[TECH] Announcement thread for Pitbosses/NatNeg Server hosted by Zulan/Ramk

[superdeath]

pb65, Pindicator has a runtime error.

[Mjmd]

Hello. Friend and I are trying to get targeting for mod working in Linux using wine. Having trouble creating shortcut. Does any one have a full example string that they use? Also, any tips would be appreciated.

[RefSteel]

I created a bash file to enable a menu shortcut in Mint 20.1 Cinnamon - so for CtH 3.0.2, I entered this into a text editor:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
cd "/home/YourDirectoryNameHere/.wine32/drive_c/Program Files/Civ4/Sid Meier's Civilization 4 Complete/Beyond the Sword/"
WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32 wine BTS_Wrapper.exe "mod= CloseToHome_3.0.2"

I saved that simple text file as just "CtH_3_0_2" and created a shortcut to run it; for instance, if you put the bash file in an as-though-it-were-a-Windows-machine BtS "My Games" folder, the shortcut might read, in full:

Code:

bash /home/YourDirectoryNameHere/Documents/My\ Games/Beyond\ the\ Sword/CtH_3_0_2

Not sure if this differs between different linux builds but I would imagine it should work basically the same way.  It's possible your BtS filepath (in the Bash file) will be different (e.g. involving Steam or whatever) if you have a different version of Civ than I do too; just use the actual filepath.

For details on how to set up BtS itself under wine, see the "Multiplayer after Gamespy" thread, starting with this post.  I hope this helps!

[Ramkhamhaeng]

I'm also using a bash script for startup, but if you want use a desktop shortcut you could define it in this way:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Civ4:BtS with Mod
Comment=Start Civ4:BtS with given mod
Path={YOUR_PATH_TO_CIV4BTS}
#Exec=wine Civ4BeyondSword2015.exe "mod= CloseToHome_2.0.5"
Exec=env WINEPREFIX="{YOUR_WINEPREFIX_FOR_CIV4}" wine BTS_Wrapper.exe multiple mod= "PB Mod_v9"
Icon=Civ4BtS-1
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Game;

Notes:
• I inserted an example startup for the BTS_Wrapper.exe and one for Civ4BeyondSword2015.exe
• You as to adapt {YOUR_PATH_TO_CIV4BTS} and {YOUR_WINEPREFIX_FOR_CIV4}
• If you only use the standard-prefix for all wine programs you could omit the definition of the WINEPREFIX variable.
• The *.desktop-files do not support environment variables like $HOME on its own. So use the full paths or encapsulate your command with 'sh -c'

• If you want a proper Icon for the entry you need to convert the *ico-File manually because its format is not supported directly:

E.g. with Imagemagick's convert tool:

Code:

convert {YOUR_PATH_TO_CIV4BTS}/Assets/res/Civ4BtS.ico ~/.local/share/icons/Civ4BtS.png

Creates Civ4BtS-0.png, Civ4BtS-1.png, and Civ4BtS-2.png

• Maybe you noted the 'multiple' argument in the startup command. This is useful to start multiple instances of Civ4.
• An other useful argument is '/fxsload'. This can be used to load a save game. Good for debugging stuff
A drawback is the syntax. You need to give the full path in Windows-Path-Style.
Example call:

Code:

WINEDEBUG=-all WINEPREFIX="/home/{USERNAME}/.local/share/wineprefixes/wine32" wine BTS_Wrapper.exe "/fxsload=\"C:\\users\\{USERNAME}\\Documents\\My Games\\Beyond the Sword\\Saves\\single\\Test.CivBeyondSwordSave\"" multiple mod= "PB Mod_v9"

[naufragar]

Hey Ramkh,

I'm currently timing out when connecting to PB69, but I can still connect to PB90. To my knowledge, I haven't changed any settings since my last successful connection to PB69 and now. Any ideas what I did to cause me to bounce off Pb64? (Other players can successful connect to '64 still. )

[Ramkhamhaeng]

Hello Nauf,

please re-connect to your IPS, e.g. by restarting the router or wait approx. 20 minutes.
I assume that the routing of your packages for this game did 'reaching on port 0' on Zulan's Server side.

You:2056 => NAT464-Translation by your ISP => YouAsSeenByZulan:0 => Zulan:3039

And Port 0 didn't work. This translation is saved for several minutes by your ISP.

[45°38'N-13°47'E]

• An other useful argument is '/fxsload'. This can be used to load a save game. Good for debugging stuff
A drawback is the syntax. You need to give the full path in Windows-Path-Style.
Example call:

Code:

WINEDEBUG=-all WINEPREFIX="/home/{USERNAME}/.local/share/wineprefixes/wine32" wine BTS_Wrapper.exe "/fxsload=\"C:\\users\\{USERNAME}\\Documents\\My Games\\Beyond the Sword\\Saves\\single\\Test.CivBeyondSwordSave\"" multiple mod= "PB Mod_v9"

Uh, I've just come across this, I didn't know this trick! But does it work for pitboss too? I mean, can I start the pitboss server and autoload a savegame? I tried this shortcut but it didn't work:


"C:\FOLDER\Civilization 4\Civ4\Beyond the Sword\Civ4BeyondSword_PitBoss_Zulan.exe" mod= "Realism Invictus"\" /ALTROOT=C:\FOLDER\_http_aa.bb.cc.dd /fxsload="C:\FOLDER\_http_aa.bb.cc.dd\Saves\pitboss\Pitboss_BC-0220.CivBeyondSwordSave"

I also tried 

"C:\FOLDER\Civilization 4\Civ4\Beyond the Sword\Civ4BeyondSword_PitBoss_Zulan.exe" /fxsload="C:\FOLDER\_http_aa.bb.cc.dd\Saves\pitboss\Pitboss_BC-0220.CivBeyondSwordSave" mod= "Realism Invictus"\" /ALTROOT=C:\FOLDER\_http_aa.bb.cc.dd

but still no luck. Pitboss server starts, but I still need to select mod (it actually tells me it's loading the correct mod), DirectIP/LAN, NewGame/Scenario/LoadGame... so no autosave autoloading.

[Ramkhamhaeng]

/fxsload does not work for Pitboss-Games :-( That was one reason for developing the 'pbmod'. The mod changes(*) the 'Assets/Python/PitBoss/PbWizard.py' file. Modded version is reading a save path from a json-config file.

[45°38'N-13°47'E]

/fxsload does not work for Pitboss-Games :-( That was one reason for developing the 'pbmod'. The mod changes(*) the 'Assets/Python/PitBoss/PbWizard.py' file. Modded version is reading a save path  from a json-config file.

I thought something like this. I merged an old version of your mod into mine, "Rise of Mankind - A New Dawn". I just didn't want to do it all over again for Realism Invictus and I was looking for easier solutions. 
But I start thinking it's worth it. Thanks again Ramk, you're a huge source of knowledge

[Miguelito]

since I'm still getting mails every few days, RB PB 68 can be taken off the server
As always, many thanks for hosting!