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Battlefield 2 Remote Server Manager 1.06
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Thank you for downloading this program to help admin your Battlefield 2 Server.
This readme file is only to help you get the program installed. Please visit www.bf2rcon.co.uk for more
information and help with using the program. You can also use the forum there to post suggestions, problems and bugs.



PROGRAM FEATURES:

1. Multiple Server Profiles
2. Change Map, Run Next Map, Set Next Map, Restart Map functions
3. Kick players with Rick Click option of displaying ingame message
4. Ban players IP or Key with Right Click option of displaying ingame message
5. Set Duration of Bans (Permanent, 1 Round or amount of time in seconds)
6. Individual Player Tables for Allied and Axis players
7. Detailed player info window to show all the info about a player if needed
8. Shows banned Addresses and banned Keys with the ability to manipulate them
9. Clear the ban lists or add in your own IP or Key
10. Console for sending rcon commands directly to the server
11. Save the BanList to file from the Options window
12. Load the banlist from the saved file and upload to the server (bug in BF2 server that loses the ban list after a while for no reason)
13. Can toggle on or off the automatic update of player information
14. Supports ModManager Admin scripts being developed by Multiplay UK
15. Switch bwteen ModManager commands (added functionalty) and Gamespy querying methods
16. In game chat console window to chat to players in game and see what they are saying (Requires ModManager)
17. Allows manipulation of Server settings saved in serversettings.con (semi-permanent, remembers between map changes, but not if server crashes)
18. Move players from one team to the other (Requires ModManager)
19. Add Maps to the current rotation
20. remove maps from the current rotation
21. Will connect to either Linux or Windows servers (BF2 Linux server has a major Rcon bug that causes rcon to crash occasionally, should be fixed in BF 1.03 patch)



INSTALLATION:

Extract this ZIP file to a folder of your choosing. then double click on the program file to launch it.
Please see the help section of the website on how to create a server profile and what the various functions of
the program do.

This program requires that the Microsoft Dot Net Framework 1.1 is installed in order to run. get it here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=262D25E3-F589-4842-8157-034D1E7CF3A3&displaylang=en



UNINSTALLATION:

Delete the folder you created to put the program in along with its contents



This program was written by Chris Noble aka =XDC=Mugworth of the =XDC= clan - www.xdcuk.net 2005


DISCLAIMER:

This program is provided as is and the program author is not liable for any damage encurred through the use of this software.


