Seta and Set?

[Dekard]

I remember this was asked in the old forums, and I thought I would go ahead and answer it here.

Set can be in any config, usually used in one config, so that it can change when new configs are ran. (set's temporarily if you will)

seta- actually writes the changes to the q3config. So, if you are just trying out a command to see what it does use "set" if you are wanting it to be made permanent you could use "seta" which would write it to the q3config.

This is how I understand it.. if someone has a better explanation.. they are welcome to add their comments.

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[Zxel]

You got it right, and sets writes it to the q3config.cfg file PLUS makes it a "public" variable (i.e. visible in the Server Information screen and to scanners [like GameSpy]). http://63.167.10.249/admincentral/ubb/smile.gif

Now for the tricky question, what does setu mean? - hehe http://63.167.10.249/admincentral/ubb/biggrin.gif

Pe@ce and Knowledge to you - i'm out http://63.167.10.249/admincentral/ubb/cool.gif


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Jesus Is Lord, Zxel

[Commander Keen]

The seta "A" stands for Archive it sets the archive bit of that variable and on the next write it will save those settings to the q3config.cfg in the default game path (baseq3 unless it's a MOD). An important note: If you exit the game by typing quit at the console and not exiting by pressing escape and going through the menus the gameends abruptly and sometimes does not archive those cvars you set with seta.

The sets "S" stands for server I think but what it really does is forces those cvars to be echoed to the master server lists so that the players can view that info from game browsers details window. So variables like capture limit and fraglimit and mapname all have the "S" flag on by default.

The setu "U" stands for User I think sets the variable with the userinfo flag, so it will be transmitted from a client to a server while connecting acourding to LOKi the creater/coder of Argus.

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Commander Keen (http://console.q3center.com)

[the_taurus]

the possible use(s) of setu?

i.e.
What does a client need to send to the server?

BTW.
Be careful NOT to use sets commands on
e.g.
sv_privatepassword
rcon_password

and similar 'hidden' settings...

[ 17 September 2001: Message edited by: Taurus ]