I installed TTM but it freezes machine.
Make sure you've put TTM into serverpackages as it's mentioned in TTM's readme.
I installed TTM but it craches UT with some lengthy error message.
Make sure you've installed patch 2225 as it's mentioned in TTM's readme.
I installed TTM but it looks like it isn't there.
By default game with TTM looks like just game without it. Open TTM's menu by either typing "menu" in the console or pressing F7.
Is there an easy way to move my settings from older version of TTM to newer one?
Yes. Open your ut2003.ini, find all sections named like [ttm2003v23.blahbleh] (where v23 is name of older versions and copy those sections with names changed to [ttm2003v3.blahbleh] (where v3 is name of newer version). Do the same for user.ini and ttm2003.ini.
Why my irc-reporter doesn't work?
Most probably because you've got TTM downloaded from game server, not from TTM's downloads page. You need file ttm2003v3.int in order for IRC-reporter to be working. Thsi patch is included in default download package, but you can't download it from game server.
Can I do server-side reporting with TTM's IRC-reporter?
Yes. Use TTM's server-side settings -> IRC reporter -> Do reporting.
Tell me about TTM's new cool vote/admin tool
There are following topics for votings:New vote/admin tool is based on the same technology as WebAdmin. It means that any server-side settings that is "registered" in the UT2003 and that is editable with webadmin, will be usable in TTM's vote/admin tool too.
TTM uses same GUI for ordinary players and for server admins:
When someone's going to start voting for a map change, the list of allowed maps will be taken from the server (that means only maps that are on server could be voted for). A server admin can manually configure list of allowed maps by editing your server's .ini file with this:
[ttm2003v3beta2.TTM_MapList]
PropagateConfiguredMapList=true
Maps=MapName1
Maps=MapName2
...
Maps=MapNameN
List of possible gametypes and list of possible mutators is taken from the server too.
A "vote for game settings" lets you change several game settings with just 1 vote, which will be either approven or rejected as a whole. In this window you'll see a "Group" list. Select a group of settings there. It will update "Setting" list (placed below). Select some setting from this list. The current value of this setting will be shown below. You can edit it there and click "Add to list" button.
It will add this setting and it's new proposed value to the list of settings to vote. You might also click "Get current value" button, and it will value of the selected setting that is now set on the server.
You may add several settings to the list that way. When you're done with it, click "Submit settings" button. It will start a voting for game settings.
Note: if vote for gametype, for mutators or, for gamesettings was successfully finished, the map will be restarted with this new settings.
Note: if you're testing it in instant action, your votes will be, obviously, always sucessful :)
The TTM's vote/admin tool is, as everything in TTM, highly configurable. There are several ways to configure it:
(1) Use TTM's vote/admin tool to configure itself! Do it with "Vote for gamesettings" window, use "TTM-Vote" group of settings there.
(2) Use Main menu -> Server-side settings -> Vote settings window. It's designed specifically to set votings-related settings. Remember, that you can do options (1) and (2) remotely, from a client computer.
(3) Finally, you can just manually edit server's .ini file
Let's see what settings there are:
1. Voters % required. How much % of "yes" votes there should be in order for voting to finish successfully. Default value: 51%. Security level 200 needed to configure it in webadmin or TTM's vote/admin tool.
2. Minimum Voters. Default value: 1. Security level 200 needed.
3. Neutral Voters Mode. There are four ways for TTM to count "neutrals", that are players that can vote but didn't vote yet.
It's easier to show how it works on example. We have 8 voters, and 4 have voted, 3 voted yes, 1 voted no
Mode 0: you will have 3/8 yes (37.5%), 1/8 no (12.5%), 4/8 neutral (50%)
Mode 1 (neutral is yes): you will have 7/8 yes (87.5%), 1/8 no (12.5%)
Mode 2 (neutral is no): you will have 3/8 yes (37.5%), 5/8 no (62.5%)
Mode 3 (neutral is not counted):,you will have 3/4 yes (75%), 1/4 no (25%)
Note: the NeutralVote setting only applies if at least 50% or more of total voters have voted.
Default value: Neutral.
Security level 200 needed.
4. Vote expiration time. Default value: 40 seconds. Security level 200 needed.
5. Voter Security Level. If votable setting's security level is less than this value and user isn't admin, that user can't start voting for that settings. Default value: 127. Security level 255 needed.
6. Admin Security Level. If votable setting's security level is less than this value and user IS admin, that user still can't start voting for that settings. Default value: 250. Security level 255 needed.
7. Allow GameType Voting. Default value: true. Security level 250 needed.
8. Allow Map Voting. Default value: true. Security level 250 needed.
9. Allow Mutator Voting. Default value: true. Security level 250 needed.
A server admin might want to forbid votings on some specific topics. There are two ways to do it:
1. There are three separate switches for alowing/disallowing votings for gametype, map and mutators (see previous paragraph).
2. A server admin may precisely allow/disallow votings specific game settings or group of those. To do this you need some manual server's .ini editing. Add these line there:
[ttm2003v23beta2.TTM_VT_VoteInfo]
DeniedList=(GroupName="Group1",SettingName="Setting1",bAllowAdmin=true)
DeniedList=(GroupName="Group2",SettingName="Setting2",bAllowAdmin=true)
etc.
A settings group name and setting name are both case-insensitive ("Game" is same as "GAME" and "game"). You may also use wildcards in the setting name. Example:
DeniedList=(GroupName="TTM-Vote",SettingName="*",bAllowAdmin=true)
This line will forbid votings for all settings of TTM's vote/admin tool.
Note that bAllowAdmin=true means admins still may work with this settings, even though ordinary players can't.
TTM's server-info window was also revamped lately (it's accessible from TTM's main menu). Now it shows all mutators and all game settings, even those non-votable. Note that it won't show high-security settings (security level=255).