With Warsow 0.4 there is WarsowTV, the TV proxy for Warsow games. Find basic informations for players and server admins in here.
For players
With WarsowTV you can watch games with your Warsow client. The problem with a lot of highly anticipated matches in the past was, that if you wanted to watch the game you needed a free slot on the game server. WarsowTV acts as a proxy. The WarsowTV server is connected to the game server and forwards the game data to your client. While the game server may have limited slots, a WarsowTV servers is just to broadcast the games.
The easy way
You can connect to a WarsowTV server by copy&paste the IP:PORT and use "connect ip:port" in Warsow console.
Register warsow protocol
If you use the installer for Warsow 0.4 you can check a box which says Register the warsow10://<server>:<port> and warsow://<server>:<port> protocols with Warsow. When clicking on a website link like warsow10://87.106.47.115:44400 you automatically start Warsow and connect to the given IP (in this case: warsownews-TV).
If you use the zip file and not the installer you can register the Warsow protocol to your registry later by saving this code into a warsow10.reg file. Edit the paths to your local setup (e.g. D:\games\Warsow instead of c:\warsow04\), save the file and double-click to write into registry.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\warsow10]
@="URL:warsow10 protocol"
"URL Protocol"=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\warsow10\DefaultIcon]
@="c:\\warsow04\\warsow_x86.exe"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\warsow10\Shell]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\warsow10\Shell\Open]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\warsow10\Shell\Open\Command]
@="\"c:\\warsow04\\warsow_x86.exe\" +set fs_homedir 0 +set fs_basepath \"c:/warsow04\" +connect \"%1\""
My reg file has the +set fs_homedir 0 +set fs_basepath "c:\warsow04" which means that I want Warsow to save my config and demos into c:\warsow04\ instead of %appdata%\warsow.
When connected to a WarsowTV server you can switch channels. Channels are nothing more than different servers the WarsowTV proxy is connected to. At the moment is not possible to search for WarsowTV servers in the ingame menu nor over an external query tool.
To switch from player to player use mouse1 and mouse2. You can enable/disable the 2d minimap with cg_showminimap "0|1". There is a basic chat function which lets you speak to other WarsowTV spectators but not ingame players and specs on server. The server has a 30sec delay. You can't use the "follow" command, unfortunately.
For server admins
WarsowTV is an ordinary specator that takes one slot. He is ignored in callvotes. If you want to have your game server broadcasted by a WarsowTV you have setup your own WarsowTV or find someone to broadcast your server (warsownews.net, gamestv.org and others).
How to setup WarsowTV server
Warsow 0.4 doesn't ship with the needed files, you have to create some in basewsw.
Quoting jal's how to setup a WarsowTV server
Create a config file using called "tvserver_autoexec.cfg" inside Warsow/basewsw/ A basic set up inside that config would be like this: seta logconsole "tvconsole.log" seta logconsole_flush "1" set tv_port
set rcon_password "password" // remote administration password. Blank for disallowed
set password "password" // password for users to join
seta tv_name "tv server name"
seta tv_maxclients "16"
Execute wswtv_server and type in the console: connect ip:port of the server you want to stream. It is capable of streaming more than one server at once. It can also be executed like: "wswtv_server +connect ip:port"
You can't control the WarsowTV over a query protocol like HLSW or Qtracker. You need to be on the server's console to disconnect ip:port and connect ip:port. Some guys already demanded a query protocol and I hope for a fix in 0.41.
Are you running a WarsowTV server and want to public it so people find it? Please add it to WarsowTV list.
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