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join bats: default to cockpit view + gauges (BT_START_INSIDE + BT_DEV_GAUGES)

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Field report: a remote player had smooth gameplay but in 3RD-PERSON with
NO gauges.  Cause: view mode + gauges are CLIENT launch flags, not
something the relay/console can enforce -- and join.bat set neither, so
remote players booted in the game's desktop default (external camera, no
MFDs).  The operator's own local launch sets both (the app's 'Start in
cockpit' + 'Dev gauges' checkboxes, on by default), which is why the
operator saw the correct view but remote players didn't.

The pod is a first-person cockpit with MFD gauges and no '3rd person' at
all, so cockpit is the right default for players.  join.bat/join_lan.bat
now set BT_START_INSIDE=1 + BT_DEV_GAUGES=1.  (Players can still press V
to toggle the external camera.)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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arcattack
2026-07-18 19:50:21 -05:00
co-authored by Claude Fable 5
parent 9252ce92d4
commit 2fb2f8a36d
3 changed files with 11 additions and 1 deletions
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players/join.bat
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@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ if not exist "build\Release\btl4.exe" goto badpath
if not exist "content\OPERATOR.EGG" goto badpath
set BT_RELAY=107.202.218.169:1500
set BT_LOG=join.log
set BT_START_INSIDE=1
set BT_DEV_GAUGES=1
cd content
..\build\Release\btl4.exe -egg OPERATOR.EGG -net 1501
echo.
players/join_lan.bat
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@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ if not exist "build\Release\btl4.exe" goto badpath
if not exist "content\OPERATOR.EGG" goto badpath
set BT_RELAY=auto
set BT_LOG=join.log
set BT_START_INSIDE=1
set BT_DEV_GAUGES=1
cd content
..\build\Release\btl4.exe -egg OPERATOR.EGG -net 1501
echo.
tools/btoperator.py
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@@ -801,7 +801,12 @@ class Operator(QMainWindow):
"rem BT411 -- join %s's game (internet). Seat/mech assigned\n"
"rem by the operator. Keep this file next to content\\ + "
"build\\.\n" % host,
# BT_START_INSIDE + BT_DEV_GAUGES: the pod is a first-person
# cockpit with MFD gauges -- match it (field report: remote
# players booted 3rd-person + no gauges because join.bat set
# neither; view/gauges are CLIENT flags the relay can't reach).
"set BT_RELAY=%s:%d\nset BT_LOG=join.log\n"
"set BT_START_INSIDE=1\nset BT_DEV_GAUGES=1\n"
% (host, self.f_port.value()),
"..\\build\\Release\\btl4.exe -egg %s -net 1501\n" % egg_name,
net_tail))
@@ -810,7 +815,8 @@ class Operator(QMainWindow):
f.write(guarded(
"rem BT411 -- join the operator's LAN game (auto-discovers).\n"
"rem Joining over the INTERNET? Use join.bat instead.\n",
"set BT_RELAY=auto\nset BT_LOG=join.log\n",
"set BT_RELAY=auto\nset BT_LOG=join.log\n"
"set BT_START_INSIDE=1\nset BT_DEV_GAUGES=1\n",
"..\\build\\Release\\btl4.exe -egg %s -net 1501\n" % egg_name,
net_tail))
with open(os.path.join(out_dir, "play_solo.bat"), "w",