GTA2 Game Hunter

Sektor · **Posted:** Sun Jun 05, 2011 7:26 pm

2011-06-06 v1.530
- Quickly rehosted games should now be detected
- Made it clearer why GH is downloading a map
- "Try joining again" text added to end of "Download complete" message
- IRC name is no longer set to your GTA2 name if no previous IRC name is found. It must be manually set.
- NS GHOST command is sent after MOTD is received since InspIRCd ignores if sent earlier
- Columns are sorted when a player changes name
- Maps are downloaded to <temp>\gta2map.7z instead of <documents>
- 7za output is slightly more readable
- F8 runs gta2manager.exe or gta2 manager.exe instead of gta2.exe (bug in v1.529)
- Gamma setting of 0 is changed to 15

BenMillard · **Posted:** Sun Jun 05, 2011 10:29 pm

Good work on all these subtle fixes for GH. It's thankless work but is actually what makes the app good to use. And it's really good to use, these days. 8-)

Sektor · **Posted:** Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:48 pm

2011-06-14 v1.531
- A password must be in settings before you can sign in
- Nicks are automatically registered if available
- Moved the X used for closing tabs to the bottom right
- Changed conflicting hotkeys
- Your nick is saved to registry whenever it is changed
- Fixed gridline setting saving
- Fixed a problem that could only happen if #gta2gh was set to +m mode
- Important notices from GTANet are displayed

edit: if you get purple messages with the text "1.531" or "SA" then download GH again (that bug was fixed a few minutes after release)

Cuban-Pete · **Joined:** Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:03 pm **Posts:** 793

thanks another update. i noticed a closing button for tabs at the right bottom.

is it me or are there less people online? perhaps because with new version the chatserver is different.

ah wait... this is it:

Quote:

11:39:27 --> Stick_Rpg_2 (sa-xx-x-xx-xx.saturn.infonet.ee) has joined #gta2gh
11:39:28 Stick_Rpg_2 was kicked by gta2ghbot (Update to v1.531 - http://gtamp.com/GTA2/gh -)

a small nitpicker thing (not sure how you say that in English), the row bottom line does not end to the end.

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nitpick number two: player 2 button/dropdownmenu is not same height/size as the rest

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//off topic. do you have a new pc? looks like a vista screenshot to me for version 1.531

Sektor · **Posted:** Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:33 pm

All my screenshots since Windows 7 was released have been done in Windows 7 but I usually have it set to the classic win2k theme.

So far I only kick v1.524 and v1.528, anything newer is allowed. You must enter a password with v1.531, that could deter some users, especially if their english is bad and they don't know what to do.

I made the tab line shorter than the window since if you have many tabs open, it would overlap the X button but I could make it go all the way across when your tabs don't reach the side. The x button will be moved onto the active tab at some point. I don't even use the x button, I push ctrl+w.

The players combobox lines up better in Windows classic theme. I'll fix it for other themes.

elypter · **Joined:** Sat Dec 26, 2009 11:53 pm **Posts:** 933

that password forcing is problematic for online pakx.
it sets the default name to pakxped for autologin. If i set a password for that user someone else could take control over it when he reads the password.

Sektor · **Posted:** Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:55 pm

If you want that nick then register it yourself. Why does that pack have a default username anyway? I don't want lots of people logging in with the same name.

edit: I see you just used it to track how many people logged in with that pak. You could set a default channel to join, registry key channels = #onlinepakx

elypter · **Joined:** Sat Dec 26, 2009 11:53 pm **Posts:** 933

it is not only for that purpose. it is also an indicator for others that this person is new and has everything that is included in online pakx. You can also ring that person by writing "pakxped".
And the tutorial tells them to change their nick.

Sektor · **Posted:** Sun Jun 19, 2011 11:22 am

2011-06-19 v1.532
- Away status is sent to #gta2gh after typing /hop
- Topic changes now include the channel name
- /topic command makes changes to current channel if no channel is specified
- Players that quit are removed from all channels, not just #gta2gh
- GH updates flags in all channels if flag notice is sent to #gta2gh
- GH will no longer try to download jpeg files from: http://gtamp.com/maps/
- GH can now download files ending in 7z from: http://projectcerbera.com/gta/2/
- Selecting tag game will no longer remove your game from the list
- HKCU\Software\GTA2 Game Hunter\display\Filter set to a sane value if out of bounds

Cuban-Pete · **Joined:** Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:03 pm **Posts:** 793

I like the auto download from gta 2 maps website, but the messages it produce is extremely unclear.

Quote:

13:07:21 Download complete: autodl.php?mmp=bc_ac.mmp - 7968kB at 718kB/s. Try joining again.
13:07:21 Processing archive: C:\Users\Lars\AppData\Local\Temp\gta2map.7z bc_ac_lite\classic1.TMP bc_ac_lite\classic1.TXT bc_ac_lite\objects.TMP bc_ac_lite\objects.TXT bc_ac_lite.TXT bc_ac.gci bc_ac.gmp bc_ac.jpg bc_ac.mis bc_ac.mmp bc_ac.scr bc_ac.sty bc_ac2.jpg bc_ac_lite.mis bc_ac_lite.mmp bc_ac_lite.SCR bc_awkward_cargo_readme.txt Audio\bc_ac.raw Audio\bc_ac.sdt bc_ac\classic1.mis bc_ac\classic1.SCR bc_ac\objects.mis bc_ac\objects.SCR bc_ac_lite\classic1.mis bc_ac_lite\classic1.SCR bc_ac_lite\objects.mis bc_ac_lite\objects.SCR bc_ac_lite bc_ac Audio Everything is Ok Folders: 3 Files: 27 Size: 12099199 Compressed: 7968447

