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Renzo / 18 Mar 2012, 01:58

Server and QTV match info

For a long time people have wanted to know if the game they are going to spectate / are spectating is a official match or not, but the information has not been there. Well, not until today. The support for "matchtag" has been added for both KTX and QTV.

To enable "matchtag", you just need to specify additional parameter to the XonX command. For example:

/4on4 eql semifinal

/1on1 ownage

To get rid of the information, just use XonX without any additional parameters. The matchtag should be visible as follows:

After giving the client command:

During countdown:

On the QTV page:

The info can also been found from /serverinfo, you can use the command while speccing normally or when observing from QTV. This feature requires the latest KTX and the latest QTV

So far only two servers and one QTV are supporting this, but hopefully server admins are going to update their servers in near future. The servers that have support for matchtag currently are:

quakeworld.fi:28000 (QTV)

troopers.fi:28001-28003 (KTX)

wg.quakeworld.fi:27501-27503 (KTX)

Comments

2012-03-18, 02:13

VVD

Nice.

2012-03-18, 07:23

leopold

Awesome, I hope servers get updated soon!

2012-03-18, 08:08

ParadokS

Would be nice with some links in news about where to find those updates

Do each server that has a QTV server update KTX + QTV stuff, or only KTX?
Will relay this to foppa admin soon.

2012-03-18, 08:18

mli

Updated qw.de.quakeservers.net KTX, MVDSV and QTV.

2012-03-18, 08:18

mipa

Let's just hope people remember to use this feature.

2012-03-18, 09:11

Renzo

ParadokS wrote:

Would be nice with some links in news about where to find those updates. Do each server that has a QTV server update KTX + QTV stuff, or only KTX?

Server admins have to use the latest sources and compile binaries themselves. To get the sources, install git and use the following commands:

git clone http://qw-dev.net/git/ktx
git clone http://qw-dev.net/git/qtv

Then compile both.

The servers that run only KTX have to update KTX obviously, no point in updating QTV in such case. If one also runs QTV, then QTV has to be updated also.

Luckily a lot of servers are under qw.fi and butt.se QTVs so the support for majority of nordic/european servers will be ok when Cokeman updates butt.se QTV.

2012-03-18, 13:31

gore

nice!

2012-03-18, 14:44

dirtbox

Good work Renzo. I will update the Amsterdam BesMella servers in the next couple of days.

2012-03-18, 16:01

Renzo

Qqshka deserves all the credit from this feature, I was there just to think about how the command should work and did some testing.

2012-03-18, 17:11

#10

dimman

All the credit? Wasn't it like deurk's idea that he just implemented?

2012-03-18, 20:24

#11

JohnNy_cz

Oh lets see, a dick competition about who should get the credits. So here I am. No, seriously, qqshka did the work, he should get the credits. We have too many people with too many ideas and very few people doing some actual work.

2012-03-18, 23:59

#12

qqshka

Ah, dimman, Mr. I ProtectYourCredits.
I deserve credits for JUST implementing it, but yes it was not my idea, I found that it is a good idea ages ago (there is some ticket, but I rather recall it from the forum) and got some time for implementing it just now.

But defenitely something wrong with you and this constant attempts to protect innocence

2012-03-19, 09:35

#13

riosatiy

Lovely small feature guys.

2012-03-19, 09:48

#14

Hooraytio

Yeah tested it last night in a prac vs sd2. 4on4 prac ftw.

2012-03-19, 11:27

#15

leopold

Saw it "in action" yesterday on the qtv.quakeworld.nu page, great feature.
Should have a more prominent place on the webpage though, jumping right in the eye

Maybe even sort links by having it set or not?

2012-03-19, 11:51

#16

Hooraytio

Yeah "EQL15 GOLD PLAYOFF FINALS" in the colors of the rainbow flashing like crazy xray dolphin summersaults like a webpage from 1997!

2012-03-19, 12:31

#17

carapace

Making something out of nothing 8)
Midas?

2012-03-19, 12:34

#18

carapace

Shit's awesome btw!

2012-03-19, 13:27

#19

leopold

Yeah "EQL15 GOLD PLAYOFF FINALS" in the colors of the rainbow flashing like crazy xray dolphin summersaults like a webpage from 1997!

That's the spirit!

2012-03-19, 15:45

#20

dimman

Hehe JohnNy_cz & qqshka, relax, my first comment was real bad, I totally agree

Good work!

2012-03-20, 22:32

#21

driz

I've updated mattlantis.net (aka London KTX 2750x).

If anyone else has dramas with mvdsv segfaulting, make sure you also get build the latest from git.

git clone http://qw-dev.net/git/mvdsv I think - the makefile is in mvdsv/build/make and the binary is output to this dir

2012-03-24, 22:49

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