Linux install help?

[222222quick]

Im going to take yet a 3rd try at nwnx.

I basically only need to let people delete their characters and reset server every 12 hours.

I installed debian 32 bit on server.

I read install instructions but there is not enough info for me.

If some one could list the files I need to put in my directory and point me to module scripts I need .

Thanks for your help in advance.

[Fireboar]

NWNX on Linux right now requires a hard head and an "able and willing to experiment" sort of mentality. For starters, Bioware's own "fixinstall" script for NWN on Linux has a bug in it. The first step is to get nwserver running. Make sure you can launch and log into a server without NWNX running.

Personally, I compile NWNX myself, but there should be binary files available. I don't remember where from though. Anyway, installing NWNX itself SHOULD be straightforward, but you'll probably run into some sort of hurdle anyway. Just speaking from experience here.

The modules you need for your requirements are nwnx_resetplugin and nwnx_ruby. You could use nwnx_leto instead of nwnx_ruby, but that's a bit outdated and really, ruby is much easier to code and is more powerful than letoscript. Actually writing the code to do the things you want to do is non-trivial and very good for your soul. A reset script is easy mode, making it scheduled is less easy and the character deletion is downright tricky.

Alternatively, to reset you don't necessarily need resetplugin at all. You can instead come up with a creative combination of - say - shell scripting, expect, screen and the "say" and "exit" commands that the nwserver console recognises to warn about and trigger a reset.

[acomputerdood]

i would also mention that the last time i compiled nwnx for linux the Makefiles had -Werror set which caused some of the plugins to not compile. deleting that compile flag in the corresponding Makefiles works just fine.

did you google for more help installing nwn? it's been years (wow, a decade?) since i installed it from scratch on my linux so i really have no tips that i remember. this seems like a decent guide (2nd google result):
http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/187/index/4643217


there was a recent post on the bioware boards about deleting servervault characters:
http://social.bioware.com/forum/Neverwinter-Nights-1/NwN-1-Builders---Scripting/Delete-Character-from-servervault-11983692-1.html

[222222quick]

Thanks guys for your reply.

Im sorry I didnt clarify more.I have a module on Debian server running with outside scripts starting and stopping but no ingame warning.

My main reason for wanted to try nwnx again is to get character deleting for it.

My question is if I go to the download for nwnx linux,I just download those and take only the *.so files and put them in the NWN directory.Im just having trouble with which files go where.





nwnstartup.sh
nwnx2.ini
nwnx2.so
functions.so
events.so
reset.so
ruby.so

[acomputerdood]

they all go in the base directory. and you use nwnstartup.sh (in lieu of nwmain) to start the game.

the thread i linked to uses a combination of cron and shell scripts to delete servervault players without nwnx.

how are you restarting your server now?

[222222quick]

/////shutdown script//////



#!/bin/bash


cd /home/nwn


if

[ "$(pidof nwserver)" ] ;

then

GPID=$(printf $(ps ax | grep -m 1 "nwserver" ))

sleep 5

kill -9 $GPID

sleep 5

else

echo "nwserver is not running..."

fi



//////startup script/////


#!/bin/bash

cd /home/nwn


if [ "$(pidof nwserver)" ] ;
then
echo "nwserver already running..."

else


screen -m -d -l ./nwserver -module "SnowBlizzard LevelUp"

fi



I know these are not the best but they work.

I see the link to delete without nwnx2 and that would be fine ,but I wouldn't know how to script it.I know how to use cron