Administrator Guide

Overview

This page is intended to collect information for server administrators.

There are many, many mission parameters for Domination. Resources here can help understand how game configurations impact gameplay and server performance.

Mission parameters

To see the full list of mission parameters with detailed descriptions see Params.

• Domination automatically balances some of the infantry counts according to the armor setting.
• Be aware of the default AI difficulty and set accordingly.
• Civilians may be enabled. Areas of focus are randomly generated. This has a negative impact on server performance.
• Group counts for each infantry category may be set with a discrete number or with an automated calculation (low / medium / high) based on the terrain and available structures.

enemy groups

The number of enemy groups in the maintarget area is determined by mission parameters as a discrete number or low / medium / high.

enemy types - infantry

• occupy - spawn inside buildings, free to move immediately
• ambush - spawn inside buildings, free to move when firedNear is triggered within 69m
• overwatch - spawn inside buildings, never move
• sniper - spawn in high elevation positions in a building or on roof
• guard - spawn in target area with a small camp
• guard static - spawn in a MG or GL with sandbags
• patrol - spawn and follow random waypoints
• observer - spawn and follow random waypoints, call in artillery or airstrike on players if they have line of sight

enemy types - vehicle

• guard - tanks, tracked and wheeled APCs, trucks with MG or GL
• guard static - tanks, tracked APCs, AA vehicles
• patrol - tanks, tracked and wheeled APCs, trucks with MG or GL, observation UAV

Database setup

Domination can persist data with a properly configured database. Setting up a database is optional. Domination will function normally without any external database.

With a connected database the following Domination data will be preserved across server reboots:

• mission parameters
• mission progress
• player scores and ranks

More detailed instructions to configure a database for Domination can be found at Database setup.

Set mission configurations in server.cfg

Edit the server configuration file server.cfg and set your favorite Domination configurations. This is an alternative to storing the configurations in an external database by putting the values directly into a server text file.

Example:

server.cfg

class Missions
{
  class Domination
  {
    template = "co40_domination_4_54_blufor.altis";
    difficulty = "Recruit";
    class Params
    {
      d_with_targetselect_count = 9999; // select more targets!
      d_withsandstorm = 1;  // I don't like sand. It's all coarse and rough and irritating.
    };
  };
};