Subj : game server not working...
To   : Digital Man
From : Martin Kazmaier
Date : Fri Dec 19 2025 09:15 pm


* In a message originally to Martin Kazmaier, Digital Man said:

 > 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 don't know, it simply says that the name is a duplicate or invalid.  It
doesn't seem to like a single word name.

 >  >  >  > 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. --
 > digital man (rob)

The game server wiki. By it is now, I meant that I have that line in my
modopts.ini.  It made 0 difference.

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