However, with the Perl experience I've accumulated in the few years since I started Reptor, I've begun work on a new firewall logfile analyzer called FlogM that will hopefully be completely modular. It is primarily intended to be used with GNATBox, but if the modularity works well, I'll make a Raptor module for it.

In other news, I'm also working on some patches for UW-IMAP that will allow it to authenticate "virtual" users from a PostgreSQL database. It works quite well in conjunction with Michael Devogelaer's patches that allow qmail to deliver mail to the virtual users referenced in the same database. These patches, along with a webmail client like Twig or Imp allow a webmail system based totally on virtual users.

Also, QuakeWood is offline right now, and will never run on this server. Stay tuned, though -- QuakeWood Arena will likely appear on home.wankwood.com soon.

Anyway, I stumbled across MHonArc today. Pretty cool. The reptor-questions list archive is now web browsable here.

The current version is now 0.72, and is available on the reptor download page.

Also, the viewable weapons patch has been updated to fix some bugs. It is not a mandatory download, but should be installed when you get a chance.

Can't quite remember which level q2dm6 is? Fret no more! The status page has been enhanced to show a small screenshot of the currently running level.

I've added a "source" button to the navigation bar. It will display the HTML source code as I wrote it -- before being parsed by PHP.

I've updated the status page to show if anyone else is also currently viewing it. This should avoid the situation where two or more players would watch the status page, never seeing any server activity, and so would never start up a game.

You may also notice some new sub-buttons on the QuakeWood page that should make navigation there somewhat easier.

Also, I've installed Lithium v0.99, which consists mainly of minor bug fixes. One point to note -- the map randomizer has supposedly been made "more random" -- a deficiency that we had noticed and which I had emailed the author about. Supposedly coming soon is the ability to add computer controlled players, or bots, into the game.

For those of you that didn't actually participate, we tried out the Keys2 server mod package last night. The general consensus was that it's too unbalanced, too buggy, and too hectic. We'll stick with Lithium.

Last night's sessions with v0.97a produced some wonderful log files, but I can't get the f'ing GibStats program to work.

The frag logging support is based on GSLog. Unfortunately, the log processor program only runs on Win95, so I won't be able to automate it. It supposedly outputs HTML, so I should be able to load the reports back here, but before that happens, we'll have to have a fragfest to generate a nice big log file...

A new command "menu" enables the configuration menus. Bind it to a key or type it right in the console.

Also, I've changed the basic interface from frames to tables. Now you can actually see what URL you're looking at and hit refresh without getting kicked back to the main page.

Did I say version 0.97? What I meant was, version 0.97a. They come out faster than I can install them!

I've also decreased the amount of damage that the grappling hook inflicts.

In case you've been wondering, the runes act as follows:

  Strength (Red)     You inflict 2x damage
  Resist   (Blue)    You take 1/2 damage
  Haste    (Yellow)  You fire twice as fast
  Regen    (Green)   Your health regenerates slowly
  Vampire  (Purple)  You gain health for damage inflicted

The first level pack has been updated so that it no longer includes this level.

Also, we've been experimenting with the Lithium settings. See the Lithium page for more.

I think I've got the problems with running the server in the background figured out. I'll set it up again tonight and see what happens.

Hmm, the Quake II server doesn't seem to like running in the background. It won't accept connections, doesn't respond to output redirection, and eats up 95% CPU time. I'll have to start and stop it manually until I figure this out.