Could this not be more like this:

Quote:

13:07:21 Downloading map "bc_ac.mmp" complete (7968kB at 718kB/s)
13:07:21 Processing and installing map successful. To play it, try joining again or refresh map list.

and when something goes wrong a message like this:

Quote:

13:07:21 Downloading map "bc_ac.mmp" is complete (7968kB at 718kB/s)
13:07:21 Processing and installing map failed. Error message: Could not find zip file.
13:07:21 Map "bc_ac.mmp" not installed correctly! Retry or report bug to author.

or

Quote:

13:07:21 Downloading map "bc_ac.mmp" is complete (7968kB at 718kB/s)
13:07:21 Processing and installing map failed. Error message: Not enough disk space.
13:07:21 Map "bc_ac.mmp" not installed correctly! Retry or report bug to author.

even better would be that bc_ac.mmp is replaced with the real map name. In this case "BC - Awkward Cargo - Lite".

I would suggest keeping the message to max 3 lines with text. Else people might not read or remember it, haha. :mrgreen:

Sektor · **Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2011 1:50 pm

I wasn't going to release a version this early but GTANet services went down and GH was having trouble logging in without them.

2011-07-01 v1.533
- #gta2gh is joined even if NickServ is offline
- You must be in the same channel as a user to send them a message
- Player list is cleared if you are kicked from a channel
- Private messages are ignored from users that aren't on any of your channels

Sektor · **Posted:** Sat Jul 02, 2011 11:17 am

GTANet is having some issues, so another quick fix release:

2011-07-02 v1.534
- Changed server address from 85.17.97.63 to irc.gtanet.com
- Fixed tab order on settings window
- Fixed blinking textbox (changed it from multiline back to singleline)

Salamander · **Joined:** Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:38 pm **Posts:** 142

15:48:32 &Mike | problems at leaseweb, out of our control
15:48:56 &Mike | they've acknowledged it, and are dealing with it

elypter · **Joined:** Sat Dec 26, 2009 11:53 pm **Posts:** 933

is it just me or is the random function ingh not as random as you would expect

Sektor · **Posted:** Sat Jul 16, 2011 2:49 am

It can pick the same map before going to all the others if that's what you mean. I've added shuffle maps without repeating (aka smart shuffle) to the todo list but even then, technically it wouldn't be "truly random" since it has to be based on some computation.

elypter · **Joined:** Sat Dec 26, 2009 11:53 pm **Posts:** 933

i meant that it was not completely random but i think that was just a delusion.

elypter · **Joined:** Sat Dec 26, 2009 11:53 pm **Posts:** 933

10:28:57 Connecting to: irc.gtanet.com port 8067
10:28:58 Unable to connect to server

since yesterday evening (europe)

Sektor · **Posted:** Mon Jul 18, 2011 8:33 am

Works fine for myself and 11 others but I should add backup servers into GH again.

BenMillard · **Posted:** Tue Jul 19, 2011 6:06 pm

GH is heading back to the bad old days where it made lots of spam when signing in. The result being that nobody reads any of it.

GH 1.535 wrote:

Connecting to: irc.gtanet.com port 8067
If your ports are closed, login to http://192.168.1.254. Forward 47624 and 2300-2400 TCP/UDP to 192.168.1.64.
*** Looking up your hostname...
*** Found your hostname (host86-166-95-1.range86-166.btcentralplus.com)
Welcome to GTAnet!
gtanet-uvi1no.range86-166.btcentralplus.com is now your displayed host
*** Forwarding PASS to NickServ
[Logon News - Aug 06 2007] Your host will be scanned for open proxies. Please disregard any firewall messages originating from our servers. If you do not agree to this scan please leave the network now.
[Logon News - Jun 30 2010] An up-to-date version of our rules can always be found on http://gtaconnection.net/page/policy/rules/main/
Password accepted - you are now recognized.
--> BenMillard (gtanet-uvi1no.range86-166.btcentralplus.com) has joined #gta2gh
Topic is GH1.535 http://gtamp.com/gh !help http://gtamp.com/maps http://gtamp.com/forum/
Topic set by gta2ghbot!bleh@gh.bot on 10/07/2011 7:45pm
Country detected as United Kingdom

The maximim amount of relevant login text is this, AFAICT:

Quote:

Problems with joining or hosting games? Login to your Internet router at http://192.168.1.254 with the password on the box, or search for default passwords. Use it to forward the ports 47624 and 2300-2400 (TCP/UDP). You may need to enter the network address for your PC, which is 192.168.1.64

Connecting to irc://irc.gtanet.com:8067
Our rules: http://gtaconnection.net/page/policy/rules/main/

potatis_invalido · **Joined:** Wed Sep 07, 2011 5:05 pm **Posts:** 2

elypter wrote:

10:28:57 Connecting to: irc.gtanet.com port 8067
10:28:58 Unable to connect to server

since yesterday evening (europe)

I'm getting the same thing.

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