Rcon

[Nem2k]

can anyone explain what rcon is? we have a server running and i want to be able to control it without going into the game

so is there a program somewhere to do this? and what are the commands?

 

[EC]

rcon (remote console) is a way for you to access console commands from another computer. To set it up (this is how it was in HL1, so I'm not 100% certain it's the same in HL2) access the computer/server that the game server is being run on. Type rcon_password <your password> and then type the same thing on the computer that you want to access it from. After that, you should be recognized as an admin by the server, and to do admin console commands, you type

rcon <command>

such as

rcon changelevel <mapname>

I believe you can do this from HLSW, but I'm not sure.

 

[giant384]

it just allows u to be as ur are the host and u can type in console commands on a different pc with a password that u have set for the rcon

 

[Nem2k]

ok i think that HLSW program works with hl2 mods
but when ur using it and changing maps etc, inthe game do the players see the admin's (me) ip address? cos usually it says which ip the command came from

and what are the most important rcom commands?

 

[EC]

(adding "rcon " to all of these) the most important are
changelevel
sv_cheats 0/1
sv_gravity (600 default)
kick <playername>

and maybe some others.

As for the IP address, I'm not sure. Best way would be to just test it with someone in the server.

 

[killik]

I am running a dedicated HL2 DM on linux platform. I setup rcon_password in server.cfg and is located in the cfg folder. For some reason I try to rcon into the box and get an error message "Unable to connect to remote server (192.168.0.10:27015) . Both server and client are on a local network. And port forwarding is setup on the router so that other players can connect to the server. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[BrimStone04]

mani mod is better than rcon.

ps. dont double post.