geekingfrog
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4 months ago I would suggest converting this issue into a pull request to create a new file under documents/guides, maybe as a new section under local_setup.md or a new doc to explain how to also run spads (and maybe chobby) locally against local teiserver. Also, amend the Readme to mention this file.
That doc was very useful for me at several points, so I think it's worth pushing to get it somewhere, and then we can simply improve it.
I think perhaps one point to improve is the bit about launching the lobby. A link to developping the lobby from chobby would be useful, or at least the bit about devmode.txt to allow your normal chobby to point toward localhost.
jauggy
Here is draft:
Purpose of SPADS installation
If you have a local running version of TeiServer, you can point Chobby to localhost and login. However, you won't be able to see any battle rooms. To see battle rooms you will need to install SPADS.
Create a bot account to be used by SPADS
Run TeiServer locally, login as root@localhost and go to http://localhost:4000/teiserver/admin/user
You should see many users here assuming you have run Teifioin's fake data script.
Search for a user that has FakeData as the client (i.e. a normal user). Then Edit User > Tick "Bot" and "Verified" > Save Changes
The SPADS bot must have a name with 20 or less characters. If you wish to rename the user, remove
editfrom the url, e.g.Select Actions > Rename.
Note this username as it will be used later.
Point Chobby to local TeiServer
Inside install folder for Beyond All Reason, add a
devmode.txtfile. This will make available some dev settings in BAR. Open Beyond-All-Reason exe > Start > Settings > Scroll down and change Server Address to localhostGo to Multiplayer & Coop > Login as the bot user you created earlier. All these fake users created by Teifion's fake data script should have a password of
passwordAccept any agreement if needed. This is just to test if everything works. You can now Exit the app.Install SPADS Prerequisites
Download dependencies by following the prerequisite instructions here. In theory if you have TeiServer on Windows WSL, you could use either the Linux or Windows prerequisite instructions.
Another dependency we need that is not listed is Inline::Python. This dependency is used by one of BAR's plugins. Here is the install documentation.
Install SPADS
Further down the previous page are install instructions for SPADS. Follow only steps 1 and 2 of the Installation instructions. When downloading spadsInstaller.tar it might be flagged because the file is hosted on http instead of https.
Now for step 3 instead run this on your SPADS folder:
This will install SPADS with some BAR-specific configurations. It will ask someone questions and most will be answered automatically. Step 8 may take a while as it downloads BAR. Near the end, it will ask you for a username/password for SPADS to use. Use the bot user you created earlier. Remember all users have password of
password. (If you need to change the username/password at a later point, you can editetc/spads.conf)Finally it will ask you for another login for autohost owner. You can enter anything here, even a user that doesn't exist. It's not used.
Config changes
Inside your SPADS folder, open etc/spads.config and change the lobbyHost field to point to our local TeiServer
If Beyond All Reason is installed in Windows and SPADS in WSL, then open these instructions
Change the IP address of `lobbyHost` to your WSL IP address (instead of 127.0.0.1). You can find your WSL IP address by running in command line: ``` wsl hostname -I ```Install SPADS Plugins
In your SPADS folder, open
etc/spads.conf. Change the autoLoadPlugins line to this:Enter this exactly the same as it is case sensitive.
Now we need to get BarManager and RatingManager plugins. Download the spads_config_bar repo. You can ignore the repo's readme because we only need a couple files from it.
Copy from the repo these files:
etc/BarManager.confetc/BarManagerCmd.confand paste into your SPADS etc folder.Copy from the repo these files:
var/plugins/BarManagerHelp.datvar/plugins/barmanager.pyvar/plugins/ratingmanager.pyand paste into your SPADS var/plugins folderWe need to point our
var/plugins/ratingmanager.pyplugin to TeiServer so open it and set this lineRun SPADS
The first time you do this it will ask you to run it again with a parameter to trust the certificate. The certificate is something you would have created when installing TeiServer.
Launch the lobby
Run Beyond All Reason exe. Login as a user (but not the SPADS bot). You can go back to TeiServer to see the list of users. Use
passwordas the password. If all is well, you should be able to see a battle room when you login to multiplayer.Potential Errors
Geo IP Errors when you start a match
You may get an error to do with geoip when you start a match. In that case, go to localhost:4000 Admin > Site Config > System Then change "Use geoip" to false. Restart Teiserver. Now try and start a match again and it should work.