Using RconMax(MW) - Miscellaneous
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Title Bar
When connected the actual server name is displayed in the title bar. The registration status of your installation of RconMax is displayed in the title bar.
Tooltips / Hints
Many components in RconMax have tooltips or hints that can be seen by hovering your mouse over the component.
Menu Bar
- File/Exit - Closes RconMax.
- COD4 - The COD4 menu will be disabled if RconMax cannot find an installation of COD4 on the same machine. When enabled there are four sub menus.
- COD4/COD4 - Launch COD4 without connecting to a server.
- COD4/COD4 Connect - Launch COD4 and connect to the server that RconMax is currently connected to.
- COD4/COD4 Connect Private - Launch COD4 and connect to the server that RconMax is currently connected to using the Private Client Password.
- COD4/COD4 Connect Password - Launch COD4 and connect to the server that RconMax is currently connected to using the Server Password.
- LCM - The Live Chat Monitor menu contains additional options for the LCM function.
- Auto Check IP - When checked RconMax will try and get your internet IP address at start up. Useful for admins who have a dynamic IP address.
- Auto Scroll - When enabled the chat list will automatically scroll so that you can see the most recent chat.
- Show Join / Leave - Unchecking this will hide the joining and leaving records and the GUID column will be hidden leaving more space to view the players chat records.
- Show Quick Msg - Unchecking this will hide the player quick messages like "I need support" etc leaving more space to view players chat records.
- Hide PBUCON Console - Unchecking this before starting PBUCON will show the PBUCON Console window.
- PBUCON License - Displays the PBUCON license agreement.
- Save Stats - When checked RconMax will save data to the stats file.
- Priority - Set the Windows process priority for RconMax and PBUCON Console (High / Normal / Low).
- Help - Displayes the RconMax Wiki.
- About - Displays the about screen.
Status Bar
The status bar has six panels.
- The first is a progress bar. Normally full green when RconMax is idle. When RconMax is sending more then one command the progress bar will empty and then fill up again in red steps eventually returning to green then the process is complete.
- The second is a link to the RconMax website www.RconMax.co.uk
- The third is a link to our sponsors website www.alpha-networks.co.uk
- The fourth shows the version number of RconMax.
- The fifth shows the connection duration in days / hours / minutes / seconds.
- The sixth shows the current system date and time.
System Tray
When RconMax runs it adds an icon to your system tray. When you minimize RconMax it will disappear to the system tray, to restore it either double click on the system tray icon or right click on the system tray icon and select Restore. Right clicking on the system tray icon will present you with a list of options including: Restore, COD4, About and Exit. All except for the restore option have the same functionality as the same option on the menu bar.
Disabled Text Boxes
Some of the text boxes are disabled. This is because the data is read only and cannot be changed by using rcon commands.
Command Line Arguments
There are three command line arguments that can be used with RconMax. The first will cause RconMax to automatically connect to a server, and the second will automatically start LCM once a connection to a server has been established. You add the arguments to the end of the "Target" string of the shortcut that you use to start RconMax.
- "Server Name" The name of a server to be connected to as it appears in the "My Server" list.
- "LCM" To start LCM.
- "Auto Messages" The name of the Auto Messages Group as it appears in the "Auto Message Group" list.
To auto connect to a server where the server name in the My Servers list is RconMax 3 you would add:
..\RconMaxMW.exe "RconMax 3"
To auto start LCM you would add:
..\RconMaxMW.exe "RconMax 3" "LCM"
To auto start LCM and Auto Messages you would add:
..\RconMaxMW.exe "RconMax 3" "LCM" "Auto Message Group Name"
To auto start Auto Messages without LCM you would add:
..\RconMaxMW.exe "RconMax 3" "" "Auto Message Group Name"
Although Max will auto connect and LCM will auto start, when Max first starts you have to click OK on the Splash Screen and after LCM starts you have to click OK to the pop up message.
Silent Start
To do a "Silent" or "Unattended" Start (so you do not have to click the OK buttons) you must register your installation of RconMax. When the installation of RconMax is registered the Splash Screen automatically close after 3 seconds and there will be no pop up after LCM starts.
Registration
To register your installation of RconMax click on the Register button on the Settings Tab. One registration key is only valid for use on one machine.
Folder Structure
- Installation Folder - By default RconMax will install to
c:\program files\rconmax(mw)\
- RconMax User Folder - When RconMax runs for the first time it creates a user folder in your documents folder.
..\documents\rconmax(mw)\
Holds the files bad.txt, good.txt, usermaps.txt, players_to_ban.txt and data file rconmaxmw<version>.max
- Custom Map Pictures
Custom map pictures folder.
..\documents\rconmax(mw)\Custom_Map_Pics\
Files added by user.
<Map Name>.png
- Error Logs - Error log folder.
..\documents\rconmax(mw)\Error_Logs\
One error log is created for each month.
errors_<Year>_<Month>.log
- PBUCON
PBUCON folder.
..\documents\rconmax(mw)\pbucon\
Holds the files pbeula.txt, pbucon.exe, PBUCON License Agreement.txt, rmax.ini, rmax.log and rmax.log.old
- Retro Conversations
Retro conversations folder.
..\documents\rconmax(mw)\Retro_Conversations\
Conversations are stored in one file per player
<GUID>.txt
- Chat Archives
Chat archive folder. Once folder is created per server (IP Address / Port Number).
..\documents\rconmax(mw)\server_<ip address>_<port number>\
Archived chat data is stored in a sperate file for each day.
<Date>_chat_archive_<IP Address>_<Port Number>.csv
Tips:
The Stats function is in its infancy. Currently it only records the amount of players in the LCM player list when ever a player joins or leaves.
