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How do you connect to a particular server from the command line

Drakar · 2004-10-14 12:03:15

Hi, I play a bit of BF Pirates, and the Pirates of Portaloise server is the best one for me all the time. Instead of starting Gamespy, clicking through all the screens and then it starting Pirates, how would I go about finding out what command line option Gamespy is using to connect? I tried bf1942.exe +game Pirates…

14-10-2004 12:03pm

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Drakar

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Hi,

I play a bit of BF Pirates, and the Pirates of Portaloise server is the best one for me all the time. Instead of starting Gamespy, clicking through all the screens and then it starting Pirates, how would I go about finding out what command line option Gamespy is using to connect?
I tried bf1942.exe +game Pirates +server <ip>, but that didn't work.

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#2 14-10-2004 12:35pm

Jim

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Make a shortcut to the game and type

+restart 1 +joinServer (server ip)

That should work, I think.

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#3 14-10-2004 2:46pm

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Arr, I'll give that a go, thanks.

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#4 14-10-2004 4:30pm

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See stickies has the correct syntax in there.

kdjac

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#5 15-10-2004 9:10am

Drakar

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Worked a charm. I had read the stickies before but couldn't remember seeing the cmd prompt stuff in there, but indeed it is. Coolio.

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#6 17-10-2004 11:53pm

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Drakar wrote:

Gamespy

getThe All seeing eye, its way better!

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