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The Ghost Recon Utilities started as a plain IP tracker which was used to identify player names with their IPs. The IPs were then used to BAN players who were not serious. Version 2 started as an update; however, due largely to RSi Brain it became an all inclusive set of tools for managing a dedicated server.
Now it is a fully functional Server Side Application that is also controllable from the WEB interface. The access to the WEB COMMAND functions is controled with IP subnet ranges and passwords so you can relax about security. And, it provides a VERY small WEB server for your stats so there is no need to install large HTTPD daemons. But, you will most likely want to offload all the stats to your web site, so GRUNT can do that for you too...!Main Tabs:
Well that is the basic overview. I hope you find the tool to be useful. Dont forget, please help by reporting any problems you find in the Bug database.
Col. BlackHawk
*****GRUNT v2.0 Frequently Asked Questions***** Written by: Wetwork (United Federation)Wetwork@Unitedfed.org This list of FAQ's was compiled over the creation time of the GRUNT program and hopefully will answer some questions that you may encounter with your use of the Ghost Recon Utilities n Tools.
Q: What is Grunt
A: GRUNT is a program for managing, recording and tracking players and game statistics for Ghost Recon.
Q: How does it do that?
A: Ghost Recon naturaly records statistics on all players that enter a dedicated GR server. GRUNT takes advantage of these statistics with a clever bit of coding by Col.BlackHawk from Battalion Command.
Q: Cool! what else can it do?
A: Well..... With this one program you can Start & Stop a GR dedicated server, Change Mods & Rearrange there order of priority, Track player statistics & IP's and many many other useful features.
Q:How do i instal GRUNT v2.0
A: Simply unzip the GRUNT.rar file into a folder called GRUNT. The first time you launch it, It will ask you where your Ghost recon folder lives. By default on a windows system it is located in C:/Program Files/Red Storm Entertainment/Ghost Recon. When GRUNT detects the file Ghost Recon.exe it will launch the program.
Q:Can I install GRUNT over former versions of BCUTILS
A: NO its best to delete older versions of the program and install a new fresh version of GRUNT v 2.0. GRUNT takes advantage of different coding than earlier versions
Q:I have installed some new mods on my dedicated server. How do i change what one is the primary mod?
A: Under the "Mods" tab you will see your installed mods on the left side of the screen with check boxes next to them. Check the mods that you want to activate and using the up & down arrow buttons move the mod that you want to have priorty to the top of the list.
Q: When i click on a particular mod that i have installed, GRUNT gives me an error message when i try to check the box.
A:The mod file is corrupt. Try reinstalling the mod
Q:I just got done installing a few new server sided mods and when i click on the Start server button all it does is cause GR to reboot over and over again what can i do?
A:First uncheck the box in the server tab that says "Restart Server on crash" next close GR if you havent allready. Go into your GRUNT folder that you made when you unzipped the insaller, Click on the BCDATA folder and then go into the folder named BACKUP. find the Current.BC file that has the date to just before installing the new mods. Copy that file and put it into C:\Program Files\Red Storm Entertainment\Ghost Recon\Data\Save\Script folder and change the name to Current.but this should fix the problem
Q:How do i track player IP's from GRUNT & Ban players
A: From the Track IP tab in the program you can search for a particular player name or an IP address. when the program finds a match from your server or any server that is using GRUNT the results will be displayed on the left box. If you wish to ban a player it will not effect other servers. You can have GRUNT send the ban file to other servers or a hosting server which can be used to retrieve and synchronize the files. Contact CBH to get the PHP code!
Q:Can i disable a particular map or game type in a mod?
A: Whey yes you can! under the mods tab when you highlight a mod you will see the game types and maps come up in the middle and right windows click on the check box to enable or disable a particlar game or map within that mod
Q:Can the data that GRUNT collects be sent to a 3rd party web server
A: yes it can! under the recording tab, Click on the statistics that you wish to send and the server URL into the box provided, Userid and password into the provided boxes and GRUNT will sent those stats to the address provided at the end of the game. You can also choose what data format you want the transmittion to go accross HTTP.FTP, ETC...(due to general use, we have only implemented the HTML file upload. Contact CBH for PHP code to recieve and process the files on a web server)
Q:How Long does the GRUNT program save the data files that it saves and backs up?
A: you can set how long GRUNT holds on to the data by going into the recording tah and choosng a data from the pull down menu you can also check the data types that you would like to record by clicking on the desired checkboxes for MissionStats, Replays & BanList
Q:Can i find stats on a particular player that has visited my server?
A:Under the recording tab there is a field where you can search for mission data for a particular players name as well as a date range you would like GRUNT to search within. All stats files that the players name is in will be displayed in the window below the search field. Clicking on the button "Move Replay files to GR Folder" will copy the replay files to the Saves file in the Ghost Recon folder
Q: Whats the deal with web services?
