Server Help FAQ - Directory Server

Server Help FAQ - Directory Server

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FAQ Index

BuildLevel (.lvz)
- What is a .lvz? What does it do?
- How do I make a .ini for BuildLevel?
- How do I use a .lvz in my zone?
- How do I turn objects on / off?
- My 4+ meg .lvz file never downloads, why?

Continuum
- How to Install Continuum?
- Players can use % sounds, is this a bug?
- Why there is a lot of 'Security checksum not returned' errors?
- Why there is a lot of 'Unknown integrity violation' errors and what are they?
- I always get Disconnect after i enter my Zone how do i fix it?
- Why does Continuum say that I have no permission to play if I try to enter my zone?
- How can I rename ships and/or descriptions?
- How are the different %'s in the .hlp file?

Commands
- What does *super do and why does it sometimes lock my ships energy at 0 and always kick me with ?status?
- What does *mirror do and what is this 'mirror trick' I'm hearing about?
- How do I use *getfile / *putfile / *delfile?
- What does ?getnews do?
- How does *setship and *setfreq work?
- How do I use *warpto ?
- Why doesn't my *objset always work?

Directory Server

Maps (.lvl)
- Why is it when I open subgame it closes really fast?

Miscellaneous
- How can I calculate average bullet damage?
- How to find a Host for your Zone?
- Should my server folder be different than me subspace folder?
- How can I figure out my Rating?
- How can I decode the .scr files?
- Where can i get Bots and how do i set them up?

Server.cfg
- I edited my template.sss and my settings do not change, why?
- What program should I open server.cfg in?
- How do I make the flags appear around the centre of the arena?
- How can I keep specs from seeing flags?
- I don't want specs to have X-Radar, can I turn this off?
- I don't like random bullets, can I stop this?
- My map kills people's frame rates, how can I keep them from getting kicked?
- Can I see bombs in radar?
- People abuse the Thrust/Bomb trick, how can I stop this?
- No one, or only moderates, can talk in public chat. Why?

Server.ini
- How to prevent Subgame from using 100% of the CPU?
- I try to connect to my zone for the first, but it says my password incorrect, why?
- When i try to Connect to my Zone Subgame says "Connection request from Billing Server Ignored"
- Why Continuum doesn't find my zone in Add/Update Zones menu?
- How to use Advertisments/set background images?
- What do different arenamodes do?

SubBill
- I try to connect to zone, and subbill says "Unknown packet type: 9." How can I log in?
- The Banners are not saved when i leave and come back to my Zone, how can i fix that?

SubGame2
- What is *ufo and how does it effect my ship?
- What does *lowbandwidth do?
- How do I use *thor?
- What are those new things in the MISC section?
- How do I use the validation?
- What does the new /*super /*ufo do? And how do I make those red sysop commands go away and stop getting that player kicked?
- What is this new ?scorereset command and how do I turn it on/off?
- Some zones neutral flags (from a player changing ships with flags) appears in the middle of the zone like after a flagreset, while mine appears in the base. How do i make mine like that?
- How can I view all the mods/smods/sysops logged into my zone?
- How do I use the new *ban items with *kill?
- How do I use ?lag ?
- What the heck is *einfo?
- Why is *packetloss in their since *info shows it already?
- Man, *watchgreen is annoying, what the heck should I do with it?
- How do I get a welcoming message to players?
- How do I get those delayed messages?
- How do I use ShipTypeSwitchResetPeriod?
- How do I give someone mod/smod/sysop in only certain arenas?
- How do I use the FastBombing?
- Whats new with the Alert setting?
- What is this LocalChat?
- How do I force everyone to not see obscene messages?
- Everyone in my zone is complaining about that person with a 1600x1200 res. How can I limit them?
- It tells me I can't connect to server. Why?
- How can I allow only Continuum Users in my one arena/zone?
- How do I use these new lag settings?
- What does ArenaMode=5 do now?

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