Altering victory trigger

Altering the Victory trigger of your server is a common alteration, and varies from server to server. The two default triggers are Frags and Time limit. Depending on the server, you will want to assign an appropiate "trigger". When this trigger is reach (The time limit ends or a player gets enough kills) then the match will end.

There are two ways to alter the Victory trigger of your server, I will show you the Basic method (Recommended) and the Advanced method. I recommend using the Basic methods, but if this is not possible (Due to errors) then attempt the Advanced method. You only need to do one, so choose before going on.

Firstly, run Deus Ex. Once the application has loaded, click on Multiplayer;

Then Internet Game;

Then on Host Game;

You will be displayed with an image similar to this:

This is my default server set-up, yours will be different if you haven't changed it however. You can see that my mouse is over the Victory Trigger (Refered to as the "Condition" here.) Clicking on this will alter and rotate between these two options:

This is the Time Limit trigger. When the set time limit runs out (Here you can see it is 30 Minutes), the game will end.

This is the Kill Limit trigger. When any player reachers the kill limit (Here you can see it is 100 Kills, abit high!), the game will end.

After choosing the option you would like, continue to alter the other settings (Initial Augumentations, Maximum Players, Map etc). Once this is done, decide what server you would prefer to run, Dedicated (The game will close and be run in a console, you can re-join the game), or Non-Dedicated (Your game will not close and you will be running the server directly. You will not be able to quit the game without disconnecting the server).

Finally, hit Start Game!

Open DeusEx.ini, ( ) and locate this area:

You will notice these two areas:

These can be altered, but entering the wrong details can result in host instability, so stick with the Basic Option unless you know what your doing!

After the = sign before VictoryCondition, you can enter two options (As was shown above), Frags and Time. As you can see above, Frags is already entered. If a server were hosted with the above settings, the Trigger would be 100 kills to win. Once again, the two options are:

VictoryCondition=Frags

VictoryCondition=Time

You can copy and paste one of the above into your DeusEx.ini if you wish.

The ScoreToWin can be altered to anything between 0-99999999. Whatever your victory condition is, it will be applicable to the ScoreToWin.

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