Official 2.0 Release
Posted by GEN3RIC at 4:58 am on June 30, 2010
On Wednesday, DICE will deliver the simultaneous release of the R8 client and R15 servers. The next version of BC2CC will take advantage of all the new features built into the new server protocol. Before you all rush off to install this, please note that your server must be upgraded in order for you to connect to it. With this revision we are introducing a new installation package which provides a much easier installation and updating procedure.
You will not have to set your servers up again and your preferences will be saved, so the upgrade process should be painless. BC2CC requires the .NET 4 Framework, and if it is not installed, the installer will provide a link for you to download and install. No restart is necessary. You can install this update parallel to your current version of 1.2.1, so if you have older servers, use the old version of BC2CC. The new version will warn you if you attempt to connect to a server that is not compatible.
So what’s in this release? Lots. DICE gave us plenty of facetime with the new rcon protocol so we have some exciting features. Here’s the rundown.
Player List
- Tickets displayed on player list
- Player kit info is visualized by mouse over
- Session actions: restart round, skip round, or end round (allows you to choose the winner)
- Kit Icon for players
- Improved Kick/Ban system [allows you to write in a reason]
Server List
- More accurate player counts
- Restart a server which you are connected to (warning, any server variables not set in startup.txt could be overwritten)
Map Options
- Drag & Drop maps to and from the playlist
Server Options
- Allowed to set the server name from the tool now
- Server description length is 400 chars and a pipe ‘|’ inserts a line break
- Addition of idle timeout (0 removes the timeout entirely)
- Enable/Disable the profanity filter in chat
- Advanced Team Kill rules
- Per-Level variable customization
Miscellaneous
- Reserved slots was improved in server code. Add as many to the list as you want, it will not reduce your max capacity
- Added admin console to directly execute commands for advanced users
- Yell from chat area allows you to choose the duration (saves to preferences)
- Welcome Message (found in server details. Right click server > Edit) is now sent when the player spawns. Make sure to change this, it is now recommended to be 0-10 seconds
Auto Admin
- Kill Streak
- Choose advanced options like when the streak starts and what the intervals are
- Set custom phrases for beginning, continuing, and ending a streak. Hover over the text box to see the variables to use in your phrase
- First Kill / First Dogtag
- Notify the server of the first kill of the match
- Dogtag mode lets you set a custom phrase for when the first dogtags are taken
- Ace Player
- If somebody is leading the pack, this lets the server know.
- Set it to a timed interval so they aren’t annoyed by the notifications
- Choose custom phrases for notifications with variables (hover over to see them)
- Name & Shame
- A potentially hilarious mod that will notify the server if somebody is killed with an embarrassing weapon.
- Choose from a preset list of weapons that are difficult or embarrassing to kill with
- Set a custom phrase for each weapon
- Assassination
- This mode lets players volunteer themselves to be assassins.
- 2 players are pitted against each other. Others may help, but YOU must kill them to win
- Optionally, you can allow the player to know the kit they’re using, and every time they spawn they are updated
- Time limited
- Always-On function will keep the ball rolling as long as it’s enabled. Otherwise, an in-game command must be used to start the game.
- War
- For serious league play.
- Enter a phrase, and a countdown (in seconds), and when the countdown reaches 0, the map restarts, thus beginning a live match
- Optionally, players can !ready before the match will start
- Public Commands
- !admins
- show admins registered on the server
- !calladmin
- send a message to all admins
- !disconnect
- a fun and frivolous way to disconnect!
- !serverinfo
- see the vital information of the server like maplist, server name, etc
- !statsme
- view stats of how many times you’ve killed or died, grouped by weapon
- !maplist
- returns the maplist
- Notifications
- Alert the server when an admin is joining the game
- Advertise that you are using BC2CC and that public commands exist. This is an unobtrusive message flashed once when they join. (Recommended to use “say” mode)
- !admins
That’s a big update! So what’s not in this update? Missing in this update is a !rules public command which will display a list of rules you have set. This will eliminate the need to use Punkbuster Tasks (an overtly complicated and message system), handy if you are not using PB. Also, these rules can optionally be displayed when a player enters the server. Class and weapon restrictions are also not included in this release, but will be added shortly. Please note, restrictions cannot be added if you are running a ranked server due to the server TOS. If it were allowed, your server can and likely will be canceled. Also missing: tight server/Twitter integration with possibility to respond to @mentions and adds with in-game notifications of followers. This will be heavily tested prior to release to ensure there is no abuse. Votekick will be added in the next few days, look for an update when you start BC2CC.
Why? Because things take a long time, and this is our hobby. Support us if you appreciate what we do for you!
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Assassination was fun dude, good job on the new tool.
Wheres the plugins?
It is getting too easy to be an admin! Quit making these EZ-Tools!!!!
Nice job
Hey, just wondering what the status is with the daemon support ?
Regards Andreas
Can you add “add to erserved slots” in context menu from online players?
Hallo
I have some problems …. if i change some server settings and push SAVE buttone … server restarts/crash …. if i try to unban a player …. server restarts/crash ??? whats wrong ???
Greetz Marv
imyourkiller – I was just going to add that tonight.
Weird coincidence.
Marv,
I haven’t heard of that happening before. Would you mind if I logged into your server and tested it?
ok i tried when server is empty and nothing happen…. hmmm don know why
servername= Deutschland 2010 +Rush+PBBans+Ranked+
Marvman, email me your server ip, command port, and RCON password (a temp one would be a good idea) at eric.rode@gmail.com and I can see if I can reproduce it. If I can’t reproduce it, I cannot fix it.
eric…@gmail.com …. ok but i could not see hole email adress
email is on the way
Update: Determined Marvman’s issue was server issues, not BC2CC itself.
thx a lot good job
2.0 is good, nice updates but BC2CC automatically updated itself today and something is wrong with PB tasks. Tasks were working fine yesterday but today (I’m guessing after the update) only the first 8 tasks on the list are viewed as server messages (I’ve put 10 tasks, so the last 2 messages are never sent by the server. I’ve tried saving and loading, clearing and re-writing the tasks, etc. but it’s no good. I’m sure the time settings are fine since I tried re-writing them like 10 times and everything was working fine yesterday. Thanks.
Btw, an RSS feed for comments? Nice idea.
You could use this feed, for all comments on the site. http://feeds.feedburner.com/CommentsForBc2cc
it would be good to watch what used vehicles which players
AtzeGlatze – that information is not supplied to us. If it’s added to the server, then we’ll make use of it.