Can NWNX help list a server under multiple gamespy categors?

[starfall]

Hi NWNX

Some years ago we saw a single NWN server listed under all gamespy categories. Is this something NWNX is capable of arranging?

We are thinking of using NWNX as an alternative to Firedaemon -- we just started serving a NWN game and we want to have autoreboot on crash. (any idea how NWNX compares to Firedaemon? NWNX is open source we think..!)

[Zebranky]

NWNX can't do that currently, and I'm not sure I'd be comfortable if it could -- that feels like spam to me, and totally defeats the purpose of having categories (though I could see limited justification for listing under, for example, both PW Story and Role Play).

Firedaemon serves a different purpose, for the most part. NWNX alone will not run the server as a Windows service, though it can automatically restart it. However, NWNX (through its plugins) provides a lot of other NWN-specific features that you won't find anywhere else -- instancing areas, hooking events like pickpocket and examining objects, connecting to an external database, etc.

And yes, it is open source, and runs on both Windows and Linux (though the features available on each platform differ slightly).
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[starfall]

[Zebranky]

There aren't really any Windows/Linux comparisons written up right now. The most commonly used features work on both, but there are some more esoteric things available for each that haven't been ported (Linux has a lot more of those). Since you're not planning to use even the more common ones right now, I wouldn't worry about it.

It won't run as a service, but it is reliable and will restart the server as needed, though you may need to tweak some Windows settings to prevent error messages from popping up and requiring human intervention.
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Win32 SVN builds: http://www.mercuric.net/nwn/nwnx/

<Fluffy-Kooshy> NWNx plugin is to this as nuclear warheads are to getting rid of fire ants.

<ThriWork> whenever I hear nwn extender, I think what does NWN need a penis extender for?

[starfall]

thanks zebranky!

we'll give it a shot !

( <-- wonders what a windows service is .. )