[Server Auto Start]

Just put together a simple little mod that might be useful for server operators, at least until the dedicated server comes out.

The mods will setup GRAW to automatically start the server, without manually navigating through the menus. It also removes the intro movies and background globe on the menus, allowing for better remote access via VNC.

Download is here (530k)

http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~davdun/server_auto_start.zip

I've only done a quick test, it seems to work ok.

Theres a couple of things you will need to do before you can use this. They are:

1. Make sure you gamespy login is set to autologin.

2. Setup the server settings before installing this mod and save them (use the window on the right of the server settings screen to create a new server profile).

Installation

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Just unzip this zip into the GR:AW directory.

You will then need to modify the "context.xml" file in the root directory of GR:AW, change the line that says:

<gui file="\data\gui" optimized="true"/>

to

<gui file="\data\gui2" optimized="true"/>

and thats it. When you now start up GR:AW it will jump through the menus and automatically start the server. You can switch it back to "\gui" instead of "\gui2" to change the server settings if needed.

Thanks to Nemon for releasing the bundle extraction that allowed access to the gui xml files.

"For Rack Sys Admin or anyone wanting to boot to Dedicated Server"

Don't forget to mod or check your default.xml, or you will not boot to dedicated mode.

It should look similiar to this:

C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter\Settings\defaults.xml

<ghost_recon_defaults>

<profile active="/settings/profiles/graw_profile"/>

<server active="/settings/servers/your_server.xml"/>

</ghost_recon_defaults>

The "server active" line is key!

MoJo DoJo@Trinity