Subj : game server not working...
To : Martin Kazmaier
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Dec 19 2025 07:10 pm
Re: game server not working...
By: Martin Kazmaier to Digital Man on Fri Dec 19 2025 05:41 pm
>
> * In a message originally to Martin Kazmaier, Digital Man said:
>
> > Re: game server not working... By: Martin Kazmaier to All on Fri Dec
> > 19 2025 01:24 pm
>
>
> > > I have to go through the entire login process (welcome to synchronet,
> > these
> > > keys do this, what shell do you want, what avatar do you want, here
> > > are
> > your
> > > caller stats, etc....) then the game starts. This is far from ideal
>
> > Those files (e.g. "welcome to synchronet") can be simply deleted or
> > overwritten with whatever text you prefer, if any.
>
> Ok, what are the files?
As documented at
https://wiki.synchro.net/config:text_files,
the files I think you're asking about are text/system.msg and text/newuser.msg
> > > and it says the user name is a dupe even though it's not.
>
> > Maybe it's the user's real name that's a duplicate? More information
> > would be needed.
>
> It's not a dupe, it's invalid.
In what way?
> > > I've got rlogin_auto_xtrn=true set, which shows because the game does
> > > start
> > before
> > > the menu, but after all the rest of that stuff... What am I doing
> > wrong?
>
> > Did you also set [logon] rlogin_xtrn_logon = false in your modopts?
> >
https://wiki.synchro.net/module:logon
>
> No, that wasn't listed in the game server info. It is now.
I'm not clear what you mean by "game server info". Please clarify.
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