||||
quadratic to the amount of clients. In short, a rule of thumb for, the
|
||||
maximum memory usage for packets is:
|
||||
#max_clients * #max_clients * bytes_per_frame * 10 KiB.
|
||||
|
||||
### 4.1) Imposing landscaping limits
|
||||
|
||||
- You can impose limits on companies by the following 4 settings:
|
||||
- terraform_per_64k_frames
|
||||
- terraform_frame_burst
|
||||
- clear_per_64k_frames
|
||||
- clear_frame_burst
|
||||
|
||||
- Explaining 'per_64K_frames' and 'burst'
|
||||
- 'burst' defines 3 things, the maximum limit, the limit of a single action,
|
||||
and the initial value for the limit assigned to a new company.
|
||||
This setting is fairly simple and requires no math.
|
||||
|
||||
A value of 1 means a single tile can be affected by a single action.
|
||||
This results in having to click 400 times when wanting to cover an area
|
||||
of 20 x 20 tiles.
|
||||
|
||||
The default value 4096 covers an area of 64 x 64 tiles.
|
||||
|
||||
- 'per_64k_frames' defines the number of tiles added to each companies limit
|
||||
per frame (however not past the possible maximum value,the 'burst').
|
||||
64k rather resembles the exact number of 65536 frames. So setting this
|
||||
variable to 65536 means: 65536 / 65536 = 1 tile per frame.
|
||||
As a day consists of 74 frames, a company's limit is increased by 74
|
||||
tiles during the course of a single day (2.22 seconds).
|
||||
|
||||
To achieve a 1 tile per day increase the following calculation is needed:
|
||||
1 / 74 (frames per day) * 65536 (per_64k_frames) = 885.62...
|
||||
after rounding: a value of 886 means adding a bit over 1 tile per day.
|
||||
|
||||
There is still enough space to scale this value downwards:
|
||||
decreasing this value to 127 results in a bit over 1 tile added to the
|
||||
allowance per week (7 days).
|
||||
|
||||
To create a setup in which a company gets an initial allowance only,
|
||||
set the value to 0 - no increase of the allowance per frame.
|
||||
|
||||
- Even though construction actions include a clear tile action, they are not
|
||||
affected by the above settings.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
## 5.0) Some useful things
|
||||
|
||||
- You can protect your company so nobody else can join uninvited. To do this,
|
||||
set a password in your Company Screen
|
||||
|
||||
- You can give other players some money via the ClientList (under the 'head'
|
||||
in the mainbar).
|
||||
|
||||
- You can chat with other players via ENTER or via SHIFT+T or via the ClientList
|
||||
|
||||
- Servers can now kick players, so don't make them use it!
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
## 6.0) Troubleshooting
|
||||
|
||||
- My advertising server does not show up in list at servers.openttd.org
|
||||
Run openttd with the '-d net=2' parameter. That will show which incoming
|
||||
communication is received, whether the replies from the master server or
|
||||
communication from an admin tool reach the programme. See section 1
|
||||
'Starting a server' further up for the ports and protocols used by OpenTTD.
|
||||
The ports can be configured in the config file.
|
||||
Reference in New Issue
Block a user