GlobalOps 3.5

Features

This page contains a patch set for GlobalOps. This release is called 3.5 and can be used to replace the previous versions. For more information, mail admin@thelostparadise.com or post on the TLP forum or the GlobalOps.EU forum. This patch set contains fixes for the following issues:

Linux server:

Remote admin password hack
Moneycheat bug
Time sync problems
Map objective removal problem
Added missing sounds/textures
Fixed attributes script

Windows server:

Remote admin password hack
Moneycheat bug
Map objective removal problem
Added missing sounds/textures
Fixed attributes script
Fixed a crash/remote code execution bug
Allow running Windows server and client simultaneously

Windows client:

Fixed a crash/remote code execution bug
Added anti-cheat voodoo
Allow running Windows server and client simultaneously

Explanation

Some of these fixes may not ring a bell with anyone, so we'll explain a bit more. The 'remote admin password hack' was a bug in the server, which made the server send all the server configuration, including the admin password, to the client. The moneycheat bug was caused by unsufficient checks in the server when someone would buy and sell weapons and armour. The map objective removal problem means that sometimes the objective (canister, cross, that kinda stuff) would disappear. This was because the server didn't check if the dropped object was a gun/grenade/whatever or an objective. The fix is to add such checks. The Linux server was also adapted to be able to configure the timesync kicks. Previously, people were kicked too soon when there were timesync problems. Now, this is configurable: the option 'timesynccheck' is now a counter. If it's set to 4, people will be kicked after 4 time desyncs. This version also contains some anticheat-stuff which makes popular GlobalOps bots ineffective. The following bug fixes to the animations and maps have been made:

General bugfixes

Added favorite_servers.txt
Added missing world sound file in Chechnya (levelspec_caveindebris03.wav)
Added missing world sound file in Chechnya (levelspec_machinerunning.wav)
Added missing texture file in Mexico (detailgrey_detail_01a.dtx)
Added missing mission briefing texture in Tunnel (tunnel.dtx)
Added missing missionbriefing texture in Uganda (uganda.dtx)
Several fixes in the scripts

Fixes in animation.txt

Added missing seperators [ , ] at death crouch animation values
Added missing seperators [ , ] at player and hostage walk strafe left animation
Corrected type errors in death animation
Changed hostage strafe animation so it should follow beter
Changed player jump animation against floating/bunny hopping players

Fixes in animspecialty.txt

Added missing separators [ , ] at player and vip walk strafe left animation
Changed the bm_run animation for all classes to a fixed animation
Changed jump animation against floating/bunny hopping players

Fixes in animequip.txt

Added "drop" value for the objectives of Antartica and Argentina

Quebec

VIP (Goran Kurcic) can not be killed anymore by both teams

Colombia

VIP (Jesus Ortiz) can not be killed anymore by own team
VIP (Jesus Ortiz) corrected MaxHealth to the same value as StartHealth

Chechnya

VIP (Commander Gredano) can not be killed anymore by own team

SouthChinaSea

Corrected deathzones at pirates spawnside
Added invisible walls which block access to exploitable area's

SriLanka

Changed TransportSight to 3000 (helicopter should not kill people behind wall anymore, hopefully)
Removed ground under rocks
Added invisible walls which block access to exploitable area's

Known Issues:

Installer does not work due to an old windows installer: update windows installer at http://www.microsoft.com
Virusscanner warns about a virus/trojan: this is a false positive *. We recommend creating an exemption for the Global Operations folder, so your virus scanner does not scan it. Deleting specific files, such as DLLs, can crash Global Ops, so don't do that. (* AVG Antivirus and McAfee are known for giving those problems)
There may be issues with using certain GlobalOps enhancement tools, that hook into GlobalOps. Try without such tools first. If that works, watch if GlobalOps starts crashing when you're using such tools and if so, stop using them.

Downloads

The Windows version is currently 3.5.1. This version was tested on Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista Ultimate.

Windows (client/server): GlobalOps-351.exe

Make a backup of your "C:\Program Files\Crave\Global Operations"-folder first, then run this installer. GlobalOps 3.5.1 will be installed automatically.

Linux (server only): GlobalOps-35.tar.gz

Make a backup of your installation directory first, then go to the installation directory of GlobalOps and untar this tarball using 'tar -xzf globalops-3.5.tar.gz'. To finish the installation, copy the goserver.elf binary from bin/linux_release/goserver.elf over your old copy of goserver. This Linux version does not need the libltengine.so, libltobject.so and libgcdkey.so files anymore.