Blackout

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INSTALLATION

  1. Open the downloaded ZIP product file and drop the folder in it somewhere in your resources folder.
  2. Add your product key (get it here) to the settings.ini file
  3. Add start BigDaddy-Blackout to your server.cfg.

DO NOT RENAME THE FOLDER.

If you change the name of the folder it will not function correctly so leave the name as it is.

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If you are using vMenu, you must disable dynamic weather and blackouts because they will interfere with this script and cause it to only flicker and not actually go black.

This blackout script DOES NOT blackout vehicle lights or emergency lights. They will still continue to function. The glow around them is lessened just because of the game, but the lights still work on vehicles.

CONFIGURATION

There are only a few settings.

SETTING DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
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key1 none This is where you put your product key
[settings]
useAcePermissions true Whether to limit the blackout command usage to those with a particular ace permission or not
acePermission Command The ace permission allowed to use blackout commands if the previous is set to true
useEAS true if you own the BigDaddy-EAS resource, setting this to true will send a server-wide EAS announcement when a blackout is started
EASMessageTitle the title used for the EAS message (for locales)
EASMessage the message used for the EAS message (for locales)
alwaysBlackout false set to true the server will start with a permanent blackout activated. It can be stopped with the /endblackout command but on restart will blackout again
alwaysRandomBlackout false set to true the server will start with a permanent random blackout activated. It can be stopped with the /endblackout command but on restart will blackout again
minRandomBlackoutDuration 2 minimum number of minutes between random blackouts and also the min duration of random blackout
maxRandomBlackoutDuration 16 maximum number of minutes between random blackouts and also the max duration of random blackout

COMMANDS

/startblackout starts the blackout. The blackout will continue until you stop it using the /endblackout command or until the server is restarted.

/startblackoutrandom starts random blackouts. Somewhere between 2 and 16 minutes a blackout will happen that will last between 2 and 16 minutes. Then the blackout will stop and somewhere between 2 and 16 minutes a new blackout will happen, etc. Until the /endblackout command is given or the server is restarted.

/endblackout ends the blackout or stops random blackouts if those are running.