ProCon and "Easy setup" differ?

[CPx4]

Why does "Easy setup" show old settings? Shouldn't it really be synched up with ProCon?

For Instance...

Server name: OK! Values in ProCon and Easy Setup are the same.
MapList: OK! Values in ProCon and Easy Setup are the same.

Server description: NOT OK. Values not updated in Easy Setup.
Server Banner: NOT OK. Values notupdated in Easy Setup.

Is this an EasySetup/ProCon/BF3 limitation? Or, am I missing something?

Thanks!
- CPx4

[Edge100x]

The "Easy setup" page sets those first-section items in a different file than Procon would, since it does not have access to the file that we use.

[CPx4]

Instead of reading from a local file, can it read all values from the existing server and fill in the Easy Setup tab?

(Or, programatically, update the local file with server settings before loading it into the 'Easy Setup' tab)

Your "Status" tab in the Control Panel already grabs the current "Name".
The "Easy Setup" tab does not.

- CPx4

[Edge100x]

Theoretically, but it's actually a bit complicated to do.

I just recommend that you always set those particular items through the "Easy setup" page.

[CPx4]

Ok. Can I just verify this? 3rd party tools (like ProCon) that set the following items will be overwritten by EasySetup:

admin.password
vars.serverName
vars.bannerURL
vars.serverDescription
vars.ranked
vars.punkBuster

Are there any others? Take your time answering if you need to check scripts.

Thanks!
- CPx4

[Edge100x]

It's the reverse -- they'd override "Easy setup" if they changed those.

The file manager page gives the full list after you change Admin/Startup.txt, and it mirrors yours:

admin.password
vars.serverName
vars.bannerURL
vars.serverDescription
vars.ranked
vars.punkBuster

[CPx4]

Ok. Feature Request

Either:
1) Dynamically build the settings on the "Easy Setup" page (pulling existing values in when displaying the page)

or...

2) Have 2 Submit buttons. The 1st one for the "Basic server settings" (the 6 above... Name/Desc/Banner/PW/Ranked/PB) The 2nd one for everything else (MapCycle, Addtl Settings, Admin daemon).

Why? This way I can change the Server Name (or any of the 6) without also changing the rest of my server settings (eg: Vehicle respawn delay) that I prefer to set in ProCon.

Thanks! Would be happy to help code if you don't have time. Not adept at Perl though.

- CPx4