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CrossServer-AdminChat v2.0.3 - by KoST
Description:
This software allows admins to chat to other admins on other servers (which have the cross_server.amxx running and are connected to the same master-server).
admins have to begin their chat message with a '!' sign, then it will be sent to all admins on all connected servers and vice versa. All users can use the ! to send messages to all admins and say /admins or /admin to see a list of all online admins on all servers connected to the same master-server (see below).


[this example shows 3 connected admins on 3 different servers]

| Printing Online Admins:
+-------------------------
| (The Coffee Shop - www.myspace.co) Frag Wolf | frags:13 - deaths:5
| (GirlPower | Popular Maps) [GirlPower]Janet | frags:4 - deaths:3
| (DustyPlace) KoST | frags:0 - deaths:0

The chat messages are not sent from gameserver to gameserver and so on..
instead you will have to set up a Master-Server for all the gameservers:

[this example shows 4 connected game servers]
the number of gameservers you can connect to one master-server is not limited by the program itself; it depends on hardware/os where the master-server is running on.
i was able to connect more than 100 test-clients on my computer.
The Master-Server can be installed on any computer with static ip.
You can install it for example on one of the gameservers or on any other server.
The socket functions described here are part of an extension to PHP which must be enabled at compile time by giving the --enable-sockets option to configure. see phpinfo if your php has set '--enable-sockets' in configure(click here). however it is possible to get sockets running without recompile of php on windows: (click here)
Chat looks like this:

green -> incoming messages
team color -> outgoing messages
you can change the displayed hostname using server_name (see below).
admins must have the ADMIN_KICK flag set ! (you can change this in the source if needed 'REQUIRED_ADMIN_LEVEL')
Setup:
Master-Server: (IMPORTANT: do NOT put this under docroot of webserver, this is a php-shell-script which needs no webserver to run !!)
Download the ZIP file (containing the master server) and extract it to a new directory on the computer which should be the master-server for all your single gameservers.
Edit extracted 'cross_server.php' and find this:

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// specify the ip, port and password for the master-server:
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
define(SERVER_PWD,"lol");
define(SERVER_IP,"xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx");
define(SERVER_PORT,1337);
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

here you have to set the ip, port and password of the master-server itself.
SERVER_IP must be the ip of the computer running the master-server.
SERVER_PORT you can choose.. (please do not set SERVER_PORT<=1024)
(each gameserver must have this data to connect to your master-server)

then you can start the master-server (you need shell access):
linux:

php cross_server.php

(you can use screen command to keep it running even after logout [help: enter 'man screen'])

windows:

php.exe cross_server.php

(you can use firedaemon for ex. to keep it running even after logout)
Game-Server:
Download the plugin by clicking on 'Get Plugin'.
Install it on each server (upload amxx file to amxmodx/plugins | edit configs/plugins.ini)
Make sure to activate sockets module in configs/modules.ini
Edit new file configs/cross_server.ini
add these lines:

server_name "Test"
master_password "xxxxxxxxx"
master_ip "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
master_port "xxxx"

replace "xxx"s by the data you already specified when editing the cross_server.php file !
if you set server_name "" or remove it completely then the hostname is taken.
restart the gameserver after installing this plugin (no 'restart' or mapchange) !
Changelog:
May 29,2006 v2.0 - first release
May 30,2006 v2.0.1 - fixed: console print bug !!
Jun 5,2006 v2.0.2 - fixed: now only admins with the right flag (default: ADMIN_KICK) can see the chat, not all admins.
Jun 25,2006 v2.0.3 - fixed: a small bug where the config file was not read correctly if empty line at the end

crossserver.zip
plugin
source