Few noob questions!

[TerryGittens]

Server is almost finished thanks to the help of people on here! just a few more questions! how do i go about putting FastDL on to my server and what folder would i have to place it in? Also on some maps i've seen has extra weps in the spawn area then others. how do i go about adding more weps in the spawn area?

[Decicus]

For fast dl, I believe it's the same for Garry's Mod as any other Source/GoldSource engine (Garry's Mod is running Source engine), which there is a tutorial for here: http://www.nfoservers.com/forums/viewto ... =16&t=3523

When it comes to adding more weapon spawns to a map (also called "rearming"), then the creator of TTT has made a tutorial here: http://ttt.badking.net/rearm-guide

[TerryGittens]

Hey Decicus. Just wanting to know something since you have helped me with mostly everything and have been a great help! i just wanna know if you could help me with this scoreboard http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1356376 only problem im having right now is how to have my rank as rainbow. i've tried to do everything by what is in the read me files but i get nothing. so maybe you could help me by giving me a step by step in how to do this? thank you for the help you have given me!

[Decicus]

Can you post your current "config" of the file? At the top, called "EZS.Ranks["group"]" etc.

Use the code BBcodes (click "Code" at the top of the editor when posting a reply) and paste the "config" in those bbcodes.

[TerryGittens]

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local EZS = {}
EZS.Ranks = {}

--[[ CONFIG ]]--
EZS.Enabled = true

EZS.Ranks["superadmin"] = { name = "S. Admin", color = Color( 255, 0, 0 ), admin = true } -- the display name for a rank, color, is the rank admin?
EZS.Ranks["admin"] = { name = "Admin", color = Color( 150, 100, 100 ), admin = true }
EZS.Ranks["donator"] = { name = "Donator", color = Color( 100, 200, 100 ), admin = false }
EZS.Colors[Owner] = "rainbow"  -- the color for a rank (use "rainbow" to denote rainbow name)
EZS.CreateRankLabel = { enabled = true, text = "Rank" } -- label enable on the top? what should it say?

EZS.HideBackground = false
EZS.ShiftLeft = 0

EZS.UseNameColors = true -- should we color the names?
EZS.RainbowFrequency = .5 -- frequency of rainbow (if enabled)

I hope this is what you was after xD i just have no idea how to make it rainbow

[Decicus]

No offense, but you did it completely wrong. You should've followed the previous examples.
This:

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EZS.Colors[Owner] = "rainbow"  -- the color for a rank (use "rainbow" to denote rainbow name

Should actually be like this:

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EZS.Ranks["Owner"] = { name = "Owner", color = "rainbow", admin = true }

And that is similar to the example given:

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EZS.Ranks["superadmin"] = { name = "S. Admin", color = Color( 255, 0, 0 ), admin = true }

By the way. I recommend changing groupnames to lowercase letters. Since you're running ULX, things tend to break with uppercase letters in groupnames.

EDIT: Now that I think of it. You might've just been missing the quotes around "Owner" using EZS.Colors. I might have just misunderstood the documentation for it. My apologies.
The method I showed should work too.

[TerryGittens]

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--[[ CONFIG ]]--
EZS.Enabled = true

EZS.Ranks["superadmin"] = { name = "S. Admin", color = Color( 255, 0, 0 ), admin = true } -- the display name for a rank, color, is the rank admin?
EZS.Ranks["admin"] = { name = "Admin", color = Color( 150, 100, 100 ), admin = true }
EZS.Ranks["donator"] = { name = "Donator", color = Color( 100, 200, 100 ), admin = false }
EZS.Ranks["owner"] = { name = "Owner", color = "rainbow", admin = true }
EZS.CreateRankLabel = { enabled = true, text = "Rank" } -- label enable on the top? what should it say?

EZS.HideBackground = false
EZS.ShiftLeft = 0

EZS.UseNameColors = true -- should we color the names?
EZS.RainbowFrequency = .5 -- frequency of rainbow (if enabled)

Ok this is what i have and still nothing xD it works perfectly fine without having rainbow but whenever i do the rainbow it just doesnt work no rank no color shows up

[Decicus]

Hmm... odd.

I actually don't know what the issue is then. I haven't used the addon myself, so I don't know. Sorry. You could try posting about it on the Facepunch post.

[TerryGittens]

Thanks for the help anyways! i did msg the person who made it hopefully i hear something back!

[TerryGittens]

Okay Finally got the Rainbow rank to work! i have another question do you know any addon that i can get so that when an admin types in chat the rank also shows up in chat?

[Decicus]

I know about this: http://forums.ulyssesmod.net/index.php/board,15.0.html

Although it tends to break with TTT and DarkRP. This is because TTT and DarkRP modify chat by themselves, and modifying it yet again using an addon will break it.
The only reason I linked it, is because there's a "managed version" of it, that should allow you to use it without bugs. I cannot guarantee that myself, though.

[TerryGittens]

Thanks for the help man just a little more questions for you i've been trying to set my gravity on my server every time i do set it, it keeps going back to the default settings. how do i make it so it stays as the gravity that i want? Question 2 With my RDM logs how do i make it so that only higher ranks can click F8 during rounds to look at the logs. i really dont want lower rank spesh the new mods to look at Logs untill they reach a high rank. Question 3. for some reason my maps ain't changing. when the rounds over it will just load up on the same map again ( and yes i have added 2 other maps ) Question 4) setting up FastDL i've put a few things on my FileZilla the coder who i had has been doing a really piss poor job of the server so im trying to get things done myself now anyways he said that i needed websync with im correct i got one with the server that was free in the website option. so if yo know how i could set this up step by step would be really great and would help me out a whole lot. i really dont wanna pay someone who has been doing a shitty job and just letting him do it. so if you can help me with this again would be great thankyou again!

[Decicus]

1) Server gravity.
Go into your Garry's Mod server files, then go into cfg/server.cfg. Open in Notepad or Notepad++ or something like that and insert "sv_gravity AmountOfGravityHere". Save and upload. Now it should set the gravity to that every time the map changes or something.
Please make sure to check if there is an "sv_gravity" entry already there. If there is, just change that to whatever you want or remove it when you have added a new one (basically, don't have two "sv_gravity"s in the server.cfg).

2) I assume you're using this: http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1301766
In the addon folder, go into lua/config/config.lua and open with Notepad or Notepad++ (I recommend Notepad++).

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--[[ User rights. The default level is 2 if your rank isn't here
	1 : Can't open the menu
	2 : Can only use the damagelog when the round isn't active
	3 : Can use the damagelog when spectating and when the round isn't active
	4 : Can always use the damagelog
]]--

Damagelog:AddUser("superadmin", 4)
Damagelog:AddUser("admin", 4)
Damagelog:AddUser("operator", 2)
Damagelog:AddUser("user", 2)
Damagelog:AddUser("guest", 2)

Set the ranks accordingly. I recommend setting "superadmin" and "owner" or whatever you have to 4. Then admins to "3", and mods and lower to "2".

3) You will have to create a "mapcycle.txt". List all the maps in that text file and upload it to the Garry's Mod server root folder.

4) I personally haven't hosted my servers directly with NFO, so I'm not sure how the "Websync" works.
What you would do is take maps for example, use 7-Zip to compress into a .bz2 format and upload that to "example.com/fast_download/maps/". I find it difficult to explain, so if you'd like me to help physically then I can do that.

[Decicus]

Since I can't edit my post, if you want to add me on Steam, here's my profile: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197997719567