Click the Edit Config button for your instance to load it's configuration page. Here you can manage your instance's configuration. System administrators have extra options to set on this page. Instance editing for admins is described in more detail in the administrator manual.
General Information
The top section of this page lets you edit the options that were set up when your instance was first created. Most users have access to change the remote console password for the server. If you are setting up a Teamspeak instance then this password corresponds to your instance's superadmin password. In order for the change to take effect your instance will restart itself after clicking the Save button.
Instance Configuration
Cortex gives you three configuration modes: basic, advanced, and import. Look in the middle of the page for the Configuration Mode form to change your config mode. Once you click Next the page will refresh with the appropriate form.
Basic Configuration
This is the default config mode displayed on the Instance Config page. Cortex shows each server cvar as a form field on the config page. Boolean, or values that can either be true or false, are shown first, followed by server variables that require an explicit value. To help you out each variable has a tooltip to it's right that explains what this setting will change. Click the expand icon next to the tooltip to view the whole tooltip. The basic config mode only shows variables that are essential for server config. You can find things like friendly fire settings, fraglimit, gametypes, and round time limits here. Once you've filled out the form click the Save icon at the top fo the form to write the server's config file. You need to restart your instance for the new config to take effect.
Advanced Configuration
Advanced configuration mode is much like basic configuration mode except it shows every server option you can configure in its form. Cvars for things like server speed, gravity, and weapon respawn times are found in advanced mode. Advanced config mode also contains an admin only text field cvar where you can paste custom scripting and data into the bottom of your config file.
Importing a Configuration
Use this mode if you have a config saved on another server that you want to duplicate on your instance. Select the Import Configuration option in the config mode drop down menu and the page will reload with the Import Config form. This form contains a text field for the name of the config and one text field per game config file. Paste the contents of the config that you're importing into these fields and hit the Save button. Cortex will parse your configs and save your options into it's database.
 Cortex only imports cvars that it knows and will skip cvars that you do not have access to, such as IP address, port, and max players. The admin will need to set these options manually. If Cortex encounters a line in your config that it doesn't recognise it will skip the line and go onto the next. If you find a cvar that is not in Cortex's database please let us know and we'll add them in a later patch. |
Managing Configurations
Cortex lets you save configurations for later use. In the center of the Instance Configration page is the Manage Configurations form, which will help you set manage your configs. When your instance was created a config called "Default" was created along with it containing a default server configuration. To create a new configuration simply enter it's name in the "Create New Configuration" text field and click the Create button. Cortex will create a new server config and load the game's default variables and values into it. You can work with this config in the same manner as the default config. Remember to hit the Save button to write your instance's config files.
If you want to switch back to the Default config or any other custom configuration you've saved select it in the "Saved configurations" drop down menu then click the Load Button.
To remove your current configuration select it in the "Saved configurations" drop down menu then click the Delete Button.
Exporting Configurations
There are two destinations to import your server config to: right to your web browser, or to a file on server. Exporting to your web browser will help you save the config to run on another server, while saving the config as a server script file will help if you plan on running that config as a script through your server's remote console.
Click the Next button next to the line "Export configuration to browser" to export your config to your local machine. After clicking Next the page will reload with text fields containing your server config in place of the instance configuration form. Cortex shows one text field per config file and a single text field for your server's startup command line.
To save your config as a serverside script enter the name of your config script in the text field next to the line "Write configuration to local script" and click the Save button. Cortex will pull your instance's current config out of the database and write to your server's filesystem. You can exececute that config in most games by running the "exec name of your config script" command in your server's remote console.