Forged Alliance Forever

Re: Lobby Manager (Ban/Probation Tool)

2019-12-27T03:02:57+02:00

Never mind...it still works.

@PhilipJFry - It's been a while since I've played, does this mod still work with latest game patch? Are there alternatives available.

Statistics: Posted by ghostronin — 27 Dec 2019, 03:02

Re: Lobby Manager (Ban/Probation Tool)

2017-12-08T04:48:43+02:00

Tried it out, indeed adding a note doesn't enable the player list had to add a ban, thanks a lot working smoothly again much appreciated

Statistics: Posted by Cujo67 — 08 Dec 2017, 04:48

Re: Lobby Manager (Ban/Probation Tool)

2017-12-07T08:34:15+02:00

you need to have someone in your list for banned players for the button to become relevant

easiest way to do this is starting a game with some random volunteer and adding them to your ban list in game via the score tab (does NOT work when the Supreme Score Board mod is enabled!)
assuming you don't actually want to have your test subject in your ban list you can later just edit the game.prefs (the UID of the user is the important part!)

alternatively you can just add a user to the ban list in the game.prefs file by hand i suppose

Code:: BannedPlayers = { { BanReasons = { 8 }, Notes = 'no need for one', OriginalName = 'XXXXXXXXXXXXX', UID = '' } },

this table belongs inside the "LobbyManager_Settings"

Statistics: Posted by PhilipJFry — 07 Dec 2017, 08:34

Re: Lobby Manager (Ban/Probation Tool)

2017-12-07T00:48:08+02:00

Son of a nutcracker, another problems cropped up....the Player List is not clickable, even after adding a user note still not able to enter it. Any ideas?

Statistics: Posted by Cujo67 — 07 Dec 2017, 00:48

Re: Lobby Manager (Ban/Probation Tool)

2017-12-07T00:34:44+02:00

PhilipJFry wrote:
the lobby tool has a box you need to tick in the settings in the lobby (top right corner of the lobby screen) in order to access its features

sadly that box is overlapping with the faction color check box which has been added a few patches back but you can still click on it
if you can't then i suggest you open your game.prefs again and set the "LobbyManagerEnabled" value to "true"

edit: you can also edit the lobby.lua file located in the mod in "schook\lua\ui\lobby" and change the line 147 from "LayoutHelpers.AtRightTopIn(cbox_EnableLobbyManager, dialogContent, 20, 94)" to "LayoutHelpers.AtRightTopIn(cbox_EnableLobbyManager, dialogContent, 20, 114)" which will create the box for enableing and disableing the mod in the lobby below the other stuff and above the text size option

WOW! Thank you so very much!! Did that eons ago when first installing the mod, cou ldn't find the option, saw the overlapped box and wondered what it said, tooltip said it after you mentioned it. Thanks again so glad for the help on here

Statistics: Posted by Cujo67 — 07 Dec 2017, 00:34

Re: Lobby Manager (Ban/Probation Tool)

2017-12-06T13:24:20+02:00

the lobby tool has a box you need to tick in the settings in the lobby (top right corner of the lobby screen) in order to access its features

sadly that box is overlapping with the faction color check box which has been added a few patches back but you can still click on it
if you can't then i suggest you open your game.prefs again and set the "LobbyManagerEnabled" value to "true"

edit: you can also edit the lobby.lua file located in the mod in "schook\lua\ui\lobby" and change the line 147 from "LayoutHelpers.AtRightTopIn(cbox_EnableLobbyManager, dialogContent, 20, 94)" to "LayoutHelpers.AtRightTopIn(cbox_EnableLobbyManager, dialogContent, 20, 114)" which will create the box for enableing and disableing the mod in the lobby below the other stuff and above the text size option

Statistics: Posted by PhilipJFry — 06 Dec 2017, 13:24

Re: Lobby Manager (Ban/Probation Tool)

2017-12-06T00:24:28+02:00

Thanks Philip, i actually found that out spent all day working with it, backed it up and tried to go scratch. Problem is, with a vanilla gamepref it doesn't want to load the LobbyManager plugin for some reason. If i rename the old gamepref back, it'll load (but I broke it deleting users in there earlier today)

Any help would be greatly appreciated getting the ball rolling on this, excited that the possibility of this working again is...a possibility

Heres my gamelog if it helps!

Statistics: Posted by Cujo67 — 06 Dec 2017, 00:24

Re: Lobby Manager (Ban/Probation Tool)

2017-12-05T22:25:37+02:00

Cujo67 wrote:
Anyone know where this file is located so I can delete it and restart from scratch? Tia

mods store data in the game.prefs file; click options->show paths->show game.prefs in the client to find it
look for "BannedPlayers" in the game.prefs (open it with a text editor of your choice)

Statistics: Posted by PhilipJFry — 05 Dec 2017, 22:25

Re: Lobby Manager (Ban/Probation Tool)

2017-12-05T22:23:23+02:00

Well, the good news is got it to work in the lobby again, even had a list of all the players from years back who were banned! So while cleaning out the list, it got a bit buggy, and before you know it, I cannot access the ban list anymore.

Anyone know where this file is located so I can delete it and restart from scratch? Tia

Statistics: Posted by Cujo67 — 05 Dec 2017, 22:23

Re: Lobby Manager (Ban/Probation Tool)

2017-12-05T20:32:53+02:00

Oh man, thank you all so much! Got it working again, didn't realize it needed to be in the original game folder, thanks again you made my year!

Statistics: Posted by Cujo67 — 05 Dec 2017, 20:32

Re: Lobby Manager (Ban/Probation Tool)

2017-11-29T23:41:40+02:00

I've managed to get the mod to work today
It seems like using steam FA as a base game version doesn't work while using the retail game version does

Statistics: Posted by PhilipJFry — 29 Nov 2017, 23:41

Re: Lobby Manager (Ban/Probation Tool)

2017-05-16T08:44:42+02:00

Sorry forgot to check the thread...
I do have the .scd file in the steam install folder. (inside gamedata where all the other .scd files are too)

Code:: info: DISK: AddSearchPath: 'c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\supreme commander forged alliance\gamedata\lobbymanager_v105.scd', mounted as '/'

Is there anything else i need to do to install the mod?

Also the mod completely breaks the lobby in steam FA.

Statistics: Posted by PhilipJFry — 16 May 2017, 08:44

Re: Lobby Manager (Ban/Probation Tool)

2017-05-04T15:12:42+02:00

Did you place it in faf gamedata folder or the gamedatafolder of original game? You need to place it in the original game datafolder (like the first post says)

Saying this because I put it in the wrong folder

This:
C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Gas Powered Games\Supreme Commander
or: (for steam)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Supreme Commander Forged Alliance\gamedata
Not this:
C:\ProgramData\FAForever\gamedata

Statistics: Posted by Androish — 04 May 2017, 15:12

Re: Lobby Manager (Ban/Probation Tool)

2017-05-03T12:32:01+02:00

I did copy the latest mod version from the OP in my gamedata folder but it doesn't seem to work.
Not sure if anyone is still around to keep this mod up to date.
I'll just post my game.log here for good measure anyway.

Statistics: Posted by PhilipJFry — 03 May 2017, 12:32

Re: Lobby Manager (Ban/Probation Tool)

2017-05-02T03:25:48+02:00

buletproof_bob wrote:
it still works for me.

How the heck did you get it to work?
A friends asking.

Statistics: Posted by Cujo67 — 02 May 2017, 03:25