[COD2] Rcon password entry in ingame menu

Hello all.

It is your pal, happy polak, cropek :)

I continue making my in-game rcontool for CoD2 v1.3.
Another thing I'd like to include in it is a rcon password entry in ingame menu.

I decided the easier way was just to create/copy a popmenu from password.menu.
The most important part of this is:

Code:

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        itemDef {
                name                        passwordEntry
                group                        grpControls
                TYPE                        4
                text                        " "
                dvar                        "password"
                rect                        30 75 179 12
                maxchars                12
                maxpaintchars                12
                textalign                ITEM_ALIGN_RIGHT
                textalignx                0
                textaligny                10
                textfont                UI_FONT_NORMAL
                textscale                .25                 
                forecolor                OPTIONS_CONTROL_FORECOLOR
                style                        WINDOW_STYLE_FILLED
                backcolor                1 1 1 .3
                visible                        1
                mouseenter                { show keyBindStatus; play "mouse_over"; }
                mouseexit                { hide keyBindStatus }
        }

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Am I supposed to make a new dvar? How to do this?

What password? Would you like to alter it in a gsc file? Or just the password for joining a server?

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rcon password entry in ingame menu.

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I think that modification gsc file is inevitable as I need to create a new dvar for "rcon login" command :/ I absolutely have no idea how to do this...

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Originally Posted by cropek

I think that modification gsc file is inevitable as I need to create a new dvar for "rcon login" command :/ I absolutely have no idea how to do this...

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Rcon login is a game engine dvar. You cannot redefine game engine dvars. If you try, then you should expect failure because it wont work. Your new custom dvar will have no functionality in terms of engine functions.