BF3 Procon Questions (Procon Layer, Working Plugins)

[Klikster]

The title explains the basis, but yeah, I have some BF3 Procon questions, because I've never dealt with an rcon application before..

First of all, I know there's a way to make a procon 'layer' which allows multiple people to log in as sub admins, and gives me the ability to control what they have access to. In the procon documentation that comes in the download, I only see commands.. I need to know how to set this up. :/ Help is appreciated.

Also, PLUGINS! A few clan mates have said they've been playing on servers with working autobalancers, however the procon plugins forum doesn't explain which game the plugins are for very well.

What plugins are YOU using with procon? (And can you link me to the thread <3)

[Ironman44]

Im Using True Balancer v 0.7.6.0
, and it works VERY well

[Klikster]

This one? http://www.phogue.net/forumvb/showthrea ... C2-amp-MoH

Thanks!

Definitely interested in what other plugins people are using.. and most importantly the layers system so other people can login to our Procon!

[.=QUACK=.Major.Pain]

You install a copy of procon on a server or a computer that runs all the time. (Or you can rent from a company)
This is the copy you install all the plugins on and not on your pc copy.

You then setup the layer and create accounts for people to login to it.
You have the ability to give individuals priviledges to kick, ban, map change, and lots more.

I haven't checked for updated plugins lately, but we currently are running:

BF3 Auto Messages
AdminIn & Spawn Messsages (Partially working)
Country Selector (Used to block countries on our server, but you can either allow or block countries)
SpamBot (Used for messages at longer intervals than BF3 Auto Messages)
True Balancer
TS3 Sync (working but buggy - we turned it off)

[Klikster]

You install a copy of procon on a server or a computer that runs all the time. (Or you can rent from a company)
This is the copy you install all the plugins on and not on your pc copy.

You then setup the layer and create accounts for people to login to it.
You have the ability to give individuals priviledges to kick, ban, map change, and lots more.

Thanks! I just got linked a super helpful guide explaining everything on the Procon forums. http://www.phogue.net/forumvb/showthrea ... con-Manual

Just out of curiousity, do you know a company to rent something like this from? And how much is it?

[.=QUACK=.Major.Pain]

http://www.rconhostingservices.net/ is a company I used in the past when he started out and offered Procon for free. Now it's $5.00 setup and $3.50/month.

A few other companies and gsp's offer them for about the same price.

I was considering setting up hosting myself, but I need to find something to allow start/stop of the service. Been looking, perferably for something free, but if need be, I may have to purchase something.

I was told about a free program to try, but haven't had time to set it up and test it.

[Clay52]

Im Using True Balancer v 0.7.6.0
, and it works VERY well

The default balancer works well enough, why the need for this one?

[.=QUACK=.Major.Pain]

Default balancer on Procon is the ingame balancer.
It blows. Too slow to balance teams.

[Clay52]

Default balancer on Procon is the ingame balancer.
It blows. Too slow to balance teams.

Hmm well I never have had any issues with it.

[Jeff7477]

Default balancer is worthless, it only evens team numbers. I have seen many times where one team is very stacked and this continues into the following rounds because the teams never get shuffled! Sucks

[.=QUACK=.Major.Pain]

Can't wait till the balancer that uses stats balancing gets updated for bf3.
We used it in bfbc2, and it made the rounds extremely close.
Many times rounds ended with less then a 10 point difference.

[Clay52]

Can't wait till the balancer that uses stats balancing gets updated for bf3.
We used it in bfbc2, and it made the rounds extremely close.
Many times rounds ended with less then a 10 point difference.

Yes BUT, do you really want each and every round so tight assed balanced?

[.=QUACK=.Major.Pain]

Yep.

And there is a released for BF3.
Installing it tonight to test it.

[Clay52]

Yep.

And there is a released for BF3.
Installing it tonight to test it.

Yep I give, I will use this once I understand it all. BTW Pain, does running Procon on my own PC present any problems? Look me up on Battlelog (nick below) and we can chat further, tnx buddy.

ClayNation52

[.=QUACK=.Major.Pain]

You can use your computer, but if your using it on your server 24/7, it would have to run on your computer 24/7