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

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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2026-07-18 19:50:21 -05:00

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Claude Fable 5

parent 9252ce92d4

commit 2fb2f8a36d

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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.