A: The web service provide two functions, First its a basic web server which you can provide
information needed to run a websever with out the overhead of Apache or IIS web services. Second it provides access to activate features of this program with registration. To deactivate this feature delete all files in the WEB folder in the GRUNT directiory.
Q:How do i change the game type that the server starts with?
A:Under the Dedicated tab you will see all the settings that you desire to program what ever you wish for when GRUNT first launches GR dedicated.
Q:When i launch the dedicated and i chat it shows my name as Defplayr, how do i change that?
A:Under the setup tab change the field marked "Admin Name" and reboot the dedicated
Q:Can GRUNT reboot the dedicated server if it crashes?
A:yes it will if the box marked "Restart on crash" is checked in the servers tab. GRUNT will take care of everything
The .NET Framework runs on:
Microsoft Windows® 98
Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0 (SP 6a required)
Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me)
Microsoft Windows 2000 (SP2 Recommended)
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Software Requirements: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or later (install Internet Explorer 6.0)
Thats about it for now. Let me know if I missed something you wanted.
System Requirements Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Typical Installation Requirements.GRUNT also has supporting Mysql and PHP modules which let you store and compile all the stats over long periods of time. As and Example we are currently compiling stats and will provide information from all submitting servers here. What can you hope to see?
| Top 10 Hostage Rescuers | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking | Name | Steels | Escorts | Secures | Wins | ||||||
| 1 | =TaG=$eaHaw|< | 155 | 600 | 340 | 422 | ||||||
| 2 | -|)()A-suicide | 131 | 202 | 37 | 352 | ||||||
| 3 | Pfc_Raptor | 120 | 163 | 64 | 207 | ||||||
| 4 | sT_Elk_DNS | 114 | 1263 | 665 | 502 | ||||||
| 5 | ||MFR|| Bandit | 74 | 695 | 459 | 645 | ||||||
| 6 | ||WiZ|| | 65 | 722 | 389 | 625 | ||||||
| 7 | Sgt Pepper | 64 | 274 | 154 | 375 | ||||||
| 8 | ]V[ColdDeath | 60 | 119 | 119 | 244 | ||||||
| 9 | Hoot | 51 | 496 | 312 | 302 | ||||||
| 10 | Chizzy3 | 49 | 554 | 302 | 577 | ||||||
| 11 | .E*S*A*D*A | 46 | 987 | 563 | 587 | ||||||
| 12 | zn1per | 45 | 390 | 222 | 203 | ||||||
| 13 | ||MFR||Omage | 41 | 673 | 419 | 548 | ||||||
| 14 | .ARMorgue | 40 | 592 | 327 | 620 | ||||||
| 15 | Lone Wolf | 40 | 279 | 134 | 587 | ||||||
| 16 | JEDI-PIMP | 40 | 315 | 157 | 346 | ||||||
| 17 | .Swizzlesticks! | 39 | 1250 | 865 | 543 | ||||||
| 18 | Mr.Blonde | 38 | 259 | 122 | 483 | ||||||
| 19 | .ColdSteel | 37 | 362 | 269 | 277 | ||||||
| 20 | KMK_Seareal | 37 | 449 | 260 | 252 | ||||||
Thank you for any contribution your team can make. I dont want to sound like the TV commercials, but I do have a lot of code sitting around that I am sure all serious teams and server owners want. And, if you make a contribution of $20, I will give you sample html and xml code for customizing your teams web site like RSi stats web sites.
You have Multiple Servers? Well, if you find even more loose coins laying around and you have multiple servers; I will personally help you or your IT guru setup your web server (NT or Linux with MySql and PHP) that will gather stats from all your servers and display them on your team's home page.
You can have
Well those are just some of the applications I have written over the past year and I will be glad to share them with you, with or without any donations. Just contact me and let me know how I can help.
Message from Col. Blackhawk.
All proceeds will be used to improve the utilities and to maintaining the information on the www.battalioncommand.com website.
Thanks again for your support and interest in our community,
Col. BlackHawk
I have registered on PayPal and we will get $5 if you register and become a prefered member by clicking this link
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With much help from Brain of "Team Red Sector.inc" and wetWork from United Federation , we released a very stable tool for all dedicated server owners. You can download the latest point release here. This version is released REGISTERED indefinately. It will not at anytime become unregistered or have features disabled. If you like it and plan on using it please support our efforts with a donation and we will share other tools we have for stats generation and IP tracking.
If you find any features that are not working correctly, please Email me with specific environement issues related to your server.
This tool tracks every IP address going to your servers listening port (default 2346) and associates the users name to it. Please Note: do to concerns with the possibility of misuse of IP addresses (NON REPORTED to DATE), we will record all access to the IPS and provide that information to government officials upon request.